The economy in pictures

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:40 am

A huge fleet of more than 500 idle freighters lies at anchor off the Malaysian shore near Singapore. Each is empty. Many are unmanned, and of the ones that aren't the crew consists of nothing but a single security guard to keep watch. These are ships that last year at this time would have been bringing Christmas to north america, but this year there's no cargo to ship.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:08 am

Fruit Cake again, then?

Maybe the bad guys will get some home-grown Appalachian coal in their stocking.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:13 am

Wow, great journalism!

hans · Post by **hans** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:22 am

No Christmas in North America this year?
What a lovely thought that Christmas arrives in 500 freighters,
makes the three kings look a bit puny

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:58 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:Fruit Cake again, then?

In a pinch, it makes excellent ballast.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:39 am

Wow. We used to call that a blockade.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:14 pm

Maybe they could sink them and make habitat for marine life.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:52 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote:Fruit Cake again, then?

Maybe the bad guys will get some home-grown Appalachian coal in their stocking.

Yeah, except that they are taking a short cut and just tearing down the mountains to get it.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:26 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote: Maybe the bad guys will get some home-grown Appalachian coal in their stocking.

The bad guys are from Appalachia?

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:25 am

I'm Jewish, but I thought Santa Claus brought Christmas...

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:06 am

Walden wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote: Maybe the bad guys will get some home-grown Appalachian coal in their stocking.
The bad guys are from Appalachia?

The bad guys are not from Appalachia. The bad guys just take all the resources from Appalachia, take all the money with them, and leave Appalachia in ruins.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:52 am

Hmm, the lost jobs in this country started with things coming in from cargo ships.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:12 am

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:Hmm, the lost jobs in this country started with things coming in from cargo ships.

Almost everything in your country started with things coming off cargo ships.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:38 pm

Kind of an ironic way to end it.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:43 pm

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:Kind of an ironic way to end it.

That's what happens when you replace iron men on wooden ships with wooden men on iron ships.

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