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Europe's Greek Bailout Decision-Making Process Explained In 17 Short Seconds

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All you need to know about why the Greek bailout decision changes literally every 15 minutes.

h/t Michael

 

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Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:25 | 314857 hedgeless_horseman
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Finally, the truth is revealed.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:26 | 314863 Rider
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I knew all those .gov secret meetigs had a purpose!

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:36 | 314882 mudduck
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Not very realistic. Doesn't work properly unless someone bites off the chickens head and the other dudes chant while wearing brightly coloured dresses.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 16:53 | 315328 Captain Obviousness
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Also not realistic because one of the spaces on the chicken death mat was "Let Fail."  That space got removed from the mat after Lehman.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:43 | 314892 truont
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The "decision-making" is purposefully chaotic random ramblings, promises, and waffling designed to weaken the euro.  All Western indebted countries want to devalue their currencies. Why?  Because their debt loads including unfunded liabilities cannot possibly be paid by the Western Socialist states.

But they can't all do it at the same time.  Right now, the euro is devaluing faster thanks to the mind-numbing antics of the EMU, German, and Greek "leaders".  Don't feel bad for the eurozone--they are getting exactly what they want.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:47 | 314909 cougar_w
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I think the guy on the kazoo was faking it. There isn't really a song you have to play to get the chicken to run around. They just want you to think that it takes skill to run things. Heck, even I can play kazoo. My kid can play kazoo. Anybody can do this. I seriously want to know how that guy gets a $ga-zillion bonus for playing kazoo.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 14:11 | 314946 Hansel
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Haha, not just anybody can play a kazoo.  One of my coworkers last year thought to play a kazoo you had to blow in it.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:50 | 314917 crosey
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It appears that theirs is a staccato ready-fire-aim approach. 

Or, perhaps they are working through myriad models.  When one model appears to work, they exclaim "Eureka!" and make announcements, while trying to control their citizens.

Then the model simulation grinds forward for another few hours/days, and something blows up.  Then there's backpedaling until another model is tried, another "Eureka", another explosion....etc.

This reminds me of the crap I tried when I was 8....shucking and jiving, rather than accepting reality, correcting my problem, admitting my guilt, and moving forward with the resolve to not do that again.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:53 | 314926 BlackBeard
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hah! awesome.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:58 | 314932 Gordon_Gekko
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Actually, that is how ALL governments do "decision-making".

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 13:58 | 314934 VegasBD
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South Park's Eric Cartman Could Totally Kick Mohammad's Ass

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/South-Parks-Cartman-Could-Totally-Kick-Mohammads-Ass/120276311317496?ref=ts

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 14:04 | 314938 M.B. Drapier
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No, no! It's not that game of chicken.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 14:17 | 314967 Highrev
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That's so realistic it's scary!

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 14:18 | 314969 SheepDog-One
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Yep! Sums up everything thats happened over the last year world-wide!

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 16:27 | 315249 kaiserhoff
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Is it too late to go short on the chicken???

Thanks Tyler, we needed that.

Sat, 04/24/2010 - 06:46 | 316005 Adam Neira
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Odds on that chicken came from Kiev.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 17:27 | 315402 plongka10
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I like the "Poof - its gone!" clip.

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 18:12 | 315483 Johnny Bravo
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"Let me just add some money to your account.... aaaaand it's gone."

"What do you mean it's gone?"

"Sir, do you have any money in this bank?"

"Well, I guess not."

"Then please step aside as this line is for customers with money."

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 20:54 | 315739 Silver-Is-Better
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Best answer I have seen yet.

Sat, 04/24/2010 - 06:43 | 316003 Adam Neira
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Very funny clip. I don't watch commercial TV but am aware of South Park's anarchic, manic nonsense. Comedy can be used to criticise anyone and anything. All the financial shenanigans are leading to the emergence of a certain paradigm...

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