brokerinbirmingham's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/141176/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/136084-obama-s-new-wall-street?source=feed#comment-493720 493720 Thu, 07 May 2009 10:32:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/136084-obama-s-new-wall-street?source=feed#comment-493565 493565 Thu, 07 May 2009 09:33:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/135205-judging-obama-s-first-100-days?source=feed#comment-490241 490241 Sophistry at it's best. So, Barak is only President of successful endeavours after the fact now? Anything that doens't work out was Bush's fault? Conservatives can find a lot of fault with Bush (both of them) and they do. But one thing you have to give them credit for is NOT blaming everything they can't handle on the predecessor President.
"Compromise is the negation of leadership." - Margaret Thatcher
]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 11:07:48 -0400 Sophistry at it's best. So, Barak is only President of successful endeavours after the fact now? Anything that doens't work out was Bush's fault? Conservatives can find a lot of fault with Bush (both of them) and they do. But one thing you have to give them credit for is NOT blaming everything they can't handle on the predecessor President.
"Compromise is the negation of leadership." - Margaret Thatcher
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/133680-capitalism-too-big-to-fail-is-a-failure?source=feed#comment-482611 482611
I think we're on the fast track now, cooking with clean coal and green energy that's capped and traded our way to an Angola-level national prosperity.

I'm glad Specter finally outed himself. Has he ever not promoted the Liberal verison anyway? The TARP bailout sellout was just the latest. Remeber his Scottish Law reference? He and Jumpin' Jim Jeffords and Licoln Chafee belong together. ]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:12:34 -0400
I think we're on the fast track now, cooking with clean coal and green energy that's capped and traded our way to an Angola-level national prosperity.

I'm glad Specter finally outed himself. Has he ever not promoted the Liberal verison anyway? The TARP bailout sellout was just the latest. Remeber his Scottish Law reference? He and Jumpin' Jim Jeffords and Licoln Chafee belong together. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/133160-leaving-green-to-the-free-market-barron-s?source=feed#comment-477955 477955
So where are all the people just clamoring to enter the worker's paradises of command economies? Gee, I just don't recall Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc being economic powerhouses. THE Wall, as I recall, was to keep people in, not out. Otherwise the average citizen of the USSR would have walked on over to The West. On the contrary, it appears China has possibly learned that lesson.

It wasn't laissez faire government that gave us the elimination of redlining. It was the opposite. Increased regulation always yields increased costs. When will Liberals get it that cost increases are passed on to consumers. Corporations don't pay taxes, shareholders pay taxes (2 times - once as the income of the corporation and again as dividends received). If you don't think so, watch what happens when cap-and-trade goes into effect. ]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:04:33 -0400
So where are all the people just clamoring to enter the worker's paradises of command economies? Gee, I just don't recall Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc being economic powerhouses. THE Wall, as I recall, was to keep people in, not out. Otherwise the average citizen of the USSR would have walked on over to The West. On the contrary, it appears China has possibly learned that lesson.

It wasn't laissez faire government that gave us the elimination of redlining. It was the opposite. Increased regulation always yields increased costs. When will Liberals get it that cost increases are passed on to consumers. Corporations don't pay taxes, shareholders pay taxes (2 times - once as the income of the corporation and again as dividends received). If you don't think so, watch what happens when cap-and-trade goes into effect. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/132500-obama-s-high-speed-rail-strategy-what-will-happen-when-the-steel-meets-the-track?source=feed#comment-474197 474197 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:09:07 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/131164-obama-s-economics-speech-the-man-is-good?source=feed#comment-465987 465987 ]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:49:17 -0400 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/131164-obama-s-economics-speech-the-man-is-good?source=feed#comment-465205 465205 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:41:13 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/131164-obama-s-economics-speech-the-man-is-good?source=feed#comment-465177 465177 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:30:34 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/130562-coming-to-america-mitsubishi-s-all-electric-car?source=feed#comment-461068 461068 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:47:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/130562-coming-to-america-mitsubishi-s-all-electric-car?source=feed#comment-461066 461066 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:45:47 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/128800-obama-and-reagan-mirror-images-mirror-ironies?source=feed#comment-448532 448532 Obama delenda est.
Remeber the Cole.]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:31:56 -0400 Obama delenda est.
Remeber the Cole.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/128167-opinion-about-obama-coming-down-to-earth?source=feed#comment-442413 442413 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:27:23 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/128167-opinion-about-obama-coming-down-to-earth?source=feed#comment-442405 442405 In what way has Obama done everything to stimulate the economy?
Are you talking about that load of horse _____ he called a stimulus? Are you talking about how he and his administration constantly give America the overt message they are actually planning to spread the wealth? Are you talking about the plan to make those who work hard and pay their bills pay more in taxes so that the non-workers can have more perks? Or are you talking about how Obama et al wants us to have a state-run health care system so we can have the same famously successful system like they do in Europe and Canada where you may well die while waiting for a decison if you're life is worth saving -a government beureaucrat gets to make that decision of course? What plan exactly are you talking about that gives anyone but rapscallion carpetbagger liberal types hope that O knows how an economy actually works?]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:22:47 -0400 In what way has Obama done everything to stimulate the economy?
Are you talking about that load of horse _____ he called a stimulus? Are you talking about how he and his administration constantly give America the overt message they are actually planning to spread the wealth? Are you talking about the plan to make those who work hard and pay their bills pay more in taxes so that the non-workers can have more perks? Or are you talking about how Obama et al wants us to have a state-run health care system so we can have the same famously successful system like they do in Europe and Canada where you may well die while waiting for a decison if you're life is worth saving -a government beureaucrat gets to make that decision of course? What plan exactly are you talking about that gives anyone but rapscallion carpetbagger liberal types hope that O knows how an economy actually works?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/127312-why-obama-s-big-spending-big-taxing-regime-will-cripple-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-438149 438149

On Mar 23 02:20 PM wpdragon wrote:

> its not that we "libs", "dems", "socialists", "commies". "muslim
> sympathizers" aren't putting up attack posts, its just that we're
> laughing so hard at that idiot that we don't know where to start.
> ]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:06:18 -0400

On Mar 23 02:20 PM wpdragon wrote:

> its not that we "libs", "dems", "socialists", "commies". "muslim
> sympathizers" aren't putting up attack posts, its just that we're
> laughing so hard at that idiot that we don't know where to start.
> ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/127312-why-obama-s-big-spending-big-taxing-regime-will-cripple-the-u-s-economy?source=feed#comment-436973 436973

On Mar 23 10:51 AM GEOMAC wrote:

> Wrong again.]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:13:26 -0400

On Mar 23 10:51 AM GEOMAC wrote:

> Wrong again.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/122032-cnbc-s-santelli-speaks-for-all-of-us?source=feed#comment-399775 399775

On Feb 23 05:55 AM NITRAM wrote:

> Better yet, Obama asks the man who has taken one of americas greatest companies, and destroyed it to be an economic advisor. Thats like asking the captain of the Titanic how to sail.

The analogy isn't quite right. Captain Smith was quite a distinguished seaman. Maybe an anolgy like "asking Gen. Sir Douglas Haig how to win a war" would be better. Or even, "That's like asking Jimmy Carter to be your foreign policy advisor" would work. ]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:28:03 -0500

On Feb 23 05:55 AM NITRAM wrote:

> Better yet, Obama asks the man who has taken one of americas greatest companies, and destroyed it to be an economic advisor. Thats like asking the captain of the Titanic how to sail.

The analogy isn't quite right. Captain Smith was quite a distinguished seaman. Maybe an anolgy like "asking Gen. Sir Douglas Haig how to win a war" would be better. Or even, "That's like asking Jimmy Carter to be your foreign policy advisor" would work. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/121458-is-alternative-energy-dead?source=feed#comment-396354 396354 This article, published 2/19/09, tells a different story from Al Gore's. The evidence here does not come from Hollywood, but from real scientists. the context is the alleged melting of Antartica:
"Scare mongering appears to be the case, according to reports from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that reveal that almost all the allegedly “lost” ice has come back. A NOAA report shows that ice levels which had shrunk from 5 million square miles in January 2007 to just 1.5 million square miles in October, are almost back to their original levels.


Moreover, a Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual, challenging the global warming crusaders and buttressing arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing global warming. "

for the full story go here: www.newsmax.com/newsfr...

Global warming is a watermelon issue - green on the outside but red on th einside. You peel back the layers of concern for environment and you get to the real goal of state control of economies. If there were so much concern for the environment, Al Gore would spend his time in Chindia where there is real pollution. But no. No, he & his pals spend their energy tearing down the United States. Not a perfect country by any means, but the best hope for mankind to break the bonds of poverty and slavery to dictatorial tyrants and tyrannical regimes.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:32:55 -0500 This article, published 2/19/09, tells a different story from Al Gore's. The evidence here does not come from Hollywood, but from real scientists. the context is the alleged melting of Antartica:
"Scare mongering appears to be the case, according to reports from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that reveal that almost all the allegedly “lost” ice has come back. A NOAA report shows that ice levels which had shrunk from 5 million square miles in January 2007 to just 1.5 million square miles in October, are almost back to their original levels.


Moreover, a Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual, challenging the global warming crusaders and buttressing arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing global warming. "

for the full story go here: www.newsmax.com/newsfr...

Global warming is a watermelon issue - green on the outside but red on th einside. You peel back the layers of concern for environment and you get to the real goal of state control of economies. If there were so much concern for the environment, Al Gore would spend his time in Chindia where there is real pollution. But no. No, he & his pals spend their energy tearing down the United States. Not a perfect country by any means, but the best hope for mankind to break the bonds of poverty and slavery to dictatorial tyrants and tyrannical regimes.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119343-dissecting-the-faux-stimulus-fiasco?source=feed#comment-382967 382967 *****Watch the census - being taken over by Rham Emanuel!***

www.foxnews.com/politi.../ ]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:58:28 -0500 *****Watch the census - being taken over by Rham Emanuel!***

www.foxnews.com/politi.../ ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119173-three-reasons-the-stimulus-will-fail?source=feed#comment-380808 380808

On Feb 08 11:12 AM Prognostic wrote:

> Excellent article and right on the mark!
>
> I am very disappointed with the so-called stimulus plan. What really
> baffles me how all this govt spending on public buildings, parks,
> FBI, solar panels and such si supposed to provide jobs to all the
> white collar and bule collar people that have been laid off. I know
> several people that are laid off and as best as they know they know
> nothing about installing solar equipment or building windmills or
> construcing highways and so on. The most prudent thing to have done
> was to pass these monies in the form of tax credits and incentives
> to businesses and entrepreneurs who then would create the jobs that
> have gone missing in this new economy. Agree 100% with the author.
> McCain screwed a great opportunigty when he pandered to the religious
> right and picked Palin as his running mate and screwed the pooch
> by supporting a continuing Iraq war. He had the right ideas in mind
> with regards to just how we turn this economy of ours around. And
> now I have signed on to several more miserable years of a rapidly
> destructing economy.]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:24:55 -0500

On Feb 08 11:12 AM Prognostic wrote:

> Excellent article and right on the mark!
>
> I am very disappointed with the so-called stimulus plan. What really
> baffles me how all this govt spending on public buildings, parks,
> FBI, solar panels and such si supposed to provide jobs to all the
> white collar and bule collar people that have been laid off. I know
> several people that are laid off and as best as they know they know
> nothing about installing solar equipment or building windmills or
> construcing highways and so on. The most prudent thing to have done
> was to pass these monies in the form of tax credits and incentives
> to businesses and entrepreneurs who then would create the jobs that
> have gone missing in this new economy. Agree 100% with the author.
> McCain screwed a great opportunigty when he pandered to the religious
> right and picked Palin as his running mate and screwed the pooch
> by supporting a continuing Iraq war. He had the right ideas in mind
> with regards to just how we turn this economy of ours around. And
> now I have signed on to several more miserable years of a rapidly
> destructing economy.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119173-three-reasons-the-stimulus-will-fail?source=feed#comment-380793 380793

On Feb 08 11:12 AM Prognostic wrote:

> Excellent article and right on the mark!
>
> I am very disappointed with the so-called stimulus plan. What really
> baffles me how all this govt spending on public buildings, parks,
> FBI, solar panels and such si supposed to provide jobs to all the
> white collar and bule collar people that have been laid off. I know
> several people that are laid off and as best as they know they know
> nothing about installing solar equipment or building windmills or
> construcing highways and so on. The most prudent thing to have done
> was to pass these monies in the form of tax credits and incentives
> to businesses and entrepreneurs who then would create the jobs that
> have gone missing in this new economy. Agree 100% with the author.
> McCain screwed a great opportunigty when he pandered to the religious
> right and picked Palin as his running mate and screwed the pooch
> by supporting a continuing Iraq war. He had the right ideas in mind
> with regards to just how we turn this economy of ours around. And
> now I have signed on to several more miserable years of a rapidly
> destructing economy.]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:19:34 -0500

On Feb 08 11:12 AM Prognostic wrote:

> Excellent article and right on the mark!
>
> I am very disappointed with the so-called stimulus plan. What really
> baffles me how all this govt spending on public buildings, parks,
> FBI, solar panels and such si supposed to provide jobs to all the
> white collar and bule collar people that have been laid off. I know
> several people that are laid off and as best as they know they know
> nothing about installing solar equipment or building windmills or
> construcing highways and so on. The most prudent thing to have done
> was to pass these monies in the form of tax credits and incentives
> to businesses and entrepreneurs who then would create the jobs that
> have gone missing in this new economy. Agree 100% with the author.
> McCain screwed a great opportunigty when he pandered to the religious
> right and picked Palin as his running mate and screwed the pooch
> by supporting a continuing Iraq war. He had the right ideas in mind
> with regards to just how we turn this economy of ours around. And
> now I have signed on to several more miserable years of a rapidly
> destructing economy.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/117298-the-bias-in-reporting-job-losses?source=feed#comment-369933 369933 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:19:39 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/111006-can-costco-save-america-s-malls?source=feed#comment-331950 331950 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:21:14 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/106879-cap-and-trade-can-cut-emissions-without-major-economic-hit?source=feed#comment-310767 310767
Well said. A number of years ago, as the green movement in the US was more in it's toddler stage (beyond infancy but not yet mature) it was said that "green" is the newer-easier-to-sell/e... & obfuscate "red".
Greenies are actually "watermelons" = green on the outside but red on the inside. Why would that be said? Ever hear Greenpeace castigating any socialist/communist countries? Nope. Ever hear them talk about China's industrial pollution? Nope. According to the Green mantra, the evil (of all kinds) of the world resides and emanates from the U.S., the most highly developed capitalist country in the world, and not inconsequentaily the one with the overwhelmingly largest middle class.
Marx wrote "the bourgeoisie must be made impossible". Notice he did not say "the poor" or "the aristocrat". It's the middle class that was and is targeted for destruction. Ever wonder why liberal Democrat (was that redundant?) tax plans NEVER favor the actual middle class? My theory is that, at heart, they too believe the middle class, the merchant class, the bourgeoisie are the problem. Enacting punative green regulation (such as Pres Elect Obama suggested to the San Francisco Chroicle earlier this year regarding coal) is one method of eroding the middle class without declaring an open class war. Very stealthy of them, and of him.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:12:50 -0500
Well said. A number of years ago, as the green movement in the US was more in it's toddler stage (beyond infancy but not yet mature) it was said that "green" is the newer-easier-to-sell/e... & obfuscate "red".
Greenies are actually "watermelons" = green on the outside but red on the inside. Why would that be said? Ever hear Greenpeace castigating any socialist/communist countries? Nope. Ever hear them talk about China's industrial pollution? Nope. According to the Green mantra, the evil (of all kinds) of the world resides and emanates from the U.S., the most highly developed capitalist country in the world, and not inconsequentaily the one with the overwhelmingly largest middle class.
Marx wrote "the bourgeoisie must be made impossible". Notice he did not say "the poor" or "the aristocrat". It's the middle class that was and is targeted for destruction. Ever wonder why liberal Democrat (was that redundant?) tax plans NEVER favor the actual middle class? My theory is that, at heart, they too believe the middle class, the merchant class, the bourgeoisie are the problem. Enacting punative green regulation (such as Pres Elect Obama suggested to the San Francisco Chroicle earlier this year regarding coal) is one method of eroding the middle class without declaring an open class war. Very stealthy of them, and of him.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/106292-will-obama-s-economic-policies-drag-the-u-s-down?source=feed#comment-307814 307814 As these other bloggers have said, Democrats can easily tell how you're just using Republic trickery. Rich White Republicans (RWR) just don't want to give a massive tax hike a chance to work. As everyone knows, (Pravda was always fond of using that phrase, which indicated to the reader whatever came after was patently false) central planning worked wonders for the Soviet Union economy. I mean, didn't the huge taxes produce the best of everything for millions of Russians? Once the RWR's and the taxable middle class are brought down (just like we did in 1917, 1930's, Cambodia, etc) everyone will prosper! It's been shown time and again how well this will go down. Huge taxes and central planning has produced the absolute best societies in the world. You RWR don't fool us Democrats. Yield curve be damned! DJIA be damned! S&P500 is a lie! Just open your eyes man. When Mr. Obama is allowed free reign, then you'll see Heaven on Earth (paid for by the U.S. taxpayer of ALL levels, not just the >$250, 200, 150, 100, whatever).]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:49:05 -0500 As these other bloggers have said, Democrats can easily tell how you're just using Republic trickery. Rich White Republicans (RWR) just don't want to give a massive tax hike a chance to work. As everyone knows, (Pravda was always fond of using that phrase, which indicated to the reader whatever came after was patently false) central planning worked wonders for the Soviet Union economy. I mean, didn't the huge taxes produce the best of everything for millions of Russians? Once the RWR's and the taxable middle class are brought down (just like we did in 1917, 1930's, Cambodia, etc) everyone will prosper! It's been shown time and again how well this will go down. Huge taxes and central planning has produced the absolute best societies in the world. You RWR don't fool us Democrats. Yield curve be damned! DJIA be damned! S&P500 is a lie! Just open your eyes man. When Mr. Obama is allowed free reign, then you'll see Heaven on Earth (paid for by the U.S. taxpayer of ALL levels, not just the >$250, 200, 150, 100, whatever).]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/97526-the-secret-villain-behind-our-economic-collapse?source=feed#comment-268258 268258 W may have had a C average.
Al Gore FAILED out of his first endeavour in college - divinty school.
Last time I looked, C beats an F. Now Al is just preached another religion. Rather have the so-called moron whom we understand than the morons who never have understood us and, frankly, don't give a rat's ass about the middle class. ]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:33:30 -0400 W may have had a C average.
Al Gore FAILED out of his first endeavour in college - divinty school.
Last time I looked, C beats an F. Now Al is just preached another religion. Rather have the so-called moron whom we understand than the morons who never have understood us and, frankly, don't give a rat's ass about the middle class. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/97176-analysts-oil-forecasts-wildly-off-base?source=feed#comment-264672 264672
At least as much qualification as Al Gore has to say that the world will end in just a few years unless we (except himself and other uber Liberals of course) abandon fossil fuel consumption.]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:30:52 -0400
At least as much qualification as Al Gore has to say that the world will end in just a few years unless we (except himself and other uber Liberals of course) abandon fossil fuel consumption.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/94900-oil-inventories?source=feed#comment-251885 251885 ]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:43:22 -0400 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/94788-obama-mccain-and-offshore-drilling?source=feed#comment-250468 250468 I think most people are OK with some redistribution of wealth. We have to pay for common goods and services such as police, fire, defense, infrastructure. What bothers me is redistribution just because I have more of than someone else, particularly when that somone else will do nothing for themselves. We have in this country a culture that is radically dependant upon government mandated transfers to themselves. They refuse to do anything to help themselves. We saw evidence of this in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. While residents of MS and AL united to rebuild their communities, some residents of NOLA wanted to know what the government was going to do for them. Then, you have the redistribution of wealth that benefits illegal aliens at the expense of tax-payers, and this is going on while the recipients of Congressional generosity insult, defame, and plot crimes against the same source of that largese - the American Union and it's citizenry. ]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:23:32 -0400 I think most people are OK with some redistribution of wealth. We have to pay for common goods and services such as police, fire, defense, infrastructure. What bothers me is redistribution just because I have more of than someone else, particularly when that somone else will do nothing for themselves. We have in this country a culture that is radically dependant upon government mandated transfers to themselves. They refuse to do anything to help themselves. We saw evidence of this in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. While residents of MS and AL united to rebuild their communities, some residents of NOLA wanted to know what the government was going to do for them. Then, you have the redistribution of wealth that benefits illegal aliens at the expense of tax-payers, and this is going on while the recipients of Congressional generosity insult, defame, and plot crimes against the same source of that largese - the American Union and it's citizenry. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/89721-houston-to-obama-smell-the-oil?source=feed#comment-225877 225877 "Redistribution of wealth is a role of government." I agree, if you are talking about a Socialist government. I have heard law professors expounding that theory. Their education was at Berzerkley, so it's not suprising that would be their opinion. However, I don't recall the "Redistribution Clause" being in the U.S. Constitution. It is, however, in the Communist Manifesto. Is that the government you are referring to?]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:08:57 -0400 "Redistribution of wealth is a role of government." I agree, if you are talking about a Socialist government. I have heard law professors expounding that theory. Their education was at Berzerkley, so it's not suprising that would be their opinion. However, I don't recall the "Redistribution Clause" being in the U.S. Constitution. It is, however, in the Communist Manifesto. Is that the government you are referring to?]]>