digitaldorobo

$75 Billion in New Treasuries on Deck Momentarily

What the hell are you talking about?

I moved from Alberta to Nova Scotia and in neither province have I heard that we 'sell every house/building that we build directly to the Chinese.' Now, if you mean the Vancouver, B.C. area, then yes, there are many Chinese there. However, don't make such generalized statements--it makes you sound an immature sensationalist and racist.

Try to represent your country with a little more pride.


On Aug 06 06:53 PM BlueFielder wrote:

> Uhhh... that's what Yanks have been doing for the last 10 yrs. We
> CDN's on the other hand just sell every house/buidling that we build
> directly to the chinese. You're sorta doing the same. But with a
> 2 step process. In the end...they're gunna own ya. They no big stupid.
> Love you for long time.
>
> On Aug 06 01:10 PM optionsgirl wrote:

Jon Stewart on CNBC's 'Worthlessness'

How the hell do people expect anyone (Obama) to fix decades of fiscal mismanagement and obfuscation in six weeks (that's when Obama was sworn in).

This mindset of instant gratification and impatience is what got us into this mess in the first place.

When you do your Spring cleaning, your house always looks messier at first.




On Mar 05 10:25 AM ED K wrote:

> Cramer was a avid supporter of OBama now he's blaming him for all
> our ills,it's kind of like his stock picks,loves em' today and hates
> em' the next day.

Another Tough Month

Are the voices in your head making you so paranoid? It's guys like you that are running out and buying all the ammo.


On Feb 28 11:34 PM Big K wrote:

> February will seem like a gentle month compared to what is in store
> for this overpriced market. The economy is shutting down. The new
> administration is using this as an excuse to seize communistic power
> and raise taxes on anything that is still profitable. Economy to
> shrink 15% this year, 15% next year and 15% the following year. Then
> the bottom is really going to fall out. The US government will be
> bankrupt, democracy will end, and we will be under a communistic
> dictatorship. Goodbye to the American experiment. Hello Amerika!
> The stock market has no bottom and no place in the future of this
> country. The population will be reduced to foraging in the woods
> and wilderness for edible mushrooms and insects. Convert all your
> money to gold. It must be physical gold in your possession. Paper
> gold stocks/assets will not be worth anything. The government will
> try to get your gold, so hide it and don't tell anyone you have it.

The New Unwind

Leftists?

Wow--if it isn't Reagan, it isn't right. Is that it?

How is that right-wing Reagan-esque capitalism working out for you right now? Stay that course any longer and you will be without a country.

Give your head a shake---maybe Fox and CNBC will fall out your ears.


On Feb 27 02:06 PM Steve in Greensboro wrote:

> Don't worry about consumption. What the consumer isn't spending,
> the leftists in control of the government are going to more than
> make up for.

Socialized: The Other Buzzword

"Canada has a 100% nationalized health care system."

If you truly knew the Canadian system as you say you do, you would know that there are private clinics at which you can pay directly to get an MRI, Cat Scan faster.

As for the number of Canadian drug companies, what does that have to do with anything? Let's say it's zero and that ALL the successful drug manufacturers are in the US. Then why, in your streamlined, successful private health care, do you pay twice as much for medication and many times as much for health care in general?

Answer: unbridled greed. The same greed that lobbies Congress to not allow African nations to produce generic versions that would save hundreds of thousands of lives every year because people would then actually be able to afford the pills.

Grab a clue.

On Feb 28 08:43 PM atlasman wrote:

> How is that? Canada has a 100% nationalized health care system. Your
> example supports my comment completely. Wish I had thought of it.
>
>
> I ran sales and marketing for a very successful Canadian company
> and am very familiar with the pros and cons of their health care
> system. I am guessing you are familiar with the pros. Do you really
> understand the cons? I do not have the time to go through it in detail
> but let me ask one question for now:
>
> How many drug companies does Canada have in the top 50 in the world?
>
>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
>
> There are no free lunches unless you are receiving an Obama housing
> bailout. There are consequences to every decision and I strongly
> suggestion the country thinks through them in depth and detail before
> they dive in to his version of change.
>
> On Feb 28 07:11 PM digitaldorobo wrote:

Socialized: The Other Buzzword

"no one respects Canada''

Ummmm...you mean the same Canada that created U.N. Peacekeeping for which we received the Nobel Peace Prize? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...)

The same Canada that has lost so many soldiers in Afghanistan?

The same Canada that was the destination for much of the Underground Railroad?

Yeah---we're total pricks.




On Feb 28 08:03 PM kelticman31 wrote:

> Yes, So we in the US can be loved and respected around the World..
> much like Canada! Oh, wait no one respects Canada..that's why you
> guys are so nice to everyone..YOU HAVE to.

Socialized: The Other Buzzword

Communism? Wow---a little black and white wouldn't you say?

How's that strict capitalism working out for you guys?


On Feb 28 09:17 AM cabaretewilliam wrote:

> Another example of using communism to try to rescue capitalism, and
> in the end replace capitalism!

Socialized: The Other Buzzword

Yet again, more jingoism to capitalism. Why do people like you see only polar opposites?

Canada has done very well with government control over healthcare while letting other sectors be privately run.

Your 'all-or-nothing'' perspective is out of whack with the majority of countries outside your borders. But, if more Americans had realized there is a successful reality outside of your borders, you might not be where you are right now.




On Feb 28 08:46 AM atlasman wrote:

> You cannot soicialize a piece of the financial market. It really
> is an all or nothing propisition as Fannie Mae and Frddie Mac showed.
> Once government takes over one bank, they will use their competitive
> cost advantage with rates to slowly take over the market and puish
> the remaining banks aside. So which is it, socialize the entire financial
> system or let capitolism reign. It really is one or the other. You
> cannot thread the needle and have the best of both worlds.

Learning from Canada Is Not Un-American

Thank you so much for this article.

We in Canada have been watching the economic bloodshed with amazement.

We are not a socialist country; we are simply a little to the left. It shocks us when American's polarize any country that is different e.g. 'Canada is too socialist/ is communist.'

What has this enabled us to do?
-increase regulation of predatory capitalism--the very type that creates a parasitic elite that destroys an economy, and its country, in the end
-increase the quality and coverage of healthcare (my family of four pays less than $100 per month for excellent care)
-keep businesses competitive through lower healthcare plan costs
-teach personal responsibility through realistic mortgage requirements
-kept our crime and murder rate to a much, much lower level
-increase the quality and breadth of our educational system

How have we done this? By looking around the world at what works and what doesn't and then adapting.

I know I will probably get a lot of thumbs down for this post. But, before you hit the button, ask yourself if knee-jerk jingoistic U.S. hubris in 'sticking to its guns' or 'don't mess with Texas' is part of the reason it is where it is right now.

Anyone who thinks they can't learn from others is doomed to fall behind.

Cheers

Bernanke and Obama's Spending Schemes Could Ruin U.S. Economy

Nice ranting aticle

When you put that much bias and emotion into a financial article, many of us will simply line the birdcage with it.

Put your thinking hat on a little tighter.

Gold: Wealthy Investors Want Bars, Not Paper

I can't afford gold bars and I am not stupid enough to invest in paper gold (GLD) or silver (SLV) so I bought into Central Fund of Canada Limited. It is independently audited twice a year to ensure that it holds aroun 95% of its worth in physical gold and silver.

Better yet, I buy it on the Canadian exchange so my money stays in Canadian dollars rather than the soon-to-be-worthless US dollars.
Central Fund of Canada Limited(Public, TSE:CEF.A)

However, if you insist upon buying it on a US exchange: Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA)(Public, AMEX:CEF)

Check it out on Yahoo: finance.google.ca/fina...

Good luck all. Batten down the hatches...

Welcome to 'Ermflation'

What's wrong with socialized healthcare? Here in Canada we have universal healthcare (and I don't know any Communist Party members, lol).

Is it better for an economy if people go bankrupt by not being able to pay their medical bills?



On Jan 10 01:17 PM Steve in Greensboro wrote:

> Sell signal, big time.
>
> Note the +2 -5 on my comment about Bambi being more socialist and
> clueless than our RINO-in-chief Bush. This shows that there are a
> lot of people who have ridden the market down during 2008, expecting
> that the Obamessiah will solve things. They are going to get hammered
> further in 2009 (along with any who is long U.S. equities) as Bambi
> and his fellow Democrat-rocket-scient... in the Congress implement
> their green technologies, union-card-check, socialized healthcare,
> etc.
>
> Sell, sell, sell U.S. equities during 2009 and then U.S. dollar denominated
> assets generally in 2010 as inflation kicks in.

America: Is This the End of an Era?

Ahhhh yes, an old timer whose only solution is to return to the old ways.

Nice out-of-the-box solution.




On Jan 10 07:33 PM realold wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As an old guy, I must say that I agree with the concept that we consume
> to much and produce to little. My parents and everyone I knew as
> a kid were "productive"... They made, grew or sold things that were
> made here.
>
> For some reason, this became unfashionable. We didn't need to do
> "menial" jobs. We could do "paperwork" and be educated and sophisticated.
> Let the overseas masses do the manual labor. That expanded to growing,
> cleaning and cooking your own food - how gross, let someone else
> do that. Now, just eat veggies and look good.
>
> Point is, we evolved into useless, politically correct (everyone
> needs to be treated equally and be saved from themselves) but nice
> looking paper pushers. Hard work is not important. Everyone should
> share the benefits and be treated with respect and gag gag gag even
> if they are unemployed leaches. What is important is to be hip, attractive,
> and very liberal. Or, to take advantage of the myriad educational
> and social services and then head back to the home country.
>
> We did this to ourselves.
>
> America became great because of its individuals and resources. Efficiency
> and freedom are very important. How many people are contributing
> to what you need to live? How many people cannot even speak the language,
> but think they are entitled to all the benefits of the efficient,
> single language society that produced those benefits? Social programs
> and liberal attitudes did not create this country.. I doubt the Puritans
> were liberal.
>
> This is a far more complicated problem than just bailing everyone
> out and debasing the currency. It requires a paradigm shift - backwards,
> as most would call it.

America: Is This the End of an Era?

Ummm...there weren't waves of Buddhist monks torching themselves. Nice exaggeration.

"Japan has always been tolerant of a number of religions" -- wrong. Another nice exaggeration.

As for prejudice, I lived there for five years and can tell you it is quite real, especially against blacks and south east asians. WWII brought the Bataan Death March and Nanking massacre among others.

If you are going to make an argument, support it with facts, not fiction.


On Jan 10 10:43 AM anarchist wrote:

> Nice to hear from a student of history. I seem to remember waves
> of Buddhist monks torching themselves in Vietnam in protest of the
> U.S. presence. Have you ever been it Japan? Japan has always been
> tolerant of a number of religions including the Buddhist. I have
> a friend who was raised in Japan during the second world war, his
> mother an American and his father German and they were never harassed
> or sent to a detention center unlike the good ole US of A where panic
> and ethnic hate overruled common sense - kind of like now (viva guantanamo
> eh iThinkBig?).

America: Is This the End of an Era?

You actually believe that America is still the greatest country? Of what? Innovation and military might won't replace the rust coursing through your country's veins.



On Jan 10 09:15 AM abetterplace wrote:

> Has anyone ever witnessed a victory of any sort, by a group or team,
> that was negative to everything positive and positive to everything
> negative.These postulations come not from true Americans that believe
> in this country, but from a segment of the millions that are here
> ,by America's courtesy, to find a better life from some other God
> forsaken country that they call home. While most of these are good
> people, some harbor a rage of jealousy towards the USA. Most felt
> to have a successful life they had to come here, although, they would
> rather be in their home country. Some of this bad sentiment comes
> from born and bred Americans that at some point fell down on their
> luck and cannot seem to recover. Thus, let's just all hate America
> and all it stands for.
>
> My advice to these people is to do something constructive, say something
> constructive, get a life. If you can't, crawl back in the hole whence
> you came. You will be left lying there by the rest of this America
> that is going to recover
> and continue to be the greatest country on the face of this earth.
> You can be a part of it or die fighting it.
>
> To all, Have a great day!