digitaldorobo

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.

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!

America: Is This the End of an Era?

Then stop producing crappy cars.

If you build them, they will come.

Until then, look out below.


On Jan 09 09:40 AM Michael66 wrote:

> People just do not comprehend how much harm they do to the American
> economy when they buy an imported car.
>
> Take, for example, the effect of buying a $50,000 Mercedes here in
> the US.
>
> Approximately 60% of the list price of the Mercedes or $30,000 is
> transferred to Germany. That is $30,000 of American capital. The
> US loses $30,000 of capital and Germany gains $30,000 of capital.
>
>
> This $30,000 of capital is permanently lost to us. We can no longer
> use it to invest in America.
>
> In addition to a transfer of capital, that $30,000 transferred to
> Germany also represents $150,000 of jobs transferred to Germany.
>
>
> Economists figure that when one dollar is introduced or transferred
> out of a country it actually represents $5.00 of jobs gained or lost.
> This is called the “Job Multiplier effect” of capital lost or gained.
>
>
> Multiply $30,000 by the standard job multiplier of 5 and you have
> the sum of $150,000 which is the dollar value of jobs that the $50,000
> Mercedes sent to Germany and that we here in the US have lost. <br/>
>
> In other words, the purchase of the Mercedes lost America the equivalent
> of three jobs each paying $50,000. Germany gained the equivalent
> of three jobs each paying $50,000.
>
> Currently we are transferring $6,000,000,000 (six billion dollars)
> of capital per day out of the US to purchase depreciating and wasting
> assets. In essence, we are squandering our capital.
>
> This is a disaster in the making.

What Happened to the American Dream?

Healthy discourse is never unpatriotic.

Knee-jerk reactions such as yours come from those who seek to sustain the status quo rather than help heal.

Open your eyes and your heart.


On Dec 29 06:20 PM john1 wrote:

> Just more unpatriotic negativity from liberals who hate America,
> and the troops.

What Happened to the American Dream?

Yeah, "return to our roots"-- God is the answer, lol.

In fact, let's go back to the days of the overbearing Catholic and Protestant churches. Let's go back to slavery.

Anyone who needs someone else to tell them how to live surely has no answers.

Anyone looking back for answers clearly is going to trip over as the world moves on.

Welcome to present.


On Dec 25 12:59 PM faithmore wrote:

> You hit the nail on the head. What you said is all true and could
> not be stated better. Unfortunatly our leaders could care less. You
> are a nobody like me just trying to squeak in a few insights of truth
> before the next shoe falls.
>
> The only thing you forgot is the truth that Washington, Franklin,
> Lincoln, Jefferson, Madison and other of our great leaders relied
> on when the chips were down. They relied on a God which they believed
> was real, not some fairy tail or flawed religious church. And they
> prayed. All were prayer warriers.
>
> Need I say more. Only when God intervenes directly will America be
> restored to its roots. "In God We Trust" is our motto, but our mantra
> is "Me First". The squeeky wheel gets the grease. The rest of us
> get screwed. How stupid to trust those that betray and hate God.

Here Come the ZIRP

"that's what democrats do: they spend money. In fact,
> they're good at it."

Drop your knee-jerk republicansim.

Take a look at the massive spending during Reagan, Bush Sr., and Bush Jr's terms. They outspent the Democrats by far and put the US in deep debt.

Stop blaming Democrats or anyone else.




On Dec 18 10:01 AM D. McHattie wrote:

> Well, we know that the Obama administration has the support of Congress
> in passing a massive fiscal stimulus package, right? Not judging
> anyone but that's what democrats do: they spend money. In fact,
> they're good at it.
>
> Sure, there will be a metric tonne of waste and I'm sure the usual
> suspects will line up at the trough for their ration of pork. But
> the fiat currency will enter the system and it will get spent.<br/>
>
> It seems to me, in light of this, we shouldn't be waiting years for
> a resumption of inflation.