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The Unsustainable Lie of Inflation

oh brother... after 8 years of Bush & Cheney, THIS is the "lie" that upsets you?

Verizon Launches Direct Ad Attack Against the iPhone

"Droid" is hard to say and sounds silly -- I wouldn't use it for that reason alone. Verizon should be doing whatever it takes to get the iPhone, which everyone wants, instead of doing a MIcrosoft move and trying to reinvent it. Dumb!

How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America's Drive for Energy Independence

Really interesting article -- a lot to think about. I'm one of those "Prius good -- electric car must be even better" types. Worth looking into that assumption. Thanks.

AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles' Heel

You are so right.

Worst Housing Number in Decades: What Is the Wall Street Media Smoking?

"Another point to be made is how the media is trying so hard to support the current administration."

Clearly you've not been watching CNBC!

The Leading Cause of Personal Bankruptcy

Reading this, I wonder why I'm bothering to throw so much of my hard-earned money into health insurance (I have one of those university jobs that provides it) if they'd cancel me should I get seriously ill. I'm in good health and take no drugs. Maybe I'll just start saving those funds and collect the interest (or dividends!) myself, instead of giving it to Blue Cross. That seems to be the only card the American "consumer" (weren't we once the American people?) has left -- withhold the funds.

So, Jim, It Is (Has Been) a Depression After All?

Cramer doesn't have to be a journalist to be misleading in his opinions. His popularity, and the fact that many "regular" people DO follow his stock-picking advice, makes what he says important. It doesn't matter if politicians or other financial geniuses listen to him -- he has a big following that trusts what he says. Those are the people to whom Cramer needs to be a little more responsible.

Having said that, there are A LOT of people WAAY more guilty of serious lying to the public than Jim Cramer.

The Right Position in Gold for the Short Term

If "the other commodity" is silver, tho, you wouldn't buy SLV -- right? He's saying short silver now, so now I have to go find the short-silver etf, which he could have just told us instead of the b.s. mystery. What, am I supposed to order your newsletter for the answer?

Meredith Whitney Needs Some Historical Perspective

Welcome, "best and brightest," to the employment environment the rest of us have been in for several years now. Go ahead and try to replace those insane amts of money you've been getting. Because you're SO VALUABLE.

The Oil Shortage, and Other Fairy Tales

"all the court jesters on CNBC ooh and ah at the magnificence of the demand cycle, even though there are no fundamentals there at all!" -- hilarious, and sad, and so true! Great article. I didn't know Iraqi oil prod'n isn't counted -- fascinating. What's that, petty cash for Dick Cheney?

Playing the Agriculture Game

"commodity company stocks act more like other stocks than futures — making them a rather poor substitute for commodity investments." Very interesting point, altho your chart indicates that the stocks of companies like Mosaic and ADM far outpaced the futures ETF and ETNs -- for last year, anyway.

Jim Rogers: Fed Policy is 'Outrageous'

Fantastic. This guy is one of the only voices of reason in the entire financial community. Michael Metz is another.

Re: the currency question above, Rogers has previously recommended: Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Chinese rinmindi.

Does Bad Economic Policy Lead to Greater Financial Regulation?

I agree that the economic policy (if you can call it that) of the last 8 years has "created incentives for undisciplined behavior" (to say the least). But it looks to me like the slide in the value of the dollar is the result of several forces coming together, the main one being the administration's desire to make, or allow, the dollar go as low as possible. Far from being the result other nations' losing faith in us, the extremely weak dollar is very much a feature of current republican economic policy. It's a cause, not an effect.

The Case Against Ethanol

"Ethanol is 20% less efficient than gasoline. It takes 450 pounds of corn, for instance, to produce the ethanol to fill a seventeen gallon fuel tank. ... And it takes more than one gallon of fossil fuel - coal, oil and natural gas- to produce one gallon of ethanol."

Not to mention the amount of water it takes to grow the corn -- a very water-intensive crop. I agree w/ your premise that the whole ethanol thing is a charade. Your idea that it's a "liberal feel-good program," however, is plainly contradicted by the full-blast, and as usual unconsidered, support it has gotten from this president.

Agriculture Explodes, But I'm Still Waiting to Buy

"Agricultural prices are a long ways from their all-time inflation-adjusted highs. I do suspect that we will eventually see those highs." -- Then it would seem we're looking at a long-term uptrend, not necessarily an overextended condition. Commodities take big falls when they fall, but on the whole, I think you get in sooner rather than later on this and just hold on for the next 5-10 years. Of course, it's not my money, so... easy for me to say!