Richter Scale's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/18854/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/180565/comments?source=feed#comment-831174 831174 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:37:05 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/175060/comments?source=feed#comment-778021 778021 "In my honest opinion, the only reason we don't have a full blown revolt right now is because this fraud is just way too complicated for the average person to comprehend."

What we need is a way to organize all factions to march on Washington and Wall St. and DEMAND that they stop robbing us blind. Next, we need to vote out everyone from office and start over. This fraud is not complicated: Wall St. & Congress (which, I hear, is made up of almost 50% millionaires) has set up a zero sum game so that they win, no matter what happens to the rest of us.]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:44 -0500 "In my honest opinion, the only reason we don't have a full blown revolt right now is because this fraud is just way too complicated for the average person to comprehend."

What we need is a way to organize all factions to march on Washington and Wall St. and DEMAND that they stop robbing us blind. Next, we need to vote out everyone from office and start over. This fraud is not complicated: Wall St. & Congress (which, I hear, is made up of almost 50% millionaires) has set up a zero sum game so that they win, no matter what happens to the rest of us.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174092/comments?source=feed#comment-768298 768298 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:44:25 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173238/comments?source=feed#comment-761498 761498 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:50:48 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158173/comments?source=feed#comment-648174 648174
Where's the leadership & balls necessary to reduce military spending and divert money into useful, long-term growth programs that will generate well-paying jobs? It's hard to find while our gov't leaders are bought & sold by corporate interests. Nobody seems to know how to fix this skewing of power.


On Aug 25 02:54 PM merlynp wrote:

> It was LBJ who dissolved the SS Trust Fund. It was at a time when
> all agreed there was so much money in the fund, no one would ever
> be able to spend it; so, it was used to pay for the Vietnam War,
> The Great Society, and the Moon Shot. One success out of three is
> not bad… in baseball.
>
> Later, when we hit a deficit that was greater than all the gold reserves
> (evidently the SS Trust Fund was not large enough to pay for Vietnam,
> The GS, and the Moon Landing), Richard Nixon took us off of the Gold
> Standard, allowing our currency to float against all others, so that
> we would be able to expand the money supply.
>
> Both parties have treasonously mismanaged our country. During my
> lifetime, we have constantly ridiculed dictators, socialists, and
> communists; yet, we are altogether as corrupt as they.
>
> We have only had crisis management. There has never been an interest,
> or ability, to manage for the long term, for our grandchildren’s
> future. Ours is NOT a democracy; it is a Plutocracy!
>
> For instance, during the last “gas crisis” of 1973, had we begun
> to use (seekingalpha.com/symbo...) Compressed Natural Gas
> as a truck fuel, we would not have gotten into our current dependency
> on foreign oil. Our environment would have been cleaner, our costs
> less, and the fuel would have come from the US. This is 1950s technology
> that works very, very well. Why don’t we use it?
>
> We have had decades, over many administrations, to correct the SS
> fund. Nothing has been attempted! The United States is, in fact,
> bankrupt!]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:11:11 -0400
Where's the leadership & balls necessary to reduce military spending and divert money into useful, long-term growth programs that will generate well-paying jobs? It's hard to find while our gov't leaders are bought & sold by corporate interests. Nobody seems to know how to fix this skewing of power.


On Aug 25 02:54 PM merlynp wrote:

> It was LBJ who dissolved the SS Trust Fund. It was at a time when
> all agreed there was so much money in the fund, no one would ever
> be able to spend it; so, it was used to pay for the Vietnam War,
> The Great Society, and the Moon Shot. One success out of three is
> not bad… in baseball.
>
> Later, when we hit a deficit that was greater than all the gold reserves
> (evidently the SS Trust Fund was not large enough to pay for Vietnam,
> The GS, and the Moon Landing), Richard Nixon took us off of the Gold
> Standard, allowing our currency to float against all others, so that
> we would be able to expand the money supply.
>
> Both parties have treasonously mismanaged our country. During my
> lifetime, we have constantly ridiculed dictators, socialists, and
> communists; yet, we are altogether as corrupt as they.
>
> We have only had crisis management. There has never been an interest,
> or ability, to manage for the long term, for our grandchildren’s
> future. Ours is NOT a democracy; it is a Plutocracy!
>
> For instance, during the last “gas crisis” of 1973, had we begun
> to use (seekingalpha.com/symbo...) Compressed Natural Gas
> as a truck fuel, we would not have gotten into our current dependency
> on foreign oil. Our environment would have been cleaner, our costs
> less, and the fuel would have come from the US. This is 1950s technology
> that works very, very well. Why don’t we use it?
>
> We have had decades, over many administrations, to correct the SS
> fund. Nothing has been attempted! The United States is, in fact,
> bankrupt!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/144665/comments?source=feed#comment-578242 578242
If I lose or damage a book, so what? I can get another one, cheaply. I think books will be around for a long time. When they come out with affordable, flexible, color OLED's with sound and WiFi, then you might see significant changes in reading habits.]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:58:28 -0400
If I lose or damage a book, so what? I can get another one, cheaply. I think books will be around for a long time. When they come out with affordable, flexible, color OLED's with sound and WiFi, then you might see significant changes in reading habits.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/147125/comments?source=feed#comment-578238 578238 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:48:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/145577/comments?source=feed#comment-566404 566404 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:36:54 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/138467/comments?source=feed#comment-512272 512272 Wed, 20 May 2009 22:56:46 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/138448/comments?source=feed#comment-512269 512269 Wed, 20 May 2009 22:50:51 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/138222/comments?source=feed#comment-510626 510626 Tue, 19 May 2009 22:41:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/137852/comments?source=feed#comment-507759 507759 Sun, 17 May 2009 21:56:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/137957/comments?source=feed#comment-507685 507685 Sun, 17 May 2009 20:29:08 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/134779/comments?source=feed#comment-488120 488120 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:02:34 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/132294/comments?source=feed#comment-478401 478401 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:58:36 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/129609/comments?source=feed#comment-454319 454319 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:06:09 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/120218/comments?source=feed#comment-387504 387504 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:53:58 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/120218/comments?source=feed#comment-387503 387503 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:53:25 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/110165/comments?source=feed#comment-326941 326941 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:49:28 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/109648/comments?source=feed#comment-323988 323988 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:45:55 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/95948/comments?source=feed#comment-258235 258235 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:11:02 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/94891/comments?source=feed#comment-251775 251775 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:09:21 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89749/comments?source=feed#comment-226323 226323 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:28:09 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/84859/comments?source=feed#comment-206161 206161 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:06:01 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/80383/comments?source=feed#comment-180469 180469 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:18:51 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/80074/comments?source=feed#comment-179780 179780 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:12:18 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/67827/comments?source=feed#comment-124896 124896 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:26:33 -0400