Bengunnscave's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/298047/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/111754-the-great-slump-of-2008-part-1?source=feed#comment-340621 340621
I would add that the national sales tax should not tax food, and while we are at it don't tax trips to the consignment store for clothing....reward frugality.

I wouldn't call that a "Really Bad Idea" any more than our current system or the myriad of other complicated solutions.]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500
I would add that the national sales tax should not tax food, and while we are at it don't tax trips to the consignment store for clothing....reward frugality.

I wouldn't call that a "Really Bad Idea" any more than our current system or the myriad of other complicated solutions.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/111754-the-great-slump-of-2008-part-1?source=feed#comment-339509 339509 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:14:41 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/108100-thanksgiving-has-been-historically-favorable-to-gold-price?source=feed#comment-318585 318585
After reading your response however, I realize that perhaps you do hold the ultimate truth. You are right, the USA is the best, everyone else is below us, they all want to be just like us because we are the best, we always have the moral high ground, anyone who dislikes us is in the wrong and anyone who disagrees with us must be wrong. Sure we make some honest mistakes but we always correct them. We are not ethnocentric because we are always in the right. We will remain on the top of the world because we are the greatest and we do not need to question our own views because we already know they are right!

Thanks for your insight, I've finally got it, it is all so clear for me now.

And also thanks for helping to prove my point for me with your response. I'll go ahead and let you have the last word since you are the holder of the truth.

And then we can get back to the issue at hand, whether or not you would like to put this aside and join me for a drink on my pirate island whilst counting dubloons?]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:16:05 -0500
After reading your response however, I realize that perhaps you do hold the ultimate truth. You are right, the USA is the best, everyone else is below us, they all want to be just like us because we are the best, we always have the moral high ground, anyone who dislikes us is in the wrong and anyone who disagrees with us must be wrong. Sure we make some honest mistakes but we always correct them. We are not ethnocentric because we are always in the right. We will remain on the top of the world because we are the greatest and we do not need to question our own views because we already know they are right!

Thanks for your insight, I've finally got it, it is all so clear for me now.

And also thanks for helping to prove my point for me with your response. I'll go ahead and let you have the last word since you are the holder of the truth.

And then we can get back to the issue at hand, whether or not you would like to put this aside and join me for a drink on my pirate island whilst counting dubloons?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/108100-thanksgiving-has-been-historically-favorable-to-gold-price?source=feed#comment-316318 316318
It takes a good bit of angst to morph an article about gold price around Thanksgiving into a rant about someone else's way of life. Perhaps a little more cultural tolerance and understanding in this world would go a long way toward keeping on the ground planes bound for buildings.

A great rule for both investing and living life is to constantly and objectively ask yourself, What if I'm wrong?

Good day Sir.]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:00:26 -0500
It takes a good bit of angst to morph an article about gold price around Thanksgiving into a rant about someone else's way of life. Perhaps a little more cultural tolerance and understanding in this world would go a long way toward keeping on the ground planes bound for buildings.

A great rule for both investing and living life is to constantly and objectively ask yourself, What if I'm wrong?

Good day Sir.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/108103-enjoy-the-strong-u-s-dollar-while-you-can?source=feed#comment-315645 315645 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:57:51 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/108103-enjoy-the-strong-u-s-dollar-while-you-can?source=feed#comment-315621 315621
A classic example was the interview of Steve Forbes by Michael Eisner a few days ago. Of course when asked about the dollar, Steve answered that we need to strengthen and stabilize our currency. When asked how?, his answer proved my point. His answer was in two parts. First, he said that we "tell everyone that it is strong". Second, he said that we need to "get all of our foreign friends to buy and prop up the dollar". Now, I am paraphrasing the quotes, but he did slip up and use the word "prop". When asked about gold, he of course said "it needs to go down"...cart or horse???

The point is that these views/comments are very typical of the main stream and indeed for the masses become "the trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain"....which is exactly where the system wants us just prior to cratering the dollar.

Anyone want in on my pirate island...]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:00 -0500
A classic example was the interview of Steve Forbes by Michael Eisner a few days ago. Of course when asked about the dollar, Steve answered that we need to strengthen and stabilize our currency. When asked how?, his answer proved my point. His answer was in two parts. First, he said that we "tell everyone that it is strong". Second, he said that we need to "get all of our foreign friends to buy and prop up the dollar". Now, I am paraphrasing the quotes, but he did slip up and use the word "prop". When asked about gold, he of course said "it needs to go down"...cart or horse???

The point is that these views/comments are very typical of the main stream and indeed for the masses become "the trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain"....which is exactly where the system wants us just prior to cratering the dollar.

Anyone want in on my pirate island...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/107879-no-silver-lining-for-precious-metal-bugs?source=feed#comment-315007 315007
The government/system has the majority of our society right where they want us, believing that Federal Reserve Notes and Treasuries equal safety for wealth. Just as the majority of participants move into these asset classes, the system will inflate them into despair. Likewise, we have managed to make the notion of debt taboo, when in fact arranging low interest debt now might just be a most lucrative move going forward as it is paid off with severely inflated dollars. Interest rates skyrocket when inflation looms, take advantage over the next several months before the system figures this out. Government downward pressure on interest rates as 'stimulus' should help out this plan for a little while.

I for one will be most satisfied to convert real wealth into inflated dollars into a nice little pirate den on an island with no name. I hope to see you there...just not too many of you:)
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The government/system has the majority of our society right where they want us, believing that Federal Reserve Notes and Treasuries equal safety for wealth. Just as the majority of participants move into these asset classes, the system will inflate them into despair. Likewise, we have managed to make the notion of debt taboo, when in fact arranging low interest debt now might just be a most lucrative move going forward as it is paid off with severely inflated dollars. Interest rates skyrocket when inflation looms, take advantage over the next several months before the system figures this out. Government downward pressure on interest rates as 'stimulus' should help out this plan for a little while.

I for one will be most satisfied to convert real wealth into inflated dollars into a nice little pirate den on an island with no name. I hope to see you there...just not too many of you:)
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Nay, go in debt to your eyeballs (but not over your head) at low interest rates and push that payment out into the future where it will be payed off with inflated dollars.

Currency savers will be damned. Regarding credit mongers, as unfortunate as it is to say this...if you can't beat em', join em'... and use that 'good debt' to finance real things...gold, silver, sail boats, guitars, and yes that nice little house on the lake.

And if the whole thing craters, then you will have all that you need plus maybe that lender goes under and your loan evaporates (of course that will essentially happen with enough currency destruction regardless).

Cayman Island boy has a commendably similar plan. Expats and pirates will have the last laugh.]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:48:28 -0500
Nay, go in debt to your eyeballs (but not over your head) at low interest rates and push that payment out into the future where it will be payed off with inflated dollars.

Currency savers will be damned. Regarding credit mongers, as unfortunate as it is to say this...if you can't beat em', join em'... and use that 'good debt' to finance real things...gold, silver, sail boats, guitars, and yes that nice little house on the lake.

And if the whole thing craters, then you will have all that you need plus maybe that lender goes under and your loan evaporates (of course that will essentially happen with enough currency destruction regardless).

Cayman Island boy has a commendably similar plan. Expats and pirates will have the last laugh.]]>