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Marc Faber: Buy a Machine Gun

Give MF credit for being the one honest guy on CNBC. We are headed for inflation and there is no turning this around. (Sorry for the pessimism.)

Wood Energy: The New Renewable?

There are plenty of timber mills in the South and Southeast and throw away a lot of tree limbs, tree bark, etc. Why can't we just have a series of wood burning furnaces to burn all this bio-waste and generate power? It may not be the latest high tech but we know it works.
It would help to have 100% tax-writeoffs for the R&D and setup.

Is the Average American Becoming More Like Wimpy or Scrooge?

Now if we could get the Congress to make a balanced budget we'd really be getting somewhere.

The Face of Employment: Permanently Changed?

We could get out of all this by using what used to work - bankruptcy court and tax cuts to free up cash combined with a strong dollar policy. This would be painful and currently is the most unpopular of statements and no politician would propose these ideas today.

I agree with pigdog67 that the boomers are a bad lot (sorry to all Boomers). I've watched them all my life and, for the most part, they are a self-loving, drug-induced bunch of spoiled brats.

Hopefully we can turn this thing around in 10-12 years.

State and Local Governments Increase Jobs: Even the Experts Are Shocked

This is all part of the Democratic plan to move increasing amounts of wealth and power to the government. They need to keep all the workers poor and under their control.

Forget 'Cash for Clunkers': Try 'Dough for Dumps'

I love your idea. However, I doubt the current administration can afford it administer it. They couldn't carry out a 3B program for 2 months.

Considering that the Dem/Socialists have now taken all of our money that they can, they now have to figure out programs where they can give some of it to keep people surviving.

Homebuilders Are Buying Up Lots

Land is always going to be more valuable than housing. Count on that being the long term trend for years to come.

The population is growing and there is limited supply of space on earth. Go figure.

Lumber Prices Forecasting Another Housing Downturn

The current downtrend is mostly cyclical. Lumber always falls from April though October. It will go back up in late 2009 when the winter logging season starts for the Spring inventory.

Dark Skies Ahead for Solar Sector

We need R&D, that is a direct tax writeoff as well as full writeoffs for those people who choose to build their home with solar technology. We have to push this through to the masses until the costs come down.

It's Looking More Like a V-Shaped Recovery

You've got to be kidding!!! Do you think we are idiots or what.

Hyperinflation Is Not an Option, Say Some

I believe, by watching the expansion of govt, that long-term inflation is "baked into the cake" by now. We can put it off, hide it, disguise it, or whatever...it's gonna happen. Buy Alabama pine land and you'll have the best investment ever.

Double Dip Recession by 2009? Don't Be Surprised

Sounds about right to me.

Bank Earnings Indicate Nothing More than Return to Old Tricks

Excellent article. I'm glad someone can see through the smoke and mirrors. We have to get away from this leveraged merger mania. Why not get back to the principles of basic accounting - make a profit on an honest gain. I'm not buying anymore large banks and fund management firms until they can prove that they are stable and responsible.

I feel like I'm talking to the wall - this new adminstration will continue to fuel risky behavior and reward bad behavior.

On Negative Housing Feedback Loops

This article is absolutely incorrect. High property taxes DO NOT make an area for attractive for investment. People are leaving the big cities and suburbs to get away from high property taxes. The truly wealthy are moving to the mountains and rural estates to preserve their wealth and enjoy a less crime-filled neighborhood.

Predicting the Next Great Bubble

I'd have to disagree with most of this article and especially George Soros. Bubbles are real. They have happened and will continue to happen because they are built into the DNA of the capitalist infrastructure.
We are all trained, as MBAs, to ride a profit margin to it's point of maximum profit (and then bail out). Economists call it, the point of equilibrium where Price = Maximum P.