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Asset Price Driven Economic Recovery Underway

our governmental priorities are A$$ backwards to growth. we spend our resource[time and energy] to "INSURE" ourselves[Obama care, etc] instead of "ASSURE" ourselves. we should have a priority of present and future employment, developing industial bases and an educated, skilled population to support the same industrial base. financial health must exist to assure our ability to devote $$$ and priority to other life necessities.

this won't happen with leadership of lifelong political classes who have not had a job outside politics in years, if ever.

look at their records, America. fire the incumbants as inept. cut the spending marathon. treat YOUR government as a business. treat it[gov't] as you get treated in your work/economic lives.

Expecting Hyper-Inflation: Fed Chooses to Monetize America's Debt

your message is lost to the ignorance of the citizenry of this nation. they haven't a clue how their gov't apparatus works and its eventually consequences, both domestic and worldwide. just read the commentary associated with this type subject. exellent example--taurustrader.

somewhere basic civics/gov't education got lost. but HEY, you can't get change today, lest a calculator is handy.


On Mar 20 09:04 AM SW Richmond wrote:

> We've just witnessed the most significant day in American history
> in the last sixty-five years, and few Americans recognize it. It
> is nothing less than the day the US government admitted to the world
> it was insolvent. Pundits can yammer, but if any American family
> had gone to BK court and told the judge "we're going to print money
> to make our mortgage payments and maintain our lifestyle" there's
> no doubt what the judge would have replied.
>
> Our "president" is still campaigning and glamming it up, because
> that's all he knows how to do. Someone else, obviously the same entrenched
> power structure, is making decisions, and bad ones at that. We were
> promised change but have "stayed the course", not "changed horses
> in the middle of the stream", and gotten at least "4 more years."
>
>
> This is not going to end well; it can't. You can't print value, and
> everyone knows it. America, be ready. The welfare-warfare Leviathan
> is killing itself, and if we're not careful it will soon be replaced
> by its warfare-only cousin (since we won't any longer be able to
> afford welfare).
>
> It's a dark day.

Obama Makes Sense

perhaps we're not to know what the political class has in store. obfuscation delivered through slick rhetoric, divisive issues to divert attention/focus. political parties with little substantive difference in execution. HMMMM!

would you employ/maintain employees like these in your business? especially when their ratings are consistently identified as SUB PAR by the supposed management[US]?

but we do. COLLECTIVELY LED?

signed: GERRY MANDER


On Mar 14 02:20 AM The hand wrote:

> 'Only Congress was allowed to view the $800 Billion "stimulus plan"
> with funds set aside for Acorn... it was 1,100 pages, and Congress
> only had 48 hours to review it... being told they were "irresponsible"
> if they did not pass it."
>
> hello, can you imagine how big it would have been if congress had
> time to review it?
>
> what is irresponsible to me is that i have not seen one fiscally
> responsible act in the last 8 years. i have not seen one leader (including
> Obama to date) put dogmatic principles at bay to put the economic
> health of the country on the front burner.
>
> the stimulus package was a horrible cruel joke. stop the pork. control
> the entitlements. the best time to clean house is during hard times.
>
>

China Ignores the Cost of Moving Away from Coal

ADARI, BIOGUY--

yes, if any of us knew what NDRC was up to in this subject, the answers to our comments would be clear.

of this i'm confident--

1] jobs will be created in China.

2] Chinese green energy industry will be strengthened.

3] coal's utilization in China for the near future will remain high.

the end!


On Dec 29 12:44 PM BioGuy wrote:

> Exactly, I was going to point out similar info.

Consumer Deleveraging

stop looking at actual data and listen to the GOV'T hype and CNBC verbage and CRAMER crap. doing the latter will make you feel better and demonstrate that you have "HOPE" as promised in our latest election cycle. the time to have asked serious questions was last year in the election cycle. you missed your opportunity.

now have HOPE and stop looking at reality. focus on the CHARISMA, it will make the pain go away.

Time to Buy and Hold for Reflation: Four Promising Sectors

remember, in the end the drugs/medicines will be purchased, the coal will provide the electricty which will be purchased. the purchases made by the citizen who will take the hits via higher purchase cost and any growth in taxes. for the gov't has no money but ours. i don't know of any ready substitute for todays medicines/drugs or coal to fire 50% of our electricity. Obama can't legislate those changes in any near in timeframe. he can only make our lives cost more.


On Mar 03 06:38 AM basehitz wrote:

> Coal stocks were one of my primary interests until I heard this quote
> from Obama:
>
> Obama said "his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry
> and make energy rates skyrocket "
>
> If you've seen the damage done to drug stocks and health insurers
> just on the threat of pending legislation, hard to imagine what he
> might do to the coal industry. I saw live footage of him talking
> about coal. He said he wouldn't ban it's use, but would tax it to
> bankrupt anyone who tried. I was shocked. We get half our electricity
> energy from coal. Not only would it damage the coal industry, utility
> rates would also go higher.
>
> Trying to outguess the radical changes being proposed is a game I
> don't want to play.

Natural Gas: Another Great Thing from a Lobby Near You

MR. LOUNSBURY--

what are your recommendations to your readers re--current congressional bills, SEN 1408, HR1835?[nat gas automotive legislation].

do you know wether sen durbin supports these?

does sen durbin still accept most[all?] political contributions allowed by law? is his quoted statement meant to help in solving the alleged deficiency? or simply political rhetoric?

your position on these items would be most helpful to your many readers. thanks.

The Great Recession Continues

when temps begin to be hired followed by three three successive quarters of-- increasing perm hires, increasing retail sales, increasing sales revenues by major S&P500s, reduced contribution to GPD by gov't spending--
then i'll begin to have positive views about recovery in the economy.

Is There Enough Natural Gas?

FITZMAN--

in the end, our civilization knows very little about what commodity limitations we face. e.g., energy[oil,uranium,coa... all have economic interdependencies on many other commodities, the existence of and costs to obtain are not known into the future. all we can be certain of is that the cost of a useable unit must be equal to or less than the cost of its benefit of use[ eg, a bbl oil must have a positive EROEI [ bringing into play the existence of and acceptable cost of many other interdependent commodities]. this subject regards our long term capacity to provision ourselves, given the future exponential growth in world population, is a compete unknown; has had little study in our history[beyond the exercise by CLUB OF ROME in the early 1970s].

a very basic introduction to this potential dilemma for world nations and their survival is contained in recent book by stephen leeb, "GAME OVER", 2009 publication. it merits reading for those receptive to the concept of resource limits in our world. it may answer recent geo political/geo economic actions by china and others.

this comment by me is not to counter or discredit your work/conclusion; but to use as springboard for further thought on the energy/commodity interdependency topic. it merits broader thought/understanding.

the recent action by California--re, air quality vs CO2 should add more arrows to the NG advocacy. continued success on your efforts.

Peak Oil: China vs. USA

who in blazes cares a rat's patoot about those ratings? if that's your priority, it's no wonder the nation is becoming braindead. get a life! several!!


On Apr 10 04:47 PM longoil wrote:

> User 357469
>
> I have been knocked out from the top 20 several times in the last
> several weeks in a matter of minutes with over 20 negative feedbacks
> in one barage as has happened to Fireball. I am surprised a "cyber
> Columbo" like yourself hasn't noticed that as well.
>
> Personally, I don't care what you think. If my feedback drops to
> negative 1000, I will continue to post freely my views and opinions
> as I have in the past regardlessly of what you or other cyber bullies
> have to say. Some people agree with my views, some don't.
>
> By the way since you pride yourself as cyber sleuth, I noticed you
> also wrongly accused Pacman1947 as well. Several weeks ago, when
> I noticed my feedback dropped suspicously by 20 point in a 15 minute
> period, I noticed the same thing happened to him.
>
>

Washington's Dismal Record as Investment Manager

ATLASMAN and TERESAE--

a number of years back, a POL by the name Tip Oneil [spelling?], speaker of the USA house/reps said "all politics is local". this is no longer true. we, the electorate, have given our local voice/vote to the federal gov't. the federal gov't is expected to solve all problems for all people. it can't be done. local innitiatives/control must be retrieved. we once lived with "states rights" in the "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", not the federal socialized states of america. and we've created a political class[POLS] to run the social federal states of america. POLS who vie for our vote every 2/4 years to maintain status quo. and we cede it to them! is there significant difference among PARTY offerings??

sign me: GERRY MANDER

for those unaware, consult a dictionary-- gerrymandering, vt.


On Mar 10 08:21 AM TeresaE wrote:

> Americans KNOW that government has a dismal record, yet we continuously
> go to them and ask them to control more.
>
> Protect us, save us, wrap us in the most expensive bubble wrap ever
> known to man.
>
> Results will be the same.
>
> Incompetence, overspending & waste.
>
> Yeah us.

What Happened to 'The Change We Need'?

there is a statement on politics often cited--"all politics is local". that statement is no longer accurate enough to address many of the failures/frustrations the author cites in the initial paragraphs--re, dissappointments post election. the fact is--

all politics of consequence have been nationalized by a single political apparatus--two indistinguishable parties that compete thru an election process for the economic/power spoils of the nation. you need only examine the first series of items highlighted by mr. hansen and then listen to the statement on "pork", the absence of citizen interest in "pork" by the pandering sen schumer[Dem, NY] following passage of the "stimulus" legislation.

the analyses and trials which should be a local and state domain with the best applied where appropriate at national level don't get done. why? abdication? lack of funds? ???? if these do happen at state/local level, they are frequently used to springboard a local POL to national prominance. then lost in the national skirmishes for the "spoils".

in net-- gov't can't do everything for everyone at a national level. local/state innitiatives, actions, solutions are needed. if we believe the "new people" need to contribute, get control/execution to lower levels of accoutability. stop excessive top down mandates. MAKE ALL POLITICS LOCAL! GET THE FEDERAL GOV'T BACK TO ITS CHARTER--borders, defence,etc

Why China Can't Dump U.S. Treasuries

options to buy--

THE WORLD'S COMMODITIES AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. what are china's biggest deficiencies, given their population and limited internal geographical constraints?

they've plenty of time to pull the string on "own america". we aren't going anywhere and our debt/consumption weaknesses are not decreasing.

Three Things Obama Will Do to Advance Alternative Energy

my summary of your article--

1--there is no specific "Obama" plan for 2+ millions jobs[how, where, what, when, who, costs, skills sets, training, etc ec] which can be immediately let loose upon the nation. the plan must be created, sized, legislated,funded and allocated by washington. will it be part of the currently discussed stimulative plan? more TARP-like stuff[trial/error]?

2-- you present guesses on likely beneficiaries, since item 1 does not exist.

3--a technical beauracrat[Dr. Chu]will provide a short range solution for the "green" and "stimulus" rhetoric?


have you been watching WASH. D.C. in action or are you trapped somewhere with "ALICE" and her rabbit?

China Repeats U.S. Energy Policy Mistakes

FITZMAN--

regards China and the future of commodities used by that nation, several items must be considered:

the political apparatus fears the people[[1.3 billions]. therefor, liberties and economic growths are now permitted within bounds. tradeoffs by gov't are made today which will likely change in the future[they constantly change as evidenced by rapid growth in nuclear, wind, and solar electic generation. China has transitioned from massive hydro to coal to these other sources. using all in their transition into their global position of strength while keeping the billions reasonably pacified.] these transitions will continue. currently they're using our consumer excess spending to fund this transition discussed by you above. i would say "wise move" on their part.

another factor of consequence is their role as exporter and not internally a consumer. as this role changes through time, so will the utilization of commodities.

i am not projecting how all this will/won't be as you portray. only that it may be premature for final assessment. China and the remainder of Asia have a long journey of economic change ahead.