tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post461137985232807425..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, March 25 2008Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12892871214820069002008-03-26T09:57:00.000-04:002008-03-26T09:57:00.000-04:00CNN Money: Factory Orders in Surprise Decline"Fac...CNN Money: <A HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/news/economy/durable_goods/index.htm" REL="nofollow">Factory Orders in Surprise Decline</A><BR/><BR/>"Factory orders for big-ticket items fell surprisingly in February, after a steeper decline in the previous month"<BR/><BR/>Gollllll-lyyy. SurPRISE, surPRISE, surPRISE. Can't imagine why that might have happened. Maybe it's because:<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60737935387885002692008-03-26T07:28:00.000-04:002008-03-26T07:28:00.000-04:00Of course you're right Bicycle Mechanic, although ...Of course you're right Bicycle Mechanic, although biking is more of an option for some than for others due to age, infirmity, distance and climate. Structural dependencies and their remedies are personal, meaning that everyone needs to look at the own situation and what they can do about it, either alone or (preferably IMO) with others. There may be a surprising range of options if people can do Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76433336594023502272008-03-26T00:22:00.000-04:002008-03-26T00:22:00.000-04:00Yes Stoneleigh, I agree, except for the fact you o...Yes Stoneleigh, I agree, except for the fact you only point to gas powered vehicles to go places. Only if you see food as fuel too.<BR/><BR/>A bicycle can carry many goods, and bikes can cover all types of terrain, and go routes that larger gas or diesel vehicles can not.<BR/><BR/>Lets not forget the lonely bike. The rest of the world use bikes and only NA sees transportation as "cars".<BR/><BRbicycle mechanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008971495294158347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29471514220117053262008-03-25T21:32:00.000-04:002008-03-25T21:32:00.000-04:00Ilargi,Doesn't surprise me that you beat me. I'm i...Ilargi,<BR/>Doesn't surprise me that you beat me. I'm in the wheel estate in AZ for Bike Week and the drag races, the wireless in the colonies is slower then smoke signals.<BR/><BR/>Plus I'm old and slow.VLADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303463697333210934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74749522124734948892008-03-25T21:05:00.000-04:002008-03-25T21:05:00.000-04:00Thanks Stoneleigh. I like the idea of pooling reso...Thanks Stoneleigh. I like the idea of pooling resources. I am connected to a couple of different communities. I am going to start talking along these lines with a few people...at least become aware of what resources we do have, where the gaps are etc...scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75801268669972108602008-03-25T20:43:00.000-04:002008-03-25T20:43:00.000-04:00Y-axis is not scaled to zero? Just making sure you...<I>Y-axis is not scaled to zero? Just making sure you're paying attention.</I><BR/><BR/>Excuse me, but how can a (housing) graph not scaled to zero be a dirty embellishing trick to someone who herself said yesterday that prices could never go to zero anyway?Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59943574771065821752008-03-25T20:22:00.000-04:002008-03-25T20:22:00.000-04:00Structural dependencies are dependencies that are ...Structural dependencies are dependencies that are built into your life in some way. Some can be changed and some cannot, and sometimes there's a trade off between two or more factors. A simple example would be living somewhere where you couldn't even buy food if you didn't have a car and the means to put fuel in it. The dependency on fuel is a vulnerability. You could address it by moving, by Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61132816779164937562008-03-25T19:59:00.000-04:002008-03-25T19:59:00.000-04:00X-axis? are you talking about the fact that the gr...<I>X-axis? are you talking about the fact that the graph's Y-axis is not scaled to zero?</I><BR/><BR/>Just making sure you're paying attention.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90043752794802605892008-03-25T17:44:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:44:00.000-04:00Stoneleigh, A while back you made reference to " s...Stoneleigh, A while back you made reference to " structural dependency". Does that mean ways in which my well being is dependent on the current system/status quo? Would you say more about this,please?scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58585606457033386062008-03-25T15:50:00.000-04:002008-03-25T15:50:00.000-04:00musashiThanks, see top article. I think I beat you...musashi<BR/><BR/>Thanks, see top article. I think I beat you by a few minutes:>)<BR/><BR/>I hope this'll be a wake up call for many, but then I've been hoping for that for ages<BR/><BR/>Wall Street will easily achieve $1 trillion all by itself, and that includes Goldman SachsIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46932035456508017832008-03-25T15:34:00.000-04:002008-03-25T15:34:00.000-04:00Bloomberg<A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awTVtVvJeSJQ&refer=home" REL="nofollow">Bloomberg</A>VLADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303463697333210934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62692599768479436512008-03-25T14:30:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:30:00.000-04:00OK, I'm a little spastic - sorry. The question is ...OK, I'm a little spastic - sorry. The question is was the Jimmy Carter, our sub built for splicing submarine cables, anywhere near the Persian Gulf during the rash of outages a few weeks ago?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88638347368253750712008-03-25T14:16:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:16:00.000-04:00The nuclear sub passing through the Suez canal sto...The nuclear sub passing through the Suez canal story is a bit over the top.<BR/><BR/> The wording seems to indicate that a "N00kwular" submarine is somehow a big deal. The last conventional boat in the fleet was the U.S.S. Darter and I believe she was decommissioned some time ago. All combat submarines today are nuclear powered, both the boomers and the attack boats.<BR/><BR/> One destroyer came.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49413831753666339092008-03-25T14:09:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:09:00.000-04:00OCyou valued contributor you, now you halfway lost...OC<BR/><BR/>you valued contributor you, now you halfway lost me<BR/><BR/>X-axis? are you talking about the fact that the graph's Y-axis is not scaled to zero?Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64709859315464539382008-03-25T14:03:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:03:00.000-04:00Here's a little gripe for your viewing pleasure. ...Here's a little gripe for your viewing pleasure. I find it ironic that Econoday (presumably) produces a graph that shows the actual decline in home sales (rather than what NAR was stating) but then uses a dirty graphing trick, the misleading x-axis, to do it. Shame, shame. The graph seems to say that sales have already crashed to almost nothing when in fact they are only well on their way to Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86224262820106202872008-03-25T12:59:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:59:00.000-04:00I saw that, Iowa. Thank you. We get quite a few hi...I saw that, Iowa. Thank you. We get quite a few hits from that already.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31141269352821017552008-03-25T12:26:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:26:00.000-04:00I made this tinyurl to keep it neat here, but I as...I made this tinyurl to keep it neat here, but I assure you it's a link to my diary on DailyKos about the 23.8% housing drop.<BR/><BR/> http://tinyurl.com/2u6nb7<BR/><BR/> I'm doing what I can to improve the visibility of this blog..https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.com