tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post3327947176017092092..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, April 19 2008: Something’s afootIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27916319685851621672008-04-20T12:38:00.000-04:002008-04-20T12:38:00.000-04:00Re: When men had balls that clankedWould it be ove...Re: When men had balls that clanked<BR/><BR/>Would it be overly cynical to suggest a very large motivating factor behind the American Revolution was the desire of one group of rich white men to stop paying taxes to another group of rich white men? Possibly the largest, most successful tax dodge in the history of the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35347023029074988852008-04-20T11:24:00.000-04:002008-04-20T11:24:00.000-04:00tenthousandmilemargin, Your analysis makes sense t...tenthousandmilemargin, Your analysis makes sense to me. thinking of the Carlyle Group that went bust and then reformed, raised new capital for just the purpose you mention, to buy up depressed assets as in make another fortune from the collapse.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44821763452169774972008-04-19T23:40:00.000-04:002008-04-19T23:40:00.000-04:00For the record, I don't think there is any conspir...For the record, I don't think there is any conspiracy, just a bunch of people who went to Oxbridge or Harvard together and serve the interests their own, semi-hereditary, ruling class rather than the uncouth masses.<BR/><BR/>As an analogy, suppose there is a minor earthquake,and in the aftermath a man walking around town notices dollar bills blowing in the breeze, and points it out to his buddiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35217227357947711082008-04-19T22:56:00.000-04:002008-04-19T22:56:00.000-04:00Let's see...scandia and cr,Harper attended the Bil...Let's see...scandia and cr,<BR/><BR/>Harper attended the Bilderberg group meeting in 2006, and Flaherty in 2007. <BR/><BR/>Nuf said..."get it"..."the fix is in"peaktohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444882512154967449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19928500834807088792008-04-19T16:08:00.000-04:002008-04-19T16:08:00.000-04:00Maybe a study of the history of Goldman Sachs migh...Maybe a study of the history of Goldman Sachs might give us some significant insights as to the size and whereabouts that black hole being filled up with taxpayers dollars. I am recalling a Bush statement after Harper's first visit to the US as PM. Bush described Harper as a man who " gets it".I wrote back then to ask the PM what there is to get but didn't get a response. What there is to get is scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75102237407530603282008-04-19T15:48:00.000-04:002008-04-19T15:48:00.000-04:00Scandia, CRCarney is a Goldman man, like Paulson a...Scandia, CR<BR/><BR/>Carney is a Goldman man, like Paulson and so many others.<BR/><BR/>I've never really seen a credible history of the Bank of Canada, but since Canada was British property till not so long ago, and is still headed by Elizabeth, it's not hard to figure that the Bank of England was the model.<BR/><BR/>The US Fed may have been installed in 1913, in England the right to issue moneyIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78080713791136911792008-04-19T15:34:00.000-04:002008-04-19T15:34:00.000-04:00"Government should be afraid of the people, not th..."Government should be afraid of the people, not the other way around, because this is how government is forced to act within the boundaries of reason, proper conduct, and the law."<BR/><BR/>Gotta love Denninger. Given human nature, it's foolish to allow power to centralize. I've had many discussions with vets in my classes about what they might do if martial law were declared by a central Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33337902348535539812008-04-19T15:20:00.000-04:002008-04-19T15:20:00.000-04:00Scandia,Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Th...Scandia,<BR/><BR/><I>Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Thursday that <A HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/economy/bankofcanada-carney.html" REL="nofollow">Carney</A>, a 42-year-old adviser <B>*from his department</B>, will replace retiring Bank of Canada governor David Dodge as of Feb. 1, 2008. Dodge indicated in April that he would not seek a second term.</I> *(my bold)<BR/><BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67217618135279714842008-04-19T14:53:00.000-04:002008-04-19T14:53:00.000-04:00Good selection and comments, Ilargi!I think you'd ...Good selection and comments, Ilargi!<BR/><BR/>I think you'd like this kind of solution to the current financial crisis (it'd be the fastest and clrearest):<BR/><BR/>"Euthanize Wall Street to save the economy"<BR/><BR/>by NBBooks<BR/><BR/>http://www.eurotrib.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2008/4/14/234335/523<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>AuskaloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52713698492013490472008-04-19T13:06:00.000-04:002008-04-19T13:06:00.000-04:00Ilargi, I saw Mark Carney of TV last week and had ...Ilargi, I saw Mark Carney of TV last week and had that same troubling feeling you are having. He revealed nothing , kept any real information or concerns to himself, used incomprehensible jargon to respond to the interviewer. All I came away with is he intends to keep his manadate which was presented as keeping inflation within 2%.He struck me as a man keeping a secret. And he certainly was not scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.com