tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post3569606484227048318..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: November 2 2009: The American Dream Needs a LoanIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13356022131345614242009-11-06T12:49:08.565-05:002009-11-06T12:49:08.565-05:00Greetings Carpe Diem,
You're definitely fortu...Greetings Carpe Diem,<br /><br />You're definitely fortunate to have escaped! Most people are not so blessed. John Robbins escaped as well. In the early '90s my family and I read his well documented book "Diet for a New America" (and watched the video), which finally convinced us to go vegan.<br /><br />Yes, letting go is essential, but those of us who grew up with less must Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32131889433160608022009-11-05T23:19:54.736-05:002009-11-05T23:19:54.736-05:00NZSanctuary,
Yes indeedy - letting go is the key!...NZSanctuary,<br /><br />Yes indeedy - letting go is the key!<br /><br />Cheerscarpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43146477265843462212009-11-05T23:17:25.351-05:002009-11-05T23:17:25.351-05:00Punx @4.15
Good point!
I don't get back to ...Punx @4.15<br /><br />Good point! <br /><br />I don't get back to L.A. very often but compared to when I was growing up there in the 50's, 60's, it's gotten much worse.<br />It's hard to make sweeping statements but it really is a very 'superficial' world out there in lala land. Plus it's so built up. It used to be so undeveloped in the 50s with beautiful flora andcarpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54387214888841369682009-11-05T19:37:53.157-05:002009-11-05T19:37:53.157-05:00New post up.
This one took me forever, apologies...New post up.<br /><br /><br />This one took me forever, apologies for that, and I don't even really know why.<br /><br /><br />There are quite a few must see videos.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61174872238599247252009-11-05T19:31:19.655-05:002009-11-05T19:31:19.655-05:00The Shadow said...
"Here's a beauty poste...The Shadow said...<br />"Here's a beauty posted on Calculated Risk:"<br /><br />This suggests the transfer of physical wealth (real wealth) to the few is gaining momentum...NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676287221558805541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85017995102768324302009-11-05T19:28:07.821-05:002009-11-05T19:28:07.821-05:00KJ said...
"For myself, I think happiness com...KJ said...<br />"For myself, I think happiness comes from letting go, not by hoarding. And perhaps that's what Jesus meant with his 'birds of the air' quote.'"<br /><br />That fits very closely with how I read it too. I suspect many such quotes have been either (a) altered, or (b) misinterpreted, in order to keep the "flock" dumbed down over the centuries, but NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676287221558805541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48053973496247963822009-11-05T19:20:54.224-05:002009-11-05T19:20:54.224-05:00"People who are used to being rentiers (livin...<i>"People who are used to being rentiers (living off income from investments rather than from work) will find it increasingly difficult to do so,"</i><br /><br />Yesireebob, there sure will be a lot more old retirement type folks eating from dog food cans in the coming days, unless of course that can isn't snatched from their hands, because as you say:<br /><br /><i>" I think scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84973342180853408942009-11-05T18:28:21.535-05:002009-11-05T18:28:21.535-05:00Lord bacon:
"The market can stay irrational l...Lord bacon:<br />"The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent."<br />(Keynes).<br /><br />How do you intend to bet against the market? If you want to make some real money you'll have to bet in significant size relative to your fortune. <br /><br />If the position runs against you you'll incur significant paper losses --- will you have the stomach to ride themmessage_in_a_bottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958911505180651936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27026030380280875122009-11-05T18:17:38.724-05:002009-11-05T18:17:38.724-05:00"I hate what the fundamentalist fanatics are ..."I hate what the fundamentalist fanatics are doing to our country. It seems as though, if everybody doesn’t accept their version of reality, that somehow invalidates it for them."<br />-Jesse Ventura, I Ain't Got Time to Bleed<br /><br />"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."<br />-Hamlet<br /><br />Journalist: What do Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23611196148725535612009-11-05T18:17:09.506-05:002009-11-05T18:17:09.506-05:00The Fannie becoming a landlord story is another ki...The Fannie becoming a landlord story is another killer today. the government will control your education access, health care access, and possibly living space access as well. I wonder who would pay rent when the banks take up to 2 years to evict you on a foreclosure anyway? Think cash flow folks!EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85797683379307711892009-11-05T16:41:27.671-05:002009-11-05T16:41:27.671-05:00@ Weaseldog, thanks for your comments on evolution...@ Weaseldog, thanks for your comments on evolution. Darn, I want to be around to see how it all plays out. Our species survives, our species is replaced, our species becomes extinct???<br />Oh well, back to the here and now of this lifetime.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5549456234105671602009-11-05T16:40:44.651-05:002009-11-05T16:40:44.651-05:00Hi Ahimsa,
The TV evangelists are the really scar...Hi Ahimsa,<br /><br />The TV evangelists are the really scary ones! Obviously they are there to profit and make as much money and accumulate as many toys as they can but in watching them one really questions their sanity. <br /><br />Growing up with such close proximity to Hollywood and being in the thick of it I was fortunate to not get caught up but instead to become and observer of it all andcarpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49730830538922438852009-11-05T16:22:58.491-05:002009-11-05T16:22:58.491-05:00@ FarmerAmber, Stoneleigh and Ahimsa
Many thanks ...@ FarmerAmber, Stoneleigh and Ahimsa<br /><br />Many thanks for your interpretation, makes sense now. Work hard, leave the rest to God :)VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843562351166927162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88886451085813056102009-11-05T16:16:54.031-05:002009-11-05T16:16:54.031-05:00Carpe diem 5:58,
Maybe those wolfs were not looki...Carpe diem 5:58,<br /><br />Maybe those wolfs were not looking for their next meal, but were afraid of becomming the next to get eaten instead? My experience with these individuals is that they can be very insecure, always afraid that someone is going to take there money / success / stuff away from them. <br /><br />FYI - I spent a good chunk of my formative years in a well-to-do community in thePunxsutawneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462275239011115572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31110186810851663422009-11-05T15:54:25.585-05:002009-11-05T15:54:25.585-05:00Cattle or Cattle Prod?
Cattle or Cattle Prod?
...Cattle or Cattle Prod?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlhsRZm7Fyk&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow"><br />Cattle or Cattle Prod?</a> <br /><br />If I&S are right, then the video below is our future, and we all have a fundamental black and white choice to make: Cattle or Cattle Prod? <br /><br />At the present time, we have the luxury of not choosing. But I'Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546561755580215480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13625522891423312262009-11-05T15:11:10.024-05:002009-11-05T15:11:10.024-05:00Yes, Starcade, I see where that goes.
But how man...Yes, Starcade, I see where that goes.<br /><br />But how many people are actually needed, to keep a wealthy man pampered? Is anyone outside his power base actually, immediately useful?<br /><br />And to move to Scandia's question on over population...<br /><br />Extinction can take two basic paths.<br /><br />1. The line can die out.<br />2. The line can evolve into one or more new species.<Weaseldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70378509481555041582009-11-05T14:37:22.213-05:002009-11-05T14:37:22.213-05:00Dave Cohen with another great article. As with Sto...Dave Cohen with <a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/node/50628" rel="nofollow">another great article</a>. As with Stoneleigh, I highly appreciate his abilities to perform systems analysis and explain his views in clear, basic language and with a personal style that's engaging to read.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614205920972531674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80574077574447023552009-11-05T14:08:53.734-05:002009-11-05T14:08:53.734-05:00There is a great story told by the dog Rowf in The...There is a great story told by the dog Rowf in The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams:<br /><br />Rowf's mother taught him that the world and all the animals were created by the Star Dog in the sky. He then created man to watch over the other animals. When he next visited the earth he found men abusing animals and warned them. On his second visit he again found men abusing animals and "cast Craig Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895653046447172310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7599188261979942762009-11-05T13:22:27.620-05:002009-11-05T13:22:27.620-05:00Of course, Weaseldog, you realize the immediate co...Of course, Weaseldog, you realize the immediate consequence of same:<br /><br />Most people would then have no real reason to continue living at all, in the eyes of TPTB -- and, then, I think you can tell where that scenario goes rather quickly.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59435601115311800842009-11-05T13:07:29.165-05:002009-11-05T13:07:29.165-05:00...been thinking about over population, about the ......been thinking about over population, about the comments that<br />religion encourages more babies, more mouths to feed, more collection plate donations.<br />However this is what nature does. When conditions become dire species have more babies as a strategy to increase selection for survival.Those that adapt to conditions survive, those that don't die off. To abort this strategy may have scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30970897126009362192009-11-05T13:02:23.010-05:002009-11-05T13:02:23.010-05:00It is coming to pass as I foretold ... See I'm...It is coming to pass as I foretold ... See I'm not that smart ... someone else thought of it too.<br /><br />"<i>Under Deed for Lease, borrowers transfer their property to the lender by completing a deed in lieu of foreclosure, and then lease back the house at a market rate.</i><br /><br />See .., Freddie and Fanny do not have to write down the value of the property. They just keep jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49685947234929970762009-11-05T12:19:59.996-05:002009-11-05T12:19:59.996-05:00Mugabe, I think I understand what you mean about w...Mugabe, I think I understand what you mean about wages, competition, etc...<br /><br />For instance, baseballs still sell for about the same inflation adjusted price that they always have.<br /><br />Once they were made by hand in the USA by Americans. That cost more.<br /><br />Now they are made in Costa Rica for about 88 cents a ball.<br /><br />Yet the retail price didn't come down, while Weaseldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53969080897279999582009-11-05T12:05:27.487-05:002009-11-05T12:05:27.487-05:00Here's a beauty posted on Calculated Risk: ht...Here's a beauty posted on Calculated Risk: <a href="http://www.fanniemae.com/newsreleases/2009/4844.jhtml?p=Media&s=News+Releases" rel="nofollow"> http://www.fanniemae.com/newsreleases/2009/4844.jhtml?p=Media&s=News+Releases</a><br /><br /> <br /><br />"<i>WASHINGTON, DC -- Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE) is implementing the Deed for Lease™ Program under which qualifying homeowners facing scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7022651004438309072009-11-05T12:04:37.034-05:002009-11-05T12:04:37.034-05:00Carpe Diem - great post! I've had the same exp...Carpe Diem - great post! I've had the same experience (growing up well-off in SoCAL) and come to the same conclusions. It's not money that matters, it's the person. <br /><br />What I see, knowing some quite wealthy people (multiple millions) and knowing less wealthy people, is that very few seem truly happy regardless of financial situation. <br /><br />For myself, I think happiness kjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615941470279292092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-92032507649893603952009-11-05T12:02:29.943-05:002009-11-05T12:02:29.943-05:00VK said...
"@NZS
I suspect most peo...VK said...<br /><br /> <i>"@NZS<br /><br /> I suspect most people would simply take this as, "The Lord will provide, so we don't need to worry."<br /><br /> So in what way are we supposed to interpret that quote? I did interpret it the way you suggested."</i><br /><br />VK, this might help ...<br /><br /><i>"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com