tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post8534037715067982141..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: What Would You Do to Improve Job Growth?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39617698869639205872011-08-14T11:25:13.947-04:002011-08-14T11:25:13.947-04:00That's right. We call them WINOs, white in nam...<i>That's right. We call them WINOs, white in name only.</i><br /><br />I like 'wigger'<br /><br />Wio says I'm a WINO (Woman In Name Only)Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54086186752054067152011-08-14T08:29:20.696-04:002011-08-14T08:29:20.696-04:00.
Historian David Starkey sparked outrage last ni....<br /><br /><i>Historian David Starkey sparked outrage last night by claiming that Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech had been right and blaming ‘black culture’ for the riots.<br /><b>He said white youths had adopted a black culture which promoted the violence and looting.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br />:)<br /><br /><br /><br />That's right. We call them WINOs, white in name only.<br /><br />Too funny.<br /><br />I've been exposed to this new black culture up close and personal recently. Admittedly, it was a brief and cursory view so I probably shouldn't jump to conclusions. And I admit I missed the whole prevalent 'Jamaican patois' thing. However, to me it seemed to consist of you go out with a bunch of your buds, drink Buds until you puke, then start handing out Glasgow Kisses for no apparant reason. Great fun on a Saturday night.<br /><br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4202688744373530042011-08-14T03:04:57.373-04:002011-08-14T03:04:57.373-04:00.
From Deuces stream on how to create jobs
John ....<br /><br />From Deuces stream on how to create jobs<br /><br /><i>John Berlau<br /><br /><br />Repeal portions of last year's Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which has created hundreds of pending rules causing uncertainty and a halt in hiring for everyone from banks and credit unions to retailers and manufacturers that extend credit or hedge financial risks with derivatives..."</i><br /><br />Dodd-Frank was written to try to address some of the issues that got us into the economic mess we are in today.<br /><br />But what John is saying is that companies are not hiring because of regulatory uncertainty.<br /><br />That regulatory uncertainty is currently the result of cutbacks in those agencies that write the rules that would apply for Dodd-Frank.<br /><br />So John's solution is if the rules are taking too long to write simply drop the new regulations.<br /><br />Circular logic but an equisitely simple solution.<br /><br />Sounds like something Mr. Cantor would have thought of.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91619302600383354502011-08-14T02:44:05.615-04:002011-08-14T02:44:05.615-04:00.
Between him and Obama, I'm sad to say, but ....<br /><br /><i>Between him and Obama, I'm sad to say, but I'll have to vote for the O'Man.</i><br /><br />If it came to that, you wouldn't be the only one. <br /><br />Someone commented here today that it would likely be close race in 2012. I tend to agree. Obama's poll numbers suck when it comes to the economy but his overall approval is still in the 47-50% range. <br /><br />No on in the GOP is near that right now, but when one of them becomes the candidate, I would imagine his/her number will jump up into the 40-45% range regardless. However, in order to beat Obama they are going to have to be able to present a convinving plan for the economy.<br /><br />I haven't heard one yet and I suspect most Americans aren't going to be satisfied with the typical sound bites and carping.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13035841660538831112011-08-14T02:10:00.671-04:002011-08-14T02:10:00.671-04:00.
I like some of the ideas one of our numerous a....<br /><br />I like some of the ideas one of our numerous anonymi has posted at<br /><br /><i>Sat Aug 13, 01:38:00 PM EDT</i><br /><br /><br /><br />The only thing I would point out is that the personal savings rate while only moving up in fits and starts over the past couple years now seem to be moving up again. It's been over 5% for the past couple months.<br /><br />Good for the citizens doing the saving, but one has to think it's not doing much to help the economy at the moment. <br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2307909877110438082011-08-14T01:58:45.286-04:002011-08-14T01:58:45.286-04:00.
The World is in Financial disarray. Half of the....<br /><br /><i>The World is in Financial disarray. Half of the World's Economists thinks it is the end of the<br />way things were. The other half say "No" this is only a minor fluctuation. I see no discussion, no thoughts or ideas from you people.<br /><br />What, this is not enough challenge ?</i><br /><br />Ok I give up. Is this a Newt Rockne pep talk, a motivational exercise, or merely a drive by critique.<br /><br />Don't see much else there.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-801497197223454572011-08-14T01:53:14.237-04:002011-08-14T01:53:14.237-04:00.
So we have a recession that will become a depre....<br /><br /><i>So we have a recession that will become a depression...and it won't end.<br /><br />It won't matter what culture you have....9 billion people can't survive in a post-oil world, never mind prosper.<br /><br /><b>It's over.</b></i><br /><br /><br />Good lord, and I thought I was negative.<br /><br />It's out of character for me to try to be positive but damn Doc you gotta lighten up.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45319075801114829752011-08-14T01:43:06.134-04:002011-08-14T01:43:06.134-04:00.
I applaud your suggestion about building ethano....<br /><br />I applaud your suggestion about building ethanol plants. I believe it is a good one. On the other hand I don't see it as either a short or medium term fix for either jobs or the energy problem.<br /><br />We will slowly, gradually confront our energy problems in the same way we confront everything else. The only way there will be a massive undertaking like you propose is if there is a crisis that is upon us and can't be avoided.<br /><br />In the mean time, while there will be slow progress on all the various types of alternative energy sources, you will not see a new ethanol plant in every county.<br /><br />It won't happen because of all the issues I've mentioned before (political resistance, ideological resistance, environmental resistance, NIMBY, etc.)<br /><br />That's not to say certain locales won't do it.<br /><br />You say there is political resistance. I hadn't planned on asking about 'the plan' for a full year but since we are on the subject. What are the local pols position on one there in your county?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91443499564898118092011-08-14T01:30:44.160-04:002011-08-14T01:30:44.160-04:00.
As I said before Ruf. When you are only lookin....<br /><br />As I said before Ruf. When you are only looking for one thing, that is all you are going to see.<br /><br />There are just too many negatives in the ecomony here and abroad right now, many of which have been here since 2007 and have not departed, that are dragging us down. To blame it all solely on the price of oil, in my opinion, is simplistic.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74817441559272965332011-08-14T01:23:48.587-04:002011-08-14T01:23:48.587-04:00.
One of the numerous anonymi points out the need....<br /><br />One of the numerous anonymi points out the need for infrastructure but Rufus pooh pooh's the idea. We don't need no stinking infrastructure. "Hell, it don't take me any more time to hop in my pickup and shoot down to the Memphis "In and Out" for a six pack of Bud than it ever did."<br /><br />As Rufus says, "We need loan guarantees for 3,000 cellulosic ethanol plants. The roads are fine."<br /><br />Ruf accused me of cherry picking, something he could never be accused of doing, when I posted the first article I cam to on google after searching under "poor infrastructure in the US. It just happened to be one by the Americican Society of Civil Engineers. So to try to reach Ruf's level of objectivity, I'll post this one. It was listed right underneath the Civil Engineers study.<br /><br /><a href="http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/costs_of_the_infrastructure_deficit" rel="nofollow">Infrastucture Deficit in the US</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38427115822645193622011-08-14T01:12:07.438-04:002011-08-14T01:12:07.438-04:00If you're going to argue with a post you shou...If you're going to argue with a post you should at least read the post you're arguing against, Q.<br /><br />I stated above, and many other times, here, that the parking lots were full in the middle of Feb. That gasoline (which is based off the Brent Price, which is $108.01, today, not WTI, which is nothing but a landlocked puddle of oil in ?Cushing Oklahoma) crossed the $3.25/gal barrier, and by the 1st of March the parking lots were half-empty. <br /><br />BTW, the National price of gasoline, according to AAA gas prices, was $3.65, today - still much higher than the price that trigggered the slowdown.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10612992141642657482011-08-14T01:02:31.802-04:002011-08-14T01:02:31.802-04:00.
I was serious about the date the economy tanked....<br /><br />I was serious about the date the economy tanked Ruf.<br /><br />Unless I know what date you are actually talking about we are just talking around each other.<br /><br />The reasons I listed were those that took place in the first six month of the year. The residual ones I didn't mention (continued weak housing, high unemployment, consumer demand down but offset by an increased personal savings rate, more and more people running out of long-term unemployment benefits, etc.) contributed to a bubble-like upward trend that had to come to an end at some point.<br /><br />Just as earning projections had to be reigned in eventually when productivity increases are built to a large extent on cost cutting and layoffs.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85110443257056899192011-08-14T00:50:28.214-04:002011-08-14T00:50:28.214-04:00.
The Floods, and the Tsunami came After the econ....<br /><br /><i>The Floods, and the Tsunami came After the economy tanked.</i><br /><br />Gee, Rufus I wasn't aware that the economy tanked on a particular date. What was that date?<br /><br />The tsunami came at the beginning of March. <br /><br />GDP was down in the 1st Qtr and then picked some in the 2nd. <br /><br />WTI futures were $85 in the middle of February and spiked up up to their high mark of around $112 around the beginning of May and have been dropping ever since. On 8/10/11 they were around $81 the same price they were at back in October of last year. <br /><br /><i>Before any of these things happened, the parking lots at the Tunica Casinos were Jam-Packed. By the end of Feb they were half empty.<br /><br />Sat Aug 13, 01:26:00 PM EDT<br /><br /><br /> Rufus II said... <br />And, they've remained that way to this day.</i><br /><br />Hell things should be booming at the Tunica Casino today based on the drop in oil prices.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20139170542413640482011-08-13T23:47:08.344-04:002011-08-13T23:47:08.344-04:00We gotta get off of Imported Oil.We gotta get off of Imported Oil.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82444424098271389012011-08-13T23:45:56.182-04:002011-08-13T23:45:56.182-04:00Wot a lash-up.Wot a lash-up.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21191288826015712242011-08-13T23:16:04.039-04:002011-08-13T23:16:04.039-04:00This is really rich, our really "best" a...This is really rich, our really "best" ally in the Middle East, the proxy we placed into power in Iraq tells us that Mr Assad really is battling aQ and radical Sunni extremists. <br /><br />That the battle seems to center in and around Hama, lends credence to the Prime Minister's perception.<br /><br /><i>(Dp-news – NY Times)<br /><br />BAGHDAD — As leaders in the Arab world and other countries condemn President Bashar al-Assad’s regime crackdown on demonstrators in Syria, <b>Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq has struck a far friendlier tone, urging the protesters not to “sabotage” the state and hosting an official Syrian delegation.</b><br /><br />Mr. Maliki’s support for President al-Assad has illustrated how much Iraq’s position in the Middle East has shifted toward an axis led by Iran. And it has also aggravated the fault line between Iraq’s Shiite majority, whose leaders have accepted Mr. Assad’s account that Al-Qaeda is behind the uprising, and the Sunni minority, whose leaders have condemned the Syrian crackdown. </i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7089367732399490692011-08-13T23:05:49.984-04:002011-08-13T23:05:49.984-04:00IDF budget in the crosshairs of government’s socio...<i><b><br /><br /><br /><br />IDF budget in the crosshairs of government’s socioeconomic panel<br /><br /><br />In bid to solve middle-class woes, Trajtenberg proposes heavy cuts to defense budget, expected to draw strong objections from Defense Minister Ehud Barak.</b><br />By Moti Bassok<br /> <br /><br />The defense budget is likely to be a major point of conflict amid the proposals to solve the country's social crises: The committee led by Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg reportedly believes that it needs to be heavily cut, a proposal expected to draw strong objections from Defense Minister Ehud Barak. </i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31009972267330187692011-08-13T23:03:28.662-04:002011-08-13T23:03:28.662-04:00Those Israeli, little wonder the need our loan gua...Those Israeli, little wonder the need our loan guarantees and research grants.<br /><br />The "Real" people are in the streets, of Israel.<br /><br /><i>In Haifa, the leader of Haifa’s Carmel tent city, Yossi Baruch, told the protesters gathered in the German Colony: <br /><br /><b>“We know what we want. We want a welfare state. Free education for every girl and boy, from the moment maternity leave ends and until the child finishes a doctorate. A welfare state whose citizens are paid a fair wage. <br /><br /></b>This is a long-range struggle and it doesn’t matter if Bibi [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] falls in a week, a month or a year. Bibli will fall. So will Steinitz and so will Lieberman, he said, referring to the finance minister and the foreign minister, respectively.<br /><br />But another activist, Guy Goldstein from the Dror Israel movement, said from the dais:<b> “We are not against a specific person, we’re against a policy, we are for a welfare state.” </b></i><br /><br />Cannot have what those folks want and a fleet of nuclear attack submarines, both. Not with just six million people tucked into the area equal to that of Maricopa County, Arizona.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15085787756939238872011-08-13T22:42:18.751-04:002011-08-13T22:42:18.751-04:00You're the one who claimed to be an alfalfa fa...You're the one who claimed to be an alfalfa farmer, boobie.<br /><br />If that makes you a loser, well ...<br /><br />There you have it.<br /><br />Old Timer.<br /><br />Find that diagnosticiandesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2564634946498279622011-08-13T22:33:40.154-04:002011-08-13T22:33:40.154-04:00Said Trish: "rat, there's something reall...Said Trish: "rat, there's something really wrong with you."<br /><br />Sun going down, bedtime.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51637327252486326522011-08-13T22:20:16.218-04:002011-08-13T22:20:16.218-04:00Ah, you see yobborat, I'd never bothered mysel...Ah, you see yobborat, I'd never bothered myself with such a shit loser as <i>alfalfa</i>.<br /><br />Kind of shit crop that is grown mostly in Arizona.<br /><br />2nd cutting is something of a rarity here, when it is grown at all, but it sure do grow good wheat, without sprinklers too.<br /><br />Reason we are growing alfalfa is because it's in the city now and it doesn't demand things that might cause trouble.<br /><br />Out in wheat country you don't see it at all. We are growing hard red winter now, along with the usual soft white, and lots of garbanzo beans, very little barley this year, don't know what the reason is, and the usual mixture of rape, canola, various kinds of peas. Just to bring you up to speed.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80855032193213062202011-08-13T22:11:22.259-04:002011-08-13T22:11:22.259-04:00As reported by CNN:
"We think a them Mormon...As reported by CNN:<br /><br /><br /><i><b>"We think a them Mormons as bein' in kind of a cult," one of the Houston rally attendees told me. "I couldn't vote for one a them when we got a real Christian like Governor Perry runnin'."</b></i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82178479690798890332011-08-13T22:02:37.445-04:002011-08-13T22:02:37.445-04:00That's why, in the long run, the "Doomers...That's why, in the long run, the "Doomers" are wrong. And, why, in the short run, the cornucopians are hash.<br /><br />We have the answers, and the capabilities, staring us right in the face. It's just that, while I thought he was just being wry, Churchill was deadly serious when he said, "The Americans always get it right. After they've tried everything else, first."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30137579425126827452011-08-13T21:57:39.117-04:002011-08-13T21:57:39.117-04:00We're producing about 45 Billion Gallons of Ga...We're producing about 45 Billion Gallons of Gasoline/Yr from our Own Oil, Now. And, we're getting up close to 15 Billion Gallons of Ethanol from Corn. That's 60 Billion.<br /><br />Pick up another 30 Billion Gallons from the CRP land, and we're at 90 Billion Gallons/Yr. We cut our usage from 135 Billion Gallons/Yr by 1/3, and we're producing All of our own Gasoline. <br /><br />That leaves us looking for 1.7 million barrels/day of diesel. We continue our switchover to rail of maybe another million bbl/day, and get the rest easy.<br /><br />We're home free.<br /><br />And, this is where we, ultimately, bury China; because, They can't do this. I guarantee you.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19685740463152914742011-08-13T21:35:54.754-04:002011-08-13T21:35:54.754-04:00;-);-)desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com