tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5972137118653212390..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Archbishop of Canterbury: A Snivelling Grovelling Wanker?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88484342761141376762010-02-08T05:29:48.830-05:002010-02-08T05:29:48.830-05:00interesting article. I would love to follow you on...interesting article. I would love to follow you on twitter. By the way, did anyone hear that some chinese hacker had hacked twitter yesterday again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30102555021326191042009-12-18T13:33:15.511-05:002009-12-18T13:33:15.511-05:00Hi!!! 2164th.blogspot.com is one of the most outst...Hi!!! 2164th.blogspot.com is one of the most outstanding resourceful websites of its kind. I take advantage of reading it every day. 2164th.blogspot.com rocks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19766605697722482072008-07-17T06:19:00.000-04:002008-07-17T06:19:00.000-04:00"Who knew that it wasn't communism that we should ..."Who knew that it wasn't communism that we should have been fighting but rather the dastardly British who today will not even fly their own flag."<BR/><BR/>British imperialism.<BR/>Spanish imperialism.<BR/>Russian imperialism.<BR/>German imperialism.<BR/>French imperialism.<BR/>Japanese imperialism.<BR/>Chinese imperialism<BR/>American imperialism.<BR/>Commercial imperialism.<BR/>Catholic imperialism.<BR/>Jihadi imperialism.<BR/><BR/>What's the common denominator there, Whit?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67275988438529707662008-07-16T22:28:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:28:00.000-04:00Oil companies offered bribes...Oil <B>companies</B> offered bribes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68779991128559084842008-07-16T22:25:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:25:00.000-04:00I finally made it through that Larouche video. It ...I finally made it through that Larouche video. It took several sessions but I finished it. Did that Henry Wallace clip strike anyone else as coming from way out in left field? Roosevelt and Wallace were very humane men but were they ignoring the evil of Communism? Were they naive and idealistic about a united nations of man. I think history has since proven that man is corrupt.<BR/><BR/>I recently heard a report about the corrupt officials of Zambia and other African nations selling their natural resources for a pittance which straight into their Swiss bank accounts. Oil countries offered bribes and corrupt men took them while the countries fell deeper into social and economic chaos. Then you have Zimbabwe or as we old timers know it, Rhodesia. Once the bread basket of Africa, now look at it post colonialism.<BR/><BR/>The Larouche video ends with a quote about men not, events shaping history. But you have good men, enigmatic men and truly evil men who shape history.<BR/><BR/>Who knew that it wasn't communism that we should have been fighting but rather the dastardly British who today will not even fly their own flag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65810861616228102632008-07-16T22:08:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:08:00.000-04:00Salvage Vehicles<A HREF="http://www.autosource.biz/Ad/1969_Corvette.htm" REL="nofollow">Salvage Vehicles</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16758971604590558742008-07-16T21:57:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:57:00.000-04:00Quite the ride, the ZR1.Thanks Whit, darned Aussie...Quite the ride, the ZR1.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Whit, darned Aussie socialism.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36870976327659988222008-07-16T21:47:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:47:00.000-04:00Sam, like me you are paying through the nose. Doub...Sam, like me you are paying through the nose. Double many if not most other parts of the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82370108783328518772008-07-16T21:35:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:35:00.000-04:00The New Lord of the 'Ring - Corvette VideoMakes La...<A HREF="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/vette-slays-god.html" REL="nofollow">The New Lord of the 'Ring - Corvette </A><BR/>Video<BR/>Makes Laguna Seca look like a kiddie kar track.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1630359478645590092008-07-16T20:55:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:55:00.000-04:00Kissinger's perverse variation on the old mafia 'p...Kissinger's perverse variation on the old mafia 'protection racket' game:<BR/><BR/>http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3424/81Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3124483687917597832008-07-16T20:51:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:51:00.000-04:00"There is an elementary solution to strategic oil ..."There is an elementary solution to strategic oil reserves."<BR/><BR/>Yes there is. And it is to invest in people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62374314401957605722008-07-16T20:44:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:44:00.000-04:00Richard C. Cook Jul 16, 2008 10:18 PM GMT The prod...Richard C. Cook <BR/>Jul 16, 2008 10:18 PM GMT <BR/><BR/>The producing economy of working men and women is being crushed by the overall debt burden on households, businesses, and governments that could reach $70 trillion by 2010. While the mainstream media are blind, deaf, and dumb as to the causes, the victims within the middle and working classes are seeing their livelihoods ruined, jobs taken away, pensions eroded, homes foreclosed on, and are being saddled with ever-increasing debt and forced to work under more and more stress due to rising burdens of taxation, gas and food price inflation, and bureaucratic rules and regulations. We have been the fodder for their wars and the signers of their loans. The bankers and financiers do not care if nations and empires destroy themselves and each other, because they are internationalists.On a national level, it is likely that as a response to the economic crisis some attempt will be made by desperate politicians to try to replicate the New DealAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16094589855058394192008-07-16T20:35:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:35:00.000-04:00A monumental shift in how Western corporations tap...<I>A monumental shift in how Western corporations tap into Indian talent is taking place. Companies are moving away from running their own offshoring operations and handing at least some of those jobs to Indian tech-services specialists.<BR/><BR/>The most recent sign of the sea change came July 10, when British insurance giant Aviva (AV) said it sold a 5,000-strong South Asian outsourcing operation to WNS Global Services (WNS) of Mumbai. WNS paid $228 million for these so-called captive operations in Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Apte estimates more than 150 companies have shifted in the past few years from running captive operations to using a mix of internally run and outsourced operations. He expects another 80 to 100 companies will make the move in the next year or so.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2008/tc20080715_289971.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily" REL="nofollow">Offshore Operations</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14047350304377841202008-07-16T20:17:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:17:00.000-04:00Settled on Mars<A HREF="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/phoenix-week-two.html" REL="nofollow">Settled on Mars</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10569790025191534982008-07-16T20:00:00.001-04:002008-07-16T20:00:00.001-04:00Bank, even.Bank, even.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49429870047345332742008-07-16T20:00:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:00:00.000-04:00Back in California we've seen people stand in line...<I>Back in California we've seen people stand in line getting the money out of IndyMac. You won't find Steve Murphy among them.<BR/><BR/>Murphy's advice? Talk to your bank officer.<BR/><BR/>"Find out what's covered," said Murphy.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=8688001&nav=0RdE" REL="nofollow">Band Troubles</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22163494043269057572008-07-16T19:54:00.000-04:002008-07-16T19:54:00.000-04:00"1932"Yeah, that's the one. Although my link is to..."1932"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's the one. Although my link is to the higher quality video.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72286561245394893842008-07-16T19:39:00.000-04:002008-07-16T19:39:00.000-04:00The Polar ice cap may be melting, but the U.S. eco...<I>The Polar ice cap may be melting, but the U.S. economy is frozen, starting right here in my small town. Gradually rising levels of dismay at the gas pump and in the supermarket gave way to paralytic shock last week when "lock-in" notices from the local fuel company arrived.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>The economic crisis has been triggered by what economists call "structural shifts" in the global supply and demand for commodities, coupled with the meltdown in the mortgage markets and the ensuing credit squeeze. But this crisis is now moving into a whole new gear, creating a new set of economic conditions that have yet to be named.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Moody's is our sanctuary of sameness, where regulars come for the $3.89 breakfast special—two pancakes, two eggs, two links—and tourists to satisfy a hunger for something that goes beyond food. Built in the 1920s on Maine's principal north-south route, it was a haven for loggers, truckers, and rusticators in an age before cholesterol.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jul2008/ca20080714_683791.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily" REL="nofollow">Frozen Economy</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47001106565062834942008-07-16T19:25:00.000-04:002008-07-16T19:25:00.000-04:00Got my electricity bill last night. I pay 16.47 c...Got my electricity bill last night. I pay 16.47 cents/kwh. How does that compare?samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90699790250690336422008-07-16T15:58:00.000-04:002008-07-16T15:58:00.000-04:00I think >>this is the video you're trying to direc...I think >><A HREF="http://www.larouchepac.com/1932" REL="nofollow">this is the video</A> you're trying to direct us to.<BR/><BR/>"1932"<BR/><BR/>Viable perspective of history, seems to me. Though FDR gets painted in a rather biased light.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32678529257782026422008-07-16T14:45:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:45:00.000-04:00There is an elementary solution to strategic oil r...There is an elementary solution to strategic oil reserves. <BR/><BR/>1. Sell the reserves we have now at top dollar and drive the price down.<BR/><BR/>2. Declare our strategic reserve is now in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, all of it. Reserve the right to buy all that is being shipped out of the Americas at the going price.<BR/><BR/>3. Require Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to supply all US military fuel requirements at cost.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43622556448347663202008-07-16T14:38:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:38:00.000-04:00The U.S. economy is broken, but who's going to fix...The U.S. economy is broken, but who's going to fix it?<BR/><BR/>JEFFREY SIMPSON<BR/><BR/>From Wednesday's Globe and Mail<BR/><BR/>July 16, 2008 at 7:16 AM EDT<BR/><BR/><BR/>Buckle up and keep it buckled, because the world economy will continue to deliver a bumpy ride.<BR/><BR/>Many are the reasons for the bumpiness, but principal among them has been, and remains, the very bad governance of the United States.<BR/><BR/>Govern that country badly, and everyone suffers. The world's biggest economy has become the world's bigger debtor nation, the country with the largest trade deficit, the largest oil deficit, and an annual fiscal deficit that U.S. political institutions cannot seem to master.<BR/><BR/>Everywhere Americans turn they see red ink. Their housing market is a flood of debt. Their lending institutions, or at least some of them, are drowning in debt, with the Federal Reserve trying to rescue them. Personal debt is high; the national debt is enormous.<BR/><BR/>The recent stimulus package negotiated between President George W. Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress helped, but only temporarily, at a cost of pushing upward again the federal deficit.<BR/><BR/>Neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain has a credible plan for balancing the budget.<BR/><BR/>Americans continue, therefore, to spend more than they produce, import more than they export and, through their government, spend more than they tax. The result is a series of imbalances that, given the importance of the United States in the world, spills over the country's borders.<BR/><BR/>Incomes have been rising in the U.S., but largely at or near the top of the income scale. The gaps between rich and poor have widened. Real incomes for the middle class have stagnated. Meanwhile, the share of the national income spent on health-care climbs - to 15 per cent and upward - while 45 million or so people remain without coverage, except in emergency situations at designated hospitals.<BR/><BR/>Although presidents going back to Jimmy Carter have episodically lamented dependence on foreign oil, none has done anything significant to change it. There were always too many vested interests in opposition, starting with the U.S. car companies, and the coal and oil lobbies.<BR/><BR/>Those SUVs driving around today exist in profusion in large part because the car industry convinced Congress to classify them as trucks so as to avoid vehicle emission standards for cars. Per unit, manufacturers made far more money on SUVs than sedans.<BR/><BR/>The country's trade deficit extends back many years, and reverses the historical record whereby the dominant power of an age (or in a region) ran surpluses with colonies or neighbours to keep its affluence alive and its dominance uncontested.<BR/><BR/>Some of the turbulence in world markets relates to that chronic trade deficit. That deficit keeps pulling down the dollar as the terms of trade get readjusted to make U.S. exports cheaper and imports more expensive. Since oil is denominated in U.S. dollars, the declining value of the dollar intersects with the rising price of oil.<BR/><BR/>No politician has seriously forced Americans to face these structural challenges. George W. Bush began an optional war in Iraq and told Americans they could have lower taxes.<BR/><BR/>He said he could balance the budget, but spawned a string of deficits.<BR/><BR/>He told them trade agreements would help their trade deficit, but they didn't.<BR/><BR/>Without much dissent from Congress, he presided over deepening debt and deficits. Red is literally the Republicans' colour, and a reflection of how they have managed the economy.<BR/><BR/>What's disconcerting now, as problems mount, is the apparent unwillingness of either presidential candidate to prepare Americans for the wrenching changes ahead.<BR/><BR/>Protectionism isn't going to solve the U.S. trade deficits, as some Democrats pretend. More tax cuts will make the country's fiscal situation worse, despite Republican assertions. Spending cuts alone will not solve the deficit problem; there have to be tax increases. Big investments in green technologies, useful to be sure, won't dramatically alter the oil import bill.<BR/><BR/>A lot of "yes we can" rhetoric can't mask the fact that Mr. Obama's spending initiatives can't be paid for while balancing the budget if taxes are only raised on those earning more than $250,000 a year and closing "corporate loopholes."<BR/><BR/>Until the U.S. gets a grip on its structural weaknesses, the result of bad governing, the world will be a turbulent place.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wcosimp16/BNStory/specialComment/homeAshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-928581938075324952008-07-16T13:53:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:53:00.000-04:00Be careful what you wish for.great point dr...What...Be careful what you wish for.<BR/><BR/><BR/>great point dr...<BR/><BR/>What I wish for?<BR/><BR/>Is that the oil from arabia and iran be nuked...<BR/><BR/>thus ending the islamic/arab control of the free world.<BR/><BR/>i think somehow the world can along fine without middleeastern oil if made radioactive<BR/><BR/>might have a cold winter or two....<BR/><BR/>100's of millions in asia, middle east and africa will starve, but that's acceptable...<BR/><BR/>or let Iran attempt to destroy israel, LIKE THEY STATE ON A DAILY BASIS, and then Israel will have to pull the Samson Option...<BR/><BR/>israel expects to see 600,000 - 1,000,000 israelis die and expects to see 150,000,000 arabs & persians die...<BR/><BR/>Israel will survive, Egypt? Iran? Syria? Arabia? Lebanon?<BR/><BR/>Gone in seconds....<BR/><BR/>then we will have a new reality.....<BR/><BR/>Or maybe the USA, the EU or the UN will grow some nuts and stop Iran before it causes a major increase in the temp of the globeWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63057475216242820712008-07-16T13:21:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:21:00.000-04:00Or dump oil and the oil ticks. dRat,I hope you had...Or dump oil and the oil ticks. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>dRat,<BR/><BR/>I hope you had a chance to watch this:<BR/><BR/>http://www.larouchepac.com/files/media/video/20080702-1932-high.mp4<BR/><BR/>Ties very well with your skull and bones fraternity theory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28661836190430855292008-07-16T13:17:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:17:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.com