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    • Sun Oct 12th 17:39 PM
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      Clear and Concise: Decoding The Meltdown
      After nearly eight years of the Bush adminstration and six years of the republican led congress, you would think those that voted for this mess would learn something. I guess not. Every election the Republican lie machine cranks up to put fear into the brainless base. Its everyones fault but their own. As an independant I don't like either party much but the garbage I hear every election from the Republicans, the NRA and any brain dead person they can get to do a commercial tells me I would not be a part of that bunch.

      I have to hand it to McCain for standing up to his rabid dog audience in a town hall meeting but Bush has been a lying SOB from the first. He wanted no regulation and he got it. He has fought to repress and modify any report that said Climate change is real and mostly man made. He has cost us trillions of dollars with bad policies. Our workers are supposed to compete against people making a dollar or two a day and living in dorms.

      After Obama is elected, we still must stop illegal immigration, and have national health care, get rid of the 41,000 lobbyists in DC, start a massive project for energy independance and get rid of our crazy tax system. The reason most countries have lower business taxes is they use a VAT system on consumption. We need to stop the income tax and use VAT so people will save and invest.

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    • Mon Oct 6th 00:23 AM
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      Mark-to-Market vs. Mark-to-History
      There are too many over leveraged positive feedback loops in the stock market. Short selling is one and should also be stopped forever. There are just too many over educated, moral less (and maybe immoral) financial people in all areas of finance. They think they know better and crisis is what we got. KISS applies here too.
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    • Sat Oct 4th 18:09 PM
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      The Bailout Pork Effect: Short Term Rally, Long Term Disaster
      Bearfund, Well stated. I would just add that if wages don't keep up and jobs are lost at higher rates (I think this is likely) then non-essential goods like iPods, new furniture, etc. will deflate. Of course there is a fight between rising costs (oil and materials) and low demand. We already see this in big cars and SUVs.

      Bo Peng, thanks for the article. You have described the Shock Doctrine. This is a book by Naomi Klein and explains disaster capitalism.
      To see a funny interview with her check out www.naomiklein.org/fil...
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    • Sun Sep 28th 00:49 AM
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      Bad Idea: A Tax on Trading
      There is rapidly growing debt in government and we won't survive unless it is brought under control. How can that be done? Now that we know tht Regan's trickle down theory was bulls*** , we need to do something about tax revenue.
      1) Put a small tax on trades, it will not drive trading offshore and frankly people should be investors not traders.
      2) Tax churches. Religious groups are constantly involved in politics and government law making. The Catholic church wants to have open borders for example.
      3) 60% of Medicare expenses are done in the last 6 months of life. This is not due to the dying but because of the children who won't accept it. This must stop.
      4) Stop tax give aways and pork projects.
      5) Get out of wars, they are breaking us while everyone else basically sits them out.
      5) Raise taxes on the rich. Yea, they are paid too much already so raise the limit to 45% above $300K ( or somthing in that area) and index to inflation. Or:
      6) A better way would be to stop income tax totally and use a VAT on goods sold. This would be better all around and would promote investment instead of spending.
      We must pay down this debt and stop the idiotic financial losses due to greed.
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    • Mon Sep 15th 23:25 PM
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      The Death of Consumption?
      Agree, but the USA is far from a socialist nation, unless you mean for business. Socialism takes care of its citizens, health care in Europe is an example (not a perfect one). I wish there were a viable alternative to Obama and McCain. One that would not pander to illegal aliens through some Latino senators and one that will finish the fence on the border. Want to loose more jobs? We have 23 foreign worker visa types now and both candidates want more. Maybe one visa could go to a leader that would authorize open season on Congress. That I would vote for.
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    • Tue Sep 9th 23:56 PM
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      Unintended Consequences of the Fannie / Freddie Bailout
      When we say the taxpayers are bailing out these institutions, I have to ask who are these taxpayers? Present taxpayers are certainly not doing it, in fact the moment any candidate hints at raising taxes, the Republicans will print attack ads and tell you the world is coming to an end. What they don't say is they made it end.

      First and foremost, we need a simple tax code. Stop interest deductions for houses, tax income and property of churches and get some of that overblown salary the CEOs and Wall St. insiders are stealing.

      Remember this for the election, would you trust the judgement of anyone that voted for Bush twice?
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    • Wed Sep 3rd 10:41 AM
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      Hydroelectric vs. Slow Volcanic Power
      The author didn't mention another company for this sector, RZ. Raser In building geothermal plants now and is starting one in New mexico as well.
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    • Sun Aug 24th 17:16 PM
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      Looming Financial Catastrophe: A Real Inconvenient Truth
      Yes, lets cut the tax rate to zero and the government will have infinite income. That is about as stupid as the trickle down theory. There is probably an ideal tax rate but there are also many loopholes. Tax deductions for mortgage interest is one of them. Besides term limits to force new blood into government, we need to ban lobbists and political contributions. We must have a totally new simple tax system. A VAT tax on purchases other than medicine and food might work. That way a person buying a yatch would pay more tax than someone buying a canoe. No loopholes and no special deductions for more kids or houses. We are promoting over population with tax deductions and those go mainly to the religious and other dim bulbs of society who want a lot of kids.
      Considering how many people voted for an obvious moron like GWB twice, does anyone think the 71 million non voters would have made any difference? No one running for office will tell the truth (except for Ron Paul, but he has some nutty solutions) and pander to special interest groups.
      Recently a hospital gave an illegal alien $250,000 worth of free medical care and now want to transfer him to long term care. There is a demonstration by his family in front of the hospital to stop him from being moved. They are afraid he may have to go to Mexico. If this was a US citizen we would be sent the bill for the whole thing but for an illegal that would have just died in Mexico, the tax payers will pick up the ticket. Immigration must be greatly reduced (not stopped) and a border fense completed. Democracy as we knew it, no longer works.
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    • Sat Aug 9th 19:16 PM
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      The Electric Car Battery Battle
      Has anyone thought about how many mechanics it will take to repair all these different engine designs if they truely come into use?

      Objectivity, I think you should just back off. All energy comes from the sun and everything is just storage, so contribute something useful, thank you.

      Single people will want a car that can cover a long range and I don't think it will be all electric (unless it is very small) for a long time. This will keep hybrids or PHEVs viable. There are companies like Cyclone Power CYPW that are bring new combustion engines to market. Another one is Turbine Truck engines TTEG.
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    • Fri Aug 1st 16:14 PM
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      Stimulus Checks Fail To Spur Online Spending
      I'm retired and work part time. While I thought the money should have been used for alternative energy investment, I did buy a camera with mine. I actually spent double the amount getting a zoom lens with it. I think it should have been sent only to those with incomes below $100K.
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    • Fri Jul 25th 12:50 PM
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      Value Investing: Going for the Gold (and Silver)
      Entrepreneurs in micro cap companies are exciting. They often have superior products but get little or no publicity. Investors in these companies are much like them in spirit. They are willing to take a risk that they will be successful. I own the following stocks which I believe have great futures: NNVC, AXVC, TTEG, QCPI, QTWW, HEV, XSNX and more. I invest in their future, not trade. I think the author is correct about gold and silver and also own some juniors in this area.

      I suggest that if you have the spirit and patients, you read about these companies. They are very dedicated people.

      But we either have a future or not. If we do, some of these small companies will be a big part of it.
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    • Thu Jul 24th 11:08 AM
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      Lithium-Ion Batteries and Centerfolds, Part II
      For more info on clean coal power generation go to the Dept. of Energy web site at www.fossil.energy.gov/...

      An excerpt from their 2008 newsletter:
      The FutureGen concept announced in 2003 planned the creation of a near-zero emissions, 275-MW power plant that would produce hydrogen and electricity from coal, and serve as a laboratory
      for commercial development.

      Hardly a made up term though coal is not an ideal energy source. It will require government regulation to make it happen and we will need it. The use of all alternative energy sources must be pushed.
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    • Wed Jul 23rd 11:38 AM
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      Lithium-Ion Batteries and Centerfolds, Part II
      Assuming there are adequate sources for Li, the qualities they have are almost required in the auto transportation sector. Electric cars hae not had success until recently (hybrids) because the range was too limited.

      There is a place for the new lead acid batteries and that is in the local storage area where power is generated by solar or wind. However, this is too costly for mass generation farms.
      Base load infrastructure will need to be increased by use of Nuclear and probably clean coal and geothermal.

      69% of oil usage is in transportation and that is the main area that must be addressed. This is where Li batteries will be used and HEV will have a large market. For hybrid cars and large trucks, we can use new engine technology (see AXVC, TTEG, CYPW) that can burn most liquid or gas fuels.
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    • Sun Jul 20th 18:19 PM
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      Ship Finance Int'l: Steady Income in a Volatile Sector
      Let's see, FRO has a lower P/E and more than double the dividend. SFL was spun off, why? FRO seems like a much better buy if you don't own either. What about TNK which yields over 12% ?
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    • Mon Jul 14th 22:35 PM
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      Introduction to a Long Lecture on Oil
      We went to Iraq to secure oil supplies and as a minor point to prevent Sadam from re-start any WMD program once the UN was off his back.

      China is a good example of a country securing energy sources. Many countries are and have nationalized their resources and with growing internal demand, they will export less. Again, china is a good example of this.

      The Bush and Regan adminstrations were basically pushers for corporate control fo resources both here and abroad. Regan undid any initiative Carter started to have us become energy independant. The US will be disabled because oil is no longer cheap and Bush had driven us into deep debt so corporations and the Military Industrail complex could make billions.

      Two oil men in power, Bush and Cheney, both from
      Texas and both part of the corporate take over. But not many care until destruction happens.
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