tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post3050596341192974625..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10229Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-58516582584205209462010-08-17T22:41:06.790-05:002010-08-17T22:41:06.790-05:00kwark - Oh, I guess I am a doomer - although I'...kwark - Oh, I guess I am a doomer - although I'm just trying to whack away at the fraud and fantasy that clog our politico/economic system and to point out the little (and big) absurdities that turn up on my doorstep every day.<br /><br />I don't know how to make my position any clearer than the page already does: All this is somebody's opinion (namely, mine, mostly) and this is pretty much me sitting around over the remains of a good dinner, chatting with friends. <br /><br />And I do it for my sanity - whatever benefit you (y'all) gain is pretty secondary. And I try to take Molly to heart:<br /><br />Keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. <br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-62175863204394185752010-08-17T21:50:14.445-05:002010-08-17T21:50:14.445-05:00"Or we focus on doomer p0rn, blog about it, a...<i>"Or we focus on doomer p0rn, blog about it, and do nothing."</i> CKM, so now you're a doomer I guess. Pretty sad when someone considers simple comments on the news of the day to be a doomer perspective. And why aren't you out there protesting in front of the FED . . . or something, sheesh. I suppose if you were promising pretty ponies to all then your critics would be happy. Keep up the good work.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-39588475972705562342010-08-17T21:48:18.930-05:002010-08-17T21:48:18.930-05:00Maybe so, OkiLawyer, but so far that smacks more o...Maybe so, OkiLawyer, but so far that smacks more of hope and wishes than anything based in human nature. I 'spect we'll give up Walmart only when the Chinese close them.<br /><br />Then we may begin to buy "home-made", but they'll be home-made, as in made in the home, not manufactured locally. And buying will probably resemble barter. <br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-40011991288917814362010-08-17T18:54:05.291-05:002010-08-17T18:54:05.291-05:00Regarding that last graph:
If you were to turn it...Regarding that last graph:<br /><br />If you were to turn it upside-down, would it look like a bubble that is getting ready to pop? Surely there is a point where Americans will be willing to buy home-made goods, no matter what the cost.OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-63323975535310335592010-08-17T18:46:34.039-05:002010-08-17T18:46:34.039-05:00Re: Bear With Us
Did I mention the Hindenburg Ome...Re: Bear With Us<br /><br />Did I mention the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1U4vAV2-7Q" rel="nofollow">Hindenburg Omen</a> here?OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-72804463512612370622010-08-17T18:43:33.042-05:002010-08-17T18:43:33.042-05:00Re: Clear sailing
I always thought that summer wa...Re: Clear sailing<br /><br />I always thought that summer was the high demand season, not fall. The reason being that summer was the travel season. What about the fact that there was a contango in the futures market just last year? That was the reason for storing so much oil on ships in the first place.<br /><br />Is that evidence that peak oil is upon us? I had the sense that Iraq would come online and flatten the slope for about 10 years or so before it started its downward trajectory.<br /><br />Has anyone besides me noticed that oil has remained right around $75 / barrel for the last year when oil at $80 starts to crimp the economy? It's not that I distrust Goldman Sachs' analysts; it's just that I want to know what they are basing it on more than unloading of tankers.<br /><br />I mean, it was expected for this to happen at some point.OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-1334831059558728472010-08-17T14:50:25.837-05:002010-08-17T14:50:25.837-05:00To be fair, the world has yet to see free trade. W...To be fair, the world has yet to see free trade. When competition is only introduced on the cost side of the equation, I don't think that qualifies.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454944574511999653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5206915502594571212010-08-17T11:42:02.252-05:002010-08-17T11:42:02.252-05:00Golly gee. And I thought there might be some valu...Golly gee. And I thought there might be some value to the Paul Revere function....<br /><br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-46394388718912789742010-08-17T10:38:57.231-05:002010-08-17T10:38:57.231-05:00"Mostly we choose not to know."
Or we f..."Mostly we choose not to know."<br /><br />Or we focus on doomer p0rn, blog about it, and do nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com