Saturday, November 21, 2009
e-Claire: Yearning for those Western Skies
e-Claire: Yearning for those Western Skies
Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of
the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.... during the Carter Administration?
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn’t think so!
Bottom line. We’ve spent several hundred billion dollars in support of
an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!
Ready??
It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977.
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT’S 2009—32 YEARS LATER—AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS “NECESSARY” DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, “WHAT WAS I THINKING?”
Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of
the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.... during the Carter Administration?
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn’t think so!
Bottom line. We’ve spent several hundred billion dollars in support of
an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!
Ready??
It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977.
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT’S 2009—32 YEARS LATER—AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS “NECESSARY” DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, “WHAT WAS I THINKING?”
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Neanderpundit � Home, home on the range
Neanderpundit � Home, home on the range: "suggested she equip herself with kick proof doors, which is a relatively simple thing to do, if you understand the dynamics of door-kicking.
Predominantly, you have to have a good door, and a good jamb.
One company that provides that kind of quality is Therma Tru."
Predominantly, you have to have a good door, and a good jamb.
One company that provides that kind of quality is Therma Tru."
A D�j�Vu Moment in Gold? | The Big Picture
A D�j�Vu Moment in Gold? | The Big Picture
The 4 G’s: God, Gold, Guns and the Government will Katrina it.
It is all about the wooden nickel – Bernake’s dollar.
Even Greenspan is buying gold bars.
Gold should reflect every trillion in Quantitative Eased Counterfeit by $4,000 an ounce. At a minimum it should be between 4k and 8k, on a global scale I believe they have eased 5 trillion so 20k is not out of the question.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value — zero ~ VoltaireTuesday, November 17, 2009
Buy Silver or Gold? by Gary North
Buy Silver or Gold? by Gary North: "The best way to buy silver is to buy 90% silver coins: pre-1964. Take delivery. The sack of coins weighs over 56 pounds. Get them divided into two bags. I recommend dimes: more transactions per bag. But it doesn’t matter that much unless there is a complete monetary breakdown.
Gold coins are far more versatile. That is because they are worth more per unit of weight and volume. They are easier to hide. They are easier to move across a border."
Gold coins are far more versatile. That is because they are worth more per unit of weight and volume. They are easier to hide. They are easier to move across a border."
Buy Silver or Gold? by Gary North
Buy Silver or Gold? by Gary North
etc etc
witchblade knife of Damocles.
etc etc
witchblade knife of Damocles.
The central banks now face a major problem. If gold’s price gets too high, the private bullion banks will be trapped. They owe gold to central banks, but they cannot afford to buy gold in the private markets in order to repay it to the central banks. If they are ever asked to repay, they will go bankrupt.
The central banks therefore will face exposure as being in collusion with a bunch of profit-seeking Enrons: busted and owing the government’s gold to the central banks. My guess is that central bankers knew from the beginning that they would never see this gold again. They just wanted a cover: "leasing" rather than "sales" of the government’s gold.
The downward pressure on gold is today no longer so great as it was a decade ago. The threat is reduced because the vaults are less full.
No central bank holds silver as a monetary reserve. No central bank is committed to buying or selling silver for public perception reasons. Silver has been de-monetized. It is no longer on the political radar. So, silver is closer to a true free market commodity. It is therefore more subject to the ups and downs of the business cycle.
You can make more money in silver when the market rises: no overhang of leased silver in central ban vaults. You can also lose more money when silver falls, along with the economy: no central bank buying of silver. etc etc
Lame Cherry: The Ugly Obamacan
Lame Cherry: The Ugly Obamacan
Just listen to the things Obama has come up with in his Afnamistan as reported by the Washington Times.
Rule 1: American Soldiers can not surprise terrorists with searches. The same terrorists in Obama's Afnamistan can not have their sleep disturbed, so there will be no night searches.
Warfare therefore according to Obama can only take place during the daylight hours.
Rule 2: When terrorists are going to be searched, the terrorists in Obama's friends in al Qaeda and the TalEEban must first be warned by an appropriate amount of time so as not to inconvenience the terrorists.
Rule 3: United States Soldiers can not conduct any military actual warfare searches against terrorists unless they are escorted and chaperoned by Afghanistan Army or Afghanistan Police forces, so as not to offend the fraudulent government of Afnamistan or the terrorists.
Rule 4: United States Soldiers must wait with weapons dropped in an nonthreatening position until terrorists are given the first live burst of shots at US Soldiers.
Rule 5: When terrorists are using human hostages as shields, hiding in villages or running into camps to avoid being killed by United States Soldiers, United States Soldiers can not return fire nor engage the terrorists when Afghanistan civilians are present.
United States Soldiers must first evacuate the local population in daylight before engaging the terrorists.
Rule 6: Only female United States Soldiers, who are not allowed in actual combat situations can search female terrorists.
Rule 7: United States Soldiers can only fire at terrorists while placing mines, IED's etc... to murder United States Soldiers. If the terrorists have already laid the IED's, they can not be fired upon as they leave the area.......
According to that rule, US Soldiers seeing armed terrorists must approach them with weapons dropped, notify them in a friendly manner they are under arrest, wait to be shot and take casualties first, and only then can they return fire, allow in their bomb explosive experts to be blown up trying to defuse the IED, and send home more dead US Soldiers.
Just listen to the things Obama has come up with in his Afnamistan as reported by the Washington Times.
Rule 1: American Soldiers can not surprise terrorists with searches. The same terrorists in Obama's Afnamistan can not have their sleep disturbed, so there will be no night searches.
Warfare therefore according to Obama can only take place during the daylight hours.
Rule 2: When terrorists are going to be searched, the terrorists in Obama's friends in al Qaeda and the TalEEban must first be warned by an appropriate amount of time so as not to inconvenience the terrorists.
Rule 3: United States Soldiers can not conduct any military actual warfare searches against terrorists unless they are escorted and chaperoned by Afghanistan Army or Afghanistan Police forces, so as not to offend the fraudulent government of Afnamistan or the terrorists.
Rule 4: United States Soldiers must wait with weapons dropped in an nonthreatening position until terrorists are given the first live burst of shots at US Soldiers.
Rule 5: When terrorists are using human hostages as shields, hiding in villages or running into camps to avoid being killed by United States Soldiers, United States Soldiers can not return fire nor engage the terrorists when Afghanistan civilians are present.
United States Soldiers must first evacuate the local population in daylight before engaging the terrorists.
Rule 6: Only female United States Soldiers, who are not allowed in actual combat situations can search female terrorists.
Rule 7: United States Soldiers can only fire at terrorists while placing mines, IED's etc... to murder United States Soldiers. If the terrorists have already laid the IED's, they can not be fired upon as they leave the area.......
According to that rule, US Soldiers seeing armed terrorists must approach them with weapons dropped, notify them in a friendly manner they are under arrest, wait to be shot and take casualties first, and only then can they return fire, allow in their bomb explosive experts to be blown up trying to defuse the IED, and send home more dead US Soldiers.
Monday, November 16, 2009
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