Recent content by countryBoy

Love it. Just imagine if T-Bills went back to 4% - 5%, where they were 6 years ago. Stocks would collapse, probably drop 50%. I don't follow the stuff that closely, but Quantitative Easing is probably completely illegal and unconstitutional. It is really a spending program, which are...

Six pages of criticisms of health care in the U.S, and no call for Tort reform? And someone even noticed that anesthesiologists charge a ton. OK, why do those folks have to pay, like 300K for Malpractice / year. You think they want to? Or more likely, that is how many lawyers are trying take a...

We may eventually get a depression, but it's not like nobody else has been predicting it. Fact is, if the dooms-dayers don't make it selling books, they all have gone historically out of business. This crash and burn forecasting has been going on since at least early 1970's, maybe longer. My...

Oh brother, another idiot response. I said I could not get onto the website a few days ago. That means more than ONE. I really think this is the MB that little kids hang out on when the market is beating the crap out of them. You kids are so delusional. Personally, I like to make money in...

Please just go away. Another Skippy.

I think for Cap and Trade to be taken seriously, we need higher temperatures. We have lower temperatures for the last 10 years. Instead of Cap and Trade, maybe we should worry what is going on with falling tempertures. That is what is happening now. Ever try growing 10,000 acres of wheat...

I remember, just a few weeks ago, several prominent democrats were "pontificating" on television that credit card agreements were much too complicated for "consumers". These agreements are 2 pages, maybe up to 4 pages in length. The Dems were taking the position that these agreements were too...

More cheap assults on my intelligence. OK, does that make you feel like a genius? Feel better? For the record, I tried to logon to the cars.gov a few days ago to get more information. I got timed out. I tried several times. Continuing time outs. OK, if it will make you feel better. I will...

I never mentioned the Cold War, and I don't need to do some DD on it. That's the pain about this MB. Somebody create a fiction about what someone else said, then goes on to hurl criticisms about it. I mentioned the policy of MAD, only to demark the beginning of what I called the "madness"...

jprad, I really do enjoy a lot of your posts. But maybe you are getting a little loopy, so late at night. Are you saying that the thought of a full Nuclear Exchange had no impact on large investors? Like McDonalds Restaurants would say, "Hey, screw the nukes, let expand into Eastern Europe"...

Well, the markets don't seem to agree with that. During most of the MAD era, stocks did nothing. Adjusted for inflation, big loosers. Since 1984/1985, market was up ... well over 1000% to the year 2000. Still up 800% ((from '84 to now), after the recent banking implosions. Yes, yes...

Hey Sandy, I think this is the process: 1) you turn in a clunker and have it destroyed 2) pick out a new car 3) then apply for the credit If your application is denied: The clunker you drove in with cannot take you home (unless you want to push it home) :eek: Does this make sense?

Are you saying the the policy of Mutual Assured Destruction was not real. That it was only a bluff??

Yes, your second point is somewhat correct, but as I said, Reagan tried to cut domestic spending. But he made little or no progress with Congress. As mentioned, ballooning domestic spending is the responsibility of Congress, even this Congress. When it comes to money, any congress can and should...

With all due respect, jprad, I think Reagan tried to dismantle some large government activities. Specifically, he told his budget guy (David Stockman) to kill the DOE, then find some really "large boulders" to crush. He was talking about Medicare, Medicaid. Of course the DOE was started by...