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Keep in mind that, 100 years ago, America was driven by horses as the source of motive power. And railroads were a major player in goods transportation. It didn't take long for motor vehicles to substantially wipe out and supplant those two industries. If this new energy source is developed...

I'm no idiot as I do know that the F-117 you speak so highly of was officially retired/scrapped last year. Hence, obsolete weapon.

It's no wonder that after Reagan and the Bushes applied this guy's theories there was nothing to show for it except massive amounts of debt and obsolete weapons.

Creativity is no substitute for basic technical understanding. I'm sure you are all aware that more than half of the engineers and scientists in Silicon Valley have foreign roots. How can a person create a killer app. computer software program if they don't know how to code? How can a person...

I agree with rabbitone that the weedout process in foreign countries is brutal on teenagers. When you have limited resources. only the best students can continue their education. There is another angle, though. Studies show that kids learn the fastest when they are 2 or 3 years old. In...

As I've said before, we have had 30 years of increased spending and lowered taxes, except when Clinton balanced the budget. Now, it is time to get back to fiscal responsibility. People won't like it when their cushy gov't job is gone or when they have to pay more taxes. But that is the only...

In response to the previous post, Reagan increased spending massively during his terms while cutting taxes. The sum of the debt and interest paid on Reagan's debt is well into the trillions of dollars. Politicians always talk like it is someone else who is the problem when it is really them...

I guess even the mighty Fed can't end run the law of suply and demand, lol.

The point you are missing, karl, is that a company's worth is not determined by how much they produce, but how much profit they make. Any company, regardless of whether it has a book value of $200 billion, won't receive that for the sale of it's assets unless those assets can produce a profit...

I've tried not to post anything concerning the GM situation because it seems a lot of people have positive feelings for old American companies. However, let's look at the numbers. GM market cap right now: ~ 500 Million dollars. Intel market cap ~ 90Billion, microsoft market cap ~ 180billion...

Curves like the one you posted , Scria, worry me. Other curves will need to also respond sharply to that impulse of money. Which curves and how we will probably see by the end of the year.

People can say owning gold related items is a bad idea or the dollar won't collapse so much. As long as my mining stocks keep going up, I'm fine either way.

I own a large number of shares in gold mining companies. They are up around 50% since I bought them. I read somewhere it is still legal for gold to be confiscated if a national "emergency" is declared. So, I chose investing long term in gold mining stocks as a "hedge" against a monopoly...

The reason we've had all of these bubbles lately, and will continue to have them, is because they are always net profitable to the financial industry. Speculators see the bubble forming, and invest heavily in it. This keeps the bubble growing rapidly. Many of these specualtors can tell when...

Hehe - I typed in "what are videogames" and "what are computer games" and it gave the misunderstood result. Can you say beta version?

There is a one word counterpoint to the mantra that socialism/communism always fails : China.

3 words : Invest in Gold... (while it is still legal to own gold)

Scataphagos - I don't believe in deficit spending either. Federal gov't budgets should be balanced just like the states. I'm pointing out a possible scenario for economic collapse that the gov't seems to be working hard to avoid.