tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post133328508523312555..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: UnacceptableA Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-31005091372931213932011-01-08T12:07:02.777-08:002011-01-08T12:07:02.777-08:00I thoroughly agree!I thoroughly agree!Pablohttp://www.3BillionAndCountingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-42110966015726156972011-01-07T14:28:39.309-08:002011-01-07T14:28:39.309-08:00There is another example of Bur's lies.
He is...There is another example of Bur's lies.<br /><br />He is researching oil and commodities to make money. Yet any indicators ever mentioned about ANY commodity on here he completely ignores or belittles. Time after time. Even those about ETF's or commodities he later claimes to own. <br /><br />We have plenty of rice, and corn products in the supermarkets here. Yet a worldwide shortage. A true investor would never ignore information on those commodities. Especially one who lives among the production area of said commodity. The same with oil and yet for someone who has "skin in the game" he brushes off pertinent information that has shown results.<br /><br />As a so called government employee he has limited knowledge of exactly where his department budget funds come from. From the salary range he constantly tries to claim he would not only know where the budget comes from but more than likely be part of the process. <br /><br />He is a troll plain and simple. A good troll, but over the course of time he has painted himself into a corner with his contradictions.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-72374641199806338532011-01-07T13:14:22.413-08:002011-01-07T13:14:22.413-08:00I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to...I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to get investing insight, and if I can, prove all of you wrong and myself right, with, albeit too often, andecdotal data. I want to make money, which I have been doing, so far, in energy and commodities.<br /><br />For instance, while too many believe we are running out of oil, I have given examples of us having lots of oil, so far (EIA data, all gas stations filled and open, news reports of tankers sitting on UK and Signapore coasts filled to the brim).<br /><br />If you wanna believe that the government is coming for you all, and is your enemy, and the Constituion is at all times the word of God, there's not much I can do. If you open your eyes and "be an investor" and see both sides of the issue, I think you'll sometimes see diffently. :)bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-47761540969206729242011-01-07T11:35:25.764-08:002011-01-07T11:35:25.764-08:00Bur,
Stephen is right, you argue like a 13yr ...Bur,<br /><br /> Stephen is right, you argue like a 13yr old.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-59550875769065077502011-01-07T11:33:52.203-08:002011-01-07T11:33:52.203-08:00Bur,
Good intentions are great. But, if you ...Bur,<br /><br /> Good intentions are great. But, if you run with them and have no moral grounding beyond what you make up as you go along, you end up in deep trouble. You become overwhelmed by the unintended consequences of your actions.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-30029257213436444062011-01-07T11:07:41.244-08:002011-01-07T11:07:41.244-08:00Bur, just like last week with me, you childishly a...Bur, just like last week with me, you childishly avoid every point people bring to you by offering nonsense in response instead. Dex raises good points and you show yourself incapable of supporting your argument every time you post this junk.<br /><br />It's like I'm debating with one of the underprivileged kids I work with, although, at least their responses are often humorous.<br /><br />By the way, aren't you supposed to be at work, sucking more taxpayers dry right now?<br /><br />(I start work at 3PM myself.)Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-20216810919414375672011-01-07T10:31:21.796-08:002011-01-07T10:31:21.796-08:00Stephen, don't be a hater. :)Stephen, don't be a hater. :)bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-54037529786702981082011-01-07T10:26:22.269-08:002011-01-07T10:26:22.269-08:001) Meanwhile 130 million families nationwide slep...1) Meanwhile 130 million families nationwide slept soundly thru the night. Mistakes do happen. I shall try to read your link.<br /><br />2) So, Carbon, the moral of the story is .. have no good intentions?<br /><br />3) Dex, nobody is going to read all that. Less is more. Short and to the point. We only have 700,000 hours of living. :)bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-17280209248219792762011-01-07T10:02:37.398-08:002011-01-07T10:02:37.398-08:00Bur,
Your comments about the constitution are uni...Bur,<br /><br />Your comments about the constitution are uniformed at the best. I admit the constitution is not an infallible document, thus the amendment process. The problem I see with your argument is that you bring up things like the 3/5 you contradict yourself; when the constitution was amended they gave the same rights to the new citizens. In short they just expanded who had the inalienable rights. The rights were still understood to be the result of our natural rights as delegated by god and understood by reason. I fail to see how anyone could possibly want to throw aside the checks and balances that the document so tediously promotes. What possible benefit could we receive from this? Do you really want no recourse against your government? The constitution was a limit on what the government could do, not a secular humanist document like the communist manifesto. The problem with all humanist documents is that you can never truly give the promise you make, the constitution gives you the ability to make you own life by ensuring the rule of law. The most important part of the constitution was the understanding that we have the right to property, that the government was not our God and Master. <br />Here are 10 planks of communisms and you tell me where you disagree. I don’t call you a commie for nothing. Here is ole karl’s ideas on how to destroy capitalism.<br />1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes. <br />2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. <br />3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. <br />4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. <br />5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. <br />6. Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State. <br />7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. <br />8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. <br />9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of population over the country. <br />10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.(notice just want to turn them in government factory slaves)Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-13545728831078596422011-01-07T10:01:08.313-08:002011-01-07T10:01:08.313-08:00Stephen
Didn't you know those deaths and shoo...Stephen<br /><br />Didn't you know those deaths and shootings were just LEO assisted suicides and survival types shooting themselves by accident? :)PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-71013477772515310022011-01-07T09:34:32.615-08:002011-01-07T09:34:32.615-08:00Bur,
Here is something to ponder, too. Every...Bur,<br /><br /> Here is something to ponder, too. Every one of the murderous thugs I mentioned previously has another thing in common with the socialists of today. Every one of them, in the beginning, fully intended to right the wrongs, and create a better world. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-38685322941754455522011-01-07T09:06:44.583-08:002011-01-07T09:06:44.583-08:00"Stop being a nervous nelly "gold bug&qu..."Stop being a nervous nelly "gold bug" worrying about jackboots breaking down your door. Ain't happened yet. You know how much paperwork that requires????"<br /><br />Wow!<br /><br />I mean, Wow!<br /><br />Just this past week police stormed into a family's home in a suburb of Boston and blasted a grandfather to death because he happened to be in the home when they were conducting a drug raid having something possibly to do with the guy's stepson. <br /><br />http://www.necn.com/01/06/11/Family-wants-answers-after-police-shooti/landing.html?blockID=385988&feedID=4206 <br /><br />And that's just the only occurrence of "jackboots" kicking down somebody's door I came across this past week. There have been TONS of such stories of government violently intruding into people's homes and businesses, shooting and killing people first and asking questions later for all kinds of reasons from kids selling drugs to a guy selling unpasteurized apple cider.<br /><br />I just wish the government agents all around us here would stop lying! They're loathsome, despicable creatures every one of them!Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-89509370178456563402011-01-07T08:32:32.702-08:002011-01-07T08:32:32.702-08:00Coal guy,
Was writing a post back, but realized y...Coal guy,<br /><br />Was writing a post back, but realized you said it better than I could.Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-39799982328493066682011-01-07T08:24:39.139-08:002011-01-07T08:24:39.139-08:00Carbon-ation,
The fact the US was created in its ...Carbon-ation,<br /><br />The fact the US was created in its present form where we DO limit government hugely and DO assume people are innocent first is a shock to me even now. <br /><br />Can you imagine starting the U.S. fresh, in an occupied land with people that have been there a thousand years? There is no way, today, that the US could be created and survive anywhere on Earth in its present form. Not with all the special interests we have today. Pretty amazing.<br /><br />Stop being a nervous nelly "gold bug" worrying about jackboots breaking down your door. Ain't happened yet. You know how much paperwork that requires????<br /><br />And as for Jeffers, I have better things to do than "governmentally oppress" him and your fellow Libertarians who "think they can do better just by themselves," as 1,000 years of human history shows that all the non-white males of the world (blacks, Hispanics, women, handicapped, children, etc., etc.) need (government) help sometimes. White males sometimes too. <br /><br />Even fathead Libertarians standing on the top of their barn demanding to be rescued from rising flood waters after having told the media they "don't need anyone's help" deserve govt. assistance. :) <br /><br />Frankly, I have better things to do than come to all of your rescues when you get in over your heads anyway. You don't pay enough taxes for all the money you underpaying bloodsuckers cost! :)bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-69874753676902782842011-01-07T08:17:13.699-08:002011-01-07T08:17:13.699-08:00Dex:
I have young kids, so I figured something al...Dex:<br /><br />I have young kids, so I figured something along those lines... not as much sleep going on around here as I would like, but getting better... my wife is super-human in this department... in every department, actually...<br /><br />"The nights are long but the years are short" its been said... <br /><br />You are blessed to have a wife and family, health, youth, and a fine mind to go thru life with... it doesn't get a lot better.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-89172074809074979742011-01-07T08:00:30.672-08:002011-01-07T08:00:30.672-08:00Bur,
I am specifically remembering the social...Bur,<br /><br /> I am specifically remembering the socialists of today. And, as I said, they are no different except that they have not been really pushed yet. Hopefully, we can rid ourselves of them before they become really dangerous. You may be proud of them, but personally, the scare me to death. I'm a wary of the RINO's too. The end does not justify the means. There do exist natural right and wrong. When we lose sight of them, we lose all.<br /><br /> The Constitution is the guiding document for government and law in the US. There are legal ways to change it, as necessary. It is flawed, as are all human creations, but it is what the American people signed up for when the country was founded. It is certainly one of the greatest codification of human rights into law in human history. To ignore it for the sake of expediency it is simply an act of lawlessness and tyranny. No good can come of it.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-30523125010232065312011-01-07T07:47:49.092-08:002011-01-07T07:47:49.092-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-64077694316512226772011-01-07T07:23:15.921-08:002011-01-07T07:23:15.921-08:00Jeffers,
Kids are no joke. I have been going to ...Jeffers,<br /><br />Kids are no joke. I have been going to lift at like 9 or 10 when I put them and the wife to bed, only getting 6 hours of sleep a night, working and going to school full time. Lucky work slows down in winter a little so I can do all of above. Kinda cranky. HahahaDextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-73756415375395161652011-01-07T07:15:28.847-08:002011-01-07T07:15:28.847-08:00Coal Guy:
That is the final analysis, isn't i...Coal Guy:<br /><br />That is the final analysis, isn't it?<br /><br />What the the Left and RINO's don't get is that folks in the Libertarian camp freely admit that we don't have all of the answers... that it is best for each of us to come to that conclusion on its own... and never, ever to use government FORCE to make decisions for people that Natural Law says belongs to the individual.<br /><br />The Left desperately needs the abortion debate in order to keep their constituents on their side of the divide. What a disgusting position to have to lien on in order to support your agenda!<br /><br />Of course, the pro-Life folks, and I am one, have for the most part allowed the Left to beat them about the head and shoulders with this issue... losing both politically AND failing to save babies...<br />but there is a fresh movement afoot in the "pro-life" community... people that reject the politization of abortion, that reject using government force on women and physicians, and instead are using a practical approach to save the lives of the unborn one woman at a time by giving them the help, resources, and support that they need... and I am THRILLED to see it.<br /><br />And yes, I see the slippery slope of Moral Hazard here... that those resources will only continue to enable people to engage in irresponsible behavior... yet I think this is one of those "one foot in front of the other" efforts.<br /><br />To LIFE!A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-61655582771952177272011-01-07T07:11:15.011-08:002011-01-07T07:11:15.011-08:00Carbon,
You are forgetting the socialist countrie...Carbon,<br /><br />You are forgetting the socialist countries of the United States (50% of spending here is government-at-all-levels spending .. thats what the Mogambo Guru blog says anyway), and Canada, Japan & Europe (who are all proud to be socialist), which have the highest standards of living and the most energy use per person on the planet, and they all are not run by Nazis or Cambodian 13 year olds. :)<br /><br />I'll admit abundant credit and cheap energy allowed the party in the First World to go on for the last 40 years at least, but there are options for the future. We don't need half the stuff we've all acquired anyway.bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-75941353086956235572011-01-07T06:57:39.776-08:002011-01-07T06:57:39.776-08:00Dex:
I did notice you have been a bit short tempe...Dex:<br /><br />I did notice you have been a bit short tempered... I hope those babies will let you get enough sleep!<br /><br />Flaming Lefties don't do babies... occasionally they have one, often by accident.... so they have no idea what a real family man is all about nor empathize with his experience.<br /><br />A correction up thread: I meant to say that obviously Seamus HAS NOT been reading very long.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-62594566075306375252011-01-07T06:26:03.827-08:002011-01-07T06:26:03.827-08:00Bur,
You are on the same slippery slope tha...Bur,<br /> <br /> You are on the same slippery slope that all socialist governments eventually follow.<br /><br />1. There is no God or higher power.<br /><br />2. I am the Highest Power.<br /><br />3. I can make any decision I believe serves the common good.<br /><br />4. The People are to stupid to govern themselves, there I may use any means possible to serve the common good.<br /><br />4. The common good is the ultimate good, and the individual may be sacrificed in it's name.<br /><br />Without a sound moral basis we run amok. Socialism is a moral equivocation. It is bound to run amok. Your line of thinking brought us Hitler, Tito, Stalin, Mao, Kim Jung Il, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein and a whole additional laundry list of Socialist murderers who would burn any of us in a heartbeat for the common good. These knuckle heads today are not one bit different. They just haven't been pushed to desperation, yet. I'd prefer they get sent packing in election after election, so they never get the chance.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-28068108871616332212011-01-07T05:26:58.558-08:002011-01-07T05:26:58.558-08:00Thanks for the defense guys. I guess I can't ...Thanks for the defense guys. I guess I can't rub bur's head a little without be called a dummy with my only expository power being that I "frothing-at-the-mouth about them durned libruls". Look Seamus, when you have a pertinent comment throw it in. Easy to criticize when you are sitting on the sidelines. As for liberals I think that they are the destruction of the constitution/ family/social struture and as such will call out the stupidity in their position. I have no love lost for the Rinos either. I am a proud conservative libertarian (Ron Paul pro life style). If you think I am frothing at the mouth then you have been reading for like 2 weeks when I have had a little “tude”. As for the quotes, I believe that there are people that have better thoughts and Ideas than myself. I do not have enough ego to think I am smarter than the brightest minds in history; sometimes they can crystallize a huge Idea in 10 words. It would be plagiarism to assign their ideas as mine. I don't Google quotes though. I have a large list that I have created from all the books I have read, I mark up books when I read them. If you would like to debate I would be more than willing. Throw your hat in the ring and let’s do this thing. Of course you can always sit on the sidelines and think you are the crafty little sniper that tells everyone how stupid they are. Maybe you are just crybaby with a new name. Bur stop this, it is getting annoyingDextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-39357637879443723482011-01-07T04:38:33.086-08:002011-01-07T04:38:33.086-08:00Seamus:
You must have been reading this long and ...Seamus:<br /><br />You must have been reading this long and ongoing discussion. <br /><br />I go thru 55 gallon drums full of books every couple of years, and I have been on a crash corse in American history and I am MILES behind these guys.. <br /><br />But its a free thread... you can say silly things if you want to.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-2625170838124575912011-01-07T04:09:24.969-08:002011-01-07T04:09:24.969-08:00True, but taxes are taxes. The rich buy "ric...True, but taxes are taxes. The rich buy "rich" things. Ever seen the sales tax on a new car? :)bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.com