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Post by EA Observer on Sept 18, 2007 13:01:35 GMT -5
When the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman and a Republican, Alan Greenspan, who served continuously since President Nixon, says that iraq-invasion was really about oil, it certainly lends a strong support and credibility to the oil conspiracy theory: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.ece
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Post by cm on Sept 18, 2007 15:15:55 GMT -5
When the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman and a Republican, Alan Greenspan, who served continuously since President Nixon, says that iraq-invasion was really about oil, it certainly lends a strong support and credibility to the oil conspiracy theory: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.eceGreenspan is a genius. I can't think of anybody who has been able to sustain a countries economy and prevent crazy crashes like him. And anyways, Greenspan is saying the obvious truth which many people kept denying. Ron Paul for president. His policy to GTFO right away is the way to go. I don't agree with him on every issue, but I think we need him.
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Post by jewbird on Sept 18, 2007 16:00:12 GMT -5
Yeah, to go along with their great jobs.
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Post by cm on Sept 18, 2007 17:26:48 GMT -5
8 dollars an hour is garbge. What are any of you thinking? Try raising a couple of kids.
At the same time, there is opportunity for those without education. A lot of mechanical jobs pay well. A/c repairmen are known to pull in big money if they can stand the heat. My friend's dad is a college dropout who makes 80k a year doing roofs. But the problem with these jobs is they take a toll on the body.
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Post by jewbird on Sept 18, 2007 18:40:50 GMT -5
The problem is that there's no opportunity for anyone who does have an education. There's demand for vocational skills, but being better than other people makes you a pariah; not in demand.
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Post by juancarlos on Sept 18, 2007 19:00:01 GMT -5
Well, America is the in fact the source of all the world's troubles, from when Adam and Eve bit the apple, to the fall of the Roman Empire, Black Plague, Stalin's murderous regime (yup U.S. supplied him with the rope to hang his prisoners), to Chernobyl (American sabotage) to the long marching of cold tired penguins (yup we force them to do it so that we can make a movie out of it and entertain our big fat selves in our ever expanding couches and flat screen tv's). Is there anything that Americans can never be blamed for?* *that's a rhetorical question. Why should I care what Russia or China does? People care about where they live. That's why they criticize problems. America's course is somewhat simlar to the Roman Empire. Aggressive foreign policy towards acquiring raw materials. Look at the land the US acquired when Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded. US controls Saudi Arabia for the most part with military bases there. US still has military bases in the Phillipines, in Japan, in South Korea, in Germany, in London, Turkey, etc. The US sphere of influence is very large, through alliances and invasions much like Rome. Rome also fell when they hired barbarian tribes to fight their wars. I see the US arming Saudi Arabia, and sADAM IN THE 70-80's, and arming the Taliban as very similar circumstances. Arming Sadam came back to bite the US as well as the Taliban, just as arming and training European barbs came back to bite Rome. So there needs to be major work on foreign policy...which by the way is th main reason why the US is in danger. The U.S. does not have military bases in the Philippines, and I don't know about London either. Lol.
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Post by Ajeno on Sept 18, 2007 19:14:50 GMT -5
Lol...We did have bases in the Phillipines but those were shutdown years ago.As for london thats a big negative and if we do that would be news to me.
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Post by cm on Sept 18, 2007 19:39:47 GMT -5
My mistake on Phillipines. But they do have a presence there. I remember my friend from the air force was in London. If they don't have bases, then again it is a sphere of influence thing going. But just look at this map.
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Post by cjsdad on Sept 19, 2007 10:35:35 GMT -5
When the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman and a Republican, Alan Greenspan, who served continuously since President Nixon, says that iraq-invasion was really about oil, it certainly lends a strong support and credibility to the oil conspiracy theory: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.eceGreenspan is a genius. I can't think of anybody who has been able to sustain a countries economy and prevent crazy crashes like him. And anyways, Greenspan is saying the obvious truth which many people kept denying. Ron Paul for president. His policy to GTFO right away is the way to go. I don't agree with him on every issue, but I think we need him. Agree 100% Paul or the Libertarian candidate that gets the nod would be just what this country needs. It just won't happen, since the 2 major parties have the public fooled in to thinking it is them or nobody. They also have the public erroneously convinced that a nickel's worth of REAL difference exists between (R) and (D). They are the same. The rhetoric keeps the masses fighting amongst themselves....over nothing.
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Post by Ave` on Sept 19, 2007 11:28:19 GMT -5
I mean delusional :E
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 20, 2007 23:15:53 GMT -5
Greenspan is a genius. I can't think of anybody who has been able to sustain a countries economy and prevent crazy crashes like him. Hmmm, you think so? Greenspan is responsible for a record period of low interest rates, which depending on your POV, is responsible for creating a credit bubble that has overvalued assets, particularly property. If some Americans were too irresponsible and greedy enough to borrow the sub-prime loans on houses that they can't afford, then it's really their fault -not Greenspan's. Living beyond the means is, however, the American way, so that's nothing really new, tho.
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Post by cm on Sept 21, 2007 10:47:31 GMT -5
Greenspan didn't force the loan companies to not check people's credit or take loans with low beginning rates that go up every year.
As for property values, the main problem is in big cities in the Pacific coast and new england. Other big cities such as Houston, Atlanta etc weren't as badly effective for home prices never went up that high.
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Post by juancarlos on Sept 22, 2007 6:07:29 GMT -5
I'm actually a big fan of Greenspan. I think he did a good job of balancing economic growth and keeping inflation at bay. Raise interest rates too high and nobody will ever borrow money causing the economy to go into recession. Keep interest rates too low, and the economy will overheat causing inflation to go up. Again, people still have to take responsibility for their actions though. So, if you lose your house cos you bought a house you couldn't afford in the first place, then don't blame Greenspan for that.
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Post by jewbird on Sept 22, 2007 18:31:56 GMT -5
People expect too much of central banks. A change in interest rates means little in a society that invests only in social control, speculation, hubris, and death.
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 23, 2007 7:15:28 GMT -5
The only people I'd like to see conquer America is the Americans. This country was built on revolution after all.
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