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Profile and commentaries of J.
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Member since March, 2010
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31 commentaries, with 6 Replies
24 replies to his comments (77%)
Average Note : 62 / 100 for 26 rated commentaries  127  78 
Last commentary posted on Monday, May 13, 2013
 
 Profile Commentaries Followed By Following 
 Ron Paul
What No One Wants to Hear About Benghazi  (23)
Your response is almost as good as the post, and has the advantage of brevity. However, you disparage the long cherished past time of tilting at windmills. tsk tsk tsk.
5/13/2013 at 7:44 PMPermalink
 Hugo Salinas Price - Plata.com
How to get the US economy going again  (2)
So, close to a perfect solution (as perfect as it gets anyway). Government intervention in any market distorts the market, so instead of having the government mandate some semi-fixed price for gold, why not just shut down the paper gold market. A physical only gold market would very quickly find, AND maintain, the equilibrium price. And the gold would flow, ballancing trade just as H.S.P. descibed. This model if...
4/29/2013 at 6:04 PMPermalink
 Hugo Salinas Price - Plata.com
How to get the US economy going again  (4)
So, close to a perfect solution (as perfect as it gets anyway). Government intervention in any market distorts the market, so instead of having the government mandate some semi-fixed price for gold, why not just shut down the paper gold market. A physical only gold market would very quickly find, AND maintain, the equilibrium price. And the gold would flow, ballancing trade just as H.S.P. descibed. This mode...
4/29/2013 at 4:32 PMPermalink
 Ron Paul
Homeschooling: The Future of Liberty  (19)
You hit the nail on the head. The whole point of the Prussian model (what most Western countries use for publik school) is to prevent proper socialization by separating the children by age. It makes them much easier to manipulate and indoctrinate.
4/11/2013 at 8:46 PM  3  1  Rating :  2 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Things went awry  (18)
Jim C is right though. The contradiction is quite glaring.
3/18/2013 at 7:42 PM  2  5  Rating :  -3 Permalink
 Ranting Andy - Andy Hoffman
Ammunition Sold Out!  (6)
As Vox noted, excellent response. I was being lazy, but you took the time to make your points.
3/15/2013 at 4:08 PM  0  1  Rating :  -1 Permalink
 Ranting Andy - Andy Hoffman
Ammunition Sold Out!  (6)
Vox

You have no idea what Capitalism really is, what we are experiencing now is NOT Capitalism, it is Fascism, a.k.a. Crony Capitalism. This country has not opperated on a capitalist system in over 100 years. Certainly not since the formation of a central bank.
3/14/2013 at 2:06 PM  4  4  Rating :  0 1 AnswerPermalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Fortress of Lies  (26)
Have to dissagree with you on this one JC. I think JHK nailed it, for once.
3/11/2013 at 8:20 PM  12  1  Rating :  11 Permalink
 Mish - Global Economic Analysis
Yum! The McRib is Back, Get Yours Today (After You Find Out What's In It); The Secret's  (1)
So, you trust the government to find and report these things? This got past the government, just like the LIBOR mess did, and the banking industry is as regulated as it gets.
What is needed is an independent free-market solution. Something like Underwriters Labratories for the food and drug industries. Then consumers would not only have the power, they already do, but also reliable information.
2/6/2013 at 11:30 PM  1  1  Rating :  0 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Cattle Drive  (27)
I dunno Jim, I think JK was closer to reality this time, closer than usual anyway. The thing about shale oil is that it is really only economical to produce when oil prices are high. There are other oil sources in the US though that are not as high cost to produce, and the government does a good job of getting in the way, and taxing it to death.
2/5/2013 at 12:13 AM  5  0  Rating :  5 Permalink
 Ron Paul - Texas Straight Talk
Has Capitalism Failed ?  (11)
The best financial forcast I think I have ever seen. Simply amazing that this was written in 2002. Wish I had seen it then.
1/10/2013 at 2:33 PM  2  0  Rating :  2 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
America the Horror Show  (26)
We are very much in agreement on the state of things and what to do to be prepared. You are farther along than I, but we'll manage.

The zombie hord is going to be a scary and unfortunate situation.

I don't blame technology for any of our modern problems though. Without technology, there were, and maybe will be, a lot fewer people alive in the world. Certainly, many people have, and will, die...
1/8/2013 at 9:33 PM  2  0  Rating :  2 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
America the Horror Show  (26)
Ha Ha! I am not JC. I disagree with him quite often, he goes too far. But on this occasion, I agreed with him. So, I take his posts on a case by case basis. That was my point in the previous comment that the Liberals don't even bother to read his posts, they just flame him regardless of what he writes.

Regarding technology and the economy, I think you have them confused. A failure of the economy wi...
1/7/2013 at 5:35 PM  2  0  Rating :  2 1 AnswerPermalink
 James Howard Kunstler
America the Horror Show  (26)
Wow! Jim, you must really have hit a nerve. The liberals don't even read your posts, they just Flame On! Rational discussion is not an option. I guess they are really looking forward to getting down in the mud of a world made by hand. Or, maybe they think that somebody else will do the work for them. Not me!
Perhaps they don't realize that a simpler society, close to the land, means that everybody has t...
12/19/2012 at 6:03 PM  4  6  Rating :  -2 2 AnswersPermalink
 James Howard Kunstler
America the Horror Show  (26)
It is a rare day indeed where both JK and JC make points.
Yes, American culture is degraded. Families are falling appart. But this is not because we have tract housing and strip malls, roads, parking lots, etc... And JC is correct to point this out.
The degradation of American culture is due to, as JK points out, the absense of the father in many families. Why? Largely because of government progra...
12/17/2012 at 9:32 PM  3  5  Rating :  -2 1 AnswerPermalink
 Mish - Global Economic Analysis
More Nannycrat Insanity: EU Wants to Ban Youth Unemployment  (4)
My friends and family often quip, "What chapter are we in?", when reading news stories like the above. The reference is of course to 'Atlas Shrugged'.
Oh, well. Who is John Galt anyway?
12/6/2012 at 4:13 PM  1  0  Rating :  1 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Homeless  (25)
What's this??? Rational thought! How dare you sir. :-)
12/5/2012 at 10:36 PMPermalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Apocalyptoween  (18)
Ha Ha!
10/29/2012 at 6:49 PM  2  3  Rating :  -1 Permalink
 Doug Casey - Casey Research
On the Five Reasons not to Vote  (11)
Jim - I pretty much agree with you right up until your last statement. Robama or Obomney, whatever you want to call them. There is very little substantive difference between the two.

So, I am going to throw my vote away, nudge nudge wink wink, on Gary Johnson.
http://www.lp.org/finally-a-stark-look-at-all-3-presidential-candidates?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Libertarian%20P...
10/25/2012 at 7:03 PM  1  0  Rating :  1 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Heretics Unite !  (28)
Excellent response Jim. You nailed it, and managed to keep it short. I sometimes write whole essays in response to JK, but then delete them for being long winded.
10/15/2012 at 7:38 PM  2  2  Rating :  0 Permalink
 Ron Paul
A Republic, Not a Democracy  (68)
I'd rate this article 10 stars if I could.
9/12/2012 at 10:03 PM  17  4  Rating :  13 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Zeitgeist Failure  (51)
I noticed that too, that JHK does not seem to have a problem with totalitarianism, just dictators that don't herd the sheep in the way he , JHK, thinks is best for us.

It is the basic problem with Democracy, inevitably people try to use the government to dictate the behavior of their countrymen. To control them for 'their own good.'
9/11/2012 at 8:28 PM  7  34  Rating :  -27 Permalink
 Nelson Hultberg - Afr
Clint Eastwood and Disrespect  (49)
We here in America also watch US politics with a kind of amused horror. However, it is somewhat less amusing due to its proximity.
9/6/2012 at 7:09 PM  4  2  Rating :  2 Permalink
 Lew Rockwell
Ron Paul and the Future  (44)
I don't know where you got the idea the Ron Paul promotes anarchy. Everything that I have ever read that is attributed to Representative Paul, has advocated returning government to the limitations set forth in the Constitution.
8/28/2012 at 8:16 PM  39  1  Rating :  38 1 AnswerPermalink
 Lew Rockwell
The Only Choice on November 6th  (42)
Romney = limited government???? You have got to be kidding me. He's from Taxacheusets. He is a sign of the times for the GOP, Neo-Cons. He's a leftist Republican, at best he's a Fascist. Obamacare was based on Romneycare for crying out loud.
8/17/2012 at 6:41 PM  3  3  Rating :  0 Permalink
 Ron Paul
Legalize Competing Currencies  (21)
I second the motion.

Why not have competition? Other government institutions have competing counterparts in the private sector.

However, I see no reason why it would not be possible, right now, to set up savings accounts in gold or silver. It seems to me that the restriction is on transactions being performed in ferns, err FRNs., not savings. So, in order for your debit card to complete a t...
8/14/2012 at 11:02 PM  2  0  Rating :  2 Permalink
 David Galland - Casey Research
Marx Madness : Burn the Boats, Kill the Chickens  (13)
+ 1
6/26/2012 at 9:27 PM  0  1  Rating :  -1 Permalink
 James Howard Kunstler
Still standing amid the wreckage  (7)
The New Urbanists are just more socialist central planners with an architectural bent. A group such as this would never even consider that an individual person not only has the right to decide where and how they want to live, but that the individual is also the most qualified to make this decision. A free societey and central planning are incompatible, whether it be social, economic, monetary, or whatever.
5/15/2012 at 8:32 PM  4  2  Rating :  2 Permalink
 Mac Slavo - shtfplan
Body Armor: Because If You’re Shooting Down Range, You Can Bet Someone’s Shooting Back At You  (7)
Don't waste your breath. The people for whom this article is intended have a different world view. In other words, they live on a different planet.
The way they see things, it is possible that the sort of violence that is going on in Greece and Spain, and the "Arab Spring", could happen anywhere in the world, including the U.S. They seem to think that something as trivial as a war with Iran might cause ...
5/2/2012 at 7:09 PM  4  1  Rating :  3 Permalink
 Tom DiLorenzo
Rethinking America’s Supreme Judicial Dictatorship  (9)
George F. I think your sarcasm with just woosh right over the heads of many folks. However, I appreciated it. :-)
4/19/2012 at 2:44 PM  1  1  Rating :  0 Permalink

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