Comments on: How Much Will Gustav and Ike Affect Gas Supplies? Update From The Oil Drum

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:36:20 +0000

thx. looking fwd to that (and not). p.s. reminds me of another mindblowing source on the subject of buried provisions... you guys may already have this site or info, but for another take on what's really going on in housing, brace yourself and start here: http://solari.com/archive/housing_bill/ any one of these articles, starting with the collateral fraud that has our whole economy tied up are, again, way troubling. her whole site is an eyeopener.

By: baratunde

baratunde — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:48:24 +0000

cece, i'm sorry you lost your power. if you've got suggestions, let us know. point out some links. share your story. email us. this isn't some inaccessible, one-way, broadcast outlet. don't treat us like one.

By: baratunde

baratunde — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:38:17 +0000

so true. have you seen the provisions in the “bailout” plan before congress? straight up fascist. i'll try to post

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:36:20 +0000

By: baratunde aka jack turner

baratunde aka jack turner — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:48:24 +0000

By: baratunde aka jack turner

baratunde aka jack turner — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:38:17 +0000

so true. have you seen the provisions in the “bailout” plan before congress? straight up fascist. i'll try to post

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:36:20 +0000

By: baratunde aka jack turner

baratunde aka jack turner — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:48:24 +0000

By: baratunde aka jack turner

baratunde aka jack turner — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:38:17 +0000

so true. have you seen the provisions in the “bailout” plan before congress? straight up fascist. i'll try to post

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:09:53 +0000

There's a heck of a set of circumstances gathering round us as you remind us here, kind sir Jack T. Gas prices, esp. due to the shocks of Ike and Gustav, seem set to keep rising. But check this,too, a provision in the Heroes Act of 2008 stating that "anyone voluntarily giving up his or her citizenship will be taxed on all of his assets as if he or she had sold them -- paying capital gains on assets that have increased in value, even though they have not been sold."http://tinyurl.com/4yho6t

Essentially, as the general economic situation worsens, the gov is trying to lock in the wealthy folks most likely to jump ship by jacking their assets with a rough tax, discouraging them from sheltering themselves from the fall in the dollar by breaking camp.

Why would the dollar keep falling? Here's one way... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare

Now, most folks aren't really able to pack up and switch citizenship. That part doesn't apply to us, but the omen does. If the gov is trying to lock in an outlier on the wealth curve, then that means mean times for us in the mean.

Means we ain't seen nothing yet when the gov is buying bulk re-rders of liferafts in the middle of the this titanic voyage. ...we may be in for some even bigger shocks than we've seen in the past couple of weeks.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:50:56 +0000

cece: Hey! :>) So happy that your power is back!! We've been concern about y'all - daily!!

What a difference those little electrons make! :>)

Obama-Biden '08

By: cece

cece — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:32:44 +0000

WOW. Just got my power back on here in Houston and checked out your site to see what the premier blog for blackfolks was covering on the storm and outages and shortages and aid. Guess what, nothing. I guess if no one is screaming incompetence at the gov't it doesn't matter. But never mind.
Go Obama and you guys did win an award. Yea. That's what's important.