tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post4714142770549110894..comments2024-02-10T02:18:27.240-08:00Comments on Trader Dan's Market Views: The Decline and Fall of AmericaTrader Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05484363461047659198noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-18678518810286801552012-11-19T17:57:05.759-08:002012-11-19T17:57:05.759-08:00The auto-pilot was great also.The auto-pilot was great also.Foam_Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515635071117179055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-32759575738100358772012-11-19T17:45:54.041-08:002012-11-19T17:45:54.041-08:00Liberal does equate to decline in every way imagin...Liberal does equate to decline in every way imaginable.<br /><br />Liberal states teach their children that it's ok for them to marry the same sex.<br /><br />If that ain't decline, i don't know what is.<br />A species can't prosper and perpetuate if they are all buggering each other!<br /><br />I'm sorry but you are sounding like a whiny ass cherry picker - of coarse i'm sure that's not the case - just sounds that way.<br />Thanks for the great thought provoking input.<br />Foam_Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515635071117179055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-77026770697710086442012-11-18T22:00:57.783-08:002012-11-18T22:00:57.783-08:00I forgot to mention Minnesota. Minnesota is one of...I forgot to mention Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the most reliably liberal nations in the state, and yet we would all be extremely lucky if all the other 49 states could become clones of Minnesota.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-88868230157408295302012-11-18T21:26:34.922-08:002012-11-18T21:26:34.922-08:00"On a local level just look at Detroit, Michi..."On a local level just look at Detroit, Michigan. On a state level, watch California destroy itself within a decade. As they go, so too will our beloved country."<br /><br />Dan, I'm sorry but you're cherry-picking.<br /><br />Have you ever been to Seattle? I live in the greater Seattle area, and have since the late 80's. It's an extremely liberal city, and it also is probably just about the nicest big city in America. It's also very wealthy. The same can be said for Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, Boston, Denver, and a lot of other cities. Liberal does not equate to decline.<br /><br />As for states, Mississippi is one of the most conservative states yet it is hardly a bastion of prosperity. On the other hand, Utah is just as conservative but it *is* a nice and prosperous state. On the other side of the ideological coin, Massachusetts is one of the wealthiest states in the US and, as we all know, it's also just about the most liberal. On the other hand, New Mexico has turned reliably blue but it hardly is a bastion of wealth.<br /><br />See the point? Political ideology has nothing to do with whether a city or state is wealthy or not, or whether it's in decline or not.<br /><br />And the *suburbs* of Detroit are actually quite nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-17391409029184888612012-11-18T11:28:46.744-08:002012-11-18T11:28:46.744-08:00I agree with your premise that we are in an inexor...I agree with your premise that we are in an inexorable decline. Standards of living are falling. Social cohesion is deteriorating. Economic organization is disintegrating.<br /><br />I say this with respect of our shared views. You would be more credible if you divorced yourself from supporting the Republican or Democratic Party.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613221004503802445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-27262651148600979872012-11-18T10:04:01.381-08:002012-11-18T10:04:01.381-08:00Well, at least you were able to remember the feder...Well, at least you were able to remember the federal agencies you would kill Dan... is there a GOP leadership roll in your future (there looking for white guys conversant in integers >2)?<br /><br />And... isn't it delicious irony that the comment in suppot or your rejection of the nanny state had to recuse himself in fear of losing his piece of the socialist pie.SRV ES339https://www.blogger.com/profile/17955738173581128887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-4382901158671329282012-11-18T08:21:04.183-08:002012-11-18T08:21:04.183-08:00Oh thanks Foam_Ranger for the good laugh. I rememb...Oh thanks Foam_Ranger for the good laugh. I remember watching Airplane over 30 years ago, what a laugh. Just have to go rent the movie again, and just have a laugh. Hope my stomach can handle it, LOL!!!!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476786902221122488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-35294466112767957432012-11-18T06:08:15.117-08:002012-11-18T06:08:15.117-08:00Dan
What is the answer here? Certainly diversify ...Dan<br /><br />What is the answer here? Certainly diversify assets geographically- own gold outside the U.S., own foreign real estate and hold foreign currencies outside the U.S. If things intensify here and the parasite kills the host do you move out of the U.S. and when?<br /><br />Thanks<br />WGG<br />ChicagoWGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227707787788974355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-42048321382313915012012-11-17T13:33:01.506-08:002012-11-17T13:33:01.506-08:00I would love to join a state succession movement a...I would love to join a state succession movement and break away from the tyranny of Obama and the federal government. There are still enough conservative Americans to form a sustainable nation inside the USA, between the Left Coast and the liberal Northeast and Upper Midwest. That may happen someday. I hope it does.<br /><br />The problem for me personally and many others however is I am retired military. I get a pension of $1500 per month. That is not welfare. I worked for it for 20 years under a contract with Uncle Sam. However if I renounced my current American citizenship and joined a succession movement I would lose my pension which I can't afford to do. <br /><br />That is part of why America is on an irreversible course to doom. Even conservative, traditional values types of Americans like me and millions of others are tied financially to the federal government and can't break away from it without causing themselves extreme financial hardship. <br /><br />Hopefully I can get rich someday with my gold and silver stocks which Trader Dan and others help me figure out. Then I could afford to forsake my pension but until then I will have to cheer on any succession movement from the sidelines. Ideally if the leaders of a new independent Conservative States of America can promise to replace at least half my federal pension. I could live on 750.00 a month. If so, I will join that new country in a heartbeat tomorrow. <br /><br />It's also very possible that my pension will become worthless anyway under hyperinflation or a bankrupt federal government which is coming in a few years. If so, I will do my part to build a new free America on the ruins of the old. I'm 59 years old, but I can still work to restore the America I grew up in.<br /><br /><br />Lewis Forro<br />Virginia Beach, VAditkofanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527170243595843593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708908742323002823.post-44929548849644813522012-11-17T09:41:00.611-08:002012-11-17T09:41:00.611-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeI5ke0BENw
says i...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeI5ke0BENw<br /><br />says it allFoam_Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515635071117179055noreply@blogger.com