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Comment on The tax deduction trap – cross border leasing by Glen

Glen — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:20:46 +0000

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Comment on Roots of the Evil – The Great Crash 1873 by How to kill the virtual money? « Forestsw Talk

How to kill the virtual money? « Forestsw Talk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:28:40 +0000

[...] hit the financial speculators and not the public. In good old days during the Great Crash 1873 private banks really printed their money. This had the advantage that the owner of the money and the issuer could be identified easily. [...]

Comment on German billionaire Adolf Merckle commits suicide by portaleco

portaleco — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:01:59 +0000

Interesting article
http://www.crunchreport.com/2009/01/06/the-moral-implication-list/

Comment on German billionaire Adolf Merckle commits suicide by Editor

Editor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:48:57 +0000

The political and financial developments of the last six months have been so dramatic that they must be leaving an imprint in our collective subconsciousness. Like with any significant experience, we learn lessons from it and involuntarily change our judgment when similar events in the future occur. I’ve written an article about this at Crunchreport.com.

Comment on Why free education is so important for nations by smith

smith — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:02:42 +0000

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Comment on Fiddlers always survive by Insurance Guide

Insurance Guide — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:06:32 +0000

Nice bog you have here. I pretty much lurk the internet when I’m bored and read all I can about the organic lifestyle, but I really liked you view on things. I’ll bookmark the site and subscribe to the feed!

Comment on About by portaleco

portaleco — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:22:10 +0000

Certainly there are very nice, very well built homes in the US. My cousin e.g. builds houses in the Nothwest with high insulation standards and geothermic heating and cooling systems for years. However, old houses built 50- 30 years ago (as my house I rented in the US) typically come with poor insulation because the poor people living in them could not afford an upgrade. These are the people which are hit most by the high price of gas and oil. Certainly this can be changed.
I am pretty sure that the US will manage the current energy crisis as many crisis before – that’s really the strength of the US society. It’s up to you wether you look for information available in the world or not. Remember – US invented the Internet. Why shouldn’t we use it to exchange information?

Comment on Weak Dollar and 8100 layoffs at BMW by portaleco

portaleco — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:25 +0000

You are referring to the plans of car manufacturers in the year 2011. It is a good sign that American car manufacturers finally care for fuel efficiency. However, this will help only in the long run. Typically cars are on the road for 10 years. Thus the old guzzlers will need lots of fuel in the coming years. Typical Europeans do not drive Mercedes or BMW – they are too expensive for most Europeans. Surprisingly these cars are sold at much higher price in Europe than in US. Most people think that a BMW or a Mercedes does not give enough value for the money much like you. Tyically Europeans are driving rather small cars with typically > 25 miles/gallon because there are high taxes on gas in most European countries. It’s mostly about money and not green feelings. Certainly Europeans got lots of help after the war and have learnt a lot from the US. They buy buy lots of US products. Maybe it’s not to bad to look around in the world what other people are doing. It’s up to you what you do with the information provided.

Comment on Weak Dollar and 8100 layoffs at BMW by travis lane

travis lane — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:48:33 +0000

Hey “wise” man, your pride is getting in the way of your facts.

Check out the MPG averages of car manufacturers and you’ll find that the German ones are the lowest in the world and every single US manufacturer is above BMW.

BMW’s quality has dropped off drastically in recent years while the prices have shot up–maybe that’s why they’re laying off?

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2008/06/02/the-greenest–and-meanest–car-companies.html

Comment on About by travis lane

travis lane — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:42:49 +0000

ah yes….that’s what America is missing, a patronizing, arrogant European to tell us how we do everything wrong.

And typical of the xenophobe you appear to be, you pick out the exception and present it as the rule because it makes you feel superior.

You talk about a house in the northeast “with no insulation”. Either you’re dead wrong or you have an illegally built house–neither makes your argument worth much.

You swell with pride as you talk about “gas guzzling” american cars and then point out BMW of all things as a better alternative??? Hello, Mercedez and BMW are full of cars that get less than 20 MPG! You ever look at the gas mileage of an X5 or 500 series?

But when you get the reception here that your arrogance deserves, you’ll just write us off as unable to see your wisdom–in true “old europe” style.