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wonderful world of economics — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:32:18 -0000

well I hope Mr. Stupak the best of luck.

like everyone I am feed up with these high gas prices and the effects they are having on the economy :mad:

wonderful world of economicss last blog post..should they still be to big to fail

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Kpem — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:11:59 -0000

Hi John,
The anger from a mutual fund manager, may well be because he saw the profit oil could make him and he has decided to slam anybody that might ruin it for him, OR just likes a fight. No matter, many feel that something needs to be done.
As for the recession until the gov started messing with the economy to try and make things look peachy, the economy seemed to run its cycle every 7 years or so. I don't understand anyone saying the economy is good, the bubble on housing has burst and most will not recover on that investment for, my guess over 20years, any belief otherwise just consider the gov has taken action to soften the impact this fact has placed on many house owners. Because that market has not reached its bottom, a smart investor will still not start buying up houses but for pennies on the dollar.
The only thing good about the high inflation we are now having, is how our debt to China is getting more manageable. At the same time those of us in the US will be paying for this problem for many years to come, as income never keeps up with inflation. Guess I had better get busy on my now "guided blog", thanks to your free e-book.

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Vladinati — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:27:53 -0000

Im with you tesla all the way.....vrooom

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Chris Desouza — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:26:28 -0000

I have a solution for gas prices. The solution is my own.

Do what I do.

Of course, this is voluntary. I have never complained about high gas, grocery prices and never will. I am too smart for this pity me economy mindset. It all begins with you. Stop reading news guys. Do something. Make your parents proud!

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Ranked Hard — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:49:43 -0000

If everyone drove a Tesla, the oil crises would cease to exist.
Maybe when the price comes down, this can be closer to a reality. More info on the Tesla here: http://www.mahalo.com/Tesla...

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Ranked Hard — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:51 -0000

I should strangle you.

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Dan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:35 -0000

Everyone wants to point the finger to say who's to blame for high gasoline prices. The fact of the matter is as long as we're consuming oil at the rate we are, prices will continue to increase over the long term. It's simply a supply and demand issue. People are looking for someone to blame because they don't want to change their own habits.

The amount of oil in the marketplace can't meet the needs of the US and the rest of the world's oil consumers. There are more consumers of oil than ever before partially due to the industrialization of China and India. When you have a fixed amount of product (oil in the ground) and growing demand, prices will naturally increase.

Politicians are more than happy to create some sort of litigation that will allegedly and miraculously lower the price of gasoline for everyone. These politicians know they will be seen as the hero if they can do this for even a short peroid of time (IE - getting through campaign season). The real problem though, is not price fixing the market. Someone will need to foot the bill for any price fixing legislation that's enacted, that later collapses in the future. This bill will rest heavily on the shoulders of future American tax payers.

PS - Nice Linkbait by the way!

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Kevin Puls — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:46:46 -0000

To Net Fool:

As an internet marketing newbie, but also less of an investor, please try & make me understand this. Last month, my shares in my Exxon-Mobil DRiP were at about $94/share. SO, I decided to let them ride. Now, they are at about $81/share? There are RECORD profits made in this sector, but I, as the investor, am not realiozing the profit- not being passed down to me.

The economy IS worse than we (John Q. Public) expect. Housing starts are WAY down; forclosures at an all-time high (thanks to the banking industry and their lax lending guidlines- DUH. Anything for a quick buck, huh?).

Food costs are rising like a rocket taking off to the stratosphere! Why? Well, less corn is now grown for consumption (by livestock and humans alike), which now makes the supply LOWER than the demand. Thanks, again, to the ethanol/gas debacle. It'ss all trickle down.

But, if you really, truely believe that the economy is not as bad as you believe, I invite you to my neck of the woods to chat & tour the halted housing projects.

Again, I am an average Joe, so my economic views are not collegiate, much like yours must be in order for you to have the career that you are in. Thanks for your time!

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Charles Evans — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:54:28 -0000

My research shows the same facts. In addition this increase in gas and diesel prices has had a escalating effect on auto repair parts and resulted in many small older car parts being difficult to obtain. Gas prices might not be causing inflation, however, the cost of repair parts for my auto repair business have risen nearly 30% since last November. The price of staple foods has risen over 40% in the same time frame. This is not what your are told but check your grocery sales slips. Charles L. (Bud) Evans http://www.ratmtent1.com

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Roo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:15:22 -0000

Damn, John. If you wanted controversy it sure looks like you found it!

Roos last blog post..On Manliness and Video Games

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Roo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:13:37 -0000

Sorry MouthyGirl, I guess you meant me. I didn't mean to insult anybody. I know a lot of people had their homes foreclosed because of predatory lending and that it's not always the owners' faults.

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John Cow — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:15:10 -0000

Rest your case??? You had nothing to say in the first place and you were saying it far too loud!

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Big Mac — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:25:53 -0000

John:

Thanks for your response.

You just gave your more informed readers unequivocal proof that you can lead a horse to water; but you can't TEACH him how to drink.

I laughingly rest my case.

Big Mac

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John Cow — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:09:09 -0000

Get over ourself????

Come on now... every single post on this blog is for one purpose... to achieve our goal... no different then any other blog. We have been preaching about content with purpose and this is an interesting story and your reaction is in our opinon ridiculous and narrow minded.

1. This is a news story that we care about
2. It is a story that affects us all
3. It is current
4. It makes good conversation

We share loads of strategies and stuff that people pay us top dollar for and we dont ask for a dime in return, we do not stuff affiliate offers down your throat like others do and you say get over yourself! Give me a friggen break Big Mac and get off your soap box.

There is nothing immoral of sharing a story that we truly feel is an issue, is something our readers care about (which has been proven) and yes we posted it on our blog to get exposure to the story. Sorry if we missed how we were misleading anyone, or taking advantage of anyone... we are not hiding anything and if we did not care about the issue we would not have posted about it.

Do yourself a favor and maybe dont be so bull headed and not follow the links we provided and you would see that perhaps this is not misinformed. Hard to believe you actually admitted your responding without even educating yourself on the points we link to. Prove to me we are misinformed and we will listen but dont get on a soap box and just say you know everything.

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Big Mac — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:03:11 -0000

Great John! 'Hard to believe, but true...

Now you're using such a painful topic to generate personal awareness through controversy?

Those of us who have been in marketing for more than three years know that there is a thing called 'marketing morality'.

You just crossed and obliterated the line.

Unlike the big media and other political/economic oligarchies, a minority of us (unfortunately not enough, it seems) STILL believe that it is untruthful, immoral and downright nasty to use such an all-pervasive problem as our economy and gas prices to bring even more (Internet Marketing) 'attention' to YOURSELF.

That's like the media slogan: 'if it bleeds, it leads' (and sells newspapers and more broadcast and/or Internet ads).

I read your post, (not the links, since I realized up front the naieveté and fallacy of the economically/financially misinformed stance you were taking); then I continued with the comments up to this point, where you responded that your (true) motivation for writing and disseminating such (controversial) stuff was...and I quote: "Get attention.. cause controversy and all that good marketing stuff. If you have not caught on to that yet… well not sure what to do about that."

I caught onto it immediately. As an honest marketer, it makes me sick to see you do that. If folks continue to use the problems of others only to further your own ends, all (Internet) marketers will be tarnished with the same brush as those you criticize.....we'll all be seen as hucksters and used car salesmen, like President Nixon and that Texas family we all know and respect so much.

C'mon John. Get over yourself. There are things much bigger out there and one helluva lot more important than whether or not you sell more software or ebooks!!

Use other (more informed and above board) methods to market yourself.

Just try. I know you can do it.

Big Mac

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David — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:35:41 -0000

Hi all:

I do not know what the Pump Act does or says, but I do know that there are oil deposits in Alaska Gull Island and Prudow? Bay to rival Saudi Arabia. And there are the oil deposits off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico and off of the east coast. If American companies were to be allowed to pump this crude oil for sale to the people of the United State there would be no import tax on such and there would be no additioinal tax imposed by the United Nations and the price at the pump could be half as much.

One of Our problems is the US Dollar falling against international currencies. In the 1970 Henry Kissinger negotiated a treaty with Saudi Arabia to allow American companies to develop Saudi Oil whereby the US would buy this Saudi Oil under the condition that Saudi Arabia would us a portion of the proceed from these oil sales to buy the securities backing up the US Dollar - US Notes and Bonds. So the concern is that when we stop buying Saudi Oil Saudi will have no incentive to support the US Dollar and the USD would fall. This is also accompanied by the fact that the USD is no longer the world reserve currency in Oil. Iran and Venesuela no longer require USD to settle their trades. The US has made enemies of most all oil producing nations.

Well, with the USD already fallen substantially I see no ill affect that would prevent us from opening up the oil reserves on Alaska and and in International Waters. China is already drilling in international waters off the coast of the US so the threat of an oil spill that would endanger the US already exists and should no longer be a reason for NOT allowing oil production in international waters off the coast of the US.

Now about the closing of automobile factories and other manufaturing plants and their ultimate move to other countries both south and accross the globe to Asia is a great concern. Why would our Congress open up American markets to free trade when such would destroy good, high paying American jobs, jobs which support the American economy without which service industry jobs in Construction and other industries would suffer. Ultimately, if their are no jobs in America the American economy will collapse. And that is what I see happening now unless we get our manufacturing base back. The falling USD could very well influence that. Maybe soon the huge international corporations who are benefiting from free trade will establish new plants in the US from the profits thay have been making at our expense.

Sry for the Rant.

Blessings in truth,
Dave

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TravelShep — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:26:31 -0000

Dear John Cow,
A businessman should not mix business and politics. Doing so in the long run will antagonize more people than it will attract.

Cheers,
:cool:

Michaels last blog post..Yachts at Krios, Paros

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John Cow — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:01:31 -0000

Thanks MouthyGirl for seeing our side and we have certainly missed you around here the last couple months!

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John Cow — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:31 -0000

Brook we agree with what your saying but there is a degree to it. Yes we need to find a solution and the solution does start with us and we should not go crying to anyone to bail us out when we are not willing to be part of the solution but the point of this is our current consumption does not relate to the price... if it did truly relate then there would be no argument.

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ABaN — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:17:32 -0000

I hate paying high gas prices as much as the next guy. Really I do, but people really need to think about the cause of high gas prices. Got a mirror? Good, because YOU are the cause of high gas prices. It's your refusal to change your lifestyle, your insistence on driving everywhere all the time that causes the problem.

We can moan and whine about everyone from Abdul who is breaking his back getting the oil out of the ground to the local guy selling you the finished product you pump in your car, but fact of the matter is that the first and last person who needs to take the blame are those who insist on doing everything as they always have. Don't blame the speculators, don't blame the drillers, don't blame the gas station attendants, don't blame OPEC. No place blame where blame is due. On yourself. It's called personal responsibility. We've all made the mess, what business do we have expecting some government to bail us out?

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MouthyGirl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:05:44 -0000

For all the research hounds, can you find out why this country exports 10% of it's oil? Personally I feel it's time to stop our dependency upon oil. There are ways around this, our country has been too selfish and hasn't built mass transit systems in all of our cities, nor have we allowed domestic drilling, Texas is producing 6% of the worlds consumption.

I feel like if I want to complain about gas prices, that's my right because I'm paying them, and for the jerk that made the comment about those who suffered foreclosure problems, realize that not everyone that ended up with their house being foreclosed on was a victim of the ARM craze, a lot of people have had to choose between their mortgages and getting to work in the morning.

I think talking about politics on a forum such as this, or discussing problems our nations may be having is not at all out of line, it shows an awareness of the world and a concern for where we're headed. I don't think we will have oil forever and I also think that like so many other things, we won't be ready when we run out and it'll be a mad scramble to create an alternative that everyone can embrace.

Right on cow for this post, and showing your political and economical awareness.

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Steve McGrath — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:20:17 -0000

I don't mind paying for a "demand versus offer" for the price of gas.That's the capitalist society we live in and must live with that. It's the "too much speculation" that is the bigger deal here every time something in the world happens. Any reason they have is used to rise the price.

Regulation or not some will find a way to make money. Recently, we had the first real case of fixing gas price at the pump in one small region of Quebec, Canada. Yes, those are rare but it took years to prove it even if it was done for a few months in 2005. An Ultramart(refiner) regional manager was also in that plot.Ultramart did agreed to pay 1-2 million fine.

Like I wrote in my post, lowering the price will only increase demand anyway. Like a CNN analyst said a few weeks ago, people have a short memory.

Steve McGraths last blog post..Is The Price Gas Too High?

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John Cow — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:46:50 -0000

Well Shane we are not sure if he does or not but it sounds like people are starting to pay attention to what he is saying and a decision will be made by the end of August and we will all see the outcome then. We can only speculate ourselves so we will rather let time tell and see if anything comes from this.

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John Cow — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:45:23 -0000

Interesting squidoo lens Jana, thanks for stopping by.

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John Cow — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:37:59 -0000

Out of line and cheap way... please do not be a hypocrite Jim... should I remind you of the post you made towards the cowpetition that you admited was to get a reaction. Anyway, thanks for letting it slide. Jim, we did not make up the numbers... you can see them for yourself. You ask us to tell you where the profit is coming from? Well we cant but they are telling us they are making lots of it.

Read for yourself...

http://www.shell.com/home/c...

and

http://money.cnn.com/2008/0...
(this talks about thier record profits)

and

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080...

Jim, not sure why you are so upset about this anyway but all we know is these companies are reporting record profits and we thought this was an interesting story.