tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post225037944866811281..comments2024-03-26T11:32:37.965-07:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: A WONDERFUL SIGN OF HOPEJenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-65097938926267371552008-10-11T06:11:00.000-07:002008-10-11T06:11:00.000-07:00Great blog, I hope to contribute in the near futur...Great blog, I hope to contribute in the near future.<BR/>Our economy is in complete chaos and will only get worse.<BR/>AddisonAddisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07863459633502873195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-39706949975327586392008-10-10T08:46:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:46:00.000-07:00I agree Rice Farmer. I'm just curious as to whethe...I agree Rice Farmer. I'm just curious as to whether they're going to let the market completely free fall now or whether they're still trying to slow the free fall.businessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014863390357287025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-80669479147409511942008-10-10T04:08:00.000-07:002008-10-10T04:08:00.000-07:00Another wonderful sigh of hope is your comments on...Another wonderful sigh of hope is your comments on our unfolding collapse, Mike. We need your wisdom now more than ever. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860379324299931720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-55186459875633256372008-10-09T22:19:00.000-07:002008-10-09T22:19:00.000-07:00Starman. Great film, with the very beautiful Karen...Starman. Great film, with the very beautiful Karen Allen.<BR/><BR/>Alien: "I mean you no harm, Jenny Hayden"<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, Mr. Ruppert, I've been following your work rabidly since finishing the first chapter of Rubicon in 2005. Thank you so much for coming back to us. I'm one person who's had a Google Alert notification for anything on your condition the past two years. For a long time, they were very sparse.<BR/><BR/>You are a true patriot, and -- like I tell everyone I know in the media, and community forums -- the bravest man in America.<BR/><BR/>Never stop. Please.Titus Pullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580957618755309673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-28581039398465331302008-10-09T22:14:00.000-07:002008-10-09T22:14:00.000-07:00Businessman -- I'm not MCR (obviously), but my tak...Businessman -- I'm not MCR (obviously), but my take is that the bailout was never meant to save the system, just to pump more money into the pockets of elites.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-29690431444696470502008-10-09T21:50:00.000-07:002008-10-09T21:50:00.000-07:00hey mike - Crossing the Rubicon was the first 9/11...hey mike - <BR/><BR/>Crossing the Rubicon was the first 9/11 book I ever read. And the Lies of 9/11 the very first video I ever saw on it. People thought I was NUTS. Thanks for all your work! <BR/><BR/>I just wanted to cross-reference the story of Dart with another idea about the housing crash found on Charles Hugh Smith's blog here:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct08/housingc10-08.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Of Two Minds - Houseing Crash</A><BR/><BR/>It illustrates why kicking out the renters hurts more than the innocent renters. <BR/><BR/>"Here are Pangolin's incisive comments:<BR/><BR/>Think of one fourth of the buildings in a neighborhood vacant and you have a place begging for scavengers to come and remove the rest of the neighborhoods property value. I tell you as a fact a crew of three guys can strip a house overnight and leave the neighbors clueless. Appliances, wires, pipes and fixtures gone; boom. They'll do it in contractors vans and they'll show you a printed work order. Easy as pie. In ten minutes an arsonist can be in and out and the place won't show a flame until it's too late hours later.<BR/><BR/>If somebody's not living in the house next door you, as a homeowner, now have a permanent source of worry; real big worry.<BR/><BR/>Some time soon homeowners (as opposed to mortgage paying tenants) are going to descend on local governments in a wrath and demand that vacant properties be occupied or maintained in a reasonable standard. Lawsuits will pile up, HOA liens will fly like fall leaves and town councils will get slapped awake by irate citizens.<BR/><BR/>Then there will be a proliferation of proposal that will amount to "use it or lose it" laws. Your vacant property may be seized, sold at auction for cash on the barrel-head to anybody who can demonstrate that they will a) occupy the property and b) have sufficient income/reserves to maintain it. There is nothing at all that makes this illegal. To the contrary laws have been adjusted to allow crony capitalists to seize property and build baseball stadiums, mini-malls and 'factory-outlets' with minimal fuss. It's also quite simple to tell a besieged banks legal department that the value of the property is exactly it's auction price in lieu of evidence of other buyers.<BR/><BR/>For several years banks will scream murder and property prices will dive but nobody is going to leave an empty house in their neighborhood if they can avoid it. Of course the results of this will make the bailout last week amount to a fart in a hurricane."catawampushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781906502831157080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-61131312026333238752008-10-09T20:23:00.000-07:002008-10-09T20:23:00.000-07:00I read earlier today, elsewhere, that the local lo...I read earlier today, elsewhere, that the local lobbying entity for banks had a press conference at which they called Tom Dart a dangerous vigilante.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/chicago.evictions/index.html<BR/><BR/>Radical statement by businesses. The lines are being drawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-43874923422420532342008-10-09T19:40:00.000-07:002008-10-09T19:40:00.000-07:00Letting America fall to help the rest of the world...Letting America fall to help the rest of the world? Here's an article that touches on that matter.<BR/><BR/>http://www.energybulletin.net/node/46816<BR/><BR/>The prospect of cheaper oil thrills many, I'm sure. But hidden dangers lurk.<BR/><BR/>http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/2008/10/would-cheap-crude-really-be-good.htmlRice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-1570989859736292742008-10-09T14:54:00.000-07:002008-10-09T14:54:00.000-07:00I'd like to hear MCR's take on what those in contr...I'd like to hear MCR's take on what those in control are doing right now. Before the bailout approval they were injecting money into the system to shore up the market. Now after the bailout approval the market is in free fall.<BR/><BR/>Have they decided to let the market go completely into free fall? Or are they trying to stop it and they can't?businessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014863390357287025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-78217257679533185552008-10-09T13:57:00.000-07:002008-10-09T13:57:00.000-07:00I thought the news about the police officer refusi...I thought the news about the police officer refusing to evict was familiar. It's on Drudge & CBS.<BR/><BR/>http://cbs2chicago.com/local/cook.county.evictions.2.835333.html<BR/><BR/>I would say the story is being spread the way Mike R. suggested, shouted from the rooftops. CBS, Drudge, CNN.<BR/><BR/>but is it on Fox ? Not yet. The only thing about Tom Dart on the Fox website is<BR/>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384981,00.htmlwhistling grizzlybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442756870518333739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-16986907213796362052008-10-09T13:31:00.000-07:002008-10-09T13:31:00.000-07:00OPEC to hold emergency meeting to stop income loss...OPEC to hold emergency meeting to stop income loss due to demand destruction in US.<BR/>href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081009/opec_meeting.html"<BR/><BR/>Jeff Schuster, J.D. Power's executive director of automotive forecasting is actually saying "the global market in 2009 may experience an outright collapse,"<BR/>http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081009/business_us_gm_shares.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>In response to the markets that just closed,... I love watching it! For the first time I'm starting to truly understand how Slim Pickens must have felt riding that nuke in. Its great fun to finally stop worrying and love the bomb.NB Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339736221383309321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-49656704052055344872008-10-09T09:45:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:45:00.000-07:00YES!!! THIS is what I have been waiting for! The p...YES!!! THIS is what I have been waiting for! The people to WAKE UP and say NO to the bank! It is time we effect our own change, I pray that it can be done peacefully, but if needed we should be ready to do so with any means necessary. I hope the citizens of that county stand behind him and are ready to back him up at all costs, pitchforks and all.<BR/>I hope he doesn't fold.<BR/>Of course if he doesn't I'm sure there is a judge in their pockets that will hold him in contempt and try to arrest him (using which deputies, from where I ask?)... That's when it will simmer out or erupt into downright revolt.<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much for showing us this!<BR/><BR/>MCR, Jenna, btw how many visits do you guys have a day? And is it growing?NB Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339736221383309321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-9241758242480146762008-10-09T09:01:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:01:00.000-07:00Mike ... so glad you're back. I've missed you and ...Mike ... so glad you're back. I've missed you and your insightful map. Thanks.freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367998046004234116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-76237173566799585062008-10-09T08:53:00.000-07:002008-10-09T08:53:00.000-07:00The movie was "Starman," Mike, and I've lived by t...The movie was "Starman," Mike, and I've lived by that line of dialogue many, many times.cornsilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386327250426726891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-92046052709911692502008-10-09T08:23:00.000-07:002008-10-09T08:23:00.000-07:00Tom Dart is a genuine American hero in my book. Ho...Tom Dart is a genuine American hero in my book. How fortunate that he's the sheriff of Cook County (Chicago) Illinois, which is why his story got major media attention.<BR/><BR/>Now more than ever it's vitally important for us to really get to know our local elected officials and police. It's time to get off the sofa and get out into the community and start serving our neighbors. We might just need to be served ourselves someday ...<BR/><BR/>Love more. Fear Less!Sharon in Mississippihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904977046044752816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-61192423179536362472008-10-09T08:10:00.000-07:002008-10-09T08:10:00.000-07:00Send the Sheriff a Thank You card, phone, or email...Send the Sheriff a Thank You card, phone, or email him!!<BR/><BR/>Cook County Sheriff’s Office<BR/>50 W. Washington<BR/>Chicago, Illinois 60602 <BR/>(312) 603-6444<BR/>sheriff@cookcountysheriff.orgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102517327648557772noreply@blogger.com