Comments on: The Big One Is Nigh! http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: metamars http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-2/#comment-180062 metamars Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:46:12 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-180062 "Unfortunately, it’s impossible to get current documents for all states, since distribution is actively suppressed. Burien has Illinois documents from 1999 and 2000, but for my home state of NJ, the documents are from 1995 and 1996." Actually, this isn't true. My apologies for the misinformation. Burien discovered the CAFR's around 1990, which is a year after the WWW was invented. You can easily find copies of CAFR's for at least some states (probably all) online. What is still true, though, is that the overwhelming majority of the public never hears about them. You can search for information on a particular web site by using this syntax in Google: site: Thus, you can search for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports at the NY Times web site via: site:nytimes.com "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" Doing so yields exactly 8 hits, of which 5 are subscriber comments. Here are the results: * Oct 26, 2006 (not in article; subscriber comment October 26, 2006 ) * Nov. 1, 1995 (about NYC's CAFR, not the state CAFR) * Nov. 1, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment November 2, 2006) * Nov. 8, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment November 9, 2006) * Nov 12, 1996 (about NYC's CAFR, not the state CAFR) * Oct 30, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment October 31, 2006) * November 17th, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment) * "embargoed until 12:00 a.m. 12/18/07" (not sure what this is about; didn't read it) Doing a search for "Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports" (plural) at the NY Times give 3 hits. "Unfortunately, it’s impossible to get current documents for all states, since distribution is actively suppressed. Burien has Illinois documents from 1999 and 2000, but for my home state of NJ, the documents are from 1995 and 1996."

Actually, this isn't true. My apologies for the misinformation. Burien discovered the CAFR's around 1990, which is a year after the WWW was invented. You can easily find copies of CAFR's for at least some states (probably all) online. What is still true, though, is that the overwhelming majority of the public never hears about them.

You can search for information on a particular web site by using this syntax in Google:

site:

Thus, you can search for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports at the NY Times web site via:

site:nytimes.com "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report"

Doing so yields exactly 8 hits, of which 5 are subscriber comments.

Here are the results:

* Oct 26, 2006 (not in article; subscriber comment October 26, 2006 )
* Nov. 1, 1995 (about NYC's CAFR, not the state CAFR)
* Nov. 1, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment November 2, 2006)
* Nov. 8, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment November 9, 2006)
* Nov 12, 1996 (about NYC's CAFR, not the state CAFR)
* Oct 30, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment October 31, 2006)
* November 17th, 2006 (not in an article; subscriber comment)
* "embargoed until 12:00 a.m. 12/18/07" (not sure what this is about; didn't read it)

Doing a search for "Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports" (plural) at the NY Times give 3 hits.

]]> By: Antonios http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-2/#comment-180046 Antonios Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:09:16 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-180046 This echoes what Ron Paul has been stating for 30 years. Hopefully more people will awake from their sleep. This echoes what Ron Paul has been stating for 30 years. Hopefully more people will awake from their sleep.

]]> By: Akira http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-2/#comment-179790 Akira Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:49:56 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179790 Re my comment: "I remember a guy coming into a restaurant saying he needed a drink after him and his buddies "worked up a good sweat beating the crap out of this queer" they saw in the park." I should have pointed out that this was in a suburban fast food joint filled with teens and families, not Hell's Kitchen at 3 am. And the manager and some customers slapped the guy on the back for all his "great work". It may be even more evil to promote sodomy to grade 5-ers as "normal", but let's not pretend that people in the best were any better than we are today. Re my comment: "I remember a guy coming into a restaurant saying he needed a drink after him and his buddies "worked up a good sweat beating the crap out of this queer" they saw in the park."

I should have pointed out that this was in a suburban fast food joint filled with teens and families, not Hell's Kitchen at 3 am. And the manager and some customers slapped the guy on the back for all his "great work".

It may be even more evil to promote sodomy to grade 5-ers as "normal", but let's not pretend that people in the best were any better than we are today.

]]> By: Akira http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179789 Akira Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:45:11 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179789 Re: "If reasonable men agree that our civilization is spiritually diseased, morally rotten, and demographically moribund, then a colossal, rapidly spreading global economic crisis should be neither feared nor wished away. It may yet be our last best hope for survival." I like to think I'm reasonable, and certainly our civilization is as you describe. However, I'm not sure that previous generations were any less spiritually diseased or morally rotten. Just for example, only 50 years ago many Americans treated rape as a joke or blamed the victim, smoked unreservedly [I remember as a child choking in a doctor's waiting room filled with smoke, while my mom pulled her sweater up over her mouth as her eyes were tearing], drunk-drivers were treated as a nuisance, and so on. In the 60s many people not merely excused adultery but even promoted it. Segregation? I feel abortion is our age's greatest sin, but how many abortions were committed then, even though then it was more openly condemned and even criminalized? Now we have state promotion of sodomy; then people openly boasted of bashing fags [I remember a guy coming into a restaurant saying he needed a drink after him and his buddies "worked up a good sweat beating the crap out of this queer" they saw in the park.] I just mean that we shuffle our sins around. I get very nostalgic when I see how men and women interact in old movies, but movies aren't exactly reality. We all have to make the best of the times we live in. I despair when I hear people denigrate the values of people who are not around to defend themselves anymore, and denigrate them according to "our" contemporary values, without context; but people of our own generations have their own good qualities too. Besides that, I can't agree with: "a colossal, rapidly spreading global economic crisis should be neither feared nor wished away." First of all I'd prefer people to convert than be punished. Secondly, there's no guarantee that such a "purging" would lead to a world any more spiritually or morally healthy than the one we live in now. How about praying things get better, rather than hoping for the worst? Re: "If reasonable men agree that our civilization is spiritually diseased, morally rotten, and demographically moribund, then a colossal, rapidly spreading global economic crisis should be neither feared nor wished away. It may yet be our last best hope for survival."

I like to think I'm reasonable, and certainly our civilization is as you describe. However, I'm not sure that previous generations were any less spiritually diseased or morally rotten. Just for example, only 50 years ago many Americans treated rape as a joke or blamed the victim, smoked unreservedly [I remember as a child choking in a doctor's waiting room filled with smoke, while my mom pulled her sweater up over her mouth as her eyes were tearing], drunk-drivers were treated as a nuisance, and so on. In the 60s many people not merely excused adultery but even promoted it. Segregation? I feel abortion is our age's greatest sin, but how many abortions were committed then, even though then it was more openly condemned and even criminalized?

Now we have state promotion of sodomy; then people openly boasted of bashing fags [I remember a guy coming into a restaurant saying he needed a drink after him and his buddies "worked up a good sweat beating the crap out of this queer" they saw in the park.]

I just mean that we shuffle our sins around.

I get very nostalgic when I see how men and women interact in old movies, but movies aren't exactly reality. We all have to make the best of the times we live in.

I despair when I hear people denigrate the values of people who are not around to defend themselves anymore, and denigrate them according to "our" contemporary values, without context; but people of our own generations have their own good qualities too.

Besides that, I can't agree with: "a colossal, rapidly spreading global economic crisis should be neither feared nor wished away."

First of all I'd prefer people to convert than be punished.

Secondly, there's no guarantee that such a "purging" would lead to a world any more spiritually or morally healthy than the one we live in now. How about praying things get better, rather than hoping for the worst?

]]> By: metamars http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179767 metamars Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:37:58 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179767 $700 Billion is small potatoes, compared to standing liquid assets of over $100 TRILLION. These assets are described in the legally required, but hidden from the public, Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR's). The CAFR's are, as their discover Walter Burien says, "the biggest game in town". Excellent intro is here: http://cafr1.com/AZBC42801.html Find a CAFR for your state here: http://cafr1.com/STATES/ $700 Billion is small potatoes, compared to standing liquid assets of over $100 TRILLION. These assets are described in the legally required, but hidden from the public, Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR's). The CAFR's are, as their discover Walter Burien says, "the biggest game in town".

Excellent intro is here: http://cafr1.com/AZBC42801.html
Find a CAFR for your state here: http://cafr1.com/STATES/

]]> By: MAP http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179758 MAP Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:56:19 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179758 Honest Abe, a follower of Hamilton and the Whigs, imposed their economic agenda on the nation: an all powerful central state that would work to the benefit of the well-connected few. Industrial growth would of course follow, since the citizen and taxpayer were subsidizing this growth. The entire arrangement is in conflict with what was established and agreed to at the constitutional convention. Hamilton’s ideas were rejected at the convention, but lived on through the Federalist, Whig, and Republican parties. The platform could gain no real traction and caused the demise of the Whigs. The system was put in place by the war and the dictatorship of Abe, and not through any mutual consent. Read DiLorenzo’s book, “The Real Lincoln’. Or check out: http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo151.html Honest Abe, a follower of Hamilton and the Whigs, imposed their economic agenda on the nation: an all powerful central state that would work to the benefit of the well-connected few. Industrial growth would of course follow, since the citizen and taxpayer were subsidizing this growth. The entire arrangement is in conflict with what was established and agreed to at the constitutional convention. Hamilton’s ideas were rejected at the convention, but lived on through the Federalist, Whig, and Republican parties. The platform could gain no real traction and caused the demise of the Whigs. The system was put in place by the war and the dictatorship of Abe, and not through any mutual consent. Read DiLorenzo’s book, “The Real Lincoln’. Or check out: http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo151.html

]]> By: james1 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179755 james1 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:31:41 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179755 @46MAP It was Abe Lincolns post war economic policy that saw the US rapid industrial growth. That was a model for Germany’s industrial revolution. It was Woodrow Wilson who sign the Federal Reserve into law and who approved the treaty of Versailles destroying Germany. @46MAP
It was Abe Lincolns post war economic policy that saw the US rapid industrial growth.
That was a model for Germany’s industrial revolution.

It was Woodrow Wilson who sign the Federal Reserve into law and who approved the treaty of Versailles destroying Germany.

]]> By: MAP http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179752 MAP Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:45:27 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179752 The economic system of special-interest, pork barrel, graft, favoritism and theft, imposed on the nation - in contradiction to the wisdom of the Founders and the constitution - by the force of arms and the dictatorship of Honest Abe, is imploding, collapsing under the very weight of the corruption and greed inherit to it. Good riddance! The economic system of special-interest, pork barrel, graft, favoritism and theft, imposed on the nation - in contradiction to the wisdom of the Founders and the constitution - by the force of arms and the dictatorship of Honest Abe, is imploding, collapsing under the very weight of the corruption and greed inherit to it. Good riddance!

]]> By: Alex http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179734 Alex Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:53:07 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179734 Though I may not always agree with the politics and views of Chronicles, I find myself ever drawn to its articles. Return to elementary roots may indeed be a blessing, which is why though we live in London and I work in finance, quite comfortably, I have an eye on the storm, and a sturdy house in Vojvodina with land to grow our own feast, if need be. If it hits the proverbial fan, Serbia, with its ample agriculture, and a tradition of facing adversity with aplomb and inat, will be the best place to be. Though I may not always agree with the politics and views of Chronicles, I find myself ever drawn to its articles. Return to elementary roots may indeed be a blessing, which is why though we live in London and I work in finance, quite comfortably, I have an eye on the storm, and a sturdy house in Vojvodina with land to grow our own feast, if need be. If it hits the proverbial fan, Serbia, with its ample agriculture, and a tradition of facing adversity with aplomb and inat, will be the best place to be.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2008/09/30/the-big-one-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-179722 Suzanne Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:33:14 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=741#comment-179722 I predict, Sir, that one day, many generations will call you blessed. Thank you for your many excellent articles and books. You speak the truth and as much as no one wants to hear it, it is the Truth nonetheless. Wishing otherwise will never make it so. God bless you. I predict, Sir, that one day, many generations will call you blessed.

Thank you for your many excellent articles and books. You speak the truth and as much as no one wants to hear it, it is the Truth nonetheless. Wishing otherwise will never make it so.

God bless you.

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