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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Queen Bee's last song
Copying and pasting articles that you all have access to has become tiring for me with all my other obligations. It is time for the comment section to take over and make this a social site that everyone looks forward to reading going forward. I will still post from time to time, but the daily grind has become just that. I love all of comments and that is what makes the hive vibrant. I look forward to your comments. Jennifer aka Queenbee
I will still be involved daily and making comments. May your investments be profitable.
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You've done us all a big service, Queen. Hope you will still post anything you deem 'important' that you might run across.
As the saying goes...there is a time (season) for everything. Right now you have to make your home life take top place. I doubt this is your last song, however.
You've done us all a big service, Queen. Hope you will still post anything you deem 'important' that you might run across.
As the saying goes...there is a time (season) for everything. Right now you have to make your home life take top place. I doubt this is your last song, however.
May God grant me the serenity to accept the things which I can not change,
Change the things which I can change,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Don't post much (no kidding) but do drop by and visit; a fine community here. Good for you, Queen, for being able to move on when you need to; no idea really what's involved with running a site but I bet it can become pretty consuming of time and energy.
TFMetalsreport seems to have become a gathering place for discussion and a source of information for trading and other timely challenges.
Thanks and best wishes for the future.
ps
Keep on singing; you have a beautiful voice
Fixing links:
Too much pressure, choking feeling coming on, maybe later. traded in her chevy for a [cadillac ack ack ack...]
bug lulz
[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/keynes-muppets-elmo-explains-national-debt]
Don't worry I will be back. Just taking a breather like Edgar did. Maybe a week or two. Jeff I didn't know you heard me sing bzzzzzzzz. I am into watching the new show Smash on Monday nights and those girls can really sing.
And CL keep posting your stories as they bring us all down to earth. Religion aside there are 6 billion plus on this planet and hardly any of them agree with my views.
GAW and Mugabe I am counting on you to keep posting interesting articles with commentary.
What me Worry? You too and JeffinWa don't be a stranger. Shaza post the links you send my in the comment section. I will send you the html code so that you can make them hot links.
Hi all, hope everyone is well
Just don't have time right now to post much, working long hours plus commuting makes for a tired GAW
But I don't think I will be working at my present job past Christmas at the latest, I won't be commuting that distance in the winter, it will take too long.
Everything changes, that is part of life.
Bee
Here is an interesting article on the dangers of ETFs by Terry Smith. Terry is not one of the vermin that infests the City of London as he manages my money with great skill so far
http://www.terrysmithblog.com/straight-talking/2012/04/etfs-safe-transparent-and-low-cost.html
I posted something philosophical and then deleted it. It wasn't much and hope that with a little input from me we can keep this blog going. If now this too shall pass.
Reading for 'fun' and exercise.
With the Queen's indulgence, I am going to try to boil down a bit of Roman history that I've been reading to 'blog' proportions. My church wants to highlight those with an 'artistic' bent in the fall (paintings, poetry, writing, sculpture, etc. that fall into the category of : WHEN IN ROME.) As my hubby is the history buff (and I took all U.S. HISTORY in college because it was easier and I was too young to know straining yourself to learn is a good thing) I never delved much into Ancient or World History. I went to the library and found an interesting book on Palestine in the year One (featuring what we would have seen in the time of Christ without making it a religious pro/against) book. It has been extremely enlightening as to the TAXATION and economic as well as military problems. I'll try to gather some of the MANY similarities tomorrow. It illustrates how history is repeated no matter how far we think we may have come or how many technological advances and devices we may own.
I am going to bow out here too. It has been a really fun few years, I really enjoyed each and everyone of you! Good luck in life and love! Shaz
Shaza we will miss you, but please don't abandon this blog. I will be back and sooner than you might imagine. Keep looking back and say whatever comes to mind.
Hi,
I think taking a break is a good idea. I'll keep popping in and will send you any posts that seem interesting, However, as you yourself said, is there much point in posting stuff that anyone can see on the internet, anyway? I think that's largely the case, with the exception of stand-out posts that really are exceptional.
I really appreciate all your effort here, and for being so open about the challenges you're facing.
anyway, we'll be in contact.
PS have bene a bit silent recently as have been fairly busy
Some gleanings from "Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine" by Scott Korb.
As I said, I've been reading this to do some research and found amazing similarities between what was happening then to what is happening now. Among them the financial CHANGE taking place. As Herold Antipas was intent on 'outdoing' and living up to his father he began a LOT of building which led to a growing increase in the wealthy and an upgrade in lifestyles. This meant he had to raise taxes on everyone else. The 'common' man who barely eked out a living and actually bartered for most needs was forced now to using coins for taxes. While some commoners (we're talking mostly farmers, fishermen, and tradespeople) saw the handwriting on the wall and began forming a more communal society in hopes that together they could increase production so as to pay taxes, MOST were put out of business and had to sell the land they'd owned and worked forever to the wealthy who became 'landlords' who then hired them to work their own land. What they didn't eat/use they ten sold back to the commoners and then TAXED.
So who benefited? Well, Rome and the wealthy followed by the higher classes who were landlords. This was a huge change for those living in this time as they never really thought of themselves as 'poor' before having had a sense of not only 'families' but also pride in what they had was theirs even if they didn't have a lot of money. When you add in the introduction of coinage and then impart the 'religiousness' (ie the production of coins with the head of a ruler was seen as a direct threat to Jewish law of making no 'idols') compounded with the blatant disregard for religious law and principle, you can see where an underlying ground of friction between Rome and the people in this area at this time. (to be cont.)
Rome's solution to this was to keep indenturing people, ensure the military has a tight rein over most aspects of regular life, keep the common people 'entertained' so as to keep their minds off what was happening, and, of course, keep the Senate wealthy (as those serving were the elite and wealthy and such service always stands to enrich.)
So, a few more observations from a 'chicken'---Great system. Substitute King for Rome and you have France. Substitute Czar and you have Russia. Substitute Hitler, Mao, etc. and well, you get my point. The further we get from electing 'regular' people (ie your friends and neighbors or those put up for election by a SPECIFIC FACTION) to perpetual office-holders here in the USA the faster we slip into the danger of repeating history. When was the last time you saw a 'common' person run for office? Not a Democrat, Republican, Union Leader, Socialist, Actor/Comedian, etc. I mean a type who has no ties to large groups other than a desire to serve?
A very real mistake governments of all sorts make is trying separate people from their beliefs, cultures, and principles. It never ends well. Change takes time and cannot be undergone quickly or it is usually doomed and what seems to bind us all in one way or another is a family unit. We 'are' our ancestors in a way--taking on some of their ideas while adding our own but creating strong 'identities'. Whether this is a genetic or cultural predisposition for survival, a learned pattern of behavior, or something else, the idea of John Donne's that "No man is an island" seems to be correct.
This is, I believe, also somewhat true in investing. Those who invested after 1929 and 2008 will do so from a different perspective than others. If the late 50's were prosperity for the middle class, the 60's a Civil Rights movement, the 80's greed, etc. then that molds us in how we look at things. (I can't think of anything for the 70's other than disco..and please, I can't go there!)
As I was raised by a Depression-era father (graduated HS in '29 and remembered those selling apples) it would stand to reason that I'd have learned that behavior and applied it. Others in my age group who had younger parents would not have that. Perhaps they are more the 'credit' type. I, in turn, passed this to my daughter who, while using credit, is very wary of having a card balance or going into debt.
So what will our future, let's say 2015-2020 look like if we were to analyze the behavior patterns of those graduating from college in 2008? How will they see investing? What learned behavior will they display? It would be interesting to see what those who are still here believe. Will they see gold as a safe haven? Will they see stocks? Bonds? Will they have little use for saving as those in year One Palestine as they can barely pay taxes? Will this instill underground antipathy that will boil over to create change? Apathy? A new indentured class?
It is said that history repeats itself. I agree but would add that it loops ONLY when we don't learn from the original lesson. To find a solution to peaceful change, we will have to find a way to accept and not deny mistakes we make...
I actually stopped looking at the market and even the price of gold for a few days. I moved my 401k money out of stocks into a MM account that earns about 0.0% per year and TGLDX to cash. I have just lost interest for now. I have decided to walk out of the casino and find something else to entertain me.
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