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2007 Archive
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Citi of Death
Posted on December 3, 2008 | No CommentsBy John Galt December 3, 2008 The much heralded return of bailoutmania was greeted with much ceremony and celebration by the hogs as they were fed their slop by the Fed. So with that much celebrated Sunday evening in November now near and dear to our hearts, let us review a little history as to how Citigroup ended up being... -
Prepetorial #12: Pass Over
Posted on December 27, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt December 27, 2007 As the Wilson family approached the Alabama-Georgia border going east on I-20 they noticed a massive roadblock and detour. Karen said to her husband “honey, is that normal?” To which Frank replied “no, this is darned unusual, I don’t see any vehicles moving westbound on the interstate either. I wonder if there is another... -
Prepetorial#11: Desperation Preparation
Posted on December 26, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt December 26, 2007 Ann and John had taken the trip from Nicholasville to Lancaster on US 27 south through Kentucky dozens, perhaps hundreds of times in their lives. And this trip to visit Ann’s Mom did not seem any different to them as they pulled out of town observing the changing colors of the leaves and the... -
Prepetorial #10: One Flu over the Cuckoos Nest
Posted on December 14, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt December 14, 2007 Amanda couldn’t handle it any longer. She was standing in the living room of the modest home in suburban Charlotte screaming at her husband Mike that he was not allowed to go into work under any circumstances. Mike, for what seemed like a daily occurrence calmly tried to reassure her and remind her that... -
Prepetorial #9: U.R.A.
Posted on December 6, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt December 6, 2007 Officer Carmine Lewis tore the ticket out of his book and asked the elderly man to press hit thumb on the scanner on his ticket book. The old guy sneered and pressed his thumb down on the reader, mumbling under his breath. Lewis then proceeded to take a card out of the back of... -
Prepetorial#8: End of the System
Posted on November 28, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 28, 2007 The final vote was Yeas 398, Nays 21 and with that announcement on the floor of the House of Representatives, the motion was forwarded to the U.S. Senate in a rapid manner. The date was November 3, 2011 and the legislation was on the fast track to pass both houses and to be signed... -
Increasers and Decreasers
Posted on November 25, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 25, 2007 So “decreasers” isn’t a word, so what? I took the liberty of using what I have elected to call the “Quayle Rule” in honor of my friend Steve Quayle who has a talented knack for creating just the right word for just the right occasion. And this occasion is what you might be asking... -
Prepetorial #7: Friend or Foe
Posted on November 23, 2007 | No Commentsby John Galt November 23, 2007 Mayor Donaldson was sitting at his desk sorting through the new stack of memos and advisories from FEMA and HSA when Mary his secretary opened the door with a somewhat distraught look on her face. “Mary, are you okay?” he asked as she sputtered there’s a Lieutenant Colonel Marc Philips here to see you.”... -
Prepetorial #6: “Take Two Aspirin and Call me in October”
Posted on November 20, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 20, 2007 As Karen looked at her husband Mike in utter panic, the realization that the Medical Services Administration was not going to help their child had sunk in. Their son was in his third day of running a fever and still having a problem retaining liquids. After the nightmare trip to the emergency room after... -
Prepetorial #5: Eat your Guns
Posted on November 14, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 14, 2007 The temperature had to just be miserable today for May 14, 2011, as here I was at a WalMart supercenter queued up in a long line with every other hungry soul in the county it seemed. The radio was blaring the news and some music from the Voice of America, now broadcast on... -
Prepetorial #4: “I never knew…..”
Posted on November 12, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 12, 2007 It was a typically boring Saturday afternoon in suburbia. It did not seem like just one year ago, the grocery stores and malls had been bombed across America by the Arabs, but “whatever” I thought as I settled down to another fine afternoon of college football. The usual highway checkpoint warnings were scrolling across... -
The Film Camera Dinosaur of the 21st Century: ATM’s
Posted on November 8, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 8, 2007 Back in the 1990’s the digital camera became an affordable and more practical device with the introduction of higher quality printers, more powerful personal computers and users eager to get the latest technology without the inconveniences associated with film cameras. One company which dismissed the digital camera in it’s planning and marketing as a... -
The Film Camera Dinosaur of the 21st Century: ATM’s
Posted on November 8, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 8, 2007 Back in the 1990’s the digital camera became an affordable and more practical device with the introduction of higher quality printers, more powerful personal computers and users eager to get the latest technology without the inconveniences associated with film cameras. One company which dismissed the digital camera in it’s planning and marketing as a... -
Prepetorial #3: Running on Empty
Posted on November 7, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 7, 2007 AS the digital counter displayed ‘4.50’ in the Gallons portion of the pump’s display, the shocking portion was the price which displayed $39.92 which shocked me every week. Despite the level of price controls imposed by the President’s Bureau of Economic Stabilization, it was still hard for me to grasp these prices. Since 4.5... -
Prepetorial #2: Casino Currency
Posted on November 3, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt November 3, 2007 As my wife and I entered the flea market, we understood the risks we took that day. Shopping for goods outside of the “registered” stores had become a Class 1 Misdemeanor for a first offense and the worst part was that you would be forced to take chip implantation if convicted as part of... -
Prepetorial #1: “I saw a flash”
Posted on October 30, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt October 30, 2007 The following is my first “prepetorial”; a word I concocted to try to introduce the idea of “prepping” along with one of my editorials. The events in italic are completely fictitious and hopefully will never happen…. As I was meeting with my client in the town of Port Charlotte, about 45 miles from my... -
The Case for a 50bp Fed Funds Rate Cut…
Posted on October 29, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt October 29, 2007 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away……. Wrong story, but the theme song fits our current situation in more ways than one will ever know. This week that just ended on October 26th saw a tremendous fortune wagered that the Federal Reserve has to cut rates again this upcoming meeting. I... -
1%
Posted on October 24, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt October 24, 2007 1 percent. One out of one hundred. Ten out of one thousand. A miserably low number which neither indicates sway or influence on our economy unless it’s the billionaires making acquisitions, or in this case, a nightmare that is being propagated on the public with stories of fictitious origin and wishful thinking. The general... -
1%
Posted on October 24, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt October 24, 2007 1 percent. One out of one hundred. Ten out of one thousand. A miserably low number which neither indicates sway or influence on our economy unless it’s the billionaires making acquisitions, or in this case, a nightmare that is being propagated on the public with stories of fictitious origin and wishful thinking. The general... -
Painting the Swan
Posted on October 11, 2007 | No CommentsOctober 11, 2007 By John Galt For the uninitiated, I am a historian by training and hobby, an op-ed writer and blogger by habit. Yes, to many this is a bad habit like smoking a pack of Camels per hour, but I continue to persist in this endeavor to harass the naysayers and those on the cruise ship sailing into... -
Dow 15,000 and the Cartertocracy
Posted on September 18, 2007 | No CommentsSeptember 18, 2007 By John Galt I would like to congratulate the absolute brilliance of putting an academic in charge of our nation’s economy. I was not sure what his academic qualifications were, but I did do a search to see if he wears his Romper Stompers when he makes policy. The logic of today’s decision and coordinated efforts to... -
Remember
Posted on September 11, 2007 | No CommentsSeptember 11, 2007 By John Galt (Today, and with this posting, marks my 15,000th post on Timebomb2000. This place has become my internet home away from home where I’ve made some new friends and managed to upset some folks too. To this end, today is a day to remember the past and prepare for the future. Today is a day... -
The Final Stand of the “300”
Posted on August 12, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt August 12, 2007 Some five thousand years ago and change, a brave group of three hundred Spartan soldiers stood on the grounds of Thermopylae determined to protect their homeland and the city states of Greece from the onslaught of Xerxes and his army. Despite the bravery and valiant efforts of those souls, they were slaughtered. This lesson... -
The Black Pearl is Sinking
Posted on August 8, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt August 8, 2007 On March 18, 2005, Rob Kirby wrote one of the best articles warning everyone about what the future of our markets might entail titled “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Unbelievably, the mainstream media could have picked up this story and exposed potentially one of the greatest financial stories of our time, but thanks to the... -
2:47
Posted on August 5, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt August 5, 2007 At approximately 2:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday August 3, 2007, an individual who used to control billions of investment dollars went nuts on the air. Not insane mind you, because his pleas were not totally unrealistic. Oh the begging was pathetic, the insults directed at “Helicopter Ben” and Bill “Shallow end of”... -
American Irrelevancy
Posted on August 2, 2007 | No Commentsby John Galt August 3, 2007 What if one morning, the world woke up and said “hey, we don’t need America any longer” and it became the new reality? That morning may well be starting not just in a geopolitical sense of the idea, but economically as well. The pomposity of our self-importance that we assign to every activity, every... -
Goldilocks Autopsy
Posted on August 2, 2007 | No Commentsby John Galt August 2, 2007 Despite the Fantasyland tickets being issued by the Bubblevisionistas, there is an extremely harsh reality sinking in to many war rooms across the other amusement park known as “Realityland” which is slowly hitting Mainstreetland. That harsh reality is that credit bubbles do actually go “pop” and can actually impact the day to day operations... -
Blame B*rry B*nds
Posted on July 26, 2007 | No CommentsJuly 26, 2007 By John Galt And with the close of the markets today all I can debate to say is “wow” or “and you never read my old stuff did you?” THis is not just a start of something big, but a flashing red signal. But to blame the economic Gods for today’s action is just not right. No,... -
Weimarica
Posted on July 25, 2007 | No Comments“Weimarica” By John Galt Jul 24, 2007 In the early 1920’s, the Weimar Republic of Germany created an economic miracle in the eyes of some as it recovered from World War I. The stock markets surged, the economy started to recover late in 1919, and the imposition of the Versailles Treaty was seen as an “inconvenience” to the average citizen... -
Attention: Your Retirement was Just Canceled
Posted on July 18, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt July 18, 2007 As this article is being penned, Bear Stearns has roared and their stock is down a healthy five bucks in the aftermarket tonight. While most see that as just that high faulting Dow Jones CNBC stuff that doesn’t impact their little slice of America on Main Street, the shortsightedness of the masses and their... -
Blame B*rry B*nds
Posted on June 26, 2007 | No CommentsJuly 26, 2007 By John Galt And with the close of the markets today all I can debate to say is “wow” or “and you never read my old stuff did you?” THis is not just a start of something big, but a flashing red signal. But to blame the economic Gods for today’s action is just not right. No,... -
You might YUANna to read this
Posted on May 16, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt May 16, 2007 So China’s stock market has skyrocketed to new highs. Hmmm. So China’s hairdressers, garbage collectors, and average middle class Joe Six-Pack-of-Ramen has borrowed every freaking dime he can obtain against everything he owns to buy stocks. I think I’ve seen this movie before and it doesn’t have a happy ending. Hmmm. So Wall Street... -
The Blunder
Posted on May 3, 2007 | No CommentsBy John Galt May 3, 2007 As we slumber into the final nights of our current history the concepts of Goldilocks and the three Bears, Peaceful Co-existence via compromise, and of course, Mama and Papa economics are the ruling world view being expressed by those in charge of the world we live in. It is amazing that the reality being... -
Bloody Chopsticks
Posted on March 2, 2007 | No CommentsMarch 2, 2007 by John Galt In the last 3 days there has been a massive amount of speculation as to the root causes of the 400 plus point decline on our Dow Industrial Average and if the Chinese were the engineers behind it’s rapid decline. I think China is playing a far larger role in this but not for...
