tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post2127626569669687713..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: peak prosperity signs with Crow susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-16443601135637264842014-05-20T18:00:32.174-07:002014-05-20T18:00:32.174-07:00Thanks, Lindsay. You'll see I took note :)Thanks, Lindsay. You'll see I took note :)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-64600842142364809052014-05-20T04:06:48.387-07:002014-05-20T04:06:48.387-07:00Hi Susan, I think there is a glut of cars in the ...Hi Susan, I think there is a glut of cars in the US and possibly elsewhere but the photos may be very old ones according to this Bloomberg response http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-19/the-truth-about-auto-sales<br />Best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-18056710242935444182014-05-19T19:43:24.152-07:002014-05-19T19:43:24.152-07:00I have a feeling that it's for the same reason...I have a feeling that it's for the same reason that house prices didn't fall after the 08 bubble popped, Lib. The banks were bailed out for the full value of the outstanding mortgages as they were. I'm certain that something similar must be happening with the overproduction of cars.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-72486058277564388902014-05-19T15:30:01.539-07:002014-05-19T15:30:01.539-07:00Crazy! The businesses making these cars could at l...Crazy! The businesses making these cars could at least get some of their money back if they sold them instead of buying up land to park them on and then let them rot. It makes not one lick of sense to me. Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548101893750291037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-2339226602543245722014-05-19T10:37:31.077-07:002014-05-19T10:37:31.077-07:00heh! I remember the Blizzard of 78 in RI. They eve...heh! I remember the Blizzard of 78 in RI. They eventually bulldozed the snow and hundreds of abandoned cars away from the highways.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-56553455155342663272014-05-19T10:35:42.389-07:002014-05-19T10:35:42.389-07:00I agree with you, Claude, having experienced the s...I agree with you, Claude, having experienced the same feeling myself an uncountable number of times. What makes it all so much worse is that we know the quality of manufactured goods has degraded to the point whatever we do eventually choose (or are forced) to purchase won't last long. There are literally millions of tons of clothing produced that won't keep anyone warm and dry on a cold day.<br /><br />Do we even want to imagine the warehouses filled with unsold appliances, furniture, tools and the rest? It boggles the mind. Goodness knows, I get irritated enough seeing the palettes filled with plastic bottles of water and soda at the supermarket, never mind the choice of every kind of cereal but the plain, edible favorite I've preferred for years.<br /><br />Yes, it's nightmarish and disgusting. I hope the powers that be will wake up but I won't bet on it happening.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-28814066960815567282014-05-19T10:23:49.141-07:002014-05-19T10:23:49.141-07:00That wasn't necessarily a parking lot for cars...That wasn't necessarily a parking lot for cars, that may have been a picture of the freeway during the Georgia two inch blizzard. Maybe Crow will verify.<br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-40536278625591104432014-05-19T10:21:32.785-07:002014-05-19T10:21:32.785-07:00Crow is quite sure you're right but he hasn...Crow is quite sure you're right but he hasn't provided details. I love the word metempsychosis - thanks for the introduction. <br /><br />Hah! no reinCARnation. Probably not, since most kids prefer life on their smartphones.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-8258021440509114452014-05-19T10:09:32.512-07:002014-05-19T10:09:32.512-07:00Yes, he can - and he does.
It's almost imposs...Yes, he can - and he does.<br /><br />It's almost impossible to count how many ways Marx was right:<br /><br />The representation of private interests ... abolishes all natural and spiritual distinctions by enthroning in their stead the immoral, irrational and soulless abstraction of a particular material object and a particular consciousness which is slavishly subordinated to this object.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-56870898449189193262014-05-19T08:35:52.702-07:002014-05-19T08:35:52.702-07:00I had the same '"caught-in-a-trap" t...I had the same '"caught-in-a-trap" thought, on a very rare visit to a mall, 3 weeks ago. I needed a pair of shoes, and I had the choice of 20 shoe stores. I said to my son,"Why so many stores, and so many shoes? Nobody can use all that. It's a total waste!" He answered, "You're right but it's private enterprise, Mom. It's the system we live on." <br /><br />When I saw your post, I saw instantly that there could be as many fields of unused, unnecessary shoes as there are of cars. And what else?<br /><br />It's ridiculously nightmarish. Specially when we know (AND WE DO KNOW) that there is an urgent need of fields and fields of food to share with the starving world. Are we ever going to wake up?Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-83793800484732437142014-05-18T16:47:19.081-07:002014-05-18T16:47:19.081-07:00Crow will know. There might exist metempsychosis. ...Crow will know. There might exist metempsychosis. There will certainly be no reinCARnation.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-34698985013826380132014-05-18T13:55:12.566-07:002014-05-18T13:55:12.566-07:00Crow can afford to joke because Crow can fly.
Thi...Crow can afford to joke because Crow can fly.<br /><br />This is what we get in an economic system that can only thrive if there is perpetual "growth" as defined my making more and more. It's silly, but it won't change until change is forced on us harshly when the inevitable catches up with us. It's approaching fast.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-10933656820485788752014-05-18T13:19:21.158-07:002014-05-18T13:19:21.158-07:00Hi again, Lindsay,
I'm happy you enjoyed seein...Hi again, Lindsay,<br />I'm happy you enjoyed seeing the picture of Crow with the old Red Car.<br /><br />That's excellent news about Melbourne staying with its tram car system. I think there's still one in operation in Toronto that's not as long as it once was. They're a great way to do city travel.<br /><br />The manufacturing of cars has been almost completely automated for the past many years. To continue government support for the industry as it now exists seems very wasteful - Australia is wise to take a pass.<br /><br />I know most of the vehicles made do come from China so there's the extra waste of them being shipped to other countries where they can sit in deserted parking lots. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?<br /><br />Best wishessusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-47564994868355191012014-05-18T13:11:27.881-07:002014-05-18T13:11:27.881-07:00When the rules of supply and demand were still in ...When the rules of supply and demand were still in effect that was true, Tom. Now we've reached the point where capitalism is all about financialization it's no longer the case. Personally speaking, I have no idea how it's maintained.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-39397841528721617782014-05-18T05:43:24.585-07:002014-05-18T05:43:24.585-07:00Hi Susan,
Great shot of the tramcar that served t...Hi Susan, <br />Great shot of the tramcar that served the city well, with Crow in all of his sartorial splendour. <br /><br />The Melbourne trams also continue to serve us well today. They date back to 1884 and there is 250 km of track, with 487 trams, the largest urban network in the world. <br />But in Australia we are preparing to cease all car manufacturing, to no longer pay massive subsidies, to keep afloat the car industry. <br /><br />But I am afraid you had better ask Crow to fly over China to check out any inventories, as Russia, Spain and the UK combined only produce a few million vehicles from a global production of 88 million. China now produces 22 million pa, double that of the USA. <br /><br />Best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-84451469027943244382014-05-18T05:17:33.594-07:002014-05-18T05:17:33.594-07:00It truly is an amazing waste, especially as privat...It truly is an amazing waste, especially as private enterprise is supposed to be about efficiency, and the cutting out of waste. And I wonder how much non-renewable energy is being used in this overproduction (and it must be said, how much government expenditure is being saved!).Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-28066860343081879582014-05-17T18:50:12.882-07:002014-05-17T18:50:12.882-07:00I'm delighted you'd already seen it, Marja...I'm delighted you'd already seen it, Marja-Leena. They only see in the short term.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-71233592305946969702014-05-17T18:46:45.590-07:002014-05-17T18:46:45.590-07:00He does, doesn't he?
or, consumers R no long...He does, doesn't he? <br /><br />or, consumers R no longer us.<br />I wonder when they'll recall<br />Henry Ford's maxim?susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-48495127477692852732014-05-17T16:52:50.554-07:002014-05-17T16:52:50.554-07:00Oh, I saw that article this morning, an thought &#...Oh, I saw that article this morning, an thought 'wow, how very stupid these corporate leaders are'. Crows are a lot smarter than humans. marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-89015503755882383382014-05-17T14:29:55.204-07:002014-05-17T14:29:55.204-07:00It appears Crow was meeting the streetcar to take ...It appears Crow was meeting the streetcar to take his date, descending in the fine hat, to lunch. He looks quite smug. <br /><br />And yes, consumers R us, as the saying goes. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.com