Friday, May 9, 2008
Concerning the Can a foreign power take advantage of a weak dollar? article:
Expecting "lucky" to win with existing "policymakers" and "rational" in the same sentence is worse odds than the lottery. Jubilee mandates "setting the captives free" and "forgiveness of debts". Credit is Debt is Slavery. We the people are the rightful sovereigns, so we have the authority to issue our own medium of exchange free of debt/interest/inflation to fund infrastucture, educational, and social projects. We can determine by law the value of the dollar and with that equitable standard everyone in society can conduct business with confidence free of taxes. With a Citizen Dividend from the use, misuse and abuse of Nature, we can handle the whole enchilada. Let the Chinese have the Federal Reserve Notes and the Muslims have the gold - a sane civilization can progress justly and freely without mammonic bondage to private banksters and goldbugs.
--Nus
FL
Friday, May 9, 2008
Concerning the Foldvarys Economics Quiz article:
is this free for downloading
--saifnawazManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Yes. Just cite the source. Thanks.
Friday May 9, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part One article:
every person should be vigitarin consitreat on the study.
--suresh kumar
Friday, May 9, 2008
Concerning the f34 article:
Goverment is trying to control our liberties such as nudity!! why is the goverment trying to shame the u.s population by making it a CRIME to go around naked in my back yard !! Is this what the human race has turned into a bunch of up tight snobs?? that finds the sight of anther naked person repulsive!! wow!! people wake up! I personally do not like the goverment deciding how I will live my life WITH CLOTHES OR NAKED! SINCERELY YOURS greg IN hOLLYWOOD FLORIDA USA.
--GREG M
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
Jeffrey Smith I just thought about it what about the G.I. Bill back after World War II? It did a lot to help former soldiers and it help broaden the American middle class. Would you be oppose to something like that? Did it raise the cost of college? I am not an anti-government libertarian but it seems like the government giving these grants to former soldiers did a lot of help.
--Ismail
KentuckyManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Hi, Ismail. Your assessment rings true, the GI Bills did help GIs. Ancient Rome did the same thing for their soldiers, too, giving them land (that used to belong to other people). Most governments must entice people to risk dying and killing. My preference would be to wage peace. Take World War II, for instance. Before the war, there was economic war, and lots of tariffs, making trade difficult. Yet trading partners hardly ever fight each other. The US and Japan used to be enemies and did little trade and lots of tariffs. Now we're trading partners and at peace. Heck, we're even allies! Would trade and economic justice work today with Muslims? I bet it would. Couple years back I was in an Arab country, just across the Persian Gulf from Iraq, and most people were peaceful and wanted to prosper. Why put up tariffs against ordinary people? Trade would help them prosper and become allies. Finally, rather than just give soldiers a break, give everybody a break and pay citizens a dividend from surplus public revenue. It belongs not just to soldiers and it's not up to politicians to decide what to do with it. It's for us to share.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
You write: "Marque" is related to "marching" I thought "Margue" means roughly "border", like demarkation line.
--alsfflka
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part One article:
IT WAS REAL GOOD
--LEYTJK
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Concerning the As smog worsens, green fees on filthy motors moves ahead article:
"JJS: With imposing charges on polluters, let’s not forget to remove subsidies from beneath polluters. Let’s not give any more bailouts to airlines or shipping companies; instead, charge full market value for landing slots at airports and docking slots in seaports. Perhaps most basic, let’s not build and maintain roads with money from the general fund; instead, pay off road bonds with taxes on nearby land values and pay for maintenance from revenue generated by taxing vehicles. While these charges for taking value are fair and effective in their own right, they’re made more palatable by removing taxes for making value -- income, sales, buildings -- similarly fair and effective in its own right. " -- I agree that roads should not be built and maintained from the general fund with money that has been raised by sales taxes, income taxes or personal property taxes. In my state the amount of money raised by the gas tax, which is basicly a pollution tax or a user fee, is not enough to pay to maintain our highway infrustructure. Additional money has to be budgeted from the general fund which is a subsidy to everyone who uses the roadways. Even though the motor vehicle fuel taxes were originaly imposed as a means of funding the nations highways, it also can be considered a tax on pollution by imposing a tax for the privilge of burning each gallon of fuel to be able to move your vehicle on the community roadways. Every gallon of fuel we burn commuting to work or transporting fresh vegitables across the globe causes pollution. For the same reason we have increased the taxes on a package of cigaretts, we should actually increase the excizes tax on motor fuels at the pumps by a substantial amount. Smoking cigaretts exposes our family, friends and neighbors to second hand smoke pollution and we do the same thing to each other for every mile we drive on the nations roadways or even worse, when we sit idling our motors in traffic jams. The first use for the motor fuel taxes would still be dedicated to building and maintaining the necessary roadways for trade and commerce but additional fees could be collected on those same gallons of fossil fuel that would be dedicated to increasing investment into alternative transportation ifrustructure and alternative energy resources. I advocate INCREASING the present federal and state motor vehicle fuel taxes by $1.40 per gallon in addition to the average of 60 cpg now paid at the pumps nation wide. This would make the total average tax on a gallon of gas $2.00 pg with half of that money being used to invest in restoring and maintaining the roadways and the other half to be invested in alternative energy and transportation resources.
--Warren C.
Massachusetts
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Take a look at sales and income and say our economy is doing OK article:
"The real estate bubble is described as the root of our current economic problems. Thats not true. Its merely a symptom. The problem is that the government and the citizenry have taken on massive amounts of new debt. Without investing it anything productive. " --- The root of the problem is the entire monetary system itself that creats all new money as debt and it creats that debt money faster than the real economy can produce the real goods and services to back it up.
--Warren C.
Massachusetts
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
Affordable housing, more jobs, not asking for a high school diploma for basic jobs like burger king, dunkin donuts, ect.
--Megan Gelinas
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary Questions Sexual Harassment by Children article:
Mr. Foldvary is right, of course. As a German citizen Im no longer surprised by "strange" news that reach as from the USA. But I have to admit that I do think this is really tragical. I have a lot of sympathy with these poor children. How could you grow up and trust a state and a society claiming you for a "crime" which you cannot even understand in your young age. And what kind of state and society punishes people for showing affection towards someone. I have to admit that I have the impression that it is a real problem in the USA: things are often evaluated in an extreme way without a differentiated sight of things. Gaby from Freiburg
--Gaby
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
Saturday, May 3, 2008 Concerning the Wow, did ethanol subsidies ever backfire; will GMOs, too? article: You got that right! The English "crisis" comes from the greek "krisis", which means "judgment". Whenever a crisis develops in society, it is due to not abiding by the laws of nature and natures god. We would not be having the food and fuel crises of today if we would have listened to the wisdom of yesterday. The way to correct a problem is to return to the principles that were abandoned which resulted in the problem being manifested - sow and reap (ever wonder why wars never bring lasting peace? Peace can only be reaped by sowing peace - perfect example). The left wing and the right wing only work in nature, with truth transcending all sides in the political realm for beneficial results. See www.responsibletechnology.org for excellent research on GMOs. --Nus FL "Whatsoever we sow, so shall we reap."
--Warren C.
Massachusetts
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
Mr. Jeffrey Smith, I want to know why is the cost of college so high? Is it the fault of the federal government giving money to schools that is helping fuel the increasing cost of tuition? Should the federal government stop subsidizing college education and let market forces determine the price of tuition or should there be an increase in grants? I would like your response Mr. Smith.
--Ismail
KentuckyManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Ismail, thanks for the question. IMHO, I agree with you, that government subsidy does get converted into higher costs. Any time a price seems out of sync -- too high or too low -- it makes sense to look at both demand and supply. Whenever many people want something from others, then in a free market, many people would appear to supply that good or service. Why is that not happening in "higher education"? As usual, there is a bottleneck and, as usual, it's the credentialing process. Only certain people can teach -- whether they know a lot or can teach is a side issue; having a credential from an institution with a credential from the cartel of institutions (which has one from the state) is what matters. Has it ever struck you as odd that no matter what the subject or who the student, it's supposed to take the same amount of time to learn it? (a four-year bachelor's degree) Such an artificial structure indicates the power of a cartel in operation. But how relevant is the credential, especially when the amount of knowledge today grows faster than anyone can learn it all? Say Bill Gates, a college dropout, wanted to teach computer programing. Why should he be forced to get a credential first? Every shift in the prevailing paradigm comes from outside the discipline, like how a mathematician, Einstein, changed physics forever. Who's in a position to give Einstein a credential? It's not just geniuses who should not have to get a credential to teach, nobody should. People who succeed in business cannot teach without a credential, yet could most professors of business succeed in a competitive market? If they could, why do they insist on tenure? If you want to teach what you know, advertise. If people find it useful, you'll stay in business; if they don't, you won't. As long as we insist on teachers having credentials, then even professors should have to go back and get them, since the world is changing so quickly. One field I know well is economics. It is so fraught with superstition that French graduate students organized a protest and started post-autistic economics. The problem is quite basic: people confuse education and schooling. Take a look at our ancestors, the gatherer/hunters. In order to survive, they had to know more about nature than a modern botanist and zoologist; yet none of them ever went to school. How did one generation teach the next one so much? Imagine if professors could not keep out the competition. Then professors would learn how to communicate better with lay people. All the great ideas for transferring knowledge that go beyond a talking head to a captive audience would find acceptance and accelerate the pace of learning. All the overhead costs of too much administration, too many classrooms too often empty, too much campus without efficient land use, competition would force colleges to cut those costs and pass the savings on to you, the student. It's been a cushy ride but now in the 21st century, universities need to lose privilege and teach what future workers need to know at prices they can afford.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Natural Monopolies article:
This is a very interesting article. I always viewed monopolies in the aspect of there only being one seller with the advantage having certain particular resources, but I never thought about the natural resource aspect. It makes sense that there has to be some type of legalality concept put forth towards natural monopolies because without it there would be no structure and the market would be very unbalanced.
--Lamarr Reed
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
oh my gosh i love penguins and how there treated this way from now on im going to try to save them before the go extinct
--ashley
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
Hello. I am writing on behalf of the cute little penguins. they should be able to swim and live like the othert thingysss!
--larissa
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Review of Who Owns Britain article:
Having read the above article, I dont wish to read the rest. You biased comments made me laugh.
--Glyn Hartley
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
i think that penguins are cool :P:P:P:P
--P I staker
Monday May 5, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
COool!!!!!
--Iata
Monday, May 5, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Hemp Legalization article:
I think that there should be more information on this site. I cant tell what i think about the cultivation right now cause there isnt much info here.
--Selina
Monday, May 5, 2008
Concerning the GDP First Quarter 2008 article:
As usual Fred has given us an insigthful and accurate economic analysis. I only wish that who ever gets to be the next president would find out about Fred and appoint him to be the chairman of his/her inner council of economic advisors.
--Warren C.
Massachusetts
Monday May 5, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part One article:
I think you have put a lot of effort into this biography!
--Kristi Flanagan
Monday May 5, 2008
Concerning the The True Causes of Poverty in Kenya article:
i dont get it
--aimeeManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
If you lack land, don't have anywhere to live or work, you can't produce, so you live -- as long as you can -- in poverty. Reverse that, have somewhere to survive, and you can at least take care of yourself (and your family). So, if your government taxes the land in a region -- or in some way collects the rent for locations, as by a fee or land dues -- then nobody takes lots of land, since they'd have to pay lots of rent for land that'd be too much for one person to use. That leaves a lot of land available. The greater supply makes a lot of land affordable. Then people can pay rent for a location and have somewhere to produce. Does that help?
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Concerning the Guest Article on Voting, Fraud and Democracy article:
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Concerning the Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol article:
i would just like to thank you for this article, i really think its dumb that alcohol is legal and marijuana isnt when sooo many people die each year from alcohol and only a handful die from marijuana and thats from being dumb not from the health risks. I just got in trouble because my mom found out that i smoked pot and i tried to explain to her that i could be doing wayy worse things that pot, and yet im a straight A student and really good at track.
--J. Taber
Texas
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Concerning the Wow, did ethanol subsidies ever backfire; will GMOs, too? article:
You got that right! The English "crisis" comes from the greek "krisis", which means "judgment". Whenever a crisis develops in society, it is due to not abiding by the laws of nature and natures god. We would not be having the food and fuel crises of today if we would have listened to the wisdom of yesterday. The way to correct a problem is to return to the principles that were abandoned which resulted in the problem being manifested - sow and reap (ever wonder why wars never bring lasting peace? Peace can only be reaped by sowing peace - perfect example). The left wing and the right wing only work in nature, with truth transcending all sides in the political realm for beneficial results. See www.responsibletechnology.org for excellent research on GMOs.
--Nus
FL
Friday, May 2, 2008
Concerning the Stopping the weapons flow article:
The assault on Zimbabwe is just another CIA sponsored Colour Revolution. Sanctions that dont exist but lead to hyperinflation. A vague opposition movement that has the word Democratic in its name. Somehow their ideology is nothing more than the desire to implement IMF policy recommendations - free markets, selling off state assets for cents on the dollar. The MDC is a sham. Somehow the masses arent in the streets. But the MDC gets elected - in a dictatorship? Just another legal Western coup in an independent African nation.
--MrK
EU
Friday, May 2, 2008
Concerning the Gadsden Purchase Land Deal article:
the junction of government and private interests
--michael
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
You are certainly correct to suggest that the "total" price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is exceeded by a number of nations. What you miss however, is the fact that the U.S., when just the price of the gas itself is considered, actually has the HIGHEST gas prices in the world. That is to say we pay more for the specific gallon of gas (before taxes and other add-ons) than any other country...or at least the vast majority of them (look it up). Speaking of the pump, Exxon Mobil just announced a 1st quarter profit of 10.9 Billion, up 17% year over year. But it wasnt profits at the pump Exxon insists; Why refinery and marketing profits are off 39% - we made all our loot the old fashioned way-through our integrated business portfolio. That portfolio, of course, includes mid-east oil fields purchased a long time ago that still yield pumping costs of ONE DOLLAR a barrel. So technically, the obscene profit is made before the gas gets to the pump. The obvious question - if youve got that kind of money coming in, why keep prices at the pump so high. I guess thats how you get a market cap approaching 1/2 TRILLION bucks.And the fact that the major oil companies made the decision in 76 to stop building refineries in the U.S.so as to jack up the margins. Keep voting republican folks. Your savings are under zero right now, but I think McCain can beat that.
--inditer
Ohio
Thursday May 1, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part One article:
this is good iformation about gandhi
--leslie
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Hemp Legalization article:
hemp should definitely be legalized
--jenn
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Concerning the Green Tax Shift for Washington D.C. article:
Los Angeles, CA – The publication of Fishman’s Framework for Tax Reform introduces a revolutionary tax reform plan to lower taxes for individuals and corporations yet raise almost $1 trillion dollars more revenue than our current tax system. The additional revenue would solve Social Security’s long term funding problem, create and fully fund National Health Care and expand public schooling to include college, free of charge. It does all this and more while running a budget surplus. Fishman’s Framework for Tax Reform is 17 pages long and comes with 40 pages of commentary, specific tax revenue estimates and five year budget projections. Additionally, there are seven appendices that prove that his tax reform plan lowers taxes and funds all government programs while running a budget surplus. Fishman’s Framework for Tax Reform: www.serioustaxreform.com Contact: Mark Fishman, mark@serioustaxreform.com
--Mark Fishman
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
SAVE THE PENGUINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--sydney
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Concerning the Poverty in Pennsylvania article:
Poverty is a major issue in todays society, and as a result of us living in a great nation we are all called to work together to face this problem. If poverty continues to grow through out the years an economic instability may occure as a result of more people not being able to aford basic necessities. What the society should do is focus on creating a program aimed to educate the impoverished. Im stating this because in order to end poverty we as a people of one great nation have to look at the future of this cause and where is the future? In children of course. Therefore, better education results in a better society all together and less poverty due to a greater income.
--NcMichalGperiod7Managing Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
May your education include raising awareness of the flow of rent and of the need to use it to benefit us all rather than, as now, skew income distribution into a few deep pockets. Let everyone keep earnings, untaxed, but let everyone draw equally upon our social surplus, our common heritage -- all our spending on the nature we use.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
Jeffreys excellent 5 points squarely hit the target. The sooner we realize that Nature was created for all of us on the planet with no borders, then we can have a holiday like no other, because the use/misuse/abuse of Nature will provide fees to the commons to fund legitimate government, provide citizen dividends, eliminating taxes and war. Peace, anyone?
--Nus
FL
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Concerning the How Hillary Can Knock-Out Obama article:
Need anyone go on?
--
New YorkManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Writers need to give their names. Thanks.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Concerning the Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol article:
Richmond, Virginia is holding a march for the legalization of marijuana, im fairly certain it is in conjunction with one mentioned earlier, obviously years later, saturday March 3rd. Not really much to mention because it is being held in over 200 cities. But still, it should be a large event as my friend is running it and we have spent over 700 dollars on permits alone to rent all of Monroe Park (the second largest park in the city) and will have bands, speakers, and alot of other really cool stuff.
--Andrew Tucker
Virginia
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part Three article:
EXCELLENT
--SHUHAIL
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Chlorine article:
Why does the US EPA have standards of 1-3ppm on chlorine levels with an MCL of 4 ppm? The World Health Organization has limits above 0.5ppm. The evidence is irrefutable about the harmful effects of high chlorine levels.
--Michael Veres
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Should Hate Speech be Banned? article:
I, too, oppose restrictions on freedom of speech. But unforunately some fanatics misuse this freedom by inflammatory and provocative speeches that trigger violence. This is particularly true in countries like India, where many people live in poverty and illiteracy and hoodlums are simply waiting for a chance to loot, murder, and burn. Arresting the concerned demagogues afterwards is of little use as by then the damage is already done. People are already killed or injured by then. Hence restrictions on hate speech may be needed as preventive measures. Better for the police to do this than be forced to resort to fighting riots later. This is my opinion. - Rohan Chandvadkar
--Rohan Chandvadkar
India
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Immigrants Human Rights Will Be Respected article:
So what if they are getting payed less; they probably still end up making more money than the person with that same job and position because they dont have to pay taxes! And if they dont like how there being treated here then get out!! Discrimination enforcement should be for U.S. citizens only not for any one in the world that gets discriminated against.
--DavidManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Actually, like anybody else hired in the open, they do have to pay taxes. Only when working under the table -- and natives as well as immigrants do that -- can they avoid the taxes on income. Thing to do is to quit taxing wages, so American labor can compete more easily. Treating somebody poorly just because they were born on the other side of a line in the sand is never excusable. Many Americans live outside of America. They should not be abused, either. People have the same rights no matter where they are. Nobody can excuse treating somebody poorly, especially for reasons like where one's born. OTOH, US foreign policy could do much to make conditions better in other countries that drive out their own citizens. One, we could stop arming dictators. Two, we could stop subsidizing the World Bank and IMF and abolish them instead. Three, we could stop putting up tariffs against the products of poor nations (of all nations, ideally). Four, we could stop subsidizing agri-exports which undermine farmers in poor countries. Then people could earn a living wherever they were born and travel just for fun. And five, we could pay ourselves a dividend from recovered land rents, so we could take time off and welcome others coming here to work.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Review of Who Owns Britain article:
Wow ! This also seems to sum up why its so difficult for young couples to be in a position to afford a decent home.. lets have some land reform and make more of it available for less expensive homes for all us..surely our birthright..Then we can reel in and discipline greedy Estate agents whos jobs are to hike up house prices for a fat commission..Only problem is getting popular support from an apathetic British populace..
--Bob archbold
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
Everyone needs to save the penguins! poor poor innocent babies are dying :(
--Latefia
Monday, April 28, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
this is stupid people dont realize what they are doing to the environment and how they are hurting other species. THEY ARE STUPID I WANT THEM TO STOP!!! I bet that by the time im 50 (im 13 right now) there is not going ANY ANIMALS LEFT ON THIS planwet due to people and their gay actions! This is really stupid and i wish they would stop!
--Kalie
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Concerning the How Hillary Can Knock-Out Obama article:
The suggested reforms are exactly why I fear such a constitutional reform process. I am of the opinion that there is only one change that is required in order to return this nation to its people. That is an amendment based on the very first amendment ever proposed. Only one word need be altered in that amendment which can be found at htap://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_The_First. And the word that must be altered is the one that was underhandedly altered in the original. The word "more" must be striken ou and the word "less" inserted.
--Michael Coburn
Washington
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Concerning the A MorganChase memo pushes cheating but the cycle turns regardless article:
Would it be fair to say that the sudden increase in interest rates, associated with the adjustable rate mortgages that were created near the end of the cycle, acted in a similar way that increases in land value taxes would act to slow down the increase in land values in a much slower way? In my opinion the sudden increase in interest rates caused the real estate boom cycle to end with a crash, while a gradual increase in the cost of general real estate ownership (land prices) induced by a LVT would simply have ended the boom and bust cycle with a wimper and a soft landing on a level playing field rather than to set up the field for the next round of the game of speculation. This would seem to make it problematical at this point in time to try to institute a land value tax shift that would seem to increase the cost of real estate ownership and further depress real estate values. Ending or curbing speculative investments by increasing LVT during the boom cycle makes sense, but now that the boom has gone bust, the stratagy must now change to end the crash and for the community to benefit more from the coming next cycle and actually help to provide the right signals to restart the new investmenbt cycle and point it in the correct direction. The only way to do it at this time would be, if a town had a split rate property tax option and instead of thinking about "raising revenue" through increasing the land portion of the property tax, we emphasize the idea of a property tax CUT by cutting the mil rate on the building portion of the current property tax bills. This is a case where an actual tax rate cut to local home and business owners would be an economic stimulous package that would induce more economic activity in that munincipality and surrounding region, stop the depression in land values and begin to build them up again and then the community revenues would increase in the next phyiscal year. I am very supportive of the idea of the split rate real estate assesment and billing system and believe this should become an essentiel tool in a muninciplaities tool box and needs to be implemented by enabeling state legislation in more states.
--Warren C.
Massachusetts
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
I really wish that people would stop polluting the world becuase animals sucha as penguins should be able to live their life as well as us so people stop being so selfish and save the world. its not just penguins its our world too. GO GREEN
--Amylou
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Concerning the Eminent Domain Abuse article:
I own property in Mississippi that is beach front to the Gulf of Mexico, There is an EXISTING BULKHEAD built in 1968, though in need of repair. I contacted the MS DMR to obtain a permit to do repair, they informed me that I lost my land behind the bulkhead approximately 7 feet by 300 feet. No notice was ever sent or given as to the loss of my private property, even though a MS State law exists Coastal Wetland Protection Act 49-27-7 (e,f) which specifically exempts a permit to provide repair to the bulkhead. As a riparian rights owner and proof that my bulkhead existed prior to the enacment of the law in 1971, it appears the DMR is attempting to take my property as an inverse condemnation. I informed them of the current law (MS Code) to no avail! They said that I just have to accept this. Any chance you would be able to provide me with guideance or supportive case law that can help? It serves no additional public use this land behind my existing bulkhead since there is a canal that runs along 80% of the property that provides full public use. If there was no existing bulkhead then I could possible concede that I would have lost the land due to erosion, yet the MS DMR has issued other permits to re-build bulkheads even though they also have erosion.
--JerryManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
Sorry. It's beyond our expertise. Good luck.
Saturday April 26, 2008
Concerning the currency article:
Hi, We are an Israeli startup that is developing a web platform for local currency communities I would like to get some feedback about this idea. How can I contact you?
--Gideon CohenManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
I'll ask some experts contact you and cc me.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Concerning the Spray! BAM! Thank you, Uncle Sam! article:
Oh please, we are supposed to volunteer to hang permethrin and other toxins in our public and private spaces? This quarantine is based upon trade policies that have come back to bite those wealthy farmers who have benefitted from the Class "A" status of lbam. There is no emergency. The bug has natural predators. These false emergency eradications are "cash cows" for farmers, and a violation of constitutional rights for the citizens and population of California. Guess how many times the CDFA has "eradicated" the same bug, getting a load of cash each time. Get informed. My friend now has leukemia after our neighborhood was bombed with concentrated Checkmate, on one of many nights of "pilot error" by Dynamic Aviation - hmmmm - a company that does "surveillance and reconnaisance" - messy surveillance, Im sure based upon their spraying record. Get off our backs CDFA and USDA. Show some human decency.
--elaine
california
Friday, April 25, 2008
Concerning the Unlimited Toxic Waste Dumps Allowed on Public Lands article:
what is rong with the bush administration ! Thay are all nuts!! It may not hurt them but what about thair kids and thair kids! what hapen to moral and doing what is right for all the people that thay are sopos to protect !! Isin that what thay get paid for!!
--Dan Wamsganz
NY
Friday, April 25, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
Hi i am a seventh grader doing a social action project for my class. I hope to do my project on this specific problem. Penguins are my favirote animals. THank you!!! ~N
--n.h
Friday, April 25, 2008
Concerning the Todd Altman on Why Pro-War Advocates Have Got It Wrong article:
hello nice site! htap://theodorejlacour52.blogspot.com
--subprime cards
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning the Pygmies in Danger article:
I am looking for current information before considering making aother donation.
--Cheryl Conel
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning the The High Cost of Food article:
Excellent points! Thanks for the article.
--
Canada
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning the In Memory of Tertius Chandler article:
I have a question for mr Foldvary: I understand that Tertius Chandler wrote about duplicate inventions ( ex. Photography) Could you tell me where I can find this writing? ( especially about photography) Thanks , albert www.beyondlight.com
--albert C. Koetsier
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning the Saving the Penguins article:
Okay hi. That was my start. Now I love the penguins because they are PIMP!! And if they become extinct we not going to have any more. So i erge you to... SAVE THE PENGUINS!!
--Kristin Tolar
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning a letter below on this page:
I think that we should all get in and save the Penguins!
--KittMush11
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Concerning the Car exhaust alters climate, kills kids, and is cut by taxing land article:
--"One of the most powerful lobby groups in America, the National Association of Home Builders, in a massive report cites the geonomic shift of the property tax -- off buildings, onto land -- as a sound way to facilitate affordable housing while also conserving metro land, argues Josh Vincent of the Henry George Foundation in a lengthy section. "-- Can you provide a link to this document?
--Warren C.
MassachusettsManaging Editor Jeffery Smith replies --
htap://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?sectionID=1292&genericContentID=91006
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Concerning the Gandhi's Life, Part One article:
I like what you wrote, but you seem to be unclear of some terms for example, the religion is "Muslim" not "Moslem" and also non-violence is "AhiNsa in Hindi, not AhiMsa. No-offense to your writing but it is expected that you would know the spelling of the most important tool Gandhiji used if you are wrting about him. Everything else made sense :)
--Simi
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Capital Punishment article:
i dont think capital punishment should be alowed. Its like murdering someone for murdering someone. im seven years old. :)
--juji
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Concerning the Pollan: Nutrition Science Has Hijacked Our Meals -- and Our Health article:
Healthy Soil
--Nus
FL
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Concerning the Water Crisis, Water Shortage, Water Wars article:
I only have 2 words to say:I agree.End of story.
--Permeira
California
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Hemp Legalization article:
Hemp is by far the most useful and versatile plant mankind has ever known. People are minimally educated on the subject- they tend to turn their heads when it comes to the subject of Canabis. If they (people) only knew how important hemp was to Colonial Americans- and the fact that Columbus sails where made of hemp, both the Decleration of Independence and the US Constitution where written on hemp paper. By the way, how many americans would be for hemp if they knew that hemp can mature in 120 days, and produce 2-3x more pulp per acre than trees can. Not to mention it takes years, if not decades or centuries to grow trees! The math is not hard to do. The American government is to scared to legalize hemp, they think it may lead to cultivation of marijuana (strand of Canabis Sativa that has THC). But what harm could it do? Even medical marijuana is a far better alternative than the medications that the American government "allows" or deem moral. Why is it that America is so behind other countries (for instance Germany) when it comes to realizing whats good for the people? Whats good is green- going green is helping replace the trees, giving back to the Earth, and being aware to become more sustainable!
--Sarah Eule, Biology Major
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the The Double-Edged American Dream, Part Two article:
Could an individual really achieve an american dream or its only a myth? though americans do have the right to pursue happiness, why is success not guaranteed?
--Daniel
USA
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the The High Cost of Food article:
The way I see it, is that the problem is not that the corporations are not growing food for the poor. The problem is that the poor are not growing food for themselves. In which case, they would no longer be poor. The biggest issue is all the arable land that is not being put under cultivation, which should be the number one development priority. But then we are talking about 1) land redistribution so everyone benefits, 2) irrigation as nearly all land is only watered by rainfall, 3) education for farmers, 4) business and physical infrastructure so farmers can get their goods to market and receive prevailing market prices for their products. This will pretty much end most poverty that we see in Africa today, and much in South and Central America and Asia as well.
--MrK
EU
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary: Economic Forecast, 2004-2010 article:
I always wanted to do good work, even creative projects, but find conspiracy so thick I tremble for the nation. If what you say is true, then the collapse is deliberate as those in power must know of this solution.
--John Iapalucci
n.j./pa area
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the Turning the USA Into the USSR article:
all of congress should be tared and feathered and sent packing ,first they strip our rights away 1 at a time then they sit on there hands while fuel and gasoline prices skyrocket because some jack off speculaters interest is best served for it to do so,along with prices of every dam thing else. now vote yourselves another raise.you people r useless as tits on a boor.make no mistake i love my country,but the politicians r to busy patting themselves on the back till there black and blue
--ricky warren
united states of america
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Concerning the U.S. Biopiracy Against India article:
Very interesting article.
--Nitin
Monday, April 21, 2008
Concerning the Foldvary on Reparations - Going All the Way article:
This is one of the best articles I have ever read. Excellent. - Rohan Chandvadkar, India.
--Rohan Chandvadkar
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