Sunday, March 30, 2008

Political Offers and Expectations in the United States

e-glob, Washington (DC) - But there's always things they don't think through or they think it through and then when they win they have to back down because it costs too much.

If they had given the government the money they needed to go after those bond brokers who used the bad mortgages to back their securities with several layers of masquerade - just like Enron which Bush promised would never happen again and supposedly passed legislation for.

If they had given the authorities more money in terms of enforcement and fraud, it wouldn't have happened.

There’s enough regulation - if nothing else downright common every day fraud laws - that they could have used to prevent it.

If you don't give cops enough money you can't get the job done.

It's not that we need more regulations but we need to stand tough on what we have and let the crooks know we are watching and there are repercussions. Supplements with Obama YouTube video clips

Monday, March 24, 2008

Frank Kalder’s Former Bavarian Hometown: LINDAU (Bodensee)

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Lindau (Bodensee)
Germany’s Austrian & Swiss Border
- Lake Constance -




More slides

Isle view (enlarged) with Upper Rhine Valley (Austrian/Swiss), and SÄNTIS mountain


Harbor - Bavarian Lion & New Lighthouse - Vorarlberg mountains (Austria)
Harbor illumination
Harbor with ‘Old Lighthouse' (Mangturm)
Harbor with Magnolias


Maximilian Street - from the west
- from the east (with 'Zum Sünfzen' sign)
- from the east (wider view)


Further Background

Although I did not live on the isle, of course, our family’s residence has been situated only a few ‘walking’ minutes away, within the surrounding county, i.e., on the “Schneeberghalde” - adjacent to the castle “Schloss Moos”.

Here’re a few more details (with photos).
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Friday, March 14, 2008

Dollar Rebounds From Record Versus Euro on Intervention Concern

The dollar rose from a record low against the euro and traded above 100 yen as securities firms speculated central banks will intervene for the first time in 13 years to shore up the U.S. currency.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley said coordinated action by policy makers to stem the currency's slide is increasingly likely. The gains limited the dollar's losses in a week when it fell to the lowest in 12 years against the yen, approached parity with the Swiss franc and traded above $2 per U.K. pound… Bloomberg.com