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LL,
Something is really, really up (down?) with Chuck Harder. First, his Web site (www.chuckharder.com, mirror at www.forthepeople.org) hasn't been updated since February 5, over six months ago - the longest such interval I can recall since Chuck began using the Internet on a regular basis in 1996. Second, Chuck hasn't taken calls from listeners at least since he lost that $860,000 Dept. of Labor contract on March 31 for his now-defunct TV network. That's over four months with no call-ins, again the longest interval I can recall since I first heard Chuck in September 1991 - 14 years ago. Third, all his shows seem to be reruns; there is very little hard news in his broadcasts that pinpoints exactly when they were recorded. As I posted previously, this is exactly what happened with his TV network before it went off the air. Fourth, about three weeks ago, Chuck let it slip that he was on a "controlled fast," and was eating "a couple pieces of fruit a day" (I'm paraphrasing here, but I believe these quotes are accurate). Why would Chuck say something like this on the air? Fifth, after a big announcement in April, Chuck has said absolutely nothing about his new book on the bankruptcy of America. What's up? Has he abandoned it? If so, why? I think what I said on my previous post is correct: Chuck Harder is off the air, probably for good, and for whatever reason, his syndication network, TalkStar Radio, is keeping his shows (whenever they were made) on the 2 PM-4 PM time slot due to contractual obligations. What's frustrating is that I cannot verify this; there is no press release or AP bulletin saying, "Chuck Harder is off the air!" That said, I hope to find out something soon; the mystery of what happened to Chuck Harder can't go on forever. We'll see ... |
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Mark wrote:
I was reading the 1972 edition of "World Radio TV Handbook" just now. There's an advertisement for a Drake DSR-1 receiver on page 10. And it cost $USD 2,195 !!! Makes today's high-end table-top receivers look cheap! The prices have stayed about the same-I think that the Drake R8B was going for US$1800 when it was discontinued-it's just that the dollar has depreciated. Since that ad was printed, the dollar has lost over 90% of its real value. For example, when the gold standard was discontinued in 1971, an ounce of gold was $35 IIRC (the fixed price under the Bretton Woods system). Now it's $440 an ounce, and certain to go higher. Even when the price of gold reached a 20 year low in 2001, it was $280 an ounce.The 2001 price was 8 times the 1971 price, which I think means an 80% drop in purchasing power for the dollar. ALL paper money has been greatly devalued since the gold standard was scrapped, since without a tie to gold paper money could be printed at will, and the governments of the world have done exactly that. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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![]() "running dogg" wrote The prices have stayed about the same-I think that the Drake R8B was going for US$1800 when it was discontinued-it's just that the dollar has depreciated. Since that ad was printed, the dollar has lost over 90% of its real value. For example, when the gold standard was discontinued in 1971, an ounce of gold was $35 IIRC (the fixed price under the Bretton Woods system). Now it's $440 an ounce, and certain to go higher. Even when the price of gold reached a 20 year low in 2001, it was $280 an ounce.The 2001 price was 8 times the 1971 price, which I think means an 80% drop in purchasing power for the dollar. ALL paper money has been greatly devalued since the gold standard was scrapped, since without a tie to gold paper money could be printed at will, and the governments of the world have done exactly that. LOL - what a bunch of B.S. Did you forget what your paycheck looked like in 1971? |
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1971,paycheck? $172.00 each week at Delta Cotton Oil company.Later on,at
the auto/truck battery factory,I was earning nearly three times that each week. cuhulin |
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And according to some "people" the price of gasoline and diesel fuel is
still a bargain.GM and Ford are offering better deals on new vehicles.Well,they should,they are priced wayyyy to much anyway.Crackerboxes on wheels.There are no real autos being made anymore. cuhulin |
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