On Mar 13, 9:37=A0am, forbisga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 13, 6:10=A0am, a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(PeterBP) wrote:
>
> > Ping when US$ hits 1000 for 1 oz of Gold.
>
> > Game over, Bernanke.
>
> Not quite $1000
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/index.html?Intro=3Dintro3
>
> =A0CURRENCIES
> =A0 =A0VALUE CHANGE % CHANGE
> EUR-USD 1.5593 0.0042 0.27
> USD-JPY 100.2000 -1.6000 -1.57
> GBP-USD 2.0364 0.0095 0.47
>
> =A0COMMODITY FUTURES
> =A0 =A0VALUE CHANGE % CHANGE
> Oil 109.71 -0.21 -0.19
> Gold 998.30 17.80 1.82
> Natural Gas 10.07 0.06 0.56
>
> > And what the **** does this have to do with either "wing"?
>
> Unfortunately, everything. =A0The right wing has been playing
> politics with the economy for decades now and the chickens
> are coming home to roost. =A0The left wing just hasn't had
> sway with the FED the way the right has and the left wing
> has tried to be mostly responsible when in power (They still
> buy votes but not on the same scale and at such high prices.)
You know, the hyperinflation they had in Germany in the 1920's -- five
million marks for a loaf of bread, that kind of thing -- was the
result of attempting to pay debts incurred by a failed war. Does
sound a bit familiar, eh?


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