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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:24 PM
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Jpn Yen 97 to a dollar...used to be 115 only a few weeks ago..and 135 7 years ago
All Jpn goods services will be reflected soon...upward....will cost us more...from cars to steros etc....

Same for elsewhere....the Dollar is buying less abroad....

Thanks W Bush...Heckofajob ya did

The masses are hurting while ya blurtin....BS that is...

Rosey economy mt ass....

an ya want us to vote for your buddy McCane??? hardly think so....
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:27 PM
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1. Yeah, but tourists will flock here...
Gotta find something positive amidst all the negative
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:32 PM
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3. Oh, yeah, they will...
and beat the s**t out of us over prices.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:03 PM
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8. The increase hardly offsets the losses due to weakening dollar
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ruiner4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:18 PM
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17. Hope so...
That what I can meet a nice English fellow, fall in love, and move to the EU.
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napoleon_in_rags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:32 PM
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2. I wonder how Chinese goods will be effected.
Could a similar thing happen, or are they bound to the dollar more somehow???
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:36 PM
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4. Good point. The yuan is indeed informally pegged to the dollar.
Edited on Mon Mar-17-08 08:37 PM by KamaAina
But for how much longer?? :scared:

edit: spelling
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:12 PM
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10. Dark fiscal clouds on the horizon coming closer...lightning bolts are clearly visible
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:39 PM
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5. Maybe this will attract more Japanese tourists to Hawai'i
It's a heck of a deal now, only 97 yen for a US dollar. At these prices, I might have to stock up on some dollars. They will go back up, eventually-- I hope.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:10 PM
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9. The Dollar can go up if we avert a deep recession/depression & take the steps toward avoiding losses
such as enormous Annual deficits as we now do....thanks to Bush,,,

we actually had a surplu under Clintons last couple of years.....

Shrub went into deficit spending even before 9/11 from his tax cuts to friends/buddies. 09/11 changed it even worse..

For an MBA guy...he blew it .....he/GOP Buddies really fucked things up by wrecking the economy which is the opposite effect for what he was elected to do...

Healthy wealthy and Wise??? Yeah, right...
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:23 PM
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11. Yeah, the $hrub couldn't wait to blow Clinton's surplus
His MBA isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
And he wasn't elected-- he was appointed, by his daddy's appointees and cronies on the Supreme Court. Since he knew he wasn't really elected, he felt-- and feels-- no obligation to serve the ordinary citizens of the country.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:36 PM
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12. The man is a Bully...his type has little or NO EMPATHY....for others....
Its all about HIM....

I would love to see him write a simple letter/paper describing, in his own words, all his acomplishments in the 2 terms

My view...it would be on the PET GOAT LEVEL....thats how he thinks and talks...
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maryallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 08:51 PM
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6. When I lived in Japan in 1957, ONE DOLLAR was equal to 365 Yen!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:01 PM
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7. Its them Republicans I tell ya...its the Pubs....
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 09:52 PM
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13. The dollar doesn't always have to stay so high, stop thinking Me and think We
greater equalization of currencies is a good thing for the global market.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:01 PM
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14. Point well taken...level 1 me..level 2 ..us;.....level 3 WE.....
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:04 PM
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15. The Bush "Reverse Midas Touch" never fails. Proven over 30+ years.
He touches it- he fucks it up. Can't be stopped.

He can't leave soon enough!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-17-08 10:16 PM
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16. Brings us old guys images of JOE BTFSPLK of Lil Abner in DOGPATCH
Joe was the guy under a dark cloud with a lightning bolt...alway bad shit happening when he was around...the Bad Luck Dude.

Das whot Bush is...the reverse of Good Luck...that was Gore....who lost out to Bush the Bad Luck Cheater....
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