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Undertoad · 12-28-2005, 08:33 AM

When the economic news is all good, the loyal opposition has to come up with scare stories about how it's actually secretly bad.

Iran can ask for dogshit in return for its oil. Or it can ask for the "Euro", a currency backed by the same thing as the dollar but where the voters just rejected the notion of forming a Constitution around this notion of "Europe". In the end, there will need to be an economy behind what they trade for, or they will be poorer. In the last year the dollar has risen 10% against the Euro and almost all US economic indicators are quite healthy right now despite the fact that oil doubled in price. That is pretty remarkable.

So if you're scared, get a dog.

12-28-2005, 08:33 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When the economic news is all good, the loyal opposition has to come up with scare stories about how it's actually secretly bad. Iran can ask for dogshit in return for its oil. Or it can ask for the "Euro", a currency backed by the same thing as the dollar but where the voters just rejected the notion of forming a Constitution around this notion of "Europe". In the end, there will need to be an economy behind what they trade for, or they will be poorer. In the last year the dollar has risen 10% against the Euro and almost all US economic indicators are quite healthy right now despite the fact that oil doubled in price. That is pretty remarkable. So if you're scared, get a dog.