AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 1082) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | January 8, 2004 | All of Us

[Iowa Granny]

Please discourage Sarah from Alpaca Farming. The only people who can make a living raising these critters are the people selling the breeding stock.

Have her speak with someone who was raising Emu. There isn't much of a market for Emu left,, I've heard there are people turning them loose in some parts of the country.

If she wants to raise a few a pets, like the horses, that's another thing.

[lysie]

I'm not sure how serious she is..really. After all some are 10 times more than she paid for PB and Bentley combined.

[nicollo]

The IMF has weighed in on the US budget deficit, saying that it will hurt the world's economy by driving up international rates of interest.

The worst possible news would be if the IMF announced that the U.S. economy is in great shape. The opposite would follow straight away. Works every time. Anyway, the key word here is "international" interest rates, not U.S. rates. The Fed again didn't raise the rates, and the dollar went lower. If everyone's buying Euros, they're gonna want a return on 'em somehow, right? Right. So who's interest rates, exactly, are we worried about?

Meanwhile, China and Japan are hoarding dollars. Why would they, when the dollar is falling? Either they don't think it'll fall (it will if they unload 'em), or they're financing their own exports to the U.S. while at the same time assuring that their own currencies stay low (especially China).

It ain't rocket science. It's economics. And that ain't a science. If anything, and above all, economics is politics. Especially at the IMF.

Elsewhere, after seeing these lawsuits you guys have mentioned, I did a google news search for "sues" and cataloged a few of the fun results on my blog (I included, bevlar, that lawsuit against the President). It's pathetic.

Nicollo unmasked: Bromleyisms here

[nicollo]

A PLUG: I'm scheduled to interview Gephardt tonight at 6:30 on IPTV. It's part of our series of interviews with candidates and political leaders this week and next.

Shameless self-promotion... **BUMP**!!

Go I.G.!

[Iowa Granny]

nic,,, go back and read it again. That was the end of David Yepsen's column in the DM Register this morning. It's Yepsen who's interviewing Geppy, not me.

If I was going to interview him I'd have been asking FReepers fot advice on which clothes to wear in order to conceal weapons!

[Dog]

I have been razing the Admin Moderator on his/her lecture thread for newbies...... and need somewhere to hide out..

[kayak]

LOL!

[kayak]

I don't think we're that hidden over here, Doggie ... :-)

How's your back? Do you have it propped?

[Dog]

Back feels better today......and yes I am taking the meds...and using the heating pad.

[kayak]

I have a theory that I have been trying to find ways to articulate. Still not sure I can express it so it makes sense but I'm going to try. Would love to have comments from one and all.

I believe that President Bush feels that the President should lead the nation but not impose his own beliefs on others. I find myself wondering if he is bringing up such issues as immigration and Social Security reform, previously thought to be untouchable, to get dialog started. Though we here are aware of these issues, most Americans aren't. By bringing them to the front page of the papers, the President can perhaps get people thinking about them .... sorting out their feelings and formulating their positions.

He keeps emphasizing that it is Congress that shall have the say .... will shape the laws. In a perfect world, Congress is responsive to the people.

I wonder if he is trying to nudge the country back in that direction, though it's definitely a Herculean task.

Is this line of thinking completely weird and off on a tangent? Am honestly seeking the opinions of all of you.

On a whole 'nother subject. Will the Mars lander find enough critters to comprise a jury for the Scott Peterson trial? I'm figuring that's the only place that won't have been tainted by the publicity.

[nicollo]

Lol! Oops, I got all excited over you doing the interview... awww.

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm here. Work was good. I have to go the the other side of this computer and boot up under windoze so that I can download pictures from my digital camera. I'm selling some stuff on E-bay, and needed photos. Yuck. Windoze.

/john

[Neets]

*F* Onion SOup....YUMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Bitwhacker]

I like really thick clam chowder...and swordfish on the barbie!!!

[Neets]

I could settle for a loaf of that yummy clam chowder down at the riverfront.

[Iowa Granny]

I will comment on several of your thoughts,, each in it's own post as I have the time.

He keeps emphasizing that it is Congress that shall have the say .... will shape the laws.

Well, Yes. The new law will have to go thru Congress before it hits the President's desk. However, I don't believe our President will sign whatever they send him. He knows what he wants in that bill and he will have some heavy hitters over at the Capitol pounding on Congresscritters in hopes of getting support for GW's proposal.

Back to the kitchen

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm back from the windoze side... and yes, I washed my hands.

I haven't decided what to cook for supper tonight. I have bread working, but no inspiration for supper yet. Since Trill will be late tonight, I've got plenty of time.

/john

[Neets]

I see it's been a struggle and will take lots and lots of time for you to get settled in your newly re-acquired former but humble abode.

[JRandomFreeper]

Are you kidding? I've been cooking since I returned. Sometimes I think that's why I'm here. I'm just a live-in chef. Sorta. 8>)

/john

[Neets]

But I thought you were just a "cook" ;-)