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All We Like Sheep
Joseph Sobran column ^ | 01-01-04 | Sobran, Joseph

Posted on 01/16/2004 5:58:18 AM PST by Theodore R.

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To: 50sDad
It's important to remember that inflation is not the increase of the value of goods and services. Inflation is the decrease of the value of money.

The Federal Reserve was created to steal the wealth of the United States. And with the gleeful assistance of the government, they've been doing a superb job of it.

21 posted on 01/16/2004 6:31:02 AM PST by genew
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To: Capt. Jake
If the dollar has lost half its value, why haven't prices doubled? I think your statement is overbroad.

Take a look at your car, home, health insurence and figure the inflation rate off them. We can't base our opinions on government statistics, we've known they cook them for decades. We got cheap imported electronics and that's about it.

22 posted on 01/16/2004 6:32:09 AM PST by steve50 ("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
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To: humblegunner; HoustonCurmudgeon
All sheep you like are belong to us!
23 posted on 01/16/2004 6:33:21 AM PST by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus; Tauzero; Ken H; rohry; headsonpikes; RCW2001; disclaimer; Doctor Stochastic; ..
(Un)usual suspect ping.

Richard W.

24 posted on 01/16/2004 6:33:33 AM PST by arete (Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: Theodore R.
I'm not so sure that Sobran isn't suffering some sort of mental collapse -- this one is just plain crazy.

Sure, it sounds really nasty when you see that Time Magazine's cover price is so much higher than it used to be. But then you realize that, as a percentage of income, the cover price ain't all that different now than it was then.

Poor Joe -- next thing you know, he'll be blamin' it all on the neocon Jooz.

25 posted on 01/16/2004 6:33:54 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Theodore R.
All your sheep belong to .............you know the rest.
26 posted on 01/16/2004 6:36:47 AM PST by verity
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To: Theodore R.
Paris Hilton likes sheep.
27 posted on 01/16/2004 6:37:59 AM PST by Drango (NPR is the tax funded propaganda wing of the DNC.)
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To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
In spite of our best efforts, some insist on taking this thread seriously. We really must redouble our efforts.
28 posted on 01/16/2004 6:38:14 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
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To: Xenalyte; HoustonCurmudgeon
Some sheep REALLY not like.


29 posted on 01/16/2004 6:40:19 AM PST by humblegunner (All We Like Sheep)
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To: Xenalyte
All Weeeee! (Like Sheep...)

Bahaaaa

30 posted on 01/16/2004 6:41:30 AM PST by FreedomFarmer (WARNING: Exceeds RDA of Acerbic Acid!)
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To: humblegunner
"Not all fish, but only some sheep? Or all sheep? But not all fish."

Okay ....... I'm gonna say this once, and once only.

Not all sheep!

Some are fish!

Not like all fish!

Fish not like all sheep!

Some fish sheephead!




Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...

You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..


They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!

They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa

To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats

and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

31 posted on 01/16/2004 6:43:18 AM PST by G.Mason ("The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home" - Confucius)
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To: FreedomFarmer; humblegunner; HoustonCurmudgeon
All Weeeee! (Like Sheep...)
32 posted on 01/16/2004 6:44:03 AM PST by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: FreedomFarmer; humblegunner; HoustonCurmudgeon
All Weeeee! (Like Sheep...)
33 posted on 01/16/2004 6:44:07 AM PST by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: G.Mason
YouLaughed.YOULAUGHED! HaHa you. laughed...
34 posted on 01/16/2004 6:46:08 AM PST by FreedomFarmer (WARNING: Exceeds RDA of Acerbic Acid!)
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To: G.Mason
"I like not all fish."

All are fish and sheep are belong to us.

35 posted on 01/16/2004 6:46:32 AM PST by truthandjustice1
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To: Theodore R.
Once upon a time, my father bought Time magazine every week, as I do now. He paid 20 cents per issue; I’m paying $3.95. In my teens I bought paperback editions of Shakespeare’s plays for 35 cents each; now they cost about five bucks.

I’m no economist; these are just some of my rough indices of how prices have risen in my memory

Though there are some serious issues with the way the US runs it's montary system, I have always believed this type of argument to be overly simple and quite possibly the weakest. I am reminded of what my late father told me concerning 'the good old days'. His response that the only thing 'good' about them was that he was young. He mentioned the often cited rhetoric about a movie costing a nickel, but then plainly and simply stated, "But no one I knew had a nickel". His comparison was that in his youth he would never have been able to get a steak dinner, but today, most every working man or woman can afford the occasional steak dinner for their family. Price comparisons mean little, spending power has much more meaning.

36 posted on 01/16/2004 6:54:00 AM PST by asformeandformyhouse (Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.)
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To: Capt. Jake
Fly to Europe and you'll see the effect.

You wanna hear about state sponsored robbery?

My business partner is Dutch, and was telling me about what happened when the Euro replaced all of the local currencies.

In Holland, the exchange rate was about 2 guilders to the Euro. The day it happened, everyone was expecting prices to be adjusted with the currency. Didn't happen. All that happened was the replacement of the symbol for the new currency.

Same happened with taxes, fees, everything.

37 posted on 01/16/2004 6:56:05 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (Only those who dare truly live - CGA 88 Class Motto)
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To: truthandjustice1
"All are fish and sheep are belong to us."

I'm afraid we're going to live to regret that.

38 posted on 01/16/2004 6:56:16 AM PST by G.Mason ("Surrender ....... All are fish and sheep are belong to us.")
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To: r9etb
"Sure, it sounds really nasty when you see that Time Magazine's cover price is so much higher than it used to be. But then you realize that, as a percentage of income, the cover price ain't all that different now than it was then."

Assuming that you are correct about the price as a percentage of income, even though I doubt that you are, you are still left with the fact that any money placed in a savings account forty years ago to draw interest has less purchasing power now than it did when it was deposited. This constitutes a theft from the person who earned the money forty years ago. It also leaves people feeling they are doing well because the value of their real estate has risen, even though in terms of current dollars there may have been no real appreciation. The amount deducted from my paycheck each week to cover my part of my medical insurance "benefit" is equal to the gross income needed to
marry and support a family in this same area forty years ago.
Inflation benefits some, but only at the expense of others.
40 posted on 01/16/2004 6:57:05 AM PST by RipSawyer (Mercy on a pore boy lemme have a dollar bill!)
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