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American tourists have hard time exchanging dollars

rabidliberal — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:33:38 +0000

As reported byReuters, American tourists in Amsterdam are having a tough time exchanging their dollars for local currency, because nobody wants to get caught holding worthless paper.

Dollar under pressure, wheat prices go up, and Bear Stearns may be bought out

rabidliberal — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:50:42 +0000

The dollar touched a record low of $1.5651 against the euro and crude oil reached a record $111 a barrel. Grocery costs are expected to go up further with the rise in the cost of wheat.

The price of wheat has more than tripled during the past 10 months, making Americans’ daily bread — and bagels and pizza and pasta — feel a little like luxury items

“It’s going to affect everything … impact on every section of the grocery store,” said Michael Bittel, senior vice president of King Arthur Flour Co. in Norwich, Vt.

And JPMorgan Chase, along with the Feds, are trying to bail out Bear Stearns, an 85 year old investment bank, whose stock lost more than 20% of it’s value in recent days.

CCNWON has a good writeup of stagflation. In it he shows how commodity prices have gone up in recent years yet the wages for the average American has gone down about 2%.

It will take YEARS for the dollar to recover

rabidliberal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:23:36 +0000

Nobody wants the dollar. Even some stores in NYC are accepting foreign currency. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, start saving, start looking for ways to reduce your monthly expenditures (maybe less movies, less eating out or ordering in), hold off on buying luxury items, etc. Take public transportation whenever possible, instead of wasting your money on gas. Save – Save – Save!!!

Bush knows best

rabidliberal — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:07:26 +0000

Let’s see, Bush says the country is not head into a recession.

Yet today, the market fell 315 pts on recession fears, oil pushed past $103 for the first time, the dollar hit another low against the euro, US Midwest manufacturing activity “plummeted” in February, consumer setiment slumped to a 16 year low.

Yep, Bush knows best.

Recession is here

rabidliberal — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:34:15 +0000

As I as said in an earlier post, we’re in a recession. And according to some, it will only get worse. The problem is, the government continues to print money, without any backing, continues to borrow money (such as for the stimulus package), and the OPEC countries are migrating away from the dollar, and moving to the euro, to buy/sell oil.

It’s getting so bad, here in NYC, some tourist shops are accepting euros!!

Opposition group claims Iran speeding up nuke plans

rabidliberal — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:13:51 +0000

Here we go again. An opposition group, like the Iraqi National Congress that provided “shaky” intelligence on Saddam’s WMD program, says Iran is speeding up nuke plans, contradicting the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate report that said Iran halted their program in 2003.

Smells like another war front opening up. I predict it’ll happen before the end of summer, to redirect our attention away from the failing economy. Don’t forget the real reason we’re going to war with Iran.

Japanese investors dumping dollars

rabidliberal — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:14:07 +0000

They think the dollar will slide even more, so most everday investors are dumping the dollar in the currency markets.

The Next Great Depression

rabidliberal — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:47:52 +0000

Although the author advocates Ron Paul for president, who I doubt will get the nomination, he explains here why we’re heading into the next Great Depression, why we may be heading into WWIII with Iran, how inflation is likely, and how we will no longer be the world’s superpower.

Why we’ll be in Iraq for a while

rabidliberal — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:44:16 +0000

Here’s a good old article, which explains:

why we’re in Iraq today
why we’ll be in Iraq for a while
why Iran may be next
why there will always be instability in the Middle East
why we need a new energy policy, fast

Basically, it’s all about the dollar and oil.