WE CAN'T WAIT TILL NOVEMBER

[Drew Dowdell]

lol

what if that's the antidote to the coolaid "everyone"'s been drinking since birth? counter cool-aid if you like. ...."everything you know is wrong"-Weird Al.

is "public knowledge" that hardly noone knows about so bad to bring up in conversations?

Fine, but then at least discuss it factually. Returning to the gold standard would NOT solve this countries financial issues and in fact would likely cause mass inflation not to mention it really isn't worth anything in terms of international trading unless you get all the countries you trade with to go to a gold standard as well. Good luck with that one.

[A Horse With No Name]

What would you consider more important?

America cannot afford (both literally and figuratively) another Vietnam. If, as I've heard some critics say, the Iraq war ends up costing more than a couple trillion dollars, that is frightening. Just think what Washington could have done with that money. Free Medicare? Fix the pension shortfalls? Cure cancer?

The hyper inflation of the '70s and the economic moraise back then was not helped by Vietnam!

I was (am?) all for the Iraq invasion, but it has turned into a bloody mess. How could they not have forseen Iran taking advantage of this? Of Al-quaeda? One of the biggest problems in the Middle East (not America's fault, BTW) is that the political national boundaries are arbitrary and do not follow ethnic/tribal lines. Japan and Germany were homogenous states, very civilized and, even despite the heavy Allied bombings, had a strong infrastructure. In many ways, the Middle East is stuck in the Middle Ages. How could Bush and his cronies have presumed to force democracy on people like that? There isn't a religious state in history that welcomed democracy with open arms. Just look at the struggles in Europe after Reformation! It took merry old England several hundred years from Magna Carta in 1215 until true democracy set in.

How could Bush have expected to implement that in a few years?

The planning for the military takeover of Iraq=Brilliant

Bush's running of the operation since the defeat of the Iraqi militari=Moronic

Chris

[A Horse With No Name]

Fine, but then at least discuss it factually. Returning to the gold standard would NOT solve this countries financial issues and in fact would likely cause mass inflation not to mention it really isn't worth anything in terms of international trading unless you get all the countries you trade with to go to a gold standard as well. Good luck with that one.

Gold standard is just a hot button issue for right wing zealots like Gary North.

Chris

[loki]

Fine, but then at least discuss it factually. Returning to the gold standard would NOT solve this countries financial issues and in fact would likely cause mass inflation not to mention it really isn't worth anything in terms of international trading unless you get all the countries you trade with to go to a gold standard as well. Good luck with that one.

I felt the same way when you were just coolaid this and coolaid that. hehe

well... there is little talk going straight back to gold... but having a gold backed competing currency is what gets a lot more talk.

anyway....

no, this "crisis" would not even be talked about if the past and present collective elect did not spend this country into the debt we have...and the projected debt is something closer to 30+ trillion vs. the "9+ trillion" most everyone in the MSM quotes.

[ChevyNovs99]

Voting for Obama since Israel hates the idea of him as President.