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Nick I certainly hope you don't believe in that broken window fallacy!

Once the economic situation starts to get really dire, don't put it past the government to do something like this. Governments love to take attention away from their crappy management of the economy by starting unnecessary wars. It's history repeating.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjaQoOdJvI]YouTube- Nashville Tennessee Flood 2010[/ame] There's other stuff going on in the world, too. And it hardly gets reported. This oil better not swing around and hit my state or I'll be ticked.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/7746806/Whatever-Germany-does-the-euro-as-we-know-it-is-dead.html You're going to be hearing a lot of this type of fear mongering coming from politicians in Europe soon: "If the Euro fails, then Europe will fail!!" and stupidity like that. It isn't true. Money is just a way to measure value. It doesn't matter if it's the Euro, the Dollar, the Yen, or seashells - if someone can print it, it is not safe to use as money. Dumping the Euro would be the smartest thing the people of Europe could do right now.

I wonder if Mr Timms will learn his lesson, that when you threaten other people for their peaceful activities, you're not very well-liked?

lol sounds like here, whenever the politicians want to impress voters they build a modern-architecture public school the size of an airport.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azCbhNNMdg98&pos=9 "There's No Money Left". Amazing how it's happening everywhere at once - UK, Spain, Portugal, Greece, US...

Nick, it really comes down to the politics of the individual Eurozone states. Something tells me Germany doesn't want to have to continually bail out these more profligate governments every time a shortfall comes up in the foreseeable future. You have a more optimistic view of the Euro than even most central bankers! And I think you're right, the USD is going to fall hard in due time. But before then, it will be the strongest fiat currency. That'll give the US government license to inflate - after all, inflation is somewhat masked when other currencies are inflating at an even faster rate. The end result will be a huge economic disaster that the current batch of politicians want to put off on the next batch. It's really sad that there isn't more of an international outcry to end central banking and peg currencies to a particular weight of gold. Humanity is doomed to continually repeat its mistakes as long as it doesn't understand how economics works. This is really kindergarten stuff - don't let people print money, even the government - but people are so brainwashed they think these bankers are necessary for the survival of the economy. They never were! Europe needs a Ron Paul.

Burn, baby, burn!

Sarkozy threatens to pull France out of the Euro! http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/14/nicolas-sarkozy-threatened-euro-withdrawal Looks like it's inevitable.

It's totally a mercantilist bill and it should get repealed asap. It's tantamount to outlawing cars because the buggy/whip business might lose money. There are alternative ways artists can make money. It won't be the outrageous amount of money they've made in the past, but it will still be substantially more than the average worker.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100005657/us-faces-same-problems-as-greece-says-bank-of-england/ :laugh3: At least he got the first part right - America's dollar won't be around much longer! But the other part sounds fascist. Centralize! Monopolize! Single currency! Master race! Heil! Angela Merkel even thinks the EU should grow stronger. This is such a joke. I hope the people of Europe see through this sham. Tell Mervyn King to GO TO HELL.

German & Welsh, with the possibility of hint of American Indian and French.

Darlene, I'm glad you brought that to my attention... maybe Spain is worse than we here in America know! I know that Obama is behind a lot of what's happening in Europe now. He's the one who convinced Angela Merkel to go against the wishes of the German people, and he's also supposedly the one who told Spain's president to pretend like he is cutting the spending there. This will only end in disaster! If you live in Europe, I would suggest you buy real gold & silver. Also if you can own some land, now would be the time to buy it. Don't leave any of your savings in Euros!

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It's important for Europeans and humanity in general to remember the cost of a union - many times there are civil wars, massive economic turmoil, and infighting. Invariably some groups are oppressed and others are favored. The United States is not a model to follow. Currently the 50 states are essentially the same because of the centralization of political power in Washington. The rich states "bail out" the poor states on a regular basis, and as a result risk isn't priced correctly and the poor states remain poor indefinitely. Any time someone suggests greater autonomy for individual states, they are accused of being a "Confederate", a racist, a lunatic, a gun-nut. We must all follow the same rules, they say, otherwise what is the purpose of rules? It's this same logic that justifies a one-world government. The world is massive for a reason - so that people who disagree can walk away from each other, rather than killing each other.

Demand for physical gold and silver outpaces supply in Europe, as the price-per-ounce for gold hits record highs. Central banks are set to print 600 billion Euros to fill the holes left by sovereign debts, but this won't stop the inevitable inflationary disaster. Rumors are that Germany will announce on Friday that it is abandoning the Euro and returning to the mark... Spain's socialist president announces major austerity measures for that country's government. Looks like the end is nigh! How exciting! ;)

It's because they're trying to protect Obama's approval numbers. He just proposed more offshore drilling in the weeks prior to this disaster. Halliburton just got a $500 billion no-bid contract from Obama. :P

He totally is. What a poop head. BTW Nick, I got a call from my lawyer just now - case dismissed! My record should be expunged within the next week or two, and they're going to let me know exactly when it happens.

I think it's safe to say the oil companies have done more to contain this oil spill than either of you guys have.

I'm not sure why it's such a bad thing to have a hung parliament. Why is it good that the government is constantly pumping out new laws and regulations like a factory? There seems to be a bias for action here.

This is Obama's Katrina. Speaking of which, everybody pray we don't get another hurricane in the Gulf while they're trying to clean this up!

Ideally a conservative should recognize that the problem lies at the feet of Mervyn King, Britain's central bank president. If the UK were to peg the Pound to a certain weight of gold, even if that amount of gold is very tiny, it would instantly cause demand for the pound to skyrocket, as it will be the only major world-currency that isn't fiat. The British debt problem would no longer exist, the British peoples' purchasing power would increase dramatically, and as a result the quality-of-life for the average Briton would go up as well. And best of all, it would reign in future spending-sprees by Labor if (and when) that party calls the shots again.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrHk99jkbc]YouTube- I'm Going To Beat The Fucking Mexican Piss Out Of You! Seattle Police Brutalize Innocent Man[/ame] Thank God for the internet and small recording devices. To our British friends: Now do you see why they made it illegal to film officers in your country?

lol Nick, you so drunk! ;)