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Post by Jaga on Sept 27, 2007 12:17:34 GMT -7
I believe that Iranian president learnt a lot and he is not the cocky as he used to be in the past. He became much more dyplomatic and his treatment at the university was really deplorable. Americans started to see a human being in him instead of devil. I am terrified by the vision of another American war with Iran. This is definitively not something which Iran wants. Here is an interesting persective: The Bronx cheer: Columbia University welcomes Iran's president Tribune Editorial Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: We were alternately proud and dismayed by the way Columbia University treated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Proud that, in the name of free speech and unbridled academic inquiry, an American university would invite the president of a nation that President George Bush has labeled part of the "axis of evil" to speak. Dismayed that, because of criticism of that decision by Jewish activists, the university's president would find it politically necessary to insult his guest while introducing him. Make no mistake. Ahmadinejad represents a regime that is hostile to the United States. We take at face value reports by the U.S. government that Iran is arming, training and advising militia forces in Iraq that have killed American troops. We also are troubled that Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, that he will not acknowledge that Israel has a right to exist, and that his nation is fighting a proxy war against Israel through its support of Hezbollah in Lebanon. That sponsorship is one reason why Iran's nuclear aspirations are frightening. But we also share the Iraq Study Group's belief that if the United States is to extricate itself from Iraq and create a more peaceful and stable Middle East, the United States must talk to its enemies there. Iran and Syria are at the top of that list. Diplomacy is both public and private. Though we do not expect any American to spare Ahmadinejad hard questioning, at some point, Americans and Iranians must get past shouting at and insulting each other. In that context, consider the spectacle of Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger introducing Ahmadinejad as someone who exhibits "all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," adding that, "You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated." Ahmadinejad replied, "In Iran, tradition requires when you invite a person to be a speaker, we actually respect our students enough to allow them to make their own judgment, and don't think it's necessary before the speech is even given to come in with a series of complaints to provide vaccination to the students and faculty." The Iranian president is popular at home and abroad for standing up to American boorishness and arrogance. Bollinger played right into his hands. www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=7006784&siteId=297
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Post by rdywenur on Sept 27, 2007 16:15:09 GMT -7
Also TGA ...only the webmaster can change a post or the original poster. Even if I know how to do it I cannot as I do not have those rights. FYI for any future postings.
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Post by rdywenur on Sept 27, 2007 16:18:11 GMT -7
Also TGA ...only the webmaster can change a post or the original poster. Even if I know how to do it I cannot as I do not have those rights. FYI for any future postings. (you can verify this if you look at your posts and you will see "quote" modify" "delete" on your own posts and if you look at another posters you will not see those tools.
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Post by bescheid on Sept 27, 2007 16:18:44 GMT -7
Jaga
Thank you for the courage to at the least, continue with the Iranian president {Mahmoud Ahmadinejad}. For this man is very exceptional in both fore sight and with understanding of the West. For he by virtue of his birth, must at first, satisfy the requirements of the people he represents, and as yet, understand and work with the people of the West.
For, in doing as such, this man walks a very careful narrow tight rope.
For at one end of this tight rope, he {Ahmadinejad} must demonstrate that he as representative of the Iranian people, have made the Western devils understand and listion to him.
And at same time, must create an atmosphere that is cohesive in understanding, for the mightiest of the world, the American President {Mr. Bush} understand that he/his people, Iranians are only a nation of people, not so different then the Americans he {Mr. Bush} represents.
Are the Americans a stupid people? Well, as a learnt person, I would not think so!!! But, there is the situation of invert propaganda machine.
Or, am I simply one of those darn German Kraut trouble maker once again?
{man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben}[one should not praise the day before the evening].
Or, for this day, has not been a finest one for me to endure.........
Charles
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Post by troubledgoodangel on Sept 28, 2007 1:02:26 GMT -7
It's your show, Jaga, and you can naturally do what you want. The topic is important, regardless where it is posted. The Polish people should know that, if America goes to war with Iran, unnecessarily and precipitously, many of our Polish peacekeepers will be dying there, soon! The Polonia in Chicago should also be aware, that the falling dollar, on which their pensions for the old age are based, spells doom! These, I think, are "current affairs," concerning Poland! But in every case, even if we make mistakes, people should not use this as opportunity to insult each other!
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Post by Jaga on Sept 28, 2007 9:55:26 GMT -7
TGA,
you are very right. I am very angry about the way how some politicians here push for the war. People in America are so spoiled seeing it as a superpower. Many are unaware of how low US dollar really is! Can you imagine, there are some mass media which would state that.... weaker and weaker dollar is still good for American economy!
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Post by scatts on Sept 28, 2007 23:23:14 GMT -7
I've never known the USD to be this low for this long. Currently at around 2.7 to the PLN, it has been up around 4.5 but should certainly be over 3, around 3.2-3.5 is considered the "normal" level. It has been below 3 for months and months and it's not like the Polish government and economy are strong enough to justify this, it the weakness of the US that is to blame.
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Post by troubledgoodangel on Sept 29, 2007 1:40:57 GMT -7
Every effort should be made to alert the U.S. public opinion what goes on with the dollar! The problem has been single-handedly created by the American "adventure" in the Communist China! A few superwealthy corporations, which have invested there, are spreading the word, that "it is to the benefit of the U.S. economy." They keep saying that "the dollar being cheaper, the Chinese and the world will buy more from us, and that their Communism will fall." To the unions they say, "you will have a chance to produce more products." For decades, they have been saying that "the trade deficit has its benefits for our citizens." All this is gobbledygook! Poorer America means the end of Democracy in the world, and the end of America's chance to better the world! Lower value dollar means that the millions of Americans, including union members, will suffer in the old age, for their pensions will be lower! There will be less money for scientific research, and for defense (China and Russia will love it). The trade imbalance with China means that America has no courage to say: free-marketing may be good with equal size countries, or smaller, but it is self-defeating with the giant Communist China! The free market, which the Americans have made into a god, is killing them, and they must solve this problem, now! These superwealthy few do not want this! But the American people must wake up, and our government must confront the systemic cancer that has developed! And, by the way, I do not know where Mr. Scotts got his information that "the dollar in Poland is around 2.70"? That was a week ago! I check the value of the dollar each day. Yesterday, I checked the dollar in several money exchange outlets, and it sold at 2.62! Today, I went to see if it was still 2.62. Not so! The dollar has dropped to 2.60 z³otych in 7 hours! Does the American People know what goes on? I sincerely doubt! They must wake up, and realize that the ship is sinking fast!
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Post by Jaga on Sept 29, 2007 9:21:28 GMT -7
+++Every effort should be made to alert the U.S. public opinion what goes on with the dollar! +++
this does not happen. The most watched "news" channel in America called FoxNews (Faux news) had three economy segment today in the morning but they did not talk about a weak dollar because their news is a "happy" news. They always laugh and smile, they make issues from something which is not the issue if it shows that the president Bush is good and democrats are bad.
Can you imagine that there are people in the US who would like tax money to be spend only for the wars and military but not for schools and health care? So, there should be no public schools at all!?!
America is just becoming more and more weird and out of touch with the rest of the world. Of course Faux news is against the healthcare for American children.... because it costs so much (probably 0.01% of the costs of the war with Iraq).
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Post by Jaga on Sept 29, 2007 9:23:53 GMT -7
Here is an example how Fox News is pushing for the war with Iran. They have the same false arguments like with the war with Iraq. Why so many American people buy it?? foxattacks.com/iran
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Post by ludikundera on Sept 29, 2007 9:39:37 GMT -7
Isn't a weak dollar actually pretty good for exports and tourism?
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Post by Jaga on Sept 29, 2007 9:47:28 GMT -7
Isn't a weak dollar actually pretty good for exports and tourism? Ludikundera, how did you like when in Poland we earned 20 dollars per month since our currency was so low? Do you think, that everybody was happy since for tourists the exchange course is so good but they could not buy anything in the stores anyways... What about the retired people if all their savings are melting of? There is a certian barrier when a weak currency became an obstacle and when it is good.
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Post by bescheid on Sept 29, 2007 11:32:37 GMT -7
Isn't a weak dollar actually pretty good for exports and tourism? Ludikundera, how did you like when in Poland we earned 20 dollars per month since our currency was so low? Do you think, that everybody was happy since for tourists the exchange course is so good but they could not buy anything in the stores anyways... What about the retired people if all their savings are melting of? There is a certian barrier when a weak currency became an obstacle and when it is good. A bit of thought to add. And Lundikundera has a valid point in Tourism. With a low dollar, it is more beneficial for tourist to visit America for their money would in deed go further. But, is this enough income to boost up the GNP? For if all goods were manufactured and consumed in America, there would not be but only a little problem. But, this is a global economy. In as much as a dependence upon foreign trade exchange. With the vast drop in dollar value, so goes the value of goods manufactured in America. This in turn will give cause to more expensive in payment for imported goods as the exchange. In short words, the Americans are selling cheap, and purchasing expensive. It will catch up eventually in a drastic conflict of balance of payments becoming in errors. Oil is imported {Europe is not different} and as the American dollar is declined in specific value, the oil in self, becomes higher in value as a commodity. This in-self will then equate into higher prices paid for the same quantity purchased at an prior time for less money. The good though is: This serves as a safety valve in the American economy for time to adjust. It gives time for banking reserves to adjust for a prior shock that has occurred prior with the housing crash with accompanying shock wave to the banking institutions {both in America and Europe [Germany]}. The safety valve extends to the intrinsic value of the Dollar as a manner of staving off inflation with the consequence of drop in consumer spending and resulting high inventories of finished goods sitting with out a market. This in-turns equates with close down in production and lay off of workers,as the the related manufacturing is down sized. It is a problem. The Americans need to fix the problem. For we live in a global economy, and what effects in the matrix at one point, equally effects others connected to this matrix. Charles
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Post by ludikundera on Sept 29, 2007 15:13:45 GMT -7
Doesn't a low American dollar make American goods more attractive to foreign buyers?
For example, as a Canadian whose national currency is currently "strong" against the American dollar (on par, more or less), I'm more likely to buy U.S. goods because I can get more with Canadian money than I could if, say, my dollar was worth half the American dollar.
On the flipside, Americans are now less likely to buy Canadian goods, because Canadians goods are more expensive to them. Instead of spending $1 USD to get $1.50 CD worth of stuff, it's now $1 USD for $1 CD.
Hence, wouldn't a "strong" currency be good for importing (consumers), whereas a "weak" currency be good for exporting (producers)?
...and, yes, obviously, a currency too extreme in either direction isn't very good. But I don't quite think Americans are barely able to afford sugar or are being forced into burning money to keep warm. And by quite, I mean they're a long ways off!
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Post by hollister on Sept 30, 2007 3:36:03 GMT -7
If there were American goods for foreign buyers to purchase ... it would be - but the US buys more than it produces so goods are going to cost more even the cheap stuff. I don't think tourists are going to flock to the US in enough numbers to balance out the trade deficit.
The oil producers are already making noises about refusing to accept US dollars for oil purchases demanding Euros instead - making the cost of oil double for the US over night.
China as well hold the majority of the US debt load and they hint they may call the loan in and have it paid in Euros not dollars.
What is going on in the housing market and the sub-prime markets are not helping.
One of our good friends who is Polish told us that several members of his family that are currently living in the US are seriously considering moving back to Poland - were things are better. My how times have changed!
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