http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php RSS Feed for World News and Opinions Fool Moon - UBB.threads(tm) http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/288003/Re_G_20_Meetings#Post288003 Posted by Myrddin:
I doubt that the US would give up the dollar and I doubt that the Europeans would give up the euro, so no comment currency. At most they would discuss give the dollar and the euro price parity temporary, but I am not sure if that would work out well; it would involve artificially inflating dollar va]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:36:58 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/287337/Re_China_Issues#Post287337 Posted by bob:
Sounds Like A country That is so old should be smarter .Maybe you can start some boy scouts of china there and get the scouts to start cleaning up what they can with such a big population you should be able to get a lot of scouts and they can start teaching what they learn to their parents .You can]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:29:37 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/287182/Re_A_Radical_Tax_Reform_Idea#Post287182 Posted by Myrddin:
[quote=Lawmage]Why do you dislike a flat tax rate, Myr? Seems to me a flat tax would be the fairest method. The rich would pay more than the poor though they would pay the same percentage. Set the tax up with no exemptions, exceptions, deductions, or loop holes. Set it up at a reasonable rate tha]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:29:33 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/286901/Re_Remembering#Post286901 Posted by RNG:
Should be easy for me this year as our section is now next to the office memorial. Did you catch the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance? Restrained Dignity outscores fascistic display by a huge margin.]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:32:54 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/286897/Re_The_End_of_Capitalism#Post286897 Posted by RNG:
Manufacturing certainly wouldn't be destroyed in the west, it's in rude health in Germany and the US for starters. What would happen is that the high labour, low transport cost, low skilled, low productivity work would move to cheaper labour areas freeing up resources to invest in higher producti]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:05:00 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/286858/Re_Black_President_No_Way#Post286858 Posted by Dax:
[quote]cassielA: My advice to you Dax is to stop making predictions,because you got that one wrong when have I ever called Obama a house knee-grow. [/quote] Damn, now you've forced me to go through your posts til I find it. Grr. ;) [quote] I want to believe in Obama but it's clear Obama is being]]> Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:59:31 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/286426/Re_Lip_Synching_in_Beijing#Post286426 Posted by WakeHolden:
The girl in the inset looks more like a real little girl in spite of needing some dental work maybe...it's in the eyes...the soul of the village youth. The substitute looks too made up...the Chinese version of a Jon Benet Ramsey. She looks more Westernized. Evidently, the party pol who made the deci]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:55:00 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/286243/Re_A_Sparkle_of_Hope#Post286243 Posted by Lawmage:
Similar disputes? I say nonsense...you and I have dissimilar definitions of similar, Aus. Not quite sure how you ascribe similarity between Ned Kelly's conflict with a few police or the large scale slaughter of Hutus and Tutsis or the genocide in teh Sudan. The differences there are vastly more th]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:55:29 EST http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/285865/Re_Phone_Options#Post285865 Posted by stone:
I just keep pounding on keys until I get through to a human. Usually hitting the zero a bunch of times works. I've had about a 70% success rate with this method. ]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:35:19 EDT http://foolmoon.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/285048/Re_Austria_s_Conservative_J_Ha#Post285048 Posted by Dax:
Naturally, Volkswagen bears no responsibility for Haider's death. Why, those cars are as safe as home mortgages.]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:16:05 EDT