Kerry is a pilot?

"Philip Sondericker" wrote
I agree with you that distinguished military service is not necessarily a
reason to vote for someone. On the other hand, in a time when so much is
often made about who's patriotic and who's not, who's a "real American"
and
who isn't, I certainly think it's appropriate to point out that John Kerry
served his country (voluntarily, I might add) and served it well.

Only to come back and bash it! I would rather have seen him not serve his
country.
--
Jim in NC

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You're half right; an exchange rate has little or nothing to do with
ability
to pay, but on the comparative worth of two currencies.

Your rescources describe a symptom as the cause, but it is the failure
to
allow imports by both the National Government of Japan and the
Japanese
People that is the failure of their reflation plan. If you are going
to
loan Yen, then it must be possible allow your borrowerto earn Yen to
repay
the loan; otherwise Yen must be purchased for dollars at the end of
term
and
the borrower is bankrupted.

Nice, but that has virtually NOTHING to do with exchange rates.

Buy Yen with dollars, what happens to exchange rates?

Buy milk, or gas, or... with cash; what happens to the price?


Borrow dollars, sell goods for dollars and pay back dollars is possible.
All the Japanese did in their "reflation" was bankrupt their banks and now
they can't afford to write off all the bad paper.

But the revelation has just about nothing to do with their import/export
polices, only the relative worth of the yen.

Your logic stream is 1-2-5-7-12-3-4-6...

in article , Morgans at
wrote on 1/26/04 7:20 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote
I agree with you that distinguished military service is not necessarily a
reason to vote for someone. On the other hand, in a time when so much is
often made about who's patriotic and who's not, who's a "real American"
and
who isn't, I certainly think it's appropriate to point out that John Kerry
served his country (voluntarily, I might add) and served it well.

Only to come back and bash it! I would rather have seen him not serve his
country.

"Bash it"? It seems to me that he volunteered for dangerous duty in a war
that he didn't completely agree with. He put his ass on the line for his
country, even though he didn't agree with the cause. I'm not sure you'll see
a better definition of patriotism in your lifetime.

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"Peter" wrote in message
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According to CNN (and numerous other sources), Kerry has been awarded
both
distinctions:
"It was in 1971 that Kerry, then 27, appeared before the Senate
Foreign
Relations Committee to speak out against U.S. policy in Vietnam.

And that testimony is going to be a part of his downfall when it gets
thoroughly analyzed during the later campaign.

Why might that be?

Gross slander and dereliction of duty for starters.

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"Stuart King" wrote in message
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Even my Republican friends complain that Bush's economic policies are
disasterous.

Rescuing the economy from the collapse of the Clinton bubble has not
been
easy
but is well underway. We are in, I think, the third consecutive highest
growth
quarter in twenty years and the employment rate is over 94% and
increasing.


This head in the sand view is just astonishing. This isn't a
liberal/conservative thing. As much as you would like to blame Clinton for
the collapse (if you are a republican) or congratulate him for the boom
(if
you are a democrat), the reality is no economic policy result is neatly
encapsulated within the political boundaries of a presidential term.

Except that the Clinton FCC was the basis for saddleing the telecomm
industry with the burden then led to theri downfall and largely took the
internet stocks (not necessarily the dot com...that was stupid in any right)
down the tubes.

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/h...mm-telecom.htm (Originally
published in October, 2002)

http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/eps...ransition.html

http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1166


President Bush's current policy (combined with Congress) of creating
massive
spending increases combined with tax cuts may, in some way, be linked to
the
results of Clinton's policies. The question is does the deficit growth
policy make any sense?

How about when it was used from 1932 to 1996 with just a two year respite?

Sure, everyone knows it makes sense to borrow for a
good investment - but foreclosures and bankruptcies occur becasue the
investment doesn't always pan out.

Yes.

I don't know macro economics very well, so I'll concede that there are
many
parts to this I don't understand. The part I do understand, and that I was
taught from a young age, is pay your own way. Don't expect anyone to bail
you out. I don't see the current administration living that basic
principle.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v25n6/crane.pdf

http://www.cato.org/research/article...en-030728.html

and worst of all ... http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-31-03.html

Thank...I'll stay home this November.

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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:

No, Kerry was awarded the Silver Star, and a Bronze Star with
"V" device.

All that said does not equal credibility.

Hell, Hitler had the Iron Cross something or other equivalent to
our Distinguished Service Cross.

Big Whoop!!

I'm sure many U. S. veterans who hold these decorations would be
gratified to see your equating them with Hitler's giving himself the
Iron Cross. No doubt they would enjoy your "big whoop" comment WRT these
honors, as well.

Again your reading is stunted: The comparison is to KERRY, not all veterans.
The comparison is between two fascists: Kerry and Hitler.

Liberals never cease to amaze me -- for all their self-proclaim intellectual
capacity, their very basis claims intelligence is impotent. Then they prove
it.

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snip
You're half right; an exchange rate has little or nothing to do
with
ability
to pay, but on the comparative worth of two currencies.

Your rescources describe a symptom as the cause, but it is the
failure
to
allow imports by both the National Government of Japan and the
Japanese
People that is the failure of their reflation plan. If you are
going
to
loan Yen, then it must be possible allow your borrowerto earn Yen to
repay
the loan; otherwise Yen must be purchased for dollars at the end of
term
and
the borrower is bankrupted.

Nice, but that has virtually NOTHING to do with exchange rates.

Buy Yen with dollars, what happens to exchange rates?

Buy milk, or gas, or... with cash; what happens to the price?

Non-sequitur.

Borrow dollars, sell goods for dollars and pay back dollars is possible.
All the Japanese did in their "reflation" was bankrupt their banks and
now
they can't afford to write off all the bad paper.

But the revelation has just about nothing to do with their import/export
polices, only the relative worth of the yen.

How do you decouple rare Yen from the value of Yen?

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Carrie Seddon" wrote in message
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Mr. Kerry served at all is a reason for a bond with fellow veterans;
that
his
service earned him a Bronze Star for Valor ("for personal bravery") and
a
Silver Star ("for gallantry") is even more compelling.

I read something in the last day or so that details the circumstances under
which Kerry won his decorations. To say things were very overblown is..well,
accurate.


More impressive was Representative Ford saying Kerry has 2 siver stars and
a
bronze star on Fox this morning.

Unfortunately, Mr.
Kerry came home to Massachusetts, the one state George McGovern carried
in
1972. He joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and emceed the
Winter
Soldier Investigation (both financed by Jane Fonda). Many veterans
believe
these protests led to more American deaths, and to the enslavement of
the
people on whose behalf the protests were ostensibly being undertaken.
But
being a take-charge kind of guy, Mr. Kerry became a leader in the VVAW
and
even testified before Congress on the findings of the Investigation,
which
he
accepted at face value.

Some South Viet Namese were literally sold into slavery, to pay the Soviet
Union for their support.

The North Vietnamese killed more people in South Vietnam AFTER the US left
in 1975 than were killed in eleven years of fighting.

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snip
I agree with you that distinguished military service is not necessarily
a
reason to vote for someone. On the other hand, in a time when so much is
often made about who's patriotic and who's not, who's a "real American"
and
who isn't, I certainly think it's appropriate to point out that John
Kerry
served his country (voluntarily, I might add) and served it well.

That's arguable.


More so than most children of millionaires.

Who consider military service only as a step ladder to public office.

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article , Morgans at
wrote on 1/26/04 7:20 PM:


"Philip Sondericker" wrote
I agree with you that distinguished military service is not necessarily
a
reason to vote for someone. On the other hand, in a time when so much
is
often made about who's patriotic and who's not, who's a "real American"
and
who isn't, I certainly think it's appropriate to point out that John
Kerry
served his country (voluntarily, I might add) and served it well.

Only to come back and bash it! I would rather have seen him not serve
his
country.

"Bash it"? It seems to me that he volunteered for dangerous duty in a war
that he didn't completely agree with. He put his ass on the line for his
country, even though he didn't agree with the cause. I'm not sure you'll
see
a better definition of patriotism in your lifetime.

I'd define it as office seeking.