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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:11 PM Original message |
Iran to replace dollar with euro in foreign deals |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gosh, Saddam/Iraq was planning to do the same..... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. maybe this is what the proposed "surge" was for? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. With this cabal, NOTHING is beyond.... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm NOT criticizing you for posting this, but who cares? |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. petro-Dollar v. petro-Euro |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Could mean your job or someone in your family - for starters. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Depends. Would a 20% devaluation of the Dollar have an effect on you? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks for the explanation. Now I understand. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Hmm |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. franz ferdinand |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What's a Scottish rock band |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Since this is why they are part of the axis of evil... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. BBC has picked up on it too |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. another slap in the US face. And we deserve it--yet, for the most part |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good fo them. |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Must viewing video explains this -Monte Python meets peak oil |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Another brief link |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Never fear |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yep, just like Iraq who, "coincidentally" had signaled their intent |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Dollar dropped in Iran asset move |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well, Bush wanted to limit the flow of dollars to Iran |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What's it going to do to the stock market? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. in the short term not so much -- but the long term -- |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. inflation. lots of it. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Future Iraqi Supreme Rulers Will Also Dump The Blood Soaked u.s. dollar. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. the dollar is in free fall -- why should they get paid in dollars when euros buy more? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. There's been no major change in the exchange rate so far |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. isolated? |
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ama (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Euro/dollar since 1999 |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm well aware of the trends |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. question: what happens when the dollar is no longer backed by oil? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. question: didn't Saddam switch to euros before the invasion? |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Saddam Turns His Back on Greenbacks |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It was around |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. who wouldn't want to dump the depreciating dollar in favor of the strong euro |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. coincidentally -- US to warn Iran with naval buildup in Gulf- CBS |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. mean while----- |
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