Congoman said: "Virtually ALL politicians are scumbags INMHO. But at least George dubja has a functional economy."
Ever stopped to think how the rest of the world pays to make this possible? Ever noticed how the oil price is always quoted in US$'s? This being that, back in the 1940's, the yanks managed to persuade the oil producing countries to always sell their oil in US$'s. This forces every country in the world to buy US$'s if they want to buy oil. This means that America can do the same as Mugabe, i.e. if they need more money they just print more! Unlike Mugabe, however, there is always a demand for US$'s, as every one needs to buy oil! Beautiful system if you're an American! The stuff-up occurs, however, when you get a moron of note who comes out of the oil industry who then becomes president and he obviously favours his oil buddies and the speculators. The system is, America needs to fund all their international adventures (Afghanistan, Iraq) so they print more dollars. This would eventually de-valuate the dollar too much, especially when a couple of banks collapse due to overdoing their property market portfolios. So then you simply increase the price of the commodity everybody needs (oil) and the dollars are sold and the dollar retains its value. Not only that, you rape the world while the world thinks you are The Great Benefactor! Adds a new spin to the word Diplomacy! By the way, I'm not anti-American, just anti-Bush.