Canadian Dollar On Par With The Us Dollar:)

[WrongWay 0]

Can we lock these threads now? Chicken Little has arrived...

Don't confuse Chicken Little with Boy that Cried Wolf.Last time (before about a year ago) I talked about the sky falling was 1999. Yes, some people spend their whole lives redicting financial doom, and one in a while are right. I talk about it coming for about a year defore it happens. Half point ffr cut... 1% in the discount rate in the last month, and still stocks are lower than they were 2 months ago? I was talking about falling house prices when no one else was.... Now EVERYONE is talking about it.I'm not the boy that cried wolf. I'm the chicken that notices the sky is cracking, about a year before it falls. So far, I'm two for two.

[runthemover 39]

yeah, but at least we're not canadian

yeah, well at least I'm an orange

[Pot Odds RAC 23]

Don't confuse Chicken Little with Boy that Cried Wolf.Last time (before about a year ago) I talked about the sky falling was 1999. Yes, some people spend their whole lives redicting financial doom, and one in a while are right. I talk about it coming for about a year defore it happens. Half point ffr cut... 1% in the discount rate in the last month, and still stocks are lower than they were 2 months ago? I was talking about falling house prices when no one else was.... Now EVERYONE is talking about it.I'm not the boy that cried wolf. I'm the chicken that notices the sky is cracking, about a year before it falls. So far, I'm two for two.

...beacuse NOBODY else but you was talking about the economy a year ago. News flash: There have been "Real Estate Bubble" articles for the past 18 months.You must be some sort of economic indicator genius. Guess you made a boatload of $ from your prescience.A few years ago my wife and I had made a couple of job changes in the preceeding years. There were these little pockets of $ in various plans at different employers. We decided it was time to consolidate. We cashed out a very large sum of cash from those and other sources and had all of the checks sitting in a safe waiting to be deposited. However we are sort of procrastinators and self proclaimed financial morons. They sat for a couple of months. A couple of days before we finally had a meeting scheduled with our advisor to deposit them into a new set of funds, a bunch of planes started flying into buildings. We basically cashed out at the relative market high and then bought back in when it hit rock bottom.I'll take dumb luck sometimes.

[hblask 1]

Hehehe no more Canadian dollar jokes. I remember a few years back when it cost me $1650 to buy $1000US. Who knows by the end of the day are dollar might be worth more. Just about time to start buying US real estate.

I can't believe this has turned into a "which country is better" discussion. We don't make fun a Canadian money because of the exchange rate, we make fun of it because it has lots of weird colors and funny pictures on it. And because you guys use the metric system, which just means more conversions for our little brains.

[mtdesmoines 3]

you sir have no clue about economics...The US dollar is devalued against every major currency in the world because of the state of the the US economy...Have you seen the real estate market in major US states like California, Florida and Michigan?Have you seen the foreclosure numbers?The fed cut interest rates by a half point...Did they do that because the economy is doing well???COMPLEX ECONOMIC FACTORS...yeah mr intelligent economist explain these COMPLEX economic factors...The United States is no longer a world power in business as China , Japan and most European countries have passed them...And if you have ever been to Europe the view of United States is not of a world power but of a WORLD BUFFOON...Oh by the way what ever happened to the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION??And also tell me in what defines that America as a winner??The wonderful health care system?The huge deficit that is run?The very intelligent leader in the White House?The illiteracy rate?The health of the public?The availability of illegal drugs?The gun problem?All these issues is I guess what makes America so great...hmmmmm

Real estate bubbles come and go in the US economy with hardly a blip on the value of the dollar. The true source of these troubles are NAFTA, the flood of illegal immigrants into the US, and the flood of cheap shit from China.

[RhinestoneCowboy 2]

Don't confuse Chicken Little with Boy that Cried Wolf.Last time (before about a year ago) I talked about the sky falling was 1999. Yes, some people spend their whole lives redicting financial doom, and one in a while are right. I talk about it coming for about a year defore it happens. Half point ffr cut... 1% in the discount rate in the last month, and still stocks are lower than they were 2 months ago? I was talking about falling house prices when no one else was.... Now EVERYONE is talking about it.I'm not the boy that cried wolf. I'm the chicken that notices the sky is cracking, about a year before it falls. So far, I'm two for two.

You've posted how you called the "sky falling" back in 99 about a million times...Guess what, I predicted the uprising of Hitler and noone listened to me then, but listen to me now when I say that Danny Devito is going to try to take over the world. IASIP is brainwashing us...........edit: I use Chicken Little for the "sky is falling" reference...

[Pot Odds RAC 23]

I guess the only reason for me to endure crossing the River to play at Casino Windsor is for the drunk 19 year old fish - and the Windsor Ballet.

[LongLiveYorke 38]

This thread sucks.Just because America sent men to the moon and you happen to be an American doesn't mean that you had jack all to do about it. Why do people base their values on the groups that they're in?I was born in America, and America's the best, therefore I'm the best! Canada has national health care, and you live in Canada, and I happen to disagree both philosophically and practically with the concept of over socialization of certain government programs, therefore you're a pussy. The US dollar is falling, and you live in the US, therefore you're an overspending, lazy, spoiled, vacationing Paris Hilton little girl. I bore of it all.Also, to the person who said that the president was smart because he went to Yale:HA!(It's probably not too hard to get into college if your father is the head of the CIA.)This was an odd post on my part. I think I'll have dinner soon.

[serge 904]

I can't believe this has turned into a "which country is better" discussion. We don't make fun a Canadian money because of the exchange rate, we make fun of it because it has lots of weird colors and funny pictures on it. And because you guys use the metric system, which just means more conversions for our little brains.

I thought this was funny when i read it....US money is starting to look more like Canadian with more colours(yes its spelled with U) we speak English in canada not Americanese....http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_263153216.html

[DrawingDeadInDM 0]

This thread sucks.Just because America sent men to the moon and you happen to be an American doesn't mean that you had jack all to do about it. Why do people base their values on the groups that they're in?I was born in America, and America's the best, therefore I'm the best! Canada has national health care, and you live in Canada, and I happen to disagree both philosophically and practically with the concept of over socialization of certain government programs, therefore you're a pussy. The US dollar is falling, and you live in the US, therefore you're an overspending, lazy, spoiled, vacationing Paris Hilton little girl. I bore of it all.Also, to the person who said that the president was smart because he went to Yale:HA!(It's probably not too hard to get into college if your father is the head of the CIA.)This was an odd post on my part. I think I'll have dinner soon.

Get the fuck out, Commie.

[runthemover 39]

This thread sucks.This was an odd post on my part.

It was odd because my Gaffigan reference was of fair or good quality.

[ShakeZuma 585]

You just need to turn your monitor upside down

oh wow, yeah that works. cool!and enough of this arguing. Canadians: we as Americans have gotten together and are tired of all of this arguing so we're just gonna end it all now. You're better than us. We suck. Thats it. You win. Can we stop now?

[grocery_mony 8]

Wow cant believe all the hate. I was just happy I dont have to do any fancy conversion math on my next Vegas trip. Math makes my head hurt. "Cant we all just get along?"

[Balloon guy 158]

You just need to turn your monitor upside down

This is funny.NH

[Balloon guy 158]

Not to be argumentative, but last time I went to Canada, they accepted US dollars at a lot of stores.I have never seen one store in the USA that accepts canadian.And don't you still have a picture of the Queen on all your money?I love Canada, Saskatoon is a great city, love Victoria, was in the Yukon Terroitories this summer. Canada is a great neighbor.But you piss us off we will invade you and change your name to North North Dakota just to rub it in. You've been warned.

[digitalmonkey 929]

And don't you still have a picture of the Queen on all your money?

No, only some of it.

[conor_mw 0]

scram got owned by serge...... and wake up america your like a brazillion dollars in the hole (actually i think its more like 9 billion, i heard it on glen beck so it has to be true)

[Royal_Tour 0]

scram got owned by serge...... and wake up america your like a brazillion dollars in the hole (actually i think its more like 9 billion, i heard it on glen beck so it has to be true)

over 1 billion in debt to the United Nations.

[qyayqi 11]

We've seen this in the 30's, the 70's, and again in whatever the **** we call this "2000's" decade.

regarding names of decades, i'd like to make a suggestion. we used eighties, nineties, and now we need a name for this one. zeroes are occasionally called naughts, so i vote we call this decade the naughties.you may now resume your squabbling.

[coesillian 0]

I'll take dumb luck sometimes.

ya you would, wouldn't you.

[scram 1]

you sir have no clue about economics...The US dollar is devalued against every major currency in the world because of the state of the the US economy...Have you seen the real estate market in major US states like California, Florida and Michigan?Have you seen the foreclosure numbers?The fed cut interest rates by a half point...Did they do that because the economy is doing well???COMPLEX ECONOMIC FACTORS...yeah mr intelligent economist explain these COMPLEX economic factors...

They are apparently too much for you to understand, as those issues have very, very little to do with the dollars value.They have everything to do with any given Canadians "why we don't suck" talking points.

The United States is no longer a world power in business as China , Japan and most European countries have passed them...And if you have ever been to Europe the view of United States is not of a world power but of a WORLD BUFFOON...Oh by the way what ever happened to the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION??

1) Again, LOL. You are absolutely, completely wrong about the statement that the US is no longer a world power in business. Terribly wrong overall- pathetically wrong and absolutely ignorant when you say that the US doesn't compare to "most European countries". Europe as a whole is starting to compete, but there isn't a single European country, save for maybe Germany, that is even in the same economic universe as the US and even then, they don't come remotely close.As for the whole "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" thing, this really goes to show what flavor of retard you are; the kind who can't go a sentence without foaming at the mouth about Bush, Iraq, WMD< baby seals or whatever the whiners-spotlight happens to be focused on this week.

And also tell me in what defines that America as a winner??The wonderful health care system?The huge deficit that is run?The very intelligent leader in the White House?The illiteracy rate?The health of the public?The availability of illegal drugs?The gun problem?All these issues is I guess what makes America so great...hmmmmm

Well, let's see. The Canadian health care system is inferior in every single way to the American health care system, save for it being free. It's a free shit sandwich to a starving poor man. Our healthcare system is a lobster roll that is expensive. A large part of the reason that "free health care" is so important to Canada is that your nation hasn't ever had a base of wealth broad enough to sustain a superior private system.As far as illiteracy and guns, etc- those are cultural issues and most of their negative impact is tied to a certain segment of our population- one that doesn't exist in Canada.Really, your post was a classic example of mindless talking points. You also have to understand that the standard of living in Canada is absolutely, positively tied to the existence of the United States. If we were to simply vanish, your quality of life would par with maybe Romania. The versa isn't true. "Hmmmmmm"

[scram 1]

The second bold is what I was trying to say - I did not mean to suggest the model was flawed. Frankly, the model is not original or in question. What is in question is the short-term management. I was trying to argue it is severely flawed and problematic, and you seem to agree. *high-five*

Yeah, I actually do agree. I'm one of those Chicken Littles who has been crowing about this for years now.And ya know what? I also fully acknowledge that it probably isn't going to get any better, until we either start creating wealth again (which can only be done by production and exportation) or drastically retool our spending. When the "private equity" vultures started swirling around great American businesses, I knew the time was coming... I still think it is going to have to get a lot worse before we collectively wake up, roll up our sleeves and put the economically rising 3rd world back in its rightfully subservient place. Still, I think people have to understand that nations like Canada crowing about economic issues in the US is like Angola taking great pride in their 48 points against the 1992 US Mens Basketball team. Barring something far, far more catastrophic than what we're seeing today (and something that as of today is absolutely unforeseen) US economic might is still going to be the prevailing factor in the global economy for the rest of our lives, and probably our children's lives too. Canada isn't even in the same spectrum of consideration, given that the Canadian economy is basically like one of those shitty little fish that hang around the larger shark feeding off the left-overs. Remember- when the great depression hit, the two countries hit hardest as far as overall national income were #1 United States and #2 Canada.

[digitalmonkey 929]

Yeah, I actually do agree. I'm one of those Chicken Littles who has been crowing about this for years now.And ya know what? I also fully acknowledge that it probably isn't going to get any better, until we either start creating wealth again (which can only be done by production and exportation) or drastically retool our spending. When the "private equity" vultures started swirling around great American businesses, I knew the time was coming... I still think it is going to have to get a lot worse before we collectively wake up, roll up our sleeves and put the economically rising 3rd world back in its rightfully subservient place. Still, I think people have to understand that nations like Canada crowing about economic issues in the US is like Angola taking great pride in their 48 points against the 1992 US Mens Basketball team. Barring something far, far more catastrophic than what we're seeing today (and something that as of today is absolutely unforeseen) US economic might is still going to be the prevailing factor in the global economy for the rest of our lives, and probably our children's lives too. Canada isn't even in the same spectrum of consideration, given that the Canadian economy is basically like one of those shitty little fish that hang around the larger shark feeding off the left-overs. Remember- when the great depression hit, the two countries hit hardest as far as overall national income were #1 United States and #2 Canada.

LEAVE SERGE ALONE!

[Pot Odds RAC 23]

ya you would, wouldn't you.

Are you falling over your self so badly to try and insult me that this is the best you could come up with?It really is getting laughable how you and one other poster who shall remain nameless are seemingly desperate to start some sort of "Flame War" with me. I've taken to just ignoring the attempts, but this one hit such a new level of pathetic that I decided to break my silence.

[Jadaki 0]

regarding names of decades, i'd like to make a suggestion. we used eighties, nineties, and now we need a name for this one. zeroes are occasionally called naughts, so i vote we call this decade the naughties.you may now resume your squabbling.

In tennies 0 = love, so how about the lovies?