"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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You stupid liberal!

You pathetic 'Hate America First' asshole. Like Horvath said.
"Weak dollar? What weak dollar? My beers still cost the same."
Only an idiot worries about a 'weak' dollar. When our dollar is
'weak' it helps balance the trade deficit by making our exports
more competitive.

There is one tiny little fly in your ointment!

I import stuff from the States. When the dollar becomes weaker, the
American goods that I sell become more competetive, or I make more, and
therefore I sell them harder. Either way, America must benefit, right?
NO, Wrong!!!

I also import from the Far East. They also price their goods in US
Dollars! Their prices are dropping too. However, they were cheaper to
start with, so the only difference that a falling dollar makes, is that the
gap narrows.

A few years ago, the narrowing gap would have made a big difference to
sales, because the US products were of higher quality. So it would have
become much easier to sell the US product. Now, the Far Eastern products
are now as reliable as US made products. So the falling dollar doesn't make
much difference.

Regards


Donal
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"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Three fish on one hook. Even you must admire my technique.



3?


I remember the good old days when you were able to toss out some bait and
catch at least a hundred!


Now, you boast about a mere three little bites!!


.... and Bob thinks that he knows how to deliver an insult??? Pah!

Regards


Donal
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.... and Bob thinks that he knows how to deliver an insult??? Pah!


We stopped delivering. Pick up only. Business is even better.

RB

Buy a 48'' CB antenna, stick it up your ass, turn up the volume.

NW

"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...

I bid and won a waterproof 40 channel walkie talkie (CB) for just 8 bucks on
Ebay. This should offer more than those cute little FRS/GMSR's I also have.
A friend is also offering me a 10 year old SSB CB radio. What would happen if I
connected the VHF mast mount antenna to this radio via a switcher? Would it
work, or would my finals fry in short order....just wondering.

Capt RB

It isn't the tax cuts that hurt, its the deficit we now have. It will bite
us sooner or later, later mostlikely in order to assure the election.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Remember when the liberals tried to claim tax cuts harm
the economy? Bwahahahahahhahahahahahah. Wrong again.



2004 Will Be the U.S.'S Best Year Economically in Last 20 Years,
The Conference Board Reports in a Revised Forecast

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031211/nyth120_1.html

S.Simon


NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Revising its year-end economic forecast
sharply upward, The Conference Board today projected that
real GDP growth will hit 5.7% next year, making 2004 the best year
economically in the last 20 years.
The forecast, by Conference Board Chief Economist Gail Fosler, expects
worker productivity, which set a 20-year record in the third
quarter, to rise at a healthy 3.6% next year. That would follow a gain of
4.3% this year.

The economic forecast is prepared for more than 2,500 corporate members of
The Conference Board's global business network, based in
66 nations.

KEY BAROMETERS FLASHING GROWTH

"Growing business spending and continued strength in consumer spending are
generating growth throughout the U.S. economy," says
Fosler. "This burgeoning strength is reflected in The Conference Board's
widely-watched Leading Economic Indicators, the Consumer
Confidence Index and the Help-Wanted Advertising Index. While the labor
market, a critical factor in sustaining growth, is growing
slowly, a pick-up in hiring may already have begun."

Real consumer spending, which continues to fuel growth, will increase at a
4.7% pace next year, up from about 3.2% this year.
Another gain of 4.3% is projected for 2005.

While the U.S. economy is expected to generate more than one million new
jobs next year, the unemployment rate will edge down only
slightly, averaging 5.6% in 2004.

The Conference Board forecast notes that as the U.S. economy bounces back,
so is Europe, although growth will be subdued compared to
most other major parts of the world. "For all the concern about a weak
dollar," says Fosler, "the dollar will be worth more than the
euro by the end of the year."

Real capital spending, which will rise by only 2.7% this year, will climb
11.7% next year and another 8.6% in 2005. Pre-tax
corporate operating profits will top $1 trillion next year, up from a
projected $928 billion this year. Another trillion-dollar-plus
gain in profits is expected in 2005.

The continued recovery in business profits, which was a key ingredient in
funding new investment (crucial in making 2004 a strong
growth year), depends on price relief. Business profits will benefit from
both improved volume and recovering profit margins in
2004, as inflation creeps back toward 3% by the end of the year.

Source: Revised Conference Board Economic Forecast
December 2003

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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... and Bob thinks that he knows how to deliver an insult??? Pah!


We stopped delivering.

Actually, it's true! I haven't seen you deliver a good insult for about a
month. What gives?


Regards


Donal
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