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2008-09-25 Europe

US will lose financial superpower status

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Posted by tipper 2008-09-25 20:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If you say so, Herr Finanzminister Steinbrueck. You did notice that recently the Euro fell, what was it, 10% against the U.S. dollar? Clearly not everyone agrees with your assessment at the moment -- although admittedly this crisis will be a while unwinding, and stronger, better-capitalized financial centers in Europe and Asia would certainly be a good thing for us all. But I do not doubt the Germans dislike the American way of doing things when it is different than the German way. 'Tis ever so.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-25 20:23|| 2008-09-25 20:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Herr Herr Steinbrück stopped just short of calling us a... "mongrel nation."

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-25 20:34|| 2008-09-25 20:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, Besoeker - guess he couldn't bring himself to compliment us.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-25 20:38|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-25 20:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I wish there were an isolationist running. We should withdraw from Nato and sign a mutual defence treaty with Poland, the Baltic, and the Czech Republics.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-25 20:54|| 2008-09-25 20:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Peer, The rest of the world has been catching up to the U.S. for decades. Glad you've finally noticed.

Also, please allow me to make my own prediction. Germany gets hammered by this. Anytime there's a global slowdown, export based economies take the harder hits.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-09-25 21:21|| 2008-09-25 21:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Compare wid WAFF.com > RUSSIA'S GLOBAL WAR GAMES [jamestown.org artic] > "STABILITY 2008" RUSSO-BELARUSIAN MILEX reportedly is premised on an increasingly deteriorating geopol situation and POSSIBLE NUCLEAR WAR AGZ THE US-NATO; + TOPIX > US ARMY GENERALS PLAN FOR FUTURE RESOURCE WARS + NEW ARMY STRATEGY DETAILS 30-40 YEARS OF PERSISTENT WORLDWIDE WARFARE FOR RESOURCES [mainly agz RUSSIA-CHINA].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-25 21:26|| 2008-09-25 21:26|| Front Page Top

#7 He better hope not. Where the US economy goes the rest of the world follows longer, deeper, and harder.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2008-09-25 22:58|| 2008-09-25 22:58|| Front Page Top

#8 "at the perceived recklessness of Anglo-Saxon financial engineering"

now, this guy is a wordsmith . . . .

Posted by General_Comment 2008-09-25 23:48|| 2008-09-25 23:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Or an unemployed Pravda drone?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-25 23:53|| 2008-09-25 23:53|| Front Page Top

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