southsider2k5

Or even more recently weren't a bunch of athletes sent off to Vietnam as well? Muhammed Ali IIRC?

Well this is my personal theory. This is George Bush's way of correcting the trade imbalance. What has happened is the Euro has gone from trading about par (floor talk for 100) all of the way up to 127/128 in the last couple of days. The effect this had is anything that is an import from Europe now costs almost 30% more when translated to dollars. It also means any export to Eur now is 30% cheaper to buy there when translanted into Euro's. Simply put this should make it easier to sell our goods overseas, while making it much more difficult to sell their stuff here. It is like a tariffs that the WTO doesn't have any control over. While that part looks good on the surface, the danger comes in foreign investment. If IIRC about 15% of the money in the US equities markets comes from outside of the US. (that is one in seven dollars) The effect this has is that yeah the dow was up 20% on the year, but if you were a European invester, you actually lost money in terms of real Euro's because those dollars are worth 30% less than they were when you bought the Dow. If this slide keeps up foreign money will take flight from the US, and most likely go to Europe or Japan where the currencies are strong, as well as the stock markets. If people start selling stocks, the markets will go right back into the toilet. So in short to me, it will be interesting to see where the dollar settles into. It could be huge for the economic recovery.

I spent sometime thinking about it last night, and was curious if anyone else had any thoughts. I am wondering what other points of view are out there. It actually was a great question, so I stole it.

Or definition 3 "3 : very great"

Anyone have any opinions on the dollar slide. This is the Euro chart since this summer http://charts.futuresource.com/cis/lw?cont=REC

There should not be a draft except in monumental times.

Well I don't mean to brag or anything...

Kenny Williams

Exactly, and IMO all 3 should be HOFers.

Kap's little secret is that he is really a hoosier as well... And BTW I would say that I do know him at least fairly well

That sauce isn't from his Big Mac :puke

Walnuts by a landslide... When is the last time PK ever whacked something besides his pud?

The Bulls need a scorer off of the bench badly. Getting back Pip and Tyson will move some guys back to the bench which will help.

That is a great quote. I keep hearing from the other players (ie not Crawford and Curry) how great Skiles is. Blount who played for Scott in Pho, keeps saying how much better he is now.

Yes it is.

If they can stay healthy for the stretch run. There is no guarentee Pip's knee will not build fluid again, and Tyson's back is going to be a chronic problem his whole career it sounds like.

You want directions? Address? Phone number? Email address?

I am kind of surprised actually. I would have never guessed it would be a pitcher.

NO big deal. I was surprised he agreed to it actually.

Welcome in. Any questions just ask anybody.

This is her and her purse...

That is funny. And just about exactly how I feel about it.

Are you serious, you are going to make a whole big scene and then ask for a copy? Now that is funny. Or maybe the threats are funnier...

Mean while at the bateman household.... Damn where's butthead?

no wait that isn't it yeah that's it. The guy should have stayed retired the first time... just like Michael and Magic should have stayed out.