Mike, The weakening of the dollar is not a result of any concerted foreign effort. The dollar is amazingly strong, considering that US breaks all fundamentals. It is probably the opposite, it is a concerted effort to try to hold the value of the dollar high, when it according to all financial rules and fundamentals should be much lower.
I find it a little bit amazing that in the text below is an attempt to blame other countries for allowing US to break all the rules. I would not surprised to hear such things from children "mom/dad said we could do it" and maybe I am not that surprised to hear it from US. It is however wrong to try to find any to blame other then US itself. I do not see that US is under any attack, it is only taking the consequences of its own doing. I see no reason to develop any mental feelings like "being pursued" over it. It is not any background for "see what they are doing to us" when it should be "see what we are doing to ourselves". On the other hand, conspiration theories are favorite themes for Americans and they will soon find someone who is "making it to the Americans, so the Americans will make it to themselves". Do not misunderstand me, I like Americans very much and I also like children very much. I wonder if there are any connections in this. How they could elect Bush is beyond me, but he is there. Hakan At 17:05 31/05/2006, you wrote: >I think the 5/30/06 post and attached article from AltEnergyNetwork did >a excellent job explaining the administration's decision making process, >the U.S. economy and how it compares to similar situations in other >countries. > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg63309.html > >I also think it's possible that the weakening of the U.S. Dollar is the >result of a concerted effort by foreign entities (governments and NGO's) >and might be related to what Noam Chomsky describes on the last page of >"Hegemony or Survival". > >"For the first time, concrete alliances have been taking shape at the >grassroots level . These are impressive developments, rich in >opportunity. And they have had effects, in rhetorical and sometimes >policy changes." > >When he says "policy changes", I read it to mean within the United >States. However, I think that a popular movement to identify the U.S. >government as the single biggest threat to our survival as a species, is >coalescing in foreign policy decisions around the world. The result is >an indication of US economic isolation with hopes of slowing military >buildup and globalization. > >(IMO) this adds to Mike Weaver's position: >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg63345.html > >"Don't get me wrong - the concerted effort to destroy our economic >system perpetuated by the Bush Administration will (and has) have an >effect." > >White House policy is both self destructive and antagonistic, attracting >the attention of others to attack. > >Military spending/use, energy, the environment, you name it, the U.S. >government is enormously wasteful and destructive (not that I need to >tell anyone in this forum) and people are taking notice. Like Keith >wrote: "Eco-economics has been on the table since Maggie Thatcher put it >there by mistake in 1988. It's not going to go away, it's been gaining >ground steadily." > >It's about holding back the most destructive empire in human history - >destructive for what it does and doesn't do. > >Re: WMD's - how U.S. policy threatens our survival. > >In addition to U.S. engagement in continuous military conflicts since >WWII, the Bush administration has vetoed or avoided discussion on nearly >every international effort to limit nuclear, chemical and biological >weapons, has militarized space in violation of past nuclear weapons >treatise and has prompted other countries to react and build more arms. >U.S. spending on nuclear weapons has surpassed the entire state >department budget. The U.S. Pharmaceutical industry is helping develop >vaccine resistant Anthrax (for example) and an arms race for biological >weapons is already underway. > > >Mike > >Hakan Falk wrote: > > Mike, > > > > I would not take issue on pollution per facility, but pollution per > > nation. US is very much larger polluter per capita than both China > > and India together. US is also larger polluter in absolute terms,so > > it is not surprising that US did not sign Kyoto. Even Bush said that > > it would be too expensive to meet the Kyoto targets, which means > > that US is way above them, otherwise it would not be that costly. > > Looking at GDP levels, if anyone could afford a clean up, it is US. > > > > I also think that the US glass house is damaged beyond repair, > > with all the stone throwing that it suffered. As usual, it is more > > about image, than practical realities. > > > > Hakan > > > > At 13:56 31/05/2006, you wrote: > > > >> I didn't say that. Nor would I. I said the US has a dynamic economy. > >> Our infrastructure is beginning to fall apart; the highway system is > >> crumbling; the electrical grid is shaky; we have no energy policy...the > >> list goes on. But it it better than the systems in most of the world, > >> except Western Europe. > >> There is a functioning legal system, something I think you'd be > >> hard-pressed to claim about China and to some degree India. > >> Our corruption is better managed and on a grander scale - Halliburton. > >> But you don't have to pay a bribe to get driver's license or cross a > >> bridge or open a business. Would you rather own stock in Exxon or > >> Cnooc? Well, figuratively, I wouldn't own oil stocks personally, but > >> one has reasonably open books, and putatively complies with > >> Sarbanes-Oxley, and one can be manipulated at the will of the government. > >> Despite the best efforts of the current administration, our pollution > >> levels are nothing like that of China or India, and the days of major > >> ecological disasters like the Three Gorges Dam are passed. > >> Transparency has suffered mightily under Bush, but Transparency > >> International still rates the US well above China and India. > >> > >> Hakan Falk wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Mike, > >>> > >>> At 04:16 31/05/2006, you wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> <snip > >>>> Also, say what you want about the US but it is still by far the most > >>>> dynamic economy in the world. China and India still have significant > >>>> infrastructure, corruption, pollution and transparency issues > to overcome. > >>>> <snip> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> And US have none of those problems? 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