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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    Gold used to be the standard that debts were payable in, until about the 1930s IIRC, about when we got rid of that pesky gold standard.Good catch.
    and got rid of accountability in general, IMO
    He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.AeschylusRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu...zeMUwcpY1Io.99

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    Watch this and you'll see the idiocy of the general public. Most are unable to discern the difference between the value of currency and precious metals.

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    He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.AeschylusRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu...zeMUwcpY1Io.99

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    TERRORIST!!

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    If only Scrooge McDuck was our Treasurer. He probably pays his taxes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunderknuckles View Post
    TERRORIST!!
    I'd had my suspicions about the so called "tourists"
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    All I could find from my major news sources was this from Reuters:

    Reuters

    All the majors featured the Reuters article. Nothing from AP, or independently from Washington Post. Personally this is the type of news I don't even read, but I was entertained by searching for other major sources that might have covered it. Figured I'd throw the article into this thread.
    >>"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." --Mark Twain
    >>“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” --Edmund Burke
    >>"The man who strikes first, admits that his ideas have given out." --Old Chinese Proverb

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