Bullwinkle, as I recall, was the stupidest moose in the history of cartoon television...

By the way, I was overly optimistic about the value of the US dollar in my last post. What I got for my US dollar check (US $5,000) at the bank today was only $1.18 Canadian per US dollar, not $1.20 Cdn. That was because the bank itself steals 2 per cent from me to record the exchange transaction...that's their cut for making a computer entry which takes a couple of seconds. So, I got Cdn $5,907.50, the bank got Cdn $100 (for pressing a key)!

A year and a half ago, I would have gotten $7,750.00 Cdn for that same check. Thanks, George Bush! You have royally fucked Iraq and your own country and anyone else who deals in US dollars.

I'm the kind of guy who has no debts, saves money, and plans well ahead, so I am still turning a reasonable profit here with this business in spite of the downward plunge of the US dollar. I was well prepared. Many others are not so fortunate, I can assure you.

These chickens will come home to roost for Americans. You guys are like the card players on the Titanic, enjoying your little game of poker and ordering more champagne while the ship takes an odd sort of tilt forward at the bow...after all, just about everything in your stores now is made outside the USA (mostly in Asia) and every other major currency in the World is going up against your dollar. You're going to find those prices going up.