Re: Why Conservatives Should Vote for Kerry

From: Peter Skelton (skeltonp_at_cogeco.ca)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:21:22 -0500

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:07:52 +0000 (UTC),
echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) wrote:

>Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@org.trash) wrote:
>: On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 03:44:48 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
>: echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
>: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>
>: >: >Let me rephrase: OPEC accepts ONLY dollars for oil.
>: >
>: >: Eric, we've already told you that that linked article is economic and
>: >: political nonsense.
>: >
>: >You told me? No, you believed what you wanted to believe and that article
>: >was not inline with your beliefs. I know how much research my author does.
>: >Do you have any idea about your source?
>
>: My source? I'm not ignorant in economics or geopolitics. I am my own
>: source.
>
>You are your own source? What a joke! You add a whole new meaning to the
>term 'peer review'. If you honestly think that you can do research by
>using yourself as your own source, then you will NEVER be taken seriously.
>
>And as to you not being ignorant of economics and geopolitics, consider
>the 'OPEC' entry in www.wikipedia.com. Explain this phrase and how it
>squares with your knowledge:
>
>"Since worldwide oil sales are denominated in U.S. dollars"
>

All that means is that the international prices are posted in
USD. It's silent about the currency for any individual
transaction.

Peter Skelton

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