SATIRE — This is a petite follow-up to my recent Essay — My Big Fat Rant: Saudi Arabia Set to ABANDON the U.S. Dollar — wherein I discuss strategies for protecting yourself against the accelerating crash of the USD.
How bad is it?
Secretary of State Rice has acknowledged a communique from Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Levni which requests that all foreign aid payments and loans from the United States be made in Euros rather than in Dollars. Foreign Minister Levni cited the rapidly declining dollar and it’s disfavor as a world currency as reasons for the request.
FYI (and ROFL) — the Euro is now worth about 1.4 US Dollars.
I’m going to keep this Essay short because, like a fine champagne, a mere sip of this elixir of exquisite irony is enough to savor the cacophony of the underlying thud as life as we know it hits bottom.
“In the spirit of Yom Kippur, the United States will not hold Israel to any agreements obligating them to accept Dollars as payment for their foreigh aid. We will translate our obligations into Euros or whatever currency that best fits Israel’s needs” Secretary RIce said in the Friday, Sept 21 announcement.
“We need to place our Israeli obligations at the top of our national prioriy list. Israel should not suffer any inconvenience due to currency fluctuations” said Rice before heading off to Camp David.
“In the spirit of Yom Kippur?” Oy vey.
A similar request from Egypt was declined last week. Who’s next? Haiti? Sudan? Signs are now appearing in the government offices of the poorest nations of the world that read:
Sorry folks, we can only accept Euros for our foreign aid. Thank you for your cooperation.
Actually, this “story” really is very funny; perhaps because it has the ring of truthiness.
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it’s more of sticking it in a blender.
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I mean, it isn’t like they don’t have currency exchange services in fucking Tel Aviv. The Jews invented this shit.
Oh, the cruel irony.
I guess $3billion in military aid every year isn’t what it used to be.
but it sure does sting…
Cripes, I am thinking of doing an exchange class in Mexico City next year, and I was thinking, is it really expensive there? I mean, it probably isn’t, but the thought entered my head…the whole mindset of the dollar is changing.
Shouldn’t our priority list be topped with the Iraqi refugees? Or the state of our own complete demise?
Produces the absolute worst of hangovers.
and if they don’t take it, too bad. Period.
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A truth that hardly anyone knows…
Israel is the only country that receives aid from the US — that doesn’t have to spend that money with Bechtel, Halliburton, et al. All other countries must filter their aid money back through the MIC corporations in order to spend it.
It’s amazing what Americans don’t know.