Comments on: Disappearing dollars http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: krm http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-234329 krm Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:01:58 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-234329 Should I happen to find a large quantity of the missing dollars, I'll let you know (perhaps by postcard, from somehere both tropical and without an extradition treaty). Should I happen to find a large quantity of the missing dollars, I’ll let you know (perhaps by postcard, from somehere both tropical and without an extradition treaty).

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]]> By: hrw http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-234032 hrw Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:57:16 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-234032 Increased security regulations will decrease foreign tourists. As Americans will reguire passports to reenter the US from Canada and Canadians will need a passport to travel in the US, the daily exchange of visitors, families and shoppers will slowdown. A recent US tourist promotion film opened with a shot of Niagara Falls. However, it was the Canadian Horseshoe Falls filmed from an angle only possible on the Canadian side. Increased security regulations will decrease foreign tourists. As Americans will reguire passports to reenter the US from Canada and Canadians will need a passport to travel in the US, the daily exchange of visitors, families and shoppers will slowdown.

A recent US tourist promotion film opened with a shot of Niagara Falls. However, it was the Canadian Horseshoe Falls filmed from an angle only possible on the Canadian side.

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]]> By: mumsee http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-234009 mumsee Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:37:52 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-234009 Oh, Cheryl D, did you think I was hinting that you might send some of the excess my way? Oh, I don't know what I could have said. But, if you are so inclined and you do find some in the cushions and you don't have to pay it all in taxes and Peter L does not hear about it .. Oh, Cheryl D, did you think I was hinting that you might send some of the excess my way? Oh, I don’t know what I could have said. But, if you are so inclined and you do find some in the cushions and you don’t have to pay it all in taxes and Peter L does not hear about it ..

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]]> By: trr http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233986 trr Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:33:51 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233986 Look between the cushions on the sofa. I'm sure a few billions in change will turn up there. Look between the cushions on the sofa. I’m sure a few billions in change will turn up there.

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233981 Cheryl D. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:18:38 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233981 Mumsee, Sorry, I bought a car through a government program. They told me it came with the basics (body, engine), but everything else was extra. By the time I bought windshield wipers, I was broke again. I debated leaving out seats, because the cost of the driver's seat seemed like enough to buy a house.... Mumsee,

Sorry, I bought a car through a government program. They told me it came with the basics (body, engine), but everything else was extra. By the time I bought windshield wipers, I was broke again. I debated leaving out seats, because the cost of the driver’s seat seemed like enough to buy a house….

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]]> By: Amphipolis http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233944 Amphipolis Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233944 More, link has some "language": So how did the Discover America Partnership get it so wrong, when they decided that the United States is the most unfriendly nation for tourism? Simple, they didn't survey any visitors to Saudi Arabia. <i>Here's the list of Middle Eastern countries their survey compared to the United States: 1. United Arab Emirates That's right, they only included one Middle Eastern country in their study. So when the above linked article claims "Twice the percentage of travellers nominated the US as unfriendly, compared with the Middle East and the Asian subcontinent," that's a bit misleading. Besides the fact that the U.A.E. might be the most westernized of any Middle Eastern nation besides Israel, how many respondents traveled there, compared with the the United States? Poor methodology, but you wouldn't know it from reading the headlines.</i> http://annika.mu.nu/archives/213525.html More, link has some “language”:

So how did the Discover America Partnership get it so wrong, when they decided that the United States is the most unfriendly nation for tourism? Simple, they didn’t survey any visitors to Saudi Arabia.

Here’s the list of Middle Eastern countries their survey compared to the United States:

1. United Arab Emirates

That’s right, they only included one Middle Eastern country in their study. So when the above linked article claims “Twice the percentage of travellers nominated the US as unfriendly, compared with the Middle East and the Asian subcontinent,” that’s a bit misleading. Besides the fact that the U.A.E. might be the most westernized of any Middle Eastern nation besides Israel, how many respondents traveled there, compared with the the United States? Poor methodology, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the headlines.

http://annika.mu.nu/archives/213525.html

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]]> By: Amphipolis http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233936 Amphipolis Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:16:58 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233936 The dollar is weak. Visiting the US has never been cheaper. Another reason to doubt the story. Unless you are a tourism industry lobbyist or a European tourism competitor. The dollar is weak. Visiting the US has never been cheaper. Another reason to doubt the story.

Unless you are a tourism industry lobbyist or a European tourism competitor.

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]]> By: Amphipolis http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233929 Amphipolis Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233929 And this from AFP (France) ? Needs a little deeper look. Check this out: http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003521.html This story is bogus propaganda. And this from AFP (France) ? Needs a little deeper look.

Check this out:
http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003521.html

This story is bogus propaganda.

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]]> By: Frank in Phoenix http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233926 Frank in Phoenix Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233926 My wife flew to Detroit in September to visit her mom. She wrote a piece about her experience going through airport security. Nothing egregious, to be sure, but still: We're from the gummint, and we're here to help you ... <i>No!</i> Not <i>that</i> line, you idiot! And try to pick up the pace a little!" Read <a href="http://golubski.blogspot.com/2007/10/fear-and-loathing-at-phoenix-sky-harbor_10.html" rel="nofollow">"Fear and loathing at Phoenix Sky Harbor."</a> (Mrs. Frank did encounter a Swiss couple who had a less-than-pleasant experience with TSA ...) My wife flew to Detroit in September to visit her mom. She wrote a piece about her experience going through airport security. Nothing egregious, to be sure, but still: We’re from the gummint, and we’re here to help you … No! Not that line, you idiot! And try to pick up the pace a little!”

Read “Fear and loathing at Phoenix Sky Harbor.” (Mrs. Frank did encounter a Swiss couple who had a less-than-pleasant experience with TSA …)

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]]> By: Hamachi http://online.worldmag.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-233914 Hamachi Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:41:03 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/11/02/disappearing-dollars/#comment-233914 By my calculations World has lost billions of comments. At least mine disappeared. By my calculations World has lost billions of comments. At least mine disappeared.

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