Iran’s Oil Bourse could Topple the Dollar

[Crewleader]

by Mike Whitney / February 5th, 2008


Two weeks ago George Bush was sent on a mission to the Middle East to deliver a horse’s head. We all remember the disturbing scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” where Lucca Brassi goes to Hollywood to convince a recalcitrant movie producer to use Don Corleone’s nephew in his next film. The “Big shot” producer is finally persuaded to hire the young actor after he wakes up in bed next to the severed head of his prize thoroughbred. I expect that Bush made a similar “offer they could not refuse” to the various leaders of the Gulf States when he met with them earlier this month.

The media has tried to portray Bush’s trip to the Middle East as a “peace mission”, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, three days after Bush left Jerusalem, Israel stepped-up its military operations in the occupied territories and resumed its merciless blockade of food, water and medicine to the 1.5 million people of the Gaza Strip. Bush must have green-lighted Israel’s aggression or it would have been seen as an insult to the President of the United States.

So, what was the real purpose of Bush’s trip? Why would he waste time visiting the Middle East if he had no real interest in promoting peace or resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/irans-oil-bourse-could-topple-the-dollar/

[CJCRANE]

1. Maybe the BFEE also pulled the plug

on the telecom cables to the Middle East to teach 'em a lesson about where the power lies. It wouldn't surprise me.

[TomClash]

2. It wasn't Lucca Brazzi

It was Tom Hagen who went to convince Jack Woltz to use Johnny Fontaine.

[Adsos Letter]

3. leave the pistol...

...take the cannoli...

[AngryAmish]

4. Lucca Brazzi convinced the bandleader to let Johnny Fontaine out of the contract

He gave him an offer he could not confuse, his brains or his signature on the release contract.

on edit:

Iran's Bourse will not topple the dollar. It will not even be popular, unless foreigners like the idea of suing for breach of contract in the revolutionary Islamic Court of Tehran. You know, since interest is illegal in Islam, if someone does not fulfill a contract on time they can pay you back a year later without interest. That will work well.

THis guy is a retard.

[nashville_brook]

5. what's not to love about de-linking the dollar from oil?

from the article:

If the dollar is de-linked from oil; it will no longer serve as the de-facto international currency and the US will be forced to reduce its massive trade deficits, rebuild its manufacturing capacity, and become an export nation again.