{"id":99,"date":"2009-10-06T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2009-10-06T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T09:17:00","slug":"open-thread-%e2%80%93-1062009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/06\/open-thread-%e2%80%93-1062009\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread \u2013 10\/6\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I visited most blogs in my blog roll, and I expect to stay up to date today.  In the news there are rumblings that the $US will soon be dropped as the world\u2019s oil currency in favor of a basket of other currencies.  China, Russia, Japan and the Arab countries on the Gulf are behind this move.  I\u2019ll cover this when I can access better analysis than I\u2019ve found, but I am concerned.  With oil prices no let in $US, the rest of the world will have far less incentive to hold our currency.  This could have a profound effect on the standard of living in the US.<\/p>\n

I completed today\u2019s Jig Zone puzzle in 4:46.  To do it, Click Here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a great clip from Red State Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s some humor directed to our Canadian friends.<\/p>\n

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Have a great day.  Talk about what you want in this thread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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