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To: elmatador who wrote (20349)	6/27/2002 7:20:56 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 74559

Hi Elmat, <<gauge to compare value of things ... money>> ... I measure the fruits of my work and the spoils of my speculation on two axis basis: (a) % of amount required for comfortable life while doing nothing, and (b) living in a tolerable place. This measurement scheme is a moveable feast, because the denomination of currency and the place of doing nothing at can be changed. For example, my fruits and spoils are up this year, big time, if converted to Argentine Pesos and changed to one of their smaller towns:0) And, to be jay, there is nothing wrong with Argentina now, except very inexpensive. This is the secret of happiness:0) I would rather be rich in Argentina than poor in Switzerland. <<... showing jet-fighters, tanks, uniformed men talking -authoritaive- inf ront of a microfone, aircraft carriers etc, for the J6P's of this world to believe in some kind of solidity of the country where the gauge is printed ... >> ... Yes, but India's aircraft carriers, Israel's jet fighters, and England's nuclear weapons do not act as confidence builders for their paper, because folks realize it all just is for show. <<Similar to those cathedrals built in the middle ages to intimidate the peasants of the past>> ... Like the Middle Ages, the barbarians are starting to burn the villages at the periphery, and infiltrators are entering the fortified towns. As the Chairman named Mao once said, (a) political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (b) we will get our food from the enemy's warehouse, and our weapons from their armory (c) use the countryside to surround the cities (d) swim amongst the population (e) when the enemy attacks, we retreat; when he tires, we harass; when he retreats, we attack We who live in the towns now have a serious problem, and it is not being addressed effectively. This is one of many reasons we are having a problem with the standard measure of value. Chugs, Jay