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To: Les H who wrote (221563)	2/15/2003 3:24:22 PM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

was alsace-lorraine given to the germans?

To: Les H who wrote (221563)	2/15/2003 3:46:05 PM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

paris had 100,000 peace marchers. rome and london had many more.

To: Les H who wrote (221563)	2/15/2003 4:36:27 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 436258

Back when the United States was on a real gold standard, short term interest rates moved back and forth around 5% to 6% and long term from about 3.5% to 5%. In the depression, and at the start of WWII, short term rates dropped to almost nothing. This site makes tables for you. eh.net As inflation and inflationary psychology took hold, interest rates rose and then spiked with Volcker's determination to stop inflation, rising to 15% by the early 1980s. If something like 6% is normal with a very stable currency, the implications of future interest rates and their effect on the stock markets could be very serious. Think what people would be doing with their money now if they could get 6% on an FDIC-insured account right now. Allowing for loss of purchasing power, a 10% return on a well-managed fiat currency would be more like the classic 6%. If everyone with a 401K could switch into a 10% money market account today, I think the Dow would drop 2,000 points in a week. Actually, I think the Dow will drop 3,500 points from where it is, but at an average rate of about 35 points a week, with interest rates slowly beginning an upward climb over a two year period, but with their trend becoming clear.

To: Les H who wrote (221563)	2/15/2003 8:47:49 PM
From: Terry Maloney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

What's with this 'France' thing you 'mericans have been on lately? They don't strike me as the worst bat out of hell lately.

To: Les H who wrote (221563)	2/17/2003 11:31:52 AM
From: SGJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

No reason to debate history of what a country did and didnt do. As someone pointed out, France did assist the American Revolution. Mainly because they hated the British and still do. As they did the Confederacy, out of the same passion. But in my opinion any motive of any assistance they provided was self serving, as are our governments motives. So whether you love the French or hate them or both, I think our government needs to tread carefully in matters of state. A Franco-Prussian Axis should give us at least pause. Class I Nuclear Logistically significant on the continent Type of mfg can be quickly geared to arm a huge war machine All Im suggesting is some respect is due. Better to have them as Allies and divvie the spoils up front, than to fight them for all or nothing. Thus NATO. You don't transport nitro in the back of your landrover through the hills. That describes US diplomacy right now imo.