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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17260)	2/20/2003 10:50:45 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81972

<<Nonetheless, big business and the media are squarely behind him and that's urban. But I suppose big business and the media would have been behind any President who wanted war. What is important if one is looking for true democracy (ie one person, one "effective" vote) is to note how few counties represent the majority of the US electorate --- in other words, how "undemocratic" the US electoral system would have been if it was based on counties.>> It is interesting to note the Founding Fathers of the US planned our system exactly for this situation, the intended that neither the rural nor urban population would be able in the future to become the defacto rulers of the either. The skill set used by wheat farmer in Kansas is removed from the skill set of the Wall Street trader by (many say) by 80% and their interests are equally diverse. <<I have to say, however, that I am unable to see how the geographic distribution of the voting support which GWB received gives an indication as to why the USD lost ground. Are you implying that the cheap dollar favors the export of agricultural products? >> I am exactly saying the value of the US $ had a massive impact on electing GWB, in fact when he met with ranchers farmers petroleum producers & miners right here in Colorado prior to the election he promised the markets would be allowed to set the value of the US$ - the reserve currency of the world. All commodities are priced in terms of US$. If that $ has a artificial high value, it puts our commodity producers at a disadvantage on the world markets. BTW, it matters not about which commodity we speak - gold, natural gas, oil, wheat or DRAMS (can we say Micron of ID VS the far east?)