Syrallas Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Here's one link regarding the proposed sale:link We have an A-B plant near where we live -- when the wind blows due East the air has a distinct aroma to it. Not many people I know are too keen, but maybe a sign of the times / weak US dollar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Whew! I'm glad I didn't ask who the heck A-B were. Frank would have scalped me, for sure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ggrussell Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Sorry Paul... too late for that. America was sold off years ago. Most of Los Angeles is owned by Japanese. Who knows who owns most of NYC. And most of our National debit is owed to China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Sorry Paul... too late for that. America was sold off years ago. Most of Los Angeles is owned by Japanese. Who knows who owns most of NYC. And most of our National debit is owed to China. Yeah, I know about the 'global economy' and where we stand (and fall). I guess if we were really bad guys when we beat Japan, we could have taken them over. Then, we could have owned most of Europe, yada, yada, yada. The world is indeed getting smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrallas Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Sorry Paul... too late for that. America was sold off years ago. Most of Los Angeles is owned by Japanese. Who knows who owns most of NYC. And most of our National debit is owed to China. This is an excerpt of testimony given by an Economics professor from Harvard about a year ago before the House of Representatives: "With the United States running a current account deficit at 6 percent of national income, foreign nationals have been accumulating U.S. assets at a spectacular rate. Taking into account recent stock market gains, foreigners now hold well over $14 trillion of U.S. assets, more than a 100% of U.S. gross domestic product. Foreigners, mainly foreign central banks and government investment funds, hold more than $2.5 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities alone. " Full article here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I think you're in the same situation as we have been for a long time. There used to be a standing joke here: "Where is the capital of Ireland?" "In the Bank of England" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Whew! I'm glad I didn't ask who the heck A-B were. Frank would have scalped me, for sure!!! Now I wonder if all the "Clydesdale" horses were part of the sale ??? And I wonder if the Budweiser logo on the number 8 car in NASCAR will be next. Maybe "Little E" knew what he was doing when he left "DEI" and his little red machine huh ? Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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