Andreas, Got your dinars post and also my reply to it. Did you get it? Apparently I'm posting, and the group is suffering from writer's block. Let me know if you see this on lit-ideas. William Ball Norma Ball=20 -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Ramos Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:14 AM To: Lit-Ideas Subject: [lit-ideas] Soviet Dinars? HUDSON, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush spoke of "the Soviet dinar," even though dinars are the Iraqi currency. Recalling a White House meeting last spring with an Iraqi man who had both of his arms amputated by the regime of Saddam Hussein, the president said the man, who worked as a jeweller, was accused of illegal currency trading. "And he had sold dinars on a particular day to buy another currency, euros or dollars, so he could buy gold to manufacture his product," Bush said. "And because the Soviet dinar had devalued, Saddam Hussein plucked this guy out of society to punish him, and six other small merchants, for the devaluation of their currency. He just summarily said, you're it, come here -- and cut his hand off." --------------- George W Bush... 1) Really said that. 2) Oh, this is another Onion spoof. Bush knows the USSR collapsed long ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html