While there is a lot of belt tightening, the Mercedes dealer is still selling cars, the jewelers are still selling necklaces, and the Golf Channel is still running ads. So there are still people with money who spend money. And the international events are still going on - even with entries from Greece, Italy, Spain, etc. China sends a team, by the way. I know I can't afford the Mercedes nor can I afford to go to Europe. But there are people who can and do. Ruth ________________________________ From: "Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx" <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> To: tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx; k9krazz@xxxxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Suck It UP???!!!!????? God love you Chris I wish I had your optimism. Anybody familiar w/ PIIGS? No, I didn't spell "pigs" wrong, it's an acronym: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain. So, Ireland has already received a bail out, Greece has had one and they (the EU and ECB...European Central Bank) are working on another package for Greece. Trouble is, Italy is next to fail and Spain after that and they are "too big to bail" <cute, no?> each needing over a trillion to meet their debt obligations. Germany is doing well, but you can see they and France are really resenting all of the writing down of debt they've had to do so that their EU counterparts don't default...technically a default anyway....sooooo basically much of Europe is faring worse than us. Oh yeah, China, the real growth engine...6.7% percent inflation so they too are now in <monitary> tightening mode. So is it a real global slow down or does it just feel like one? Or are the effects the same either way? And I'm just wondering...sponsors from where exactly when everyone and I mean everyone is in belt tightening mode????? Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 8/9/2011 1:34:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: We are two years out, so it's extremely hard to speculate how things will be by then, in Europe or the US, so hopefully big corporate sponsors will be found to help offset the financial obligation we are facing right now hosting this thing. ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org ; SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ÿÿ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================