Monday, March 9, 2009

the economy

There's ongoing drama in followups to January's vampire post. If only to emphasize that I quote from a classic fairy tale:

"If you believe," he shouted to them, "clap your hands; don't let Tink die."

Do you believe in dollars?

4 comments:

TenneBob said...

I do believe in a dollar... as originally defined in the Coinage Act of 1792:

$1 371 4/16 grain (24.1 g) pure or 416 grain (27.0 g) standard silver

A Federal Reserve Note is a confidence game doomed to end, and since the typical lifespan of a fiat currency (paper given value only by government decree) is around 40 years, our current dollar is coming up on its expiration date (2011).

Steve Allen said...

Will that chunk of silver drink a cup of poison intended for you?
If not, I'll prefer the fairy.

TenneBob said...

OooooKaaay.

And I thought it was you who haragued about the need for blogs because they offered a way for more substantive conversations.

Maybe that was your computer half. [sigh]

I guess you're all-too human after all.

Steve Allen said...

Whereas my interest in the dollar is dubious, I definitely believe in parable and metaphor as extremely powerful means of opening lines of communication.