UN MOMENT! I'm going to take a little break from espousing the beauty and wonders of the Haut-Quercy. Our hard earned US dollars are tanking in the international currency markets and, just this morning, it was at USD 1.429 against the Euro and still falling faster than a "Base-Jumper" off the Eiffel Tower by all analyst accounts.
  

(oups ... un billet "0" dollar!)    
                               

Merci, mon President! tres bien!!! with Katrina you blew it! with Iraq, you’re still bombing it with billions of dollars and innocent blood, yet still no solutions are in-sight! with your banking & Federal Reserve buddies, you’ve let the sub-prime & general housing markets flush themselves right down the toilet! and what can be said about all of your in-roads into education and healthcare reforms? or the national rise in urban crime? It has become apparent to me that the only “family values” or pocket books you care about are those of your cronies.

Aren't we all fortunate to have you in the driver's seat!

You made it easy for Martine and I to see it was time to get out of Dodge. But we never anticipated the real havoc you could instill on the American dollars we depend on ... now worth less than a Canadian? Again, nice work! I guess, we should not be surprised, it appears there is no end to your business acumen or management skills.


The Big Mac Index (and this is a new 'index' to us!) indicates you've got America's inflation on the rise ... hey! don't forget the once mighty & now anorexic buck stops on your desk. 

Now that we are residents of the Euro Zone there is no gravity for our €uro currency thanks to you, just the ever shrinking spending power with the US dollars we exchange. We just pray we won't have to give up excellent Bordeaux and Foie Gras for a Coke & Big Mac. Zut Alors! Jack

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