Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

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Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

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Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

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[LargoWinch]

Re: Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

Grayson is a hero and should be viewed as such: a beacon of light in the darkest of all nights

[zoog]

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Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

According to Wikipedia, 60 Dutch guilders (the approximate value at the time of the trade goods) at the time would be worth about a thousand US dollars today. According to answers.com, several thousand US dollars. There was no such thing as a United States dollar back in 1626 of course, which complicates the determination of value in our currency. From another source I gathered that 60 Dutch guilders were worth about 24 contemporary Spanish dollars in the New World.

At any rate the native american tribe that took payment for the island was not the tribe that actually lived and operated on the island. It is unclear if either tribe understood the European concept of buying, selling, and owning land as this idea was generally not present in indigenous American cultures.

To me, it is the one-group-sells-what-belongs-to-another-group aspect that seems paralleled today. Our compromised politicians and unelected Federal Reserve are giving away our tax money without our permission or, for most people, even our knowledge.

[audrey_girl]

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Grayson is a hero and should be viewed as such: a beacon of light in the darkest of all nights

God this guy is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZOGB8eVJI&NR=1

[Chris Coles]

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Audrey, he is not just great, he sets an example, a very fine example. Very few indeed actually READ documents, even fewer read and understand them. No better sign of a classic leader type.

[strittmatter]

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God this guy is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZOGB8eVJI&NR=1

many are called................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av071eqip5s

[we_are_toast]

Re: Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

I think an appropriate question would have been:
where can I get $250,000 of insurance, for $7,000, on a house that has already burned down?

If we are going to renegotiate home mortgages, we should renegotiate TARP1.

[audrey_girl]

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many are called................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av071eqip5s

Thanks!

In case anyone else wants to help out; heres another link for a Mr. Moore:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/me...dex.php?id=245

I think this would be a very entertaining and informative movie.

regards -

AG

[ax]

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Alan Grayson on the Worst Deal Since Manhattan Was Sold for $24 in Trinkets

Grayson still one of the few getting results:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aiWZXE5RKSCc