RealisticLassie

We also believe that only the true believers will be entering his kingdom. As for everyone else, well you know the rest. A non-believer cannot enter heaven, the bible is VERY clear on this as well.

I see, sorry for the mix up. That would be nice though, to find some sort of proof that the U.S. is holding dinar, that would make everything much more exciting...lol Have a nice day

Wow...your post is really upsetting I must say. We as Christians don't believe we will be going to heaven just by saying God's name and going to church, there is MUCH, MUCH more to it than just that. I don't think i'll be replying to anymore of these ridiculous bashing posts about religion and beliefs as I am sad to say that there are too many people out there that just won't, or do not want to understand or listen what we are explaining. They will see the truth one day, that God, Jesus Christ is real, then they will REALLY wish they listened. In response to the original post, i'm sorry this posting started to gear towards another topic, but I would like to thank you for your post and i'm keeping my fingers crossed for whichever day this will be happening, whether is tuesday, or next week, next month, next year, etc. Thanks again!

What are you people not understanding? I was getting upset at the fact that Bravo was PURPOSELY trying to anger others by his comments about God and that's wrong, not right as you are trying to point out. If you want to ridicule God then yes, you do need to KEEP QUIET. You don't see me downgrading any other religious belief do you? He isn't voicing his opinion on his own religious belief, he is just putting down the beliefs of those who follow God, there is a BIG difference! He has the right to voice his own religious beliefs if he had any, but he doesn't so he doesn't even have the right to say what he said, it's rude. By the way, it seems to me that every person who has defended Bravo, don't have any belief at all, so you obviously wouldn't know what it feels like for someone to say such things about your religion and God, it's all about respect people. So sorry, but you're wrong and so are they. You have yourself a great day and GOD BLESS!

I'm sorry, but where did all the respect go? If you want to keep the postings peaceful and pleasant, don't downgrade God. There is a difference between just thanking the Lord and what not and just flat out purposely trying to cause trouble. And by saying what he said, he was definitley trying to stir up trouble because he knows that many, many Christians are a part of this site. So leave the religion bashing to yourself! By the way, I have every right to stand up for God whether it's on this site, in church, while talking politics, etc. As you stated "freedom of speech is a 2-way street" so who are to to tell me what about and where I can speak? Obviously since Bravo and probably you don't believe in God (I say probably you too because if you did believe in him and followed him then you would stand up for him as well) you guys obviously don't feel the need to ever stand up for him, but I do and I will where ever and when ever I please!

That would be nice, but what would their reasoning be for doing it that way? Can anyone think of a legitimate reason to back this scenerio up?

scratch that "at let's just say a 1:1 ratio " I didn't mean to put that part of the sentence in there.

You stated "Do you lopsters really think that they spent trillions of dollars to reap a $9.546 billion profit on this investment?" The U.S. would have actually only spent $3,166,432,472 at let's just say a 1:1 ratio for 3.7 trillion DINARS, that's billions not trillions. No one has ever even had or found any proof that the UST is actually holding 3.7 trillion dinars by the way, so that's not a really good reason to use in order to prove the facts stated in this article as being wrong.

Glad I could help lighten up your day a bit

Actually, Brian had an answer to each and every question that was asked and had factual information to back up his reasoning. He obviously was not a follower of Okie or any other "guru" he is a very intelligent individual who really seems to know his stuff. How can you possibly read this article and still have the guts to say he "knows nothing", what you said was extremely disrespectful, so it's not fair to say "No disrespect". You can't use Kuwait as an example because Iraq and Kuwait's situations were COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. The Estonian kroon was nowhere near in the same shape as Iraq and it only revalued by 0.001%, it's not really comparable either. Since it was pegged to the Euro, it doesn't make any use of the 15% fluctuation band. I don't know much about the Kroon, but if someone has more in depth knowledge about it, I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on it. Not all redenominations have multiple currencies at one time, Venezuela, Romania, and Bulgaria just to name a few. All currencies were redominated to replace their previous currencies. I'm going to do more research on inflation rates for the countries that did redenominate to see if each of them had high inflation rates, just to make sure that part is true. I hope this same thing doesn't happen to Iraq and i'm not saying it will happen because nobody knows the real answer to that, but the way Brian explains it makes more sense than anything else.

That doesn't really make sense. It would make more sense (which still doesn't make much sense) is to redenominate the current currency and then revalue the NEW currency for the iraqi citizens, then just revalue our banknotes without a LOP. I mean that's really the only way we would profit without dropping the zeros first. Lopping and Revaluing our banknotes would be the same thing as dropping the zeros and then revaluing them, which wouldn't make much sense because it would be doing the same thing to our banknotes as it would to the iraqi citizen's banknotes, no difference whatsoever.

That is true when you said "When people buy 25,000 dinars....if for what ever reason they have to exchange they want at least what they paid for 25,000 dinars." At the same time, we probably won't get the same amount back as what we paid for those 25,000 dinars since we bought it from a dealer who charged us a heck of a lot more than what we would have paid if we literally went to Iraq and bought them right there. If i'm understanding you correctly, (please correct me if I am not) you're saying that the CBI will pay us back for the amount of money we actually paid for the dinars, not for how much we would have paid if we got the rate straight from Iraq. They would only pay us the amount it cost us if we bought them straight out Iraq and not from a dealer. Please correct me if I am understanding you wrong. Thanks for your input as well!

I sure hope you're right! One thing i'm worried about is, what if they only apply the new rate to the new currency and not our current banknotes? I say this because this is what has happened with every other currency that revalued after they redominated their currency. I would love an answer to this question because it has crossed my mind quite a bit. Thanks for your input

When the CBI said they will exchange for the same "amount", this is what they mean...if you have a 25,000 note, after they drop the zeros, they will exchange that note for a new 25 note. Both notes will be worth the same amount, that's always how it has worked. Once a redenomination occurs, the citizens of that country will have a certain amount of time to exchange their larger denominations for the smaller denominations, but both currencies will be worth the same.

I appreciate the fact that you are not afraid to express your true opinion on this investment. You're correct, people join so they can post and take part in the conversations, which is why you posted. I for one did find your post interesting and I agree with what you stated!

That is something that makes this investment such a hard thing, there are TONS of great people out there who are relying on this investment just to get by and as you stated "improve not only their lives but others as well". I still hope that it does not go down the way this poster is explaining it, but it is very possible that it COULD. I can't stand the fact that so many people's hopes and dreams could be shattered because of this. Yet again, all their hopes and dreams could be fulfilled if this thing plays out in our favor! Let's only hope for the best, but at the same time, be aware of the worst and prepare for the worst, just incase!

This was my exact theory, as well as many others. This sounds a lot like the conversation I had with someone on Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. He (Brian) was able to clarify things and back up everything he stated with REAL FACTS! I was very impressed and this sounds exactly like what COULD possibly happen. It's better than not making anything at all right? People will give you negatives and deny what you are stating only because it's not what they want to hear, but they have to come to the realization one day that this is probably what will happen. Thanks for your post

Are you kidding me? There is no need for him to basically talk bad about God on almost every post I have read from him so far. There's a difference between just stating your religion, beliefs, etc. and just flat out trying to anger others with your unnecessary remarks about God. All i'm asking is if he would please be respectful and leave the unnecessary comments about God to himself, because it would be wrong to do otherwise.

What in the world are you on? More trees 2/4 stems of couch, and leave a bean bag char on your way out the hizzle...don't hate the playa hate your carpeting! Wait a minute, what the heck did I just say?

What is wrong with you? You really need to GROW UP. When you talk down about God in such a way, you are really offending others (including myself) so please keep it to yourself.

This is what many people are confused about, a war would not be started between Iraq and the countries who have forgiven Iraq's debt just because Iraq may not revalue their currency. My reasoning to back this up is, it COULD, not necessarily is, but it COULD be possible that Iraq and the countries who have forgiven Iraq's debt worked out some sort of "oil contract agreement". For an example, Iraq and the United States may have worked out a deal such as, if the U.S. forgives Iraq of its debt owed to them, then Iraq will in turn sell the United States oil at a huge discounted rate. Oil is a big deal for any country, if the U.S. starts to get oil at a very cheap price, gas prices will go down quite a bit and stay steady. This would also result in saving the U.S. tons and tons of money since we currently spend so much money in oil. The U.S. would have extra money to spend on the things our country NEEDS to get back on track. There are many other great explanations as to why the U.S. forgave Iraq's debt. This was a quote from a news article that was dated back in 2004 when the U.S. forgave Iraq of its debt owed explaining why they forgave the debt..."In exchange, Iraq will surrender its economic sovereignty to global financial institutions, provide foreign investors greater access to Iraqi natural resources, and increase investment opportunities for multinational corporations". Here is the news article... http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1340 I'm hoping this is all just a cover up and Iraq really will revalue their currency, which could also be a way of re-paying its debt that is owed. NOBODY (or very, very few people) knows the real answer right now, we will all just have to wait and see what happens.

Then why in the world would you say "If this goes down in the next 24-48 hours as proclaimed, GOD BLESS US ALL!" if you don't believe in God? You make no sense. By the way George Carlin is so wrong and so are YOU.

That's a horrible thing to say! It's is not God's job to bless you with a million bucks! Way to be so ignorant.

You couldn't be more WRONG. A country can most definitely have TWO different currencies and TWO different rates and belong to the IMF. Take a look at Turkey, in 2005 they dropped the 6 zeros off of their currency, introducing a new currency and then revalued ONLY the new currency while keeping both currencies in circulation for only one year and the belong to the IMF during this time too. Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Romania are just a few of the many countries that dropped zeros off their currency, while keeping two different currencies in circulation with AND whom were all in the IMF. By the way something you may not know is, Iraq will or may revalue their currency, but they COULD only revalue their NEW currency, not our current banknotes, at a rate near or matching Kuwait's rate. It seems to me is you are only listening to what other people are telling you and you aren't actually doing your OWN research on this stuff, which you should be doing yourself. I think you need to RESEACH your research! By the way, don't ask me to give you chapter and verse, GO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME...THANK YOU!

Hi, thanks for your post! According to whoever wrote this email, they believe that once the zeros get dropped from the current Iraqi dinar currency then they will have to carry around a ton of dinars just to pay for the things they need. This is actually false, if Iraq decides to drop the zeros before they revalue both the larger and smaller denominations will be legal tender allowing for the iraqi citizens to use whichever currency they choose to pay for with until either the larger denominations become worthless, or they all get taken out of circulation (gradually). Some people are confused as to how the iraqi citizens will be able to pay for their stuff without having to carry around a ton of dinar. This is really simple, each item will have two different price tags, one for how much you would need to pay if you had a larger denomination, and another price for how much would you need to pay if you had the new smaller denominations. Basically, they will just adjust the price of each item to match its currency. It would be confusing for a while until the iraqi citizens can get used to the whole switch, but it has happened with other currencies that have dropped their zeros, so it can most definitly happen with this one. If Iraq's economy ends up improving and stabilizing, then so will the dinar which could result in a revaluation of the NEW iraqi currency, not the banknotes we all currently hold. Our banknotes and the new banknotes will not have the same exchange rate, they will have different exchange rates since they will be considered seperate currencies. Unfortunately, if Iraq does not revalue before they drop the zeros, or if they decide to only revalue the new currency and not our banknotes, then our dinars will be worthless since the new exchange rate (if they revalue) would only be applied to the new currency. So let's hope they don't do that and we should be just fine!