Markets after the Iraq election. Dollar will explode to probably .86 by the end of the week and the stock market will roar. Why? Success. Everybody loves a winner and the U.S. is the big winner this week to the money guys. Gold will tank, possibly under $400. Even crude could come down, but I'm not into that right now; too tough.

Iraq elections and reality: make no mistake, this is a great moment. Is it a great moment on the way up? Only time will tell. There is still lack of drinking water in most of the country; electricity is on only in two hour spurts, and the unemployment rate is 50%; this is what must be addressed NOW. Public works could put everyone to work in weeks, if we are prepared. With Rumsfeld running things I really doubt that we are prepared. Democracy must pay off and pay off pretty quickly. The insurgents are coming in from Syria and we have to act on this stinking little cess pool of a country right now.

Hammorabi has some great takes on some Iraqi voters....

The disease is spreading to Iran, but remember who has the guns and isn't afraid to use them.....

And of course Chrenkoff has all the good stuff.... But he uses Blogger also and may not be getting on as he'd wish.

And it looks as if I have been mostly wrong about Iraqis not really wanting freedom and democracy. Like I said also, Russia was the llast place Marx and Lenin thought Communism would take hold. Iraqis risked their lives to vote and many have died, at least four times the number of Americans. It's too bad that the media spin is that this election is good for Bush. It is good for America.

Blogger is still a piece of shit and half the time I can't get on so this will be the extent of my blogging today.