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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 04:54 PM
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22. We still were on the gold standard under JFK and LBJ, it was Nixon
...who took us off the gold standard in April 1974 abolishing fixed exchange rates on the dollar
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  -Did the central bank kill Kennedy? HEyHEY  May-06-08 03:35 PM   #0 
  - Which Kennedy? My neighbor Mimia Kennedy died of old age, I'm pretty sure.  melody   May-06-08 03:38 PM   #1 
  - Which Kennedy?  zorahopkins   May-06-08 03:39 PM   #2 
  - John F.  HEyHEY   May-06-08 03:41 PM   #3 
  - Which One?  zorahopkins   May-06-08 03:42 PM   #5 
  - I think the OP is talking about this  DJ13   May-06-08 03:42 PM   #4 
     - things that make ya go.....  Tesla   May-06-08 03:45 PM   #7 
     - O.M.G.!!  zorahopkins   May-06-08 03:45 PM   #8 
     - maybe we should all stock up on silver!  CountAllVotes   May-06-08 03:49 PM   #10 
     - Wasn't It A Lone Ranger?  zorahopkins   May-06-08 03:53 PM   #11 
        - I prefer the Jeff Beck version --- Hi - Ho Silver Lining  shain from kane   May-06-08 04:08 PM   #13 
        - yeah the Lone Ranger  CountAllVotes   May-06-08 04:23 PM   #14 
           - Ironically enough, 1964 was also the first year that the JFK half dollar was issued.  newmajority   May-06-08 05:29 PM   #25 
     - FOOLS! FOOLS, I tell you!  FiveGoodMen   May-06-08 04:52 PM   #20 
     - Spookyyyy  HEyHEY   May-06-08 03:48 PM   #9 
     - This is the first time I've heard about EO-11110. Was it actually implemented?  whistle   May-06-08 04:48 PM   #18 
     - An article from "The Final Call" is what you posted?  LARED   May-07-08 05:07 AM   #28 
  - I've always suspected that it was the MIC  NYCALIZ   May-06-08 03:44 PM   #6 
  - JFK wanted to re-instate the gold standard...  EmeraldCityGrl   May-06-08 03:53 PM   #12 
     - We still were on the gold standard under JFK and LBJ, it was Nixon  whistle   May-06-08 04:54 PM   #22 
  - A Lot...  N4457S   May-06-08 04:23 PM   #15 
  - Back!! And To The Left!  zorahopkins   May-06-08 04:37 PM   #16 
  - Go away  FiveGoodMen   May-06-08 04:54 PM   #21 
  - I heard it was the CIA which John Kennedy fractured into a thousand pieces  whistle   May-06-08 04:51 PM   #19 
     - It Could Be...  N4457S   May-06-08 05:08 PM   #23 
  - You mean did the Federal Reserve put a contract out on JFK's life?  whistle   May-06-08 04:45 PM   #17 
  - You've seen "Money as Debt", I take it?  Donnachaidh   May-06-08 05:18 PM   #24 
  - Here's a good article about the gold standard...  wildbilln864   May-06-08 08:53 PM   #26 
  - I think that people really would have seen a big huge building behind the grassy knoll.  boloboffin   May-06-08 08:56 PM   #27 
  - Wow, the whole "let's all be deaf, dumb, and blind"/"nothing to see here folks, keep moving" brigade  ogsbee   May-07-08 10:31 AM   #29 
     - Care to share any names?  boloboffin   May-07-08 11:47 AM   #30 
 

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