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[butterbobbin]

OK.

So, not only was Cindy McCain's convention outfit worth more than the average American house, it's boxy, hideous and made her look fat in most of the pictures.

Who pays $300,000 for one outfit? I mean seriously. What kind of good stewardship is that? What does it say about how logically and sensibly McCain, Inc (and most other People On the Top Rung) think about money?

What does it say about what they'll do with the people's money?

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[paularidgeway.livejournal.com]

I've gotten you obsessed, haven't I? :P It's so true though.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, I saw an article on Yahoo's home page while checking my mail. It's a sin.

[beloved-tree.livejournal.com]

D:

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

That's a new one to me. What meaneth it?

[beloved-tree.livejournal.com]

Jaw dropped in horrified shock, roughly.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see... the eyes are on the opposite side they usually are.

[rosemarie-1936.livejournal.com]

I thought the swingy jacket was rather odd. I also kind of question the estimate, since the article I saw was assuming her pearls and diamonds were real. I've read that alot of wealthy women don't usually wear their real jewels to public events such as this. But, who knows? Those are just my thoughts.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

This is true. Even so, though. The dress alone could have paid a large chunk of someone's hospital bill.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

What does it say about what they'll do with the people's money?

I can't imagine. Since it's their own money they're spending. And pearls and diamonds still do cost serious big bucks, if they're real. And since the media's throwing stones, I'd like to point out that Michelle Obama ridiculed an economic stimulus payment as being barely enough to buy a pair of earrings. THAT is what I call out of touch.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

The dress for thousands of dollars alone is enough to make me throw up - whether the jewels were real or not. Insane.

I hadn't heard the earrings remark. Wow. Out of touch indeed. There are some very real financial issues in this country today. Earrings are hardly priority.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I sure wouldn't do it! It's crazy how much designer stuff goes for.

Speaking of, since I was thinking about Mrs. Obama's remark, it struck me as even stranger that she'd mention earrings. Because there are people - more ordinary people - who for [inexplicable] reasons do buy moderately-price designer shoes and handbags for at least several hundred dollars each. The attitude seems to be that these are investments because they're so well made, etc. Whatever. But I don't hear the same people ever talking about getting high-dollar jewelry, even though genuine gold and stones really ARE an investment. One of my brothers works at a coin shop/gold and silver exchange, and they're always getting old jewelry traded in simply for the value of the material. He's told me I ought to come in and look what they've got some time.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

That is true... why earrings?

Dan has invested in a lot of silver and a little gold - like the pre-1967 quarters and the Liberty dollars and such. He considers that to be really the only true currency and wants it to fall back on when and if the economy does go under sometime soon. I think it's a good idea - it will never lose its value, that's for sure. I never thought of jewels. I think Dan would probably look at that as less practical, just because it would be a large chunk sum rather than parceled into smaller portions like the silver dimes and quarters. Still, though, a couple pieces of good jewellery could still be a really good investment.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Really! That's interesting. I'll ask my brother about that, then, since he's got a lot of his own money in valuable coins that he can resell at any time for good cash. I think he actually did it recently to replace the engine in his car.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

There's actually something in the works right now called Neighbourhood 21 where a group of people are trying to form a community of sorts where everyone deals in silver currency. Dan's friend Jim is involved in it - I think Dan was for a bit but not so much now, although he's interested in the idea. I think they wanted him to design the website but they weren't willing to pay what it was worth or something.