You guys do realize that Cory is a Canadian?

As a 50% Canadian, I too fell a little bit of glee every time the US dollar goes down. Not 'bus of any real anti-US sentiment, but for two other reasons:

1. I live on Vancouver Island, which actually protrudes below the US-Canadian boarder. It's quicker for me to get to the States then to get to Canada. As a consequence we get tons of tourists from the USA. Around 30% don't really grasp that they are in a whole different country, and tend to get pissed off if we don't take the US-Dollar as payment for stuff. Hell most places do, but will only give change back in Canadian, but we still get yelled at at least once a week!

Now that the US dollar is basically on-par with us, we get even more grief.

Tourist: "But I paid in American!"

Local: "Sorry Sir, but we take the US dollar at par now."

2. The main reason why I am glad the green back is loosing it's stature on the world market has nothing to do with my politics. The real reason is that the green back is GREEN. Every single denomination! Most of the worlds other near de-facto currencies are at least different colors for each amount! Hell British money is different sizes for each amount. The Euro even has brail on it!

Australian "paper" money is not even paper, it's plastic. You can go swimming with it, or put it through the wash.

While I am at it, why the HELL do you guys refuse to use dollar coins? Having eight one dollar bills really throws me off. That feels like at least $40 bucks in my pocket to me :)

And I know you have dollar coins, Ecuador uses the US dollar as it's national currency, and there are tons of US minted(Susan B. Anthony?) one dollar coins floating around. Plus they even make their own Ecuadorian one dollar coin as well.

So the next time some US tourist asks me in a joking tone how I like my "Monopoly Money", I'll just ask him how he likes the exchange rate.

These things are just up the road from me on Vancouver Island, Canada.

There was a story in the Globe and Mail about them as well.