The incredible shrinking dollar

Der Spiegel has a very good article on why having a week dollar is not all what it's cracked up to be (like oil prices at $50 a barrel).

I have just one question about President Bush's trip to Europe: Did he and Laura go shopping?

If they did, I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Laura must have said to George: "George, do you remember how much these Belgian chocolates cost when we were here four years ago? This box of mints was $10. Now it's $15? What happened to the dollar, George? Why is the euro worth so much more now, honey?

Thanks Fark.com for the link.
Disclaimer: Reading "Der Spiegel" will require at least two laps in the baptism pool for purification. Agreeing with anything written in it will irrevocably cancel your rapture ticket.