In overseas trading tonight, gold is up to $1516 per ounce (up from 1505 on Friday) and silver is nearly at $48 per ounce!
Liberal friend: And cocaine is up three times what gold is.
Me: I don't really follow the price of cocaine. 
Liberal friend: I guess it's more lucrative
Me: .............and illegal! With the economy in the toilet, gold and silver are fine investments right now.
COCAINE??????
Translation from Illiterate DUmmese to Modern English.Liberal friend: I don't understand economics. But I will pretend I understand, by mentioning something I'm intimately familiar with, recreational drugs. Now I am as intelligent as you. Please stand in awe of my reasoning. [/end translation]
DUmmies understand drugs. Its a part of all their lives. The fact that she didn't understand your point means nothing. The fact that couldn't possibly understand her, means she is far more intelligent than you and that she won the argument you were never aware you had.
--after reading this her husband said, "Good girl," and gave her a lump of sugar.
What have we learned today, kids? When they are this stupid, you cannot reason with them. Its best just to mock them, and quote them so the rest of us can laugh as well.