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This is very Important, since there is not one in Congress or Senate with any planning skills or strategic thinking.

I've said it before...many people can't think strategically...most people don't have a world vision or even a global vision. This is true for any government.

Question: What would the "Perfect Storm" For the USA look like in terms of a crash in the Economy, Civil Unrest, Federal Budget insolvency, Shortage of Resources,

This is very Important from the perspective of Prevention. What are the Symptoms of country collapse?

1) Banks going out of Business,
2) Financial Institutions closing down,
3) Auto and Truck Factories Closing down,
4) Transportation and Distribution Systems being stressed out to near collapse,
5) Businesses unable to pay for shipping to customers,
6) surging drug violence,
7) catastrophic health care costs,
8) Pandemic Disease,
9) Monetary Collapse,
10) Energy Prices soar with shortage of Energy,
11) The government runs out of money to spend,
12) Civil Revolt against authority, local and Federal Government.

Republican President is Elected and Karl Rove says "Let them Eat Cake!"

No one in the US is asking how can we attract European and Asian Tourist. No one is asking how do we attract foreign Investors and make sure the US is seen as a good Business Environment.

Mismatch: Bankers and Financial Manager are supposed to ensure that the USA is a good place to invest and do business. But the common people of the USA don't receive encouragement to study Languages or International Business. Conclusion is that the Bankers have failed to attract foreigners to the USA...and failed to prepare the US People for Globalism.
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Nov 17, 2009 3:59 PM
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Last I checked, didn't we have slight deflation?
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Nov 17, 2009 3:58 PM
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Remember those dangerous Chinese cars our MSM was making fun of?

Ford set to offload Volvo to Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely.

Range Rover belongs to India. Homage to the irony of Her Majesty's colonial legacy.
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Nov 17, 2009 3:51 PM
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O dares not to tell us the truth.

Dr. Krugman is mad. He is mad I say.

Krugman's blog

Flip it and we'll have:

Monetary tightening shouldn?t be on the agenda for a long, long time, because, "we?re not likely to see 7% unemployment for years ? and by the time we do, inflation will probably be even lower than it is now."

Can President Obama tell us the truth? He'd be impeached faster than you can say, "O-MaMa."

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Nov 17, 2009 3:50 PM
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How dare he bring up serious questions that affect our economic future.
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Nov 17, 2009 3:39 PM
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Secretary Clinton looks damn good.

Source

After their summit meeting on Tuesday, President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China announced that they had agreed on many issues. But their statement was vague, in contrast to the pointed criticisms Chinese officials have been making of American financial policies in recent days. Over the weekend, China?s top bank regulator attacked the low interest rates in the United States, even though the Federal Reserve continues to indicate that it will not raise them anytime soon. Would higher rates in America be in China?s best interests anyway? While Chinese investments might earn higher returns, if American consumers spend even less if it costs more to borrow, would that be a bigger problem? Or is China less and less dependent on Americans? ability to buy its products?

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Whoever wrote this sounds like a confused soul.
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Nov 17, 2009 1:24 PM
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Are you comfortable with rat eating and uneducated Chinese speak of American dependence on television?

I'm not, but there are 1.3 billion+ of them to disagree with me.
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Nov 16, 2009 7:41 PM
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Lets see what Team MSNBC got on ObaMao or

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Nov 16, 2009 2:44 PM
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The article below is pretty good convergence of banker theories, geopolitics, and what's up.

Please read it before watching MSNBC.

CNN is too fragmented these days and FOX has gone off of the cliff.
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Nov 16, 2009 12:28 PM
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One of the better articles that mentioned export growth and housing bubble.

The first question I would ask is who.

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Nov 12, 2009 3:58 PM
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The MSM is slowly talking about debt per capita. The most indebted citizens of this world? I think it's her majesty's subjects.
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Oct 27, 2009 7:51 PM
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> OR
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> hey, thanks so much for the help with the Admins, by
> the way


Girl, you are MORE than welcome, and a very belated welcome back. It's voices like yours that need to be heard. I'm just glad there was a place to ask the Admins 'What-da-heck'!

The insecurities - maybe I mean territoriality - of certain threads just put my teeth on edge and for you to get bounced for "trespassing" just made my jaw drop. Gah.
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Oct 27, 2009 7:12 PM
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Look, there is no Democrats and Republicans who got big enough balls to say what our Real objectives are, so cut the crap on tough or evil talks already.

Got balls? Tell the American people what we're fighting for and please don't borrow the lines from Mss. USA's
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Oct 27, 2009 4:29 PM
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Speaking of Cheney, here is a humorous report on his recent spinal surgery.


backbone
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Oct 27, 2009 4:17 PM
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> We spent a trillion dollars on the Iraq war, so far,
> sacrificed over 4 thousand Americans and nobody knows
> how many thousands and thousands of Iraqi lives. The
> first oil field contracts have been won by the UK and
> China. I hope Cheney's choking on that news.


Oh..I would bet that his fat, greedy, bloody paws are in there somewhere. I learned a lot from "Syriana".

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Oct 27, 2009 4:14 PM
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We spent a trillion dollars on the Iraq war, so far, sacrificed over 4 thousand Americans and nobody knows how many thousands and thousands of Iraqi lives. The first oil field contracts have been won by the UK and China. I hope Cheney's choking on that news.
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