On Aug 26, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Rceeberger wrote: > You have a weird perspective. It isn't that America is moving down, > it is > that so many are moving up into our realm.
Beg to differ. In the last three or so decades we've seen a rise in disparagement of education,* particularly in the sciences, a loss of critical thinking ability in the general population, and a trend toward becoming a service-based economy. This doesn't strike me as evidence that the US is holding its own; the sense to me is one of an empire in decline. * When intellectuals are called "elitists", for instance, I disbelieve that things bode well. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
