I really hope you are underestimating the eginuity of the US. So, you have seen a decline overall, but what of Caltech and MIT? are students fleeing for foreign schools enmass or just the best and brightest - is that happening? Just curious, what are you using to judge? Of course the media and available information could be just as wrong about our future status as they were about the "alleged" checks and balances that should have protected our economy and have not. What was that about computer models that allowed this to happen to investment firms and banks? what element were they missing? sounds like a Harry Seldon problem to me.
China could warp and fall in on itself as easily as our stockmarket just did. Their population growth alone is going to kill them by droves. They still guard information so tight we cannot know their status, only what they allow us to see...speculations. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > stock market fluctuations? global repercussions? I'm scared enough. > > On Oct 24, 12:33 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <<United States used be looked at as a beacon of hope and cultural > > nexus for the entire world. Something changed. >> > > > > The fortunes of counties (and people) ebb and flow over time in a > > somewhat random fashion. Although in theory, sustained progressive > > policies could preserve a country's dominance, the desire and > > foresightedness necessary to implement these policies ebb and flow > > too. > > > > What's required to reverse the current trend is a good scare, like > > Pearl Harbor or Sputnik. (I don't view 9/11 as serving that function, > > since there was no tangible objective for the country to focus on.) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
