Well, the Chinese have a more or less Communist system, the Europeans have fallen in deep Socialist thinking (and to a great extent, practice), the new powers like Brazil, India, etc don't know what they are doing yet, billions of people around the world are hungry for anything edible and thirsty for clean water - not to mention a bunch of dictators busy exploiting pseudoreligious fanaticism, killing their opponents, and safeguarding the $billions they are stealing as we speak, etc etc... The global situation is dark and getting sort of desperate... My guess is that we'll be reduced to playing defense for the foreseeable future, and that's too bad. That's why we need a real leader in the White House, and we don't have one yet.
hermit - seems to be arguing for more spending and more taxing. As if stealing from a future is a good thing. Govt spending needs to be cut by 20- 30 percent. We need a flat tax to unleash the economy and control the lobbying and corrupt politicians. Playing my crazy spending is better than your crazy spending is disgusting. The democrats are aligned with socialists and radicals who want to screw the working class and the republicans want to ship our profits off to their buddies. The only smart thing to do, is limit the politicians power and limit their spending and give them term limits.
I am not advocating anything, just presenting some facts amidst the revisionism being flouted around here.
Somebody on Cable TV was talking about his BIG LIES... had the list up to 33.. and that was 6 months ago or so. Seems HE LIED ABOUT EVERY POSSIBLE THING... to appear to be politically one thing... while all the time he is another. Isn't that TREASON... when he deliberately lies and harms the country? Shouldn't he go on trial for "crimes against the people"?
so you are in favor of cutting spending and taxes, in order to ease the burden on people who work of a living.. anticipated response... hermit -- i did not say that. jem- well they what the heck are you suggesting about massive deficit spending by the govt. hermit... it is bush's fault.