It is absolutely hilarious to me how you Americans quickly forget the whole point of the discussion 25 years ago USA DID NOT HAVE DEBT IT HAS NOW 25 years ago USA DID NOT OUTSOURCE everything to stinkin China etc 25 years ago USA was not in Iraq and Afghanistan Have you any idea how much wars cost. I am talking about money here not about lives of people. You talk about USSR, well they learned capitalism from EU and USA. You talk about Chinese pegging of currency, and you think that's a weakness, that is their strength which they will use for as long as possible. You just keep watching CNN and listen to Bernanke and Obama You just keep doing that Joe Smith
You're both wrong. The notion that a single country can be considered a superpower is antiquated. China's standard of living will rise and the United States' standard of living will fall until they're on an even playing field.
Uh, you might want to look a bit deeper into who's buying the bulk of Russian output. I'll give you a hint, it ain't the BRIC countries...
You know how you can spot a loser - Loser sees no problem with US dollar - He sees no connection to rising Gold - Loser supports wars in middle east - Loser sees no connection between wars and fiscal situation - He still thinks US debt is manageable - And finally, loser loves denial, that is his religion.
If people actually read the Bible, they'd know Usury, ie paying exorbitant interest is a sin. They'd know invading other nations under false pretext is a sin. They'd know allowing corporations to put mercury in the drinking water is a sin. However no one reads the Bible, the opinions of the right wing media is their new Bible. The problem is we are under the clutches of some of the filthiest, most vile, disgusting, evil critters on earth. Who needs enemies when you have internal enemies like Bush, Cheney, Tom DeLay, Phil Gramm, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the entire filthy swath of illiterate inbred right infestation of the southern states. These vile creatures are now going to re-write the Bible because "it's too liberal".
AHAHAAHHAehhe, (or I guess simple LOL will do) I am laughing because you mentioned servants (Bush, Cheney etc). You forgot the masters (THE FED masters and owners, with Bernanke as figure head.)