Me wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:15:59 GMT, jumpin jeff wrote:

Coherent

You'll have to try harder than that, Grasshopper.
Don't blow a fuse. I think you are a good guy at heart.
Yer politics are a little naive; but hell, you live in the states!
That's a serious handicap for anyone attempting political awareness.

Must be why the US basically owns the planet at will. :-)

Ignorance is power?
Only if you are holding a gun.

Change is in the wind.
It didn't have to be, but
certain decisions of late
are accelerating the process.

We shall see how things turn out.

The US is now returning to Canada the $3.5 billion
illegally taxed during the softwood lumber dispute,
after loosing every single international court
battle for the last 11 years.

The US dollar is falling like a rock against all
global currencies because OPEC isn't using the
greenback for oil transactions anymore.

Lots of stuff the domestic media
protects you from being exposed to.

The domestic confidence is already starting to weaken.
Dubya hasn't helped things much.

The 'Great Experiment of Democracy' is failing.
For forefathers did not count on the determination
the corrupting influences would demonstrate in
weakening their ideals. It is unfortunate.

Lowest common denominator election process. Almost
inevitable, with manipulative mass media psychology.
This problem has been expounded upon at great length.

The value of personal wealth was overemphasized, I think.
Prestige should have been weighted more heavily.
Ben Franklin had a lot to say about that.

It *will* be interesting to see what happens in Lebanon.
I am in harmony with your distaste of the Islamic Theocracies.

....jj