The Chinese have about as much chance of invading the US as France does. Probably less, as the French still have an aircraft carrier:
The more likely doomsday scenario (not to say it's a likely scenario!) would be like the old Soviet Union- collapse entirely from within and nobody much outside really cares.
We're on our way :-(
In a way it might be a good thing... reset all "values" to realism, in the chaos kill off all the bureaucrats. ...Jim Thompson
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I can see November from my house :-)
Jim,
It is a very naive idea to think that you will be able to outstay the hard times in some comfortable place. In fact, people like you will be hurt most. As for bureaucracy, *all* revolutions only increased it while taking away freedoms in the name of the better future.
Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant
Is killing the only thing you can think of? Murder is bad, you know.
Be careful what you ask for.
Good Luck! Rich
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oh i don't having anything against religious nuts as long as they don't rape the wife, molest the kids and pay the rent on time!
You all forget that I'm actually a West Virginia country boy turned MIT graduate. I won't be hurt most. I have real family and estate to live upon in the very defendable hills of West Virginia. Those of you that have only been "city slickers" and mommy's boys are the ones looking forward to the infamous "pole up your ass" and 9mm in the back of the head. ...Jim Thompson
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I can see November from my house :-)
And I think I could really enjoy killing liberals... I certainly have no compunctions :-) ...Jim Thompson
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I can see November from my house :-)
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Oh, Dimmie, you're just jealous. Don't worry, I won't bother during hamper time.
I'm sure you never did anything as a kid, other than play in mommy's hamper, of course.
Put that stiffie away now, li'l Dimmie. It's time for you to put mommy's computer away and get in her bed.
Aw, little Dimmie is pouting. Isn't that cute.
Mommy's going to wash your mouth out with soap if you don't watch your words, Dimmie.
Would have. That's why I didn't correct him. ;-)
That is *NOT* what we were talking about. Look three paragraphs up. Start with "SS excess funds". They were loaned *BY* the government *TO* the government, which promptly spent it (government can't do anything else) and then claimed since they had given themselves an IOU they still had the money.
Naw, that was Georgia (filmed in Georgia and South Carolina).
He still has his first buck, but it's old.
??? I guess so.
In Vermont, just before I left, I did a long browse through the state web site. Their student to teacher ratio was pegged at 1:13 but they also had one non-teaching "teacher" for every two teachers *AND* one teacher's aid for every two teachers. That makes their student to teacher ratio more like
1:6.5, STATE WIDE. ...and that did not include administrators. The report vanished soon after that. It's no wonder property taxes were 4x what they are here.t
Yes, we could do that, if inflation stays low and the mattress money retains some value at a loss of 3 or 4% a year. But we still have the welfare problem for those who refuse to save anything, or make risky investments and go broke.
What do we do with those people who make big investment mistakes and end up broke and homeless?
-Bill
And why the schools are so bad. Too many kooks spoil the students, after all. :(
-- Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is enough left over to pay them.
why?
IIRC Larkin has a 357 magnum.
VLV
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