I see an economic diasater coming...

[MasterPlaster]

Chinese people are the same as people every where else. A mixture of good and bad. Sadly a lot of them have been moulded into submissive workers and the notion that you work hard and one day you will handout the butter comes to mind. In China, money is god like everywhere else.

By the way, the era where armies of some nation over took another nation in order to take over their land is over. The wars now are fought by economic means. I do not believe the chinese army in US story though presence of Northern Command and Nato killers there are more plausible.

As the big war approaches, you must be aware of "divide and rule" concept. Train yourself to think Chinese or Arabs or any one else is just like you. Having said that their brain washing is different to your bran washing.
There comes a time that any man truely understand what does "Love your enemy" means. (It took me 40 years).

The end of the current era is not the end of everything but the beginning of new things.

If you are still alive whilst your house is smoldering and your family and your city is destroyed, if entities (human or otherwise) turn up with promise of a wonderful life ( including free energy!) treat it with utmost suspission. Remember "order out of chaos". Who is bringing order? Do not expect miracles. We are trained to believe in a saviour and I am even suspicious of any saviour that may show up. Even if their arrival is preceeded by the Bluebeam show.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

The end of the current era is not the end of everything but the beginning of new things.

That brings up a good point.  The Bible and the Book of Enoch both say the world will end, but others, including the Bible, say a few will be saved.

I say both can be true.

By the theory of alternative universes(string theory), this could be true.  Some alternative Earths will have no human life---germs and viruses is all---and some will.  I'm looking to try and be a survivor.  Somehow.

I'll just wait and see what happens.

--Lee

[Azorus]

The president was quoted today on CNN about the high possibility of many more small banks failing in the coming year.  Also on CNN today a study was released about how large banks with congressional ties got bailouts and those that didn't where more likely to be turned down.

All of these are no surprise articles, but more for the sheepls.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

This article may be replaced by a newer one in time. 
If so, the reader might GOOGLize the search arguments: "double dip" and "housing starts"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy

I did say in the past that recessions often have 'double' dip' falling indicators in their courses.  The next one may be occurring now.

--Lee

[Azorus]

More about the coming double dip.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/business/07fed.html?ref=business

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1952132,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner

While I would like to point out that the American economy is on the up turn, it still has a long way to go, and throwing all of the money at the problem that the government did was not the solution and made the longterm solution all that much more difficult.