Lee,here is a tv news clip about the vocaloid dancers in LA last summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrdea1HocAE  triffid

Some very interesting costumes.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSe0xHUntGk
triffid

Quote from: triffid on November 11, 2011, 08:30:06 PM
Mags,I like playing with numbers.You wondered how much cash is offshore?60 times 7.5 trillion equals

450 trillion dollars more or less could be sitting offshore??triffid

Wow, where did you get those numbers?  ;]

What kind of shape would we be in if we had all that cash?

http://www.usdebtclock.org/#

Mags

according to http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/News/StudyRevealsOverwhelmingWealthGap.aspx
total world wealth is only 125 trillion, 34 percent in the USA.
fritznien

Quote from: triffid on November 12, 2011, 02:41:50 PM
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/beyond_the_movie_lord_of_the_rings_return_of_the_king

In the link above many parallels are drawn between real life and the events that are portrayed in the movie ,lord of the rings.What I like about is that real life leaders are examined and talked about as this video continues on and on.What would Ben Franklin do in this current economic crisis?What be his pearls of wisdom?
The link above is pretty much about leadership.Something we need badly in these times.triffid

triffid,
I like the premise of your film find.   This country has gone downhill for decades and it's 'getting serious', as some might put it.   I fully agree.   We need a hero, and not like in the popular song.   Someone who can reason with people and take charge with the authority people can respect.

Time is short in this computer, but I particularly noticed in downtown S.F., the tents of the "Occupy" protesters are multiplying as they snake up Market St. two blocks to Main St. and Market.

This is something the cops and local business owners will get tired of---no doubt about it!   Deaths are beginning to occur in some nationwide camps and even counter-protests from merchants are planned.   Tempers are going to get short.   Especially if people's lives in survival and money to make a living are thrown together.

--Lee