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[ Quote: Good things happen. Bad things happen. That's life. Deal with it. I don't think the potential for things to get so bad in the next 5 or 25 or 50 years is so high it is not worth having children (or in my case more grandchildren, as if I could control that). I don't see that...

Some people can make lemonade out of lemons. I don't have the resources to back up the number, but I've heard rumors that there are about 4,000,000 Chinese laborers in Angola, building Angola's infrastructure now that the civil war is over, with China getting oil in return. I've personaly seen...

Quote: They give us what we want and will accept.

Quote: You may occasionally hear someone say something like "They go to Washington and are all the same." I don't know this for a fact but I'd guess when freshman senators or representatives get to Washington, they are given nonpartisan reports like this one other topics as well, such as the...

I'll go back to your earlier post. I see this more as a worst case scenario than as a true prediction. In order to be in a position to respond without panic, you need to have thought about it. Sort of like taking the Red Cross first aid training, not because you are planning on someone...

I have not made my way through all of it, but it is a very interesting read. It is interesting to see how they perceive their role as regards to national security. This has been an interesting thread. I'll put out a few exerpts and comments, hoping to keep it alive and stir some interest...

Quote: Same as the critical components of your parachute. Have pleasant thoughts.

Quote: I think the closest we came was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Khrushchev was convinced the young and inexperienced Kennedy would blink when challenged, probably because Kennedy failed to follow through with the promised air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion. What would have happened if...

The statement is that people make ALL of their decisions this way and that is simply not true. Absolutely totally agree. You ignore the exceptions any time you generalize. Often those exceptions are significant. Irrationality is not necessarily a bad thing. I thought I agreed with that...

The thinking is that people make all of their decisions based rationally on what is in their own self interest. I kinda sorta agree with some of this. What is rational to some people is not necessarily rational to others. How many people do you know that wake up and say "I am going to make...

Interesting thoughts. Can anyone still make it? Ask Bill Gates. I believe having a chance to succeed includes having a chance to fail. If you don't allow failure, you do not allow success. I'm afraid we are on the way of not allowing failure when it is well earned. Editted to remove a...

My point was that while debates have value, they don't tell us everything we need to know about the candidates. The other parts of the campaign process also add value, whether we enjoy them or not. And I do believe a lot of the campaign events, such as debates, town hall meeting, interviews...

Quote: Stay out of my life Stay out of my pocket Stay out of my bedroom Stay out of my kitchen Stay out of my garden Stay out of my chicken house Stay out of my religion. I agree with your list except the stay out of my pocket. I'm willing to pay my own way. I'm willing to pay a fair price...

How about straight up campaign finance reform. NO private money.... Last I checked we the people own the airwaves...Lets use them for more debates.. It is not about the debates. Those are scripted, negotiated, and planned to such a great detail that it is rare that we really learn about the...

I don't agree that they are obvious. I do think they are populist and they sound good but I don't see a good practical way to implement many of them. a.) the family of any person running for any office is off limits from personal attacks. If they have done anything illegal then that can be...

Quote: I missed that report. Do you please have a reference so I can see what you are looking at?

Dunkopf, I'm very aware that prohibition on drugs is not going to work any better than prohibition on alcohol, but your follow the money comment left too wide an opening. The way it is set up, I do think there is some truth I my money trail, so change the way it is set up. I think some drugs...

I agree the concept of preemptive wars is really frightening. That goes counter to the concept that you have to actually run a red light before you get a ticket for running a red light. There is nothing wrong with having a cop watching and prepared to write that ticket, but the ticket should...

Quote: How about it? Surveyors use dated maps so they know how much the magnetic deviation is from year to year. Boy Scouts are supposed to be taught that there is a difference in magnetic north and true north when they get their orienteering merit badge. I even remember it being taught in...

My most feared scenario is that inflation gets way out of control. I see inflation coming, bad enough to be a problem, but I don't see it getting to the point where we overthrow the government, other than at the ballot box. I don't think that meets the OP's criteria. Something else to...