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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by ER January 28, 2012 9:34 am

"8 industries China leads where the US used to." Steel, cotton, IPOs, tobacco, autos, beer, high tech exports, coal. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46181723/ns/business-world_business/#.TyYCpsWLssI by bowser 2012-01-29 19:43:22
Hand wringers by RobVG 2012-01-29 12:40:50
- Parse McCoy's paper yourself, Rob. by TB 2012-01-29 14:41:05
  - TB's on the case. I feel safer already. by ER 2012-01-29 16:13:22
    - I'd feel a bit better if he'd ever been right. I mean correct. by bowser 2012-01-29 16:44:23
      - It's always good to hear from our peanut gallery. by RobVG 2012-01-29 19:02:30
        
        We're just getting started. by ER 2012-01-30 13:49:58
        
        Thanks by RobVG 2012-01-29 23:03:02
  - More of McCoy's projects here. by TB 2012-01-29 15:33:31
- I think it's neither an "I told you so" OR a "Take that, you SOB", moment. And it is just ... by ER 2012-01-29 13:50:05
- Motivation. Interesting observations. I don't believe the "I told you so" motive is accurate. The people to ... by bowser 2012-01-29 12:54:40
Mme Reclus and I were watching that sci-fi war movie about a squad of Marines fighting off an alien invasion ... by ER 2012-01-28 17:41:16
- :) by Jody 2012-01-29 08:16:54
Nobody can predict the future, but 2020 is a reasonable guess. That's pretty much what I estimate. Still, ... by ER 2012-01-28 14:15:12
Interesting. His near-term scenario is set in 2020, just 8 years away. 8 years ago we were invading ... by bowser 2012-01-28 13:10:53
Tom posted this on Flame about a week ago...very thought provoking. Are we declining? Or is the world catching ... by Jody 2012-01-28 12:26:33
- I'm sure the Romans and Greeks, and Arabs and Chinese and Persians, too, had long, gut-wrenching discussions about how and ... by ER 2012-01-28 12:42:48
  - Cognitive biases skew their heuristics. by Jody 2012-01-28 13:24:17
    - Absolutely. by ER 2012-01-28 13:53:04

For Robert by bowser January 25, 2012 12:06 pm

I read that post by RobVG 2012-01-25 17:11:25
- In general, thanks. And as I said, "I trashed it as a non-productive post, provocative without being thought provoking, ... by bowser 2012-01-25 17:35:51
- Didn't really say much. by Robert 2012-01-25 17:25:50
Thanks bowser. by Robert 2012-01-25 12:51:34
- Any discussion here of "Nazi" political tactics is wrapped in such complete obliviousness about what those tactics actually were, that ... by TB 2012-01-25 17:28:45
  - Wow, a self-referential rant. Brilliantly ironic to parody rightwing extremism and knee-jerk smears as a vehicle to claim that the left is smearing the right. by Robert 2012-01-25 20:08:36
    - A perfect example. I referred to the Senators who pledged to block any Obama initiative as "Brownshirts", in reference ... by bowser 2012-01-25 23:50:50
      - How about a nice link to that "pledge" you seem so obsessed with? by TB 2012-01-26 09:47:12
        
        Here's enough to generate an apology from a reasonable person. Google "pledge 42 senators" and read for hours. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 14:04:11
        
        Now, you want to address anything at all in the rest of my comment? by TB 2012-01-26 16:14:20
        
        I did. You asked for a link to my post, and I provided one with a trail to many ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:14:50
        
        Your link (thanks!) was dated December 1. by TB 2012-01-26 15:36:26
        
        Here's another one. Hitler was well known for breaking the treaties other countries had with Germany. Well, I'll ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:38:58
        
        Mitch McConnell's pledge by Robert 2012-01-26 12:03:44
        
        Sorry, that's not what Bowser's been plugging. by TB 2012-01-26 12:52:02
        
        Didn't look very hard, did you? by Robert 2012-01-26 20:54:57
        
        I was looking for something significant, something that justified Bowser including it in almost every other post for months. ... by TB 2012-01-26 21:04:20
        
        You were attacking the very existence of the pledge to rebut bowser. The pledge turns out to be a fact. ... by Robert 2012-01-26 23:15:46
        
        I asked for a link. I got one. And it's obvious now why there wasn't one before. by TB 2012-01-27 15:06:20
        
        You lost me. Why wasn't there one before? by alcaray 2012-01-27 19:20:45
        
        TB: 'Nothing was “blocked.”' Good grief! by alcaray 2012-01-26 21:20:07
        
        Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 20:10:04
    - That response wasn't even coherent. by TB 2012-01-25 20:35:30
      - Yes, that's what I was saying. It was a rant, not a coherent argument. by Robert 2012-01-25 21:50:47
  - Hmmm. Similar to references to "planned economies" I think. by alcaray 2012-01-25 18:41:56

How Iran could thump superior US military by bowser January 26, 2012 11:01 pm

Modern ships are not equipped to handle threats from low-tech targets. They are designed to fight high-tech opponents by ... by ER 2012-01-27 10:34:15
- The most effective hunters on the African plains are the wild dogs. When they start after their prey they ... by bowser 2012-01-27 12:31:30

Let's you and him fight! by bowser January 27, 2012 2:30 am

Israel can be totally ruthless and unprincipled when it comes to matters of her own security. Considering her present ... by ER 2012-01-27 06:38:59
- There are quite a few accounts of what happened to the USS Liberty. Israel is beneath contempt for what ... by bowser 2012-01-27 11:42:48

The Newt Fusillade (link added) by TB January 26, 2012 11:08 am

Hmmm... by Robert 2012-01-26 21:03:57
- Make things easy. Don't change the original rule. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-27 10:44:46
- Rather than debate every appropriate word, I'd just ban all possible. The loss is negligible. by bowser 2012-01-27 00:15:12
- No problem here by podrock 2012-01-26 22:13:21
- I'm not that limited in my vocabulary. by TB 2012-01-26 21:21:43
It's funny how all these guys who hate Romney have decided to take Newt down. by alcaray 2012-01-26 20:25:27
he’ll tell you what you want to hear. He has an uncanny ability, sort of like Clinton, to feel your ... by FrankC 2012-01-26 19:40:06
Would I lie to you, TB? 8) by ER 2012-01-26 19:22:32