We've been getting some nice feedback from folks in Germany, UK, and Netherlands. Here's an interesting follow up email from David R. Williams in London. What do you think?
The problem as I see it with America is that whilst your looking in the rear
view mirror is adjusted to view the back seat. America and its labour unions
will be overtaken by manufactured goods made abroad. China, Japan, Taiwan they
all make goods far cheaper. South Korea is a advanced nation - they have video
on mobile phones for example.(so what I hear you think)
America needs to focus away from oil and the wars
that are fought over this resource because very soon your not going to have the
balance of payments to be able to afford the cost. This is serious - what is
the American $ really worth when daily imports exceed exports? Just think of
the major corporations that are bankrupt if you take pension liability into
account.
When foreigners or aliens as immigration likes to
call them visit they find America like a poor country - their money goes a long
way. But America has made itself unwelcome to visitors. They are unwelcome in
many countries around the world - people know this - what other nation is
frightened to travel abroad?
America needs to position its rear view mirror to
see out - but it will still be surprised to find itself overtaken.
The problem with Zionism is that it is isolationist
and heavily outnumbered. What America needs is a major technological
breakthrough perhaps in the field of nanotechnology - but whatever, it is needed
fast.
In the air America is challenged by the A380, in
software Linux is gaining ground, in cars the battle is already lost to Japan.
What do we in Europe buy from America - software and computers yet these two
items are threatened by convergence of communications and computing and open
source software.
It is not just about nice shift in the homeland it
is also about globalisation. The village 12 miles away is called China. Europe
is one big nation - a nation that threatens American manufacturing on every
count.
A nation that flies advanced aircraft, cruises in
advanced ocean going ships of leisure and war and needs to purchase nothing from
America.
America need to stop inventing Osama bin laden and
focus on setting it people free to trade fearlessly in the global village.
America the free - yet The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of a prison without
bars.
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