To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (45232 ) 12/17/2001 11:04:35 AM From: Clappy Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 65232 JimmyJackass,next big thing sectors for 2002-03, ideas welcome You missed a big one. How about Defense? Let's talk about missile manufacturers and those working on missile defense. The makers of Star Wars defense systems are guaranteed to prosper. Designers of a missile that can shoot down a nuclear missile will be in high demand. As China and India become more even more dependant upon energy, as their economies boom, the fight to transport crude to these countries will become even more intense. The untapped treasure chest known as the Caspian Sea is where much of the oil and natural gas will come from in the coming years. Afghanistan is one of the countries that lie in between the Caspian Sea and China/India. There will be pipelines running all throughout that God forsaken pile of rocks. In addition, China, India, and Pakistan (all with nukes pointing at each other) will be fighting for control of Kashmir. There will be a large demand for systems that can stop a nuke in it's tracks. Especially if OBL escapes into Pakistan... Shrub has already broken the treaty stopping us from working on missile defense. Everyone is now allowed to resume testing of all their nukes... I don't think Shrubbaya would have done that if we didn't already have some sort of a solution or system. Another hot sector will be realestate out in Bumfuck, USA. With all the missiles being made and sent around in the black market, no one will want to live near any of the big cities. Dirty bombs will be all over the place. Sell stock in lightbulb manufacturers. We are all going to glow in the dark... Buy stock in canned goods and bomb shelters. FlackJacket.com will be as big as Amazon someday. I hope we find a way to educate those Arabs. This way they will be able to teach our gov't that things are going to get very messy if we don't find a safe, clean, alternate method of powering our factories, buildings, and huge SUV's. -JohnnyJackass