To: jrhana who wrote (3950 ) 4/5/2003 12:15:11 AM From: d:oug Respond to of 5423 "... any [solutions] of these problems dramatically elucidated?" . jrhana, . My approach would be to substitute a word for solutions, as follows. "... any [acknowledgement] of these problems dramatically elucidated?" As this pulls back the focus towards a recovery where everything broken is fixed, and makes one look at what is wrong, or going wrong, and what one can do in the now time frame. (or) in reverse order, time wise recovery - solution - reaction - survival - acknowledgement (ok) To prevent my babble from continuing i'll state a few facts. . 1. acknowledgement - needs to understand the Jim Willy CB stuff 2. survival - but this has many faces, depending on 1. . Survival can take the form of a plan, or a panic. . shelter, water, food and also of most importance is protection from harm with, - organization needed (people as leaders) also, - an exchange of value(money or barter) for material & services (sorry, i'am babbling) To make my point let me simply say "fiat money" and say that the US Dollar does a Crash & Burn. If so then the biggest impact is with foreign trade, and as Jim CB stated, the United States can null & void any debt obligations or whatever these unknowned to me, foreign connections are. But i'am focused here that survival means that a protection of the United States's wealth is at stake, and its not so much of what they have as its just pieces of paper with ink, but really a decision NOT to honor an debts to anything outside the USA that would cause its citizens to be taxed and transfer their wealth to those outside the USA. ok, If so then the USA needs to restart its industry to produce those items listed above, the shelter, water, food and protection. but, The USA is a collection of states, and if chaos and terror reigns in the USA from terrorism and a corrupted fail federal government, then each state will do the survival word. or, Why would citizens of a state in an ok condition on the road to recovery sent its wealth production to the federal government so that a state like Calif in dire straits can keep it's head above water. I think not, and if so then each state of the USA will then "dump" the federal rule to collect federal taxes, and even start up their own fiat money that only accepted in state. . survival, state by state no more The United States except by land mass connection. . This to me, any trend towards, would signal that what Jim CB has documented is on target and in the process of becoming not understood by the masses, but simply reality shoved down their throats. doug