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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (49585)	5/6/2004 9:57:12 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

On the rise of the radical religious right and the breakdown of democracy in the United States How much political power they already wield is hard to know exactly. Certainly they have influence beyond their numbers. They still face challenges to their rule, although that may change during the next few years as they consolidate their strengths, eliminate their opposition, and begin to exercise the prerogatives of their growing power. Message 20098573 Message 20098577 MQ, you sound so bitter. Can't you go to the present time and the future, rather than dwell too much on the past?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (49585)	5/6/2004 11:47:55 AM
From: BubbaFred	Respond to of 74559

"If you look for a genuine geopolitical counterweight to the US in 20 years from now, turn to China.... Too many people fantasize and lucubrate on Europe rising again renewed from its ashes --like the Phoenix. I'm afraid it's wishful thinking, it's a vision of the past: the unchallenged US-European duumvirate over the world is not coming back... As the technological gap has been closed, Asia has the means to remain autonomous and set its own agenda. The US and Europe will be allowed to grab a few crumbs here and there: Nissan in Japan, Daewoo in S. Korea, an insurance co in China, a coupla banks in Thailand,... and that's it. As for Europe proper, I've already sketched out its future on some other threads: think of the EU as a smaller version of the UN. The EU is actually a UNE in progress, that is, the United Nations of Europe. Somehow, the EU Parliament is a General Assembly of sorts... The Commission and the EU (Heads of) Government meetings fill a role similar to that of the UN Security Council... Then we've got the UNSC Permanent Members --the world's heavies... Likewise, in Europe, we can see that France, Germany and Britain hold "mini-summits" for three only..." Message 20099542