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To: GST who wrote (48632)	1/2/2006 1:27:52 PM
From: loantech	Respond to of 110194

Good way to solve the problem. Worship the Sun forget all major world religions.

To: GST who wrote (48632)	1/2/2006 1:31:56 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

The impact on the dollar would be to cause the dollar to fall by the way, not rise. Unclear Europe and japan would also be hit extremely hard by $150 All of these things that were supposed to send the US$ to the deathbed certainly were halted in their tracks in 2005 Everyone acts as if only the US would have problems when there are structural problems everywhere you look. Perhaps because of our military might we would steal oil from somewhere first, Venezuela perhaps. That might cause the US$ to soar. Who knows? I do not think the situation is as straightforward as you do and I hope I do not find out who is right. Mish

To: GST who wrote (48632)	1/2/2006 2:22:23 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

The recent police killing in China's Guangdong Province of as many as 20 villagers who were protesting the government's seizure of land for a power plant is symptomatic of an emerging pattern of rural unrest that challenges the very legitimacy of the Chinese state and the development path on which it has embarked. China's fabulous growth since the 1980s was achieved through environmental destruction and social and economic polarization which now threaten its continuation. This paradox puts the state in near panic as it tries to hold down the resulting widespread unrest in the countryside. While rural strife is not new - in 1994, I witnessed thousands of peasants in Henan Province fight a local government militia over unpopular taxation and state policies - its scope and frequency have increased greatly. Rural unrest is the biggest political problem China faces today, even though lethal violence in such events is rare. In 2004, according to official estimates, there were 74,000 uprisings throughout the country - a result of widening gaps between rich and poor, and between urban and rural areas, and between the rapidly growing industrial east and the stagnating agricultural hinterlands. .... .... iht.com