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To: foundation who wrote (8681)	8/29/2006 10:02:44 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217669

Interesting point of view foundation. While you can reasonably predict the end of the American Empire, aka Pax Americana, aka PNAC, etc, picking the exact date of that demise is problematic. Heck, even the Roman Empire came to an end but Italy's GDP per capita and GDP are a lot bigger deal than way back then. There might even be more people living in the modern Roman Empire than the original version when Arabia was mostly camels and conquering Egypt might have meant defeating a few thousand pastoralists and priests who were struggling to maintain past glories. I too have predicted that the end of the US$ is nigh and indeed I have got a prototype currency nearly ready to rumble. But I'm not thinking it's any time soon. Give me another decade and I should be getting warmed up. Meanwhile, I think you'll find that the umpty $billion cash flow going to the USA and into the electorates coffers from patent-based sales around the world will see the geopolitical power base of the USA coming to the corporate defence. For a start, what do you think the effect of no more sales of Nokia products in the USA might be on Nokia's shareholders? Mqurice PS: QCOM patents are currently valued at about 5%. And being paid.