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To: Tommaso who wrote (20443)	7/25/2007 10:32:09 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217593

<<There is much to be proud of in the United States on the local level, but much less to be proud of as a nation. I remain very proud of our constitution, although the activities of the Department of Homeland security are beginning to encroach on that. They are in the process of building a database on every human being in the country.>> Is the goal of a country to eliminate crime?If so, how is this accomplished other than police boots on the ground?London's streets and subways are monitored with cameras everywhere and positive results can not be denied. Conrad Black's obstruction of justice charge stems solely from security cameras. Will national DNA database help to eliminate crime and how does this affect the average law abiding citizen?I think the average law abiding citizen cares less about national DNA database as he is concentrating on earning his daily bread.

To: Tommaso who wrote (20443)	7/25/2007 11:34:21 AM
From: critical_mass	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217593

Does it mean that long term, you expect Europe to be more competitive?

To: Tommaso who wrote (20443)	7/25/2007 1:48:29 PM
From: critical_mass	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217593

You might find this interesting as it relates to nuclear energy. spiegel.de Regarding the war as it relates to energy, it often surprises me how few Germans see oil as a primary motivation for Iraq II. Surely you are familiar with the EIA site. Looking at western Europe, it seems that the energy security situation looking ahead 20 years is pretty dire. The UK will be a net importer of both oil and gas within five years. Within a few years, the north sea oil fields, which are near peaking, will produce only 1m bpd instead of the current 1.7m bpd. Norway's North Sea fields are peaking as well. Looking at Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, and Greece, none of them produce much oil at all and they really have very few reserves. France is at 73k and Germany around 170k bpd while they consume over 2m bpd each. Supply is basically provided by the North Sea, Russia, Libya, and Algeria, with support from others. The upshot of the whole thing is that the supply is not very stable. As often as I hear Germans blaming the Great Satan for all the world's evils, I would find it more interesting if they had some ideas about how they would heat their houses, run their automobiles and provide more than the 12.5% of the electricity expected from renewables by 2010 as reasonable ideas going forward. Blaming the US and George W will not provide energy. In my opinion, the politicians in Germany are similar to those everywhere. There are hard decisions with regard to competition with lower cost labor markets, changing demographics, and increasing competition for resources that will be avoided. The people seem to believe that the government knows what it is doing. I have my doubts.