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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (252851)	1/2/2008 3:45:55 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

I think he was looking ahead.....you know like maybe at 'peak oil' and $100/barrel prices.....both of which just might impact the profits of the chemical industry a little....lol! Looking ahead, as in anticipating, or envisioning, or sensing change in the air......something the reptilian brain structure of right-wingers have a hard time with. You're wrong about China. You're looking backward again at former communist countries with state-run economies. China is a hybrid......we've never seen anything before like it. It's a market economy with an authoritarian government structure. Authoritarian doesn't have to mean totalitarian or fascist. But it does set the stage for rapid decision-making and a more efficient allocation of resources than does the 'messiness' of a democracy. It's why I think China will outstrip democratic India economically.