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To: John Pitera who wrote (79283)	5/21/2008 2:11:42 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Most of these Third World nations like Brazil have a way of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. They just don't have the long-term history of stability to draw on. Only a history of dictatorship, economic collapse, and a lack of respect for commitments, contracts, or the rule of law. It's like Newton's law of inertia in a social setting. Long established trends always tend to reassert themselves, even if the counter-trend seems long-lasting. It's like the looniness that infested the US with Ronald Reagan - the idea that you could increase government, personal and business spending without having to pay for it. Some sort of magical alchemy would occur and it would all balance. Of course it never did. Now the US gets to end this 25 year counter-trend and go back to being the America we grew up in. It's going to be very painful for those who got used to living in fantasy-land over the past 25 years. Another example is Russia. My Mom's cousin ran a trading firm with the Soviets and then Russia. He saw them go from bad to worse, after the collapse of the Soviet state, and then crawl back to being merely bad again. Now with Putin establishing a new fascist government they're quickly sliding back into the muck again. Their society seems incapable of ever moving forward into something better

To: John Pitera who wrote (79283)	5/21/2008 4:49:30 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

we are moving towards an emerging markets-led world. Message 24606590 We are giving the cards now. If you ant to produce or sell something, where are you going to do it? In Peoria, Illinois? Please ask Patrick what Nixon did in August 1972. Second, ask him also if was Brazil that concocted the subprime thing.

To: John Pitera who wrote (79283)	5/21/2008 4:50:50 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 116555

HP profits increased 26%. 70% of HP's revenue came from outside the U.S. "We benefited from robust demand in emerging economies," he said. Message 24606547 Ask HP if they are unhappy with the new statu quo...

To: John Pitera who wrote (79283)	5/21/2008 5:02:19 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

See who is hostile to capital Message 24607226

To: John Pitera who wrote (79283)	5/21/2008 5:30:48 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 116555

compare this: Let's Nationalize the Airlines! "I am a capitalist pig. I am a total economic libertarian, and I am ready to send the airline executives to the gulag. You know, I am ready to nationalize the whole thing." -- P.J. O'Rourke, speaking on Real Time With Bill Maher, March 21, 2008 Message 24607236 with this Fly Jet Azul, David Neeleman's Brazilian Clone Message 24607238 Moving to where the money and the capitalistas supremo are i...