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To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (39173)	8/22/2008 12:03:30 PM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217803

US presidential race has turned into a "Cult of the Personality" regards

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (39173)	8/22/2008 2:09:33 PM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 217803

exactly.

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (39173)	8/23/2008 8:13:20 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217803

"affluent and mass affluent" Affluence is good when it is as translated in better education, better infrastructure and better products. The cars of the 70's were unsafe and uncomfortable. The roads were dangerous, the industries dirtier. The kids didn't have parks and places to play. Affluence improved all that. But mass affluence is bad because it provides very cheap soft drinks and processed food. The kids are fat and people less healthy. That also translates in lack of appreciation. People no longer appreciate what they have or get. Everything is too damn cheap. Brewing my own wine in Saudi Arabia made me appreciate a nice bottle of wine. I discover how tough it was to get one. (Mine were the worst thing I ever drunk). When I recall my brother making bread gives me an appreciation for a loaf of it. If I go to Condor Supermarket nearby (And it is not the supersized US supermarket) and I see a row of bread ten meter long in both sides of the alleys, any kid who see that never be able to appreciate a piece of bread. There's a pallet piled ceiling high with 2L bottles of soft drinks. We used to drink a glass when it was party or Xmas I think it was this state of mind that made possible the sub-prime. I think people got into it since they didn’t have in the corner of their memory how tough it is to get money and how easy it is to lose and not be able to earn it. I may sound like an old dog, but I can tell you, I have never been and never will be fleeced by anyone.