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To: John who wrote (65676)	8/23/2010 11:37:30 AM
From: westpacific	5 Recommendations Respond to of 217603

The prophet that predicted war (Nov 2010) also predicted this... 2011 Muslims use Chemical Weapons against Europe 2016 Europe mostly empty 2018 China new world leader 2043 Muslims run Europe 2066 US attacks Muslim controlled Rome Do not shoot the messager; I just report that I have read. Is this all nuts; will see how her coming projections work out... For now perhaps nuts; but stacked up against data and others in Europe that have warned of the same; I think not! Predictions made decades ago and look at what is ongoing in Europe via banking and debt problems!!!! Also projected... 3797 end of life on Earth. Perhaps I will chisel a stone tablet before I die... I do know Muslims (radical) have an agenda and are working to put it in place... West

To: John who wrote (65676)	8/23/2010 1:45:32 PM
From: energyplay	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217603

The problem with the long term doomsters like Prechter is this: They make straight line projects that show X driving off a cliff in Y years. The reality is there is some guidance of the X car, some people are driving, just not very well. The drivers can usually avoid an obvious cliff a few years out. The drivers have a hard time with potholes in the road. But potholes don't wreck the car, just bounce it hard. The doomsters assume that no one is driving and/or no one can control the wheel. Some examples: 1) Look at concerns over SAT college admission scores back in the 1980s. They were turned around, and headed back up. An education is harder to fix than anything else. 2) Ozone hole from fluorocarbons - FCs now reduced 3)US debt as % of GDP at the end of the Reagan Administration - reduced later in Clinton administration. 4) Air pollution problems of the 1970s, when you could taste Los Angeles air - massively reduced. 5) Remember this ? Japan was going to conquer the world and control all manufacturing and finance. 6) And sometimes their prophecies are self canceling : Ed Yardeni promoted Y2K hard enough, that most of it was fixed, so the chaos did not happen. ****** So I expect that real doom will come from either a lack of political will for many years or something moving fast, like SARS, bird flu, or a major war. The world will muddle through.