To: see clearly now who wrote (70672 ) 1/31/2011 1:08:29 AM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218447 re ted.com lecture by martin, i say ... - i agree with much of what he mentioned - never thought about the issue of his 'race' building block, and in any case it ought to be easy for most to learn mandarin and like chinese food ;0) - re civilization state it is, per my mention enough times re the burger-flipping pop culture of the out-going empire vs the rejuvenating civilization of the incoming sovereign - i had also mentioned that to think of china as larger version of japan is wrong, for japan was never, and can never be great - it is also wrong to believe that china's rise can be 'contained' by the likes of america in league with the likes of australia, india, indonesia, japan, etc ... ridiculous, for civilization cannot be contained by pop culture - it is unwise to take as true the founding mythology of team usa, and once that founding mythology is stripped of its spin, preciously little is left except the great crime against humanity, and once so exposed, all else follows, and all can be better understood, from war against peasants, carpet bombing to goldman sachs and wall street - level the playing field, cries the out-going empire, and with ending of global reserve currency fraud, the field shall be leveled, after that, teotwawki dawn - teotwawki dawn is as yet unimaginable in much of its details, but it should be good, or better than good - civilization dropped the ball several hundred years ago, and left a vacuum by which piracy, genocide, slavery, and conquest by force thrived, and those dark days are rapidly coming to a closure, but not before the onset of the darkest interregnum post dying anguish and after birthing cry - for this round, the final frontier, space, and after this round, no turning back working premise, tracking true to date recommendation: engage with the new sovereign, embrace civilization, and getgold, that which civilization knows to be true amen