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Annals of ‘The Meltdown’ – No. 2 |
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Written by dd
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Monday, 01 December 2008 06:25 |
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In the backwash of the Wall St. melt down, we are re-assessing geo-political strategies and the balance of power.
Whereas “continued U.S. dominance” was confidently predicted in 2004 (by the American National Intelligence Council in their ‘Global Trends’ review’), their 2008 edition marks a dramatic shift. Wealth is moving from West to East and besides a resurgent China, India, we have to contend with criminal and terrorist networks across the globe. Is the USA set to follow the example of the late great British Empire and go into voluntary liquidation as a world power?
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 December 2008 06:28 )
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Quote - Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha |
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. - Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha |
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We are part of a world community whose boundaries are not defined by race, politics or geography. It is the Western World and it is united by one idea alone – the dignity, value and liberty of the individual.
In this sense, the western world has a soul; it exists wherever personal liberty is valued in conjunction with social responsibility. It exists across the globe and backwards in time to its origins when individuality was first cherished amongst the ancients. It is the true nemesis of totalitarianism and that tyranny of mediocrity and stale conformity where those with hidden agendas enforce moral blackmail on us through the dead hand of political correctness.
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