My goodness Walter, that's a bit strong. The USA has a three trillion dollar economy. These tempest's come and go. There is a U.S. federal election underway. The parties are being nasty to each other and going public with it. There is a sound foundation under that smoke screen. You know, there are far to many left wing governments, media outlets and organizations such as Al Jazeerah smeering their vision of the death of the United States on the people of the world. All I have to say about that is "May God help us if it comes true." Because if the USA falls what little freedom there is in this world will quickly be destroyed and with that loss, knowledge will begin to diminish.

>>If you think the valuation of the dollar has anything to do with whether or not people feel warm and fuzzy about George Bush you really don't understand how things work. European bankers have a long history of being willing to profit from the devil himself if it made a franc, a mark or a kroner.
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>GWB has a lot to do with the value of the dollar. Your economy is on the edge of collapsing on the tremendous weight of the death you're in. The thing is that you're not able to see it yet. I agree with tore that what we see here (devaluation of the dollar, the house market, the financial branch on the whole, the consequences of the war against terror etc) normally does not reach the mere american.
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>Americans are always hopefull and enthousiastic. Thats one thing I admire. We europeans are much more negative (Consequences of the many european wars and two world wars). However americans are also the neglecting realitiy in some respects. It is time for change. We are longing for an american president that is able to get the economy back to the years of bill clinton. If not, the US will lose its position to a new rising power: whether thats in europe or Asia.
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>Walter,