>>>The view of a leading US intelligence/strategic forecasting company
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>>>http://www.stratfor.com/home/0110091630.htm
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>>rof,l.... Len, your eyes have glazed over. Before you wave their 'opinions' round perhaps you should find out who they are and what their history is. Their 'zero-based intelligence method' implies they are 'independent of anything'. Now that smells like snake-oil - "we have this crystal ball, and it can't be fooled by bias or opinion, it tells us the future.."
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>Seems I've got a difficult choice here, do I take notice of the opinions of a successful intelligence company with a history of accuracy in their reports & forecasts or the opinions a little man working in a tax office. Guess I'll have to consult my crystal ball to see which I should choose.

Especially when the seem, without variance to mimick your consistantly negative viewpoints.

Little? I'm 6'6" and weigh 255 lbs. My wife thanks you, though :)