Re:There's your answer: (Score 0)

You just don't understand those of us who see the world through the lens of war. Fake attacks on ships? What are you referring to there?

Vietnam was part of the cold war, and we won the cold war, for the good of mankind. You apparently don't realize how great an achievement that was.

Electricity is a regional issue. We're doing just fine over here in Utah.

Network connectivity is the least of my concerns. I have 6mbit comcast, and the hosts seem to be the limiting factor for me. I'm schedule to have fiber installed to my home in the next 2 years. (http://www.utopianet.org/) Again, a regional issue. Move if you're dissatisfied.

America is the forerunner in private space development. I have my gripes about NASA, but the opportunities for private development of space has always excited me.

Big business in politics bothers me to no end, but it's a deeply rooted problem, and there is no solution in sight. And don't tell me it's a problem with conservatives only, corporate kickbacks are the foundation of any presidential campaign. As far as I can tell, both sides are equally bad.

America's image in other countries? Who fucking cares. I think other countries are to blame for all of the problems in the middle east. They are politically impotent. You could do everything right and they'd still throw all the shit your way.

I have heard your concerns over increasing debt (of course I have). It's stupid. I have an MBA, I studied economics quite thoroughly, and you have to understand that in this country debt works FOR us. We win, either way. It's not like people, where you need to pay off your debt BEFORE you die, because this country isn't going to die. Investing in America is the best thing in the world, right now. That's what it means. The money comes here and it stays here, and if the dollar drops in value we will all go on living like we were, we may just buy more American goods at that point. The sad story here is that China dumps money into the US economy at the expense of their own people, who are starving and dieing of disease and pollution. There is only speculation on what would happen should the dollar crash, but look at things for what they are. That money is used to build up our great nation, it's non liquid.

As for pollution, I think those problems will solve themselves. It works agianst us to try to "stop pollution". It also works against us to accellerate technological solutions. You'll start to see companies like nanosolar solving our energy problems, long time coming but look, nothing but the free market to thank for it.

Oil problem is serious. The thing I hate the most in the world. Rising gas prices takes the biggest toll on the lowest class of Americans, and puts it into the pocket of the richest Arabs, who build super yachts with missile launchers on them. Back when American companies owned most of the oil production around the world, things were good, real good. Meanwhile, I heard a statistic, something like oil prices have outpaced oil consumption by 8 fold. They make more and more off the hardest working people in the world (working class Americans) and, coincidentally, most of the problems in the world center around them over there in the middle east. Same old story of corruption. I'd like to say the Iraq war WAS for oil, but I expect nothing will change. I'll be the first to build solar panels on my roof and drive battery powered car, once it's affordable.