[wk4bush2004]

And.....let's do something about it.

[BipolarBob]

WE'RE DOOMED.

[bowzer313]

I've been losing more and more respect for Pinkerton's opinion pieces lately. He mouths the MSM intellectual's typical views about China's actions, but completely misses the most important thing about the Asian situation. That is, the anticipated ascension of a long dormant Japanese military.

[spinestein]

I've got a great idea. Genius even.

Let's work our butts off to convert the Middle East dictatorships into democracies and then do what we can to see that the same liberty and freedom spreads to every other nook and cranny of the world.

It won't be easy and there will be naysayers, but it will happen.

[telebob]

This is just freakin' stupid. So many assumptions, so little time.

Current India and China frenzy notwithstanding, this crap has no legs at all. Both India and China, despite their recent economic gains are two of the per capita poorest countries in the world.

This guy acts like India and China just met at the dance, fell in love at first sight and now it's happily ever after. Ain't gonna happen. India is just emerging from 50 years of mind-numbing socialism and stasis. China is dragging around the dead leg of communism. They both have a long history of belligerence towards each other.

Meanwhile, the US hums along at +/- 4% GDP growth per year, easily outstripping any economy in the world. 2001 GDP for China was 1.2 trillion divided by a billion people, India was 480 billion with a population of @ 900 million. The US? 10.2 trillion with a population of less than 300 million.

Asian century? Don't think so. At best they both could possibly pull themselves out of dire poverty and develop a respectable middle class. At best.

And that's just the beginning of what's wrong with this line of BS.

[Captainpaintball]

1. Our kidz do not know which state holds the KENTUCKY Derby. (earlier tonight, on Jay Leno)

2. Our borders are open, allowing enemies and leeches to take advantage of our political correctness and social safety net.

3. Our dollar value has declined more than 1/3 over the last 5 years.

4. GM's stock has fallen so much, I hear it is considered a junk bond. (Michael Savage show, Tuesday) I even hear rumors of Toyota wanting to buy GM!!!

5. Our politicians are corrupt, and our judges are out of control. There is no more true representation in our sytem of government.

6. India is taking our jobs. They have better foundations in real education, (don't worry, we still lead the world in sex education, dead white male bashing and tolerance) and speak better English than most Americans under 40.

7. China is stealing our technology, putting their stamp on it, and getting rich off of our hard work and innovation to fund their growing war machine. The average American is happy to buy this crap, and companies like Wal Mart are more than happy to sell it to us.

8. Liberalism is spreading like a disease, and infecting the body politic of this country like a cancer. A simple discussion of this condition, let alone removal of this cancer at some point will end up killing the patient, and I fear we are reaching the terminal stage soon, if not already.

Yes, it will be the Asian century. The real question is: How will we deal with it?

[1Old Pro]

One thing, both India and China have HUGE populations. This is both good and bad. Imagine if the countries had to pay welfare and medicaid to the poor in these countries?

[KevinDavis]

Same crap I heard in the 80's .