[narby]

it must be destroyed, brought down to the level of the most common denominator so that all will be right and "fair" in the world.

I agree that the moronic left wants this. But the least common denominator is rising in most of the world. India and China are becoming economic powerhouses, and as the net and the prosperity that allows travel spreads they will become more free too.

Economically, I think the US will maintain, while the least common denominator will rise to meet us.

Excepting Africa. They don't have the culture to pull themselves up by the boot straps, and will mire around in squalor like New Orleans, until someone decides it's ok to re-colonize again. Perhaps after a couple more centuries of African colonialization it will be able to maintain a first world economy the way South Africa did until the left destroyed apartheid.

[Go_Raiders]

"Excepting Africa."

I beg to differ. It will take 2 to 3 decades, but the transforming power of Christianity will topple the dictatorships, and Africa will rise from the ashes.

Anyone wanting to fight terrorism and poverty long term should be donating money to church organizations doing missionary work in Africa and televangelism in the Middle East.

[fallujah-nuker]

"Excepting Africa. They don't have the culture to pull themselves up by the boot straps, and will mire around in squalor like New Orleans, until someone decides it's ok to re-colonize again. Perhaps after a couple more centuries of African colonialization it will be able to maintain a first world economy the way South Africa did until the left destroyed apartheid."

If France really wants to be a power here is her chance. It was a big mistake for us to pressure them out of Algeria. One hundred years ago Frenchmen colonized North Africa, today North Africans colonize France.

[TypeZoNegative]

Excepting Africa. They don't have the culture to pull themselves up by the boot straps, and will mire around in squalor like New Orleans, until someone decides it's ok to re-colonize again. Perhaps after a couple more centuries of African colonialization it will be able to maintain a first world economy the way South Africa did until the left destroyed apartheid. So you are in support of countries giving up their sovereignty. Gee, where did we hear of that idea before? Oh, I forgot, DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR!

South Africa is not in squalor because Apartheid fell apart, it's becase because Apartheid told the blacks that they weren't worth anything, and when the inevitable happened, there was a generation of lost South Africans that were ignorant about economics.

The best thing to do to Africa right now would be to just let Africa alone and let them figure out economics sooner or later.