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Once again, I was not literally talking shoes. Shoes don't really bother me that much, except I do like wearing them.}

I am offering the very realistic possibility that as the world becomes more volatile and a country like China with a huge population becomes richer and more powerful militarily - we are in trouble. I would really prefer that we were still making a few of the necessities of life. But you seem to think that never, ever will those nice foreigners want to harm us. Well, think again. That is exactly what they want. Not every country in the world bases its actions and politics on what produces more economic gain for his workers - in fact, very few, including this one. It is based on what gives the ones with the power the ability to keep that power. And believe me, that would include trying to bring down America. To believe otherwise is to believe in fairy tales.

When our purchasing power dwindles and our debts strangle us, we will no longer be a customer of the world - we will be a sitting duck.

Now you think if China refuses to sell to us, we can always get it from Zimbabwe, Somali, Haiti, or any number of very stable third world countries, right? We will be able to depend on those countries to forever supply our needs - right? Think again. It is not a big, beautiful American-loving world out there. There are other things than money driving many people today. It is just folly to put ourselves at their mercy.

There are other things than money driving many people today.

What world is this you live in?

You watch to much CNN. The world is not full of ANTI-AMERICAN hate mongers who will give their own lives just to see America suffer. The world is full of people, just like us that are just trying to make a living and provide for their families. This is the way it has always been. This is the way it will always be.

When my friend hired all his programmers in New Zealand (they work for half the wages american programmers do), they didn't think "Some AMERICAN is pushing his weight around, we must defeat them!". They thought "A company wants to hire me." They view it no different than if a company there in New Zealand hired them. A job is a job.

Stop watching so much CNN. The world is not out to get us.