[Texas_Dawg]

Watch for the destruction of the American Middle Class. Watch for a growing criminal underclass. Watch for signs of national weakness: an inability to protect our borders, a growing credibility gap between the classes (both economic and political), watch for the U.S. to lose its next real war (and I'm not talking about fighting Third World, sixth-class countries like Afghanistan and Iraq). All these things have happened to past large countries on the decline in history, and there's no reason for us to be any different.

OK. Check.

I've been watching for 15 years or more (back to the days of the "Japan is going to conquer us and destroy our middle class" days). But, hey, keep me posted. Thanks.

[warchild9]

Ah, I should point out that:
1. Japan was never the highest holder of U.S. public debt (China now is);
2. Japan never had nuclear weapons poointed at us, nor had they any military designs on their surrounding territory;
3. Japan has never been a COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP (hello! remember the Soviet Union? Communism is our enemie's ideology!)
4. We've NEVER been a net exporter of capitol to Japan (ever, and my present PhD dissertation covers this in part);
5. Japan has never spied on us, overtly bribed our public officials, nor has our national security been compromised with the wholesale transferring of our industry to Japan (as opposed to a slave state).
I'm sorry, Mr. Bot, we're in deep s**t, and no amount of W worship is going to change things.