[Poohbah]

In a utopian world we all would have seen and prepared for what is occurring. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of Americans have not; that makes it a problem.

Then the satirical tale of the ant and the grasshopper (the one where Kermit sings "It Isn't Easy Being Green" on the Oprah Winfrey Show) becomes reality.

Feel free to flame away, but I'd rather you address how a recently "displaced" tech worker with three kids, a wife, a mortgage, and medical bills is supposed survive when the skills he has are no longer needed in Corporate America.

The same way I did the times I was fired.

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[GOP_1900AD]

Good tactics. But what is the proactive strategy to deal with the accumulated macroeconomic impacts and effects on long term US and Western geopolitical power?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

Gunny Highway, did you have that cigar in your mouth when you said that?

[PigRigger]

"Improvise. Adapt. Overcome"

I have too, 2x now. I was, and still am, better prepared than most.

However, I'm finding it much tougher this time round (still have a job and preparing for the inevitable). The environment has changed dramatically, good jobs are getting scarcer.

If I am feeling the pinch, what about those who aren't as well prepared (which is the average American), what about those who don't have jobs?

If this group keeps growing, it may very well impact the next election. We may very well end up with exactly what this country doesn't need, another Clinton.

Thus, if the election is a close one answers such as "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome" won't push Bush over the top.

[null and void]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. Endure.

Hmmmm. Needs a little more work...

Adapt. Endure. Improvise. Overcome. Upgrade your worth.

AEIOU (and sometimes y and w).

That works - survive by having a major vowel movement...