Preface: This is a rant... ============================ Thank fucking god. The greatest distraction the United States has ever dealt with-- being the 'number

Preface: This is a rant... ============================ Thank fucking god. The greatest distraction the United States has ever dealt with-- being the 'number one' economy. It makes me sick people have seen this as a sense of pride, or even as something to be "sad" about. ... It is too bad we've pissed away the opportunity, it didn't have to be like this... It, for the United States, has done nothing but acted as a catalyst for systematic and perverse exploitation of our people and resources for gain of a few with "wealth." It has given the evil of the world a corruptible, unstoppable force to push their agendas. Our democracy has proven to be much weaker than it's ruling sibling, 'crony-capitalism' or 'socialism for the wealthy' (whatever you want to call it). Look at the amount of money we blow up in the desert fighting redneck farmers (that's what they are, they just speak a different language). Looking at the money we spend on death of outsiders, compared to helping the people of our own nation, should make anyone feel nauseated. This is one step toward a less powerful United States, and dare I say a much better one. We'll still be the world's reserve currency for a while, but this is still a step to fixing the inherent systemic problems within the United States. Economic power doesn't mean high quality of life, and shouldn't be a sense of pride, hopefully the nation begins to understand this. There's more to life than being exploited money. C.R.E.A.M. -- Cash Rules Everything Around Me