08-05-2002 18:20									#31
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When will the U.S. fall? God knows. No current trends or imbalances will make it fall but they might weaken it.

1) How long will America remain the safe haven for investment? This is the weakest leg on which American prosperity rests, an eventual devaluation of the currency could cause this to happen. As will the eventual ill effects of high consumer debt.

2) The first point leads into the second point, and that is the increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. This will eventually lead to a strengthing of the class oriented policies, which will mean a rise in wages but might hurt return on investments.

3) Baby boomer time bomb. Europe has got this worse than the U.S., but the Ponzi schemes are going to run out, which will cause a change in current social security and pension policies. Given the strength of the senior citizen lobby, I'd expect an increase in the current tax. Companies who still run a defined benefit pension will be hurting (See American Steel) but pensioners under defined contributions will demand an increase from the public purse.

4) The increasing cost of medical, the US already spends more per GDP then any other country this isn't going to change. Once again the Babyboomer timebomb will force the issue, hopefully there will be some kind of tort reform decreasing the rate of medical inflation.

As with all future prediction I'd have just as much success splitting open the guts of livestock or staring at the stars.

	08-05-2002 18:21									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber Why?

Teasing at first. But seeing how few people can grasp the concept of humour, I start to feel that it would perhaps be a good thing.

	08-05-2002 18:35									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Akka le Vil Teasing at first. But seeing how few people can grasp the concept of humour, I start to feel that it would perhaps be a good thing.

Grasping humor is easy. I was just curious.

	08-05-2002 18:38									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber Grasping humor is easy. I was just curious.

Tsk tsk...
You KNOW, I'm sure, that most words ending in "or" can be written "our" or "or" depending on the use of the american spelling or the english one.
Try : color/colour, labor/labour, humor/humour...

	08-05-2002 18:50									#35
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quote: Originally posted by Akka le Vil Tsk tsk... You KNOW, I'm sure, that most words ending in "or" can be written "our" or "or" depending on the use of the american spelling or the english one. Try : color/colour, labor/labour, humor/humour...

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I've heard that the Aussies are beginning to come over to our spelling now. It's only a matter of time when the Canadians will be on the minority side of the English language. Americanish is on the rise.

	08-05-2002 19:02									#36
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How will it end?

With a big bang.

RAH

	08-05-2002 19:33									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion Wrong. America will fall when America explodes.

Ossama you are just jealous of our indoor plumbing.

	08-05-2002 19:34									#38
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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moon-lit night
Every gal in Constantinople
lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
so if you've got a date in Constantinople
she'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York
was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Istanbul


I have to say that this is a very cute way for an empire to end

	08-05-2002 19:37									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Lemmy ok, then what about the (planned?) tax increase on imported steel, that's a start of the world no longer trading with the US...

What about a Eurocom tax on the entire internet? I would call that a tad bit more onerous than a tax on steel.

	08-05-2002 19:42									#40
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moon-lit night Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople so if you've got a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul I have to say that this is a very cute way for an empire to end

what's the name of the song? artist?

	08-05-2002 19:44									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion what's the name of the song? artist?

Istanbul (not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants.

And read this and then tell me there isn't a God:

when I was outside Aghia Sophia in Constantinople and I was about to go inside for the first time I heard this very song!!!
(from a kiosk!!!!!!)

	08-05-2002 19:47									#42
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so? I once heard Toccata and Fugue in d minor by Bach played by an organist inside of the Berlin Cathedral when standing before it. That was fun.

	08-05-2002 19:49									#43
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what's the comparison?

	08-05-2002 19:49									#44
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hearing a song in front of a church, common point there

and while I had fun, your story is boring

	08-05-2002 19:50									#45
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there I was a Greek lad ready to go to the captured! most magnificent cathedral ever produced by Orthodox Greece and just as I was ready to go inside I heard that it was Istanbul not Constantinople.

That was fun

	08-05-2002 19:51									#46
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boring? go vote for Le Pen cu later

	08-05-2002 19:53									#47
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I'm not a frog thank you

	08-05-2002 19:55									#48
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No, you're a toad.

	08-05-2002 19:56									#49
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Not that either, I'm a... what am I? Pick one.

	08-05-2002 19:56									#50
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Paiktis is what the Englishman calls "a sandwich in lack of a picnic"

	08-05-2002 19:58									#51
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This is paiktis.





Hella Shriner Clown. Get it ?

	08-05-2002 20:04									#53
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Why are you laughing Ectelinaki, you didn't get it

	08-05-2002 20:45									#55
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I got more in that minute than you get in a whole day, you darn slave to Turks.

	08-05-2002 20:49									#56
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Still can't get over the intense sex Germany enjoyed in the 2 WWs I see...

Naaaazi scum!

	08-05-2002 22:17									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion Paiktis is what the Englishman calls "a sandwich in lack of a picnic"

The expression is "A sandwich short of a picnic". A common variation is "A can short of a sixpack".

	08-05-2002 23:34									#58
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but my version should work at well... though I must say that hadn't you quoted me I'd run and edit

I'm innocent, PH just told me about that one a few days ago, how am I supposed to remember such details

	08-05-2002 23:36									#59
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stupid.

	08-05-2002 23:41									#60
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who ever asked you, Turkslave zorba?