In article , Charlie wrote:

There are many here in the belly of the beast who shan't be cryin'
either when said empire can no longer inflict itself upon the world at
large. The fear is though, that the beast will turn upon itself and
those of us here will suffer the same privation and predation that so
many in "third world" countries and indigenous peoples have suffered at
the hands of this insanely rapacious empire. This is beginning to
happen already.

Yep -- DH was reading an economics article which said that about 10% of
Americans with mortgages were in negative equity *now*. The pain is only just
starting, I fear.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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