Long as you've some way to post. We can't go without you for months, you know!
And as for Cold War II, I expect you probably didn't watch the Republican Convention? And thus missed seeing Meg Whitman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman) giving a speech there (http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/04/meg-and-carly-mccains-other-key-women/). (As I did.) Does that help to explain why China's in the top-tier, PayPal-wise, and Russia's in the bottom? Republicans miss the cold war so very deeply...
But I wouldn't worry too much about a new Cold War - unless McCain gets in, which seems unlikely. It doesn't make any sense for anybody, (arms-producers excepted), the neocons being out of step with everyone else in power in the West.
Oh, and for a sane analysis of current events, see this guy's articles...
Re: Thunderboxes
And as for Cold War II, I expect you probably didn't watch the Republican Convention? And thus missed seeing Meg Whitman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman) giving a speech there (http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/04/meg-and-carly-mccains-other-key-women/). (As I did.) Does that help to explain why China's in the top-tier, PayPal-wise, and Russia's in the bottom? Republicans miss the cold war so very deeply...
But I wouldn't worry too much about a new Cold War - unless McCain gets in, which seems unlikely. It doesn't make any sense for anybody, (arms-producers excepted), the neocons being out of step with everyone else in power in the West.
Oh, and for a sane analysis of current events, see this guy's articles...
http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles2008.htm