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forbin on June 7, 2009 - 10:37am

ah well, democracy as we know it hasn't been around long , doubt it will survive the oil crunch / credit peak ;)

Athenian democracy I believe did not survive after its silver mines ran out or indeed block by Sparta , if I remember my history rightly.

so when the people cry out for the want of bread and circuses -beware the man that has the Answer (for he will be there)....

after all "thing will be different" when I 'm in charge.........

Forbin

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eric blair on June 8, 2009 - 7:03am

And somewhere in the above observation + the observation of the US expansion to the Pacific, then the US oil production is a PHD thesis paper.

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