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2010-12-07 Britain

Brown urges action to prevent "decline of the west"

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile POTUS BAMMER > says AMERICA is in a defining, NEW "SPUTNIK" MOMENT, ala the OWG = expanding Global Econ + doubts being raised oer America's ability to effec lead + respond to International Ideo, Geopol Challengers.

ONE WORLD ECON = O-W-E = Wehell, America = Amerika at 83-93% Debt-to-GDP ratio most certainly does OWE its Creditors, espec CHINA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-07 01:23|| 2010-12-07 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 ION DAILY TIMES.PK > MEDVEDEV: NATO MUST INCLUDE RUSSIA IN MISSLE DEFENSE.

ARTIC. Iff not, come YEAR 2020 the concept of a NATO-ONLY MISSLE DEFENSE SHIELD may become a SERIOUS DESTABILIZING FACTOR between NATO-RUSS as far as Moscow is concerned + ultimately induce a NEW ARMS RACE between same.

and

* PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > NATO HAS A SECRET PLAN TO DEFEND THE BALTICS [agz Russia].

ARTIC > Nine NATO Divisions, Key Ports allegedly identified + earmarked for BALTIC SECURITY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-07 01:30|| 2010-12-07 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I think someone put it best when they said that, "As a young man, Gordon Brown watched Monty Python, yet did not discern that it was either surreal or a comedy."

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-07 06:49|| 2010-12-07 06:49|| Front Page Top

Brown said that the harsh public spending cuts being imposed in the UK and elsewhere could rob western governments of the firepower they need to develop the skills and technology needed to win business in China and India.

Brown is right. How can we expect to compete with the BRIC countries if we don't have more lawyers, English Lit professors and Left-handed Lesbian Midget Studies majors?

Oh, the humanity.

Posted by charger 2010-12-07 12:22|| 2010-12-07 12:22|| Front Page Top

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