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On 11/9/2012 6:54 AM, Don Martin wrote:
> Dakota <ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/8/2012 10:49 PM, Olrik wrote:
>>> Le 2012-11-08 11:39, pyotr filipivich a écrit :
>>>> Gunner <gunnera...@gmail.com> on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:10:13 -0800 typed
>>>> in misc.survivalism  the following:
>>>>> On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:34:43 -0800, pyotr filipivich
>>>>> <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gunner <gunnera...@gmail.com> on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:28:18 -0800
>>>>>> typed
>>>>>> in misc.survivalism  the following:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:23:59 -0800, pyotr filipivich
>>>>>>> <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gunner <gunnera...@gmail.com> on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:14:45 -0800
>>>>>>>> typed
>>>>>>>> in misc.survivalism  the following:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just because you lost doesn't mean you really lost. There are
>>>>>>>>>> going to
>>>>>>>>>> be "some voting irregularities" blah blah blah.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh we lost. We probably won the popular vote when the tallies
>>>>>>>>> are in
>>>>>>>>> and counted. But we lost the electoral vote, which is all the
>>>>>>>>> counts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But...in winning..Leftwingers put a bullseye in the middle of
>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>> foreheads. Its going to be interesting to see what your Obamassiah
>>>>>>>>> will try to force down the Peoples throats in the coming 4 yrs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      It is going to be interesting to see how the Democrat Press
>>>>>>>> "suddenly" discovers all sorts of breaking stories "unexpectedly".
>>>>>>>> Benghazi, the further devaluing of the dollar, a National Debt
>>>>>>>> Greater
>>>>>>>> than the GDP, and an economy which is not "working."  Oops -
>>>>>>>> some of
>>>>>>>> the Greatest Stories not reported in the last four years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      All theirs, all the time.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> pyotr filipivich
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And they cant blame it on Bush.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      They will, but anyone with any sense knows they're partisan hacks
>>>>>> for the Democrat Party.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Although, they can, possibly, attempt to begin seeking a path
>>>>>> towards the possibility of redeeming themselves, if they behave
>>>>>> towards the next administration as if Romney actually had won.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The MSM has finally proven to all the moderates that they are biased
>>>>> as hell as well.  So the verbage from the MSM has ridden itself into
>>>>> the ground.  We on the Right are now on the edge of bloody
>>>>> revolution..and the MSM is going to get no quarter.
>>>>      I may start with them - because they are the Face of the Democrat
>>>> Party.
>>>>
>>>>      "Interesting", in the morning reading - US is now out of the top
>>>> ten prosperous countries.
>>>> <http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/05/u-s-slips-out-of-top-10-most-prosperous-countries-while-canada-keeps-no-6-ranking/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      Canada is #6, US is #12
>>>
>>> You should thank Walmart, in part, for that.
>>>
>>> The USA is now just barely above being a third-world country.
>>>
>> I haven't been able to learn much about how the Legatum Institute gathers
>> and weighs the data they use to determine a nation's ranking in their
>> prosperity index. They list eight subindexes including health, economy,
>> personal freedom, social capital, governance, education, safety and
>> security, and entrepreneurship and opportunity but provide little
>> information about them. The eight are made up of 89 variables. Perhaps I
>> didn't dig deeply enough but their website and wiki don't provide much
>> information. Does anyone know how they do it and if/why it matters?
>
> Dunno how they do it, but reading Tiabi's _Griftopia_ gives me some
> insights into the amount of wealth this country has lost over the past
> three decades.  We would be very lucky to hang onto 12th place.
>
Thanks for letting me know about the book. From what I've read of the 
Amazon reviews and at the book's wiki, you seem to be correct. I'll 
have my own copy soon. Amazon's got a 'used - very good' copy of the 
hardback for $6.15 delivered.