Jim I stand and applaud you. A list well worth reading as so many sit in fear of the Democrats coming to power. I am not taking sides but have the past years of Rep power been so great? As one looks back some of the best markets have actually been under the Dem power as they have the ability to make more people feel good even when things are bad. Og course when recession hits the Dem will get the blame. Such is life JMHO
Can't disagree CJ. Unfortuneately we have a populace which is woefully unprepared for tightening their belt and bad times. meanwhile China is big, growing and getting a better military all the time. Do a yahoo search on chinese tanks sometime. What you find should be somewhat chilling.
These are not good times for us to to lose focus and strength.
The growing gap between rich and poor was foretold in sci fi books decades ago.
The recent israeli conflict showed how ineffectine normal armored warfare is against well trained insurgents hiding amongst civilians with shoulder launched or remote control bombs.