Oh, gosh, Kmar - China OWNS us!!
We owe them tons of money - they keep buying our bonds (a form of debt). That is mostly how this stimulus package is being funded. The rest came from the Xerox machine.
In fact, that fact may be what "saves" us - why would they want to obliterate a country that owes them so much money??
I guess maybe that scenario (the above article) is a bit scary, and maybe I shouldn't have posted it. I don't necessarily believe it - I don't know what to believe - but it is something else to think about.
Here's another scenario, involving nanotechnology and 2012:
2012 Doomsday: The Most Inconvenient Truth?
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