[Rhodes22-list] Breakup of USA predicted

[Tootle]

Ben,

If you look at the map that was attached it shows that you would be. 
However, Penn State, Temple, Rutgers are not in the Conference.  

It seems like politically you would be a good fit for Duke.  You would fit
right in with their faculty.  Could their treatment of the Lacrosse team be
why Coach K has trouble recruiting these days?  In fact I cannot understand
how any male would go there.

Ed k
"Sailing is not a matter of life or death, it is more important than that."




Ben Cittadino wrote:
> 
> Ed;
> 
> Maybe we could organize by athletic conferences. I want to live in
> ACC-land. 
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> 
> Ben C.
> 
> 
> 
> Tootle wrote:
>> 
>> RUSSIAN ANALYST PREDICTS DECLINE AND BREAKUP OF USA
>> Tue Nov 25 2008 09:04:22 ET
>> 
>> A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the
>> United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is
>> heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. 
>> 
>> Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily
>> IZVESTIA published on Monday: "The dollar is not secured by anything. The
>> country's foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the
>> early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998, when I first made my prediction,
>> it had exceeded $2 trillion. Now it is more than 11 trillion. This is a
>> pyramid that can only collapse." 
>> 
>> The paper said Panarin's dire predictions for the U.S. economy, initially
>> made at an international conference in Australia 10 years ago at a time
>> when the economy appeared strong, have been given more credence by this
>> year's events. 
>> 
>> When asked when the U.S. economy would collapse, Panarin said: "It is
>> already collapsing. Due to the financial crisis, three of the largest and
>> oldest five banks on Wall Street have already ceased to exist, and two
>> are barely surviving. Their losses are the biggest in history. Now what
>> we will see is a change in the regulatory system on a global financial
>> scale: America will no longer be the world's financial regulator." 
>> 
>> When asked who would replace the U.S. in regulating world markets, he
>> said: "Two countries could assume this role: China, with its vast
>> reserves, and Russia, which could play the role of a regulator in
>> Eurasia." 
>> 
>> Asked why he expected the U.S. to break up into separate parts, he said:
>> "A whole range of reasons. Firstly, the financial problems in the U.S.
>> will get worse. Millions of citizens there have lost their savings.
>> Prices and unemployment are on the rise. General Motors and Ford are on
>> the verge of collapse, and this means that whole cities will be left
>> without work. Governors are already insistently demanding money from the
>> federal center. Dissatisfaction is growing, and at the moment it is only
>> being held back by the elections and the hope that Obama can work
>> miracles. But by spring, it will be clear that there are no miracles." 
>> 
>> He also cited the "vulnerable political setup", "lack of unified national
>> laws", and "divisions among the elite, which have become clear in these
>> crisis conditions." 
>> 
>> He predicted that the U.S. will break up into six parts - the Pacific
>> coast, with its growing Chinese population; the South, with its
>> Hispanics; Texas, where independence movements are on the rise; the
>> Atlantic coast, with its distinct and separate mentality; five of the
>> poorer central states with their large Native American populations; and
>> the northern states, where the influence from Canada is strong. 
>> 
>> He even suggested that "we could claim Alaska - it was only granted on
>> lease, after all." Panarin, 60, is a professor at the Diplomatic Academy
>> of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has authored several
>> books on information warfare. 
>> 
>> Developing... 
>> 
>> See map attached:
>>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p20691917/six%2Bcountries.gif
>> six+countries.gif 
>> 
> 
> 

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