[Rhodes22-list] Breakup of USA predicted

[Benjamin Cittadino]

Ed K;

As it happens, my father, my sister, my brother in law, my first wife, my
eldest son and I are all Duke grads. 

I absolutely agree with you (don't have a heart attack), let me say that
again, I absolutely agree with you about the lacrosse team treatment.  It
was a disgrace, and you can bet the alumni have let the school know it. I
thought you might be a Coach K fan, since he is one of your "Landsmen".

Happy Thanksgiving,

Ben C.

Tootle wrote:
> 
> 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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