[Archangel]

I believe Questiny is on the mark with her analysis, If you need absolute proof of what is going on just go down to your local bank, Troop, as I am sure you have good credit and you are an upstanding member of the community and ask them to refi your house or give you a 100% auto loan. Then take a look at the community you live in and notice all the late model trucks and cars sitting in peoples yards with For Sale signs on them. You could even drive across Country and perhaps notice the gradual siphoning off of National Gaurd equipment as it is being stripped from local units and sent to Iraq because we are out of front line equip. Maybe you could take your next car bill to your computer and print some money to pay it, that is what the Fed is doing, it doesn't take a genius to see that it is an unteneble situation. You might also want to ask why the Federal Government is running Military excercises in US cities, Indy and Denver come to mind. You may want to consider the fact that they generally don't practice things they don't intend on using. Maybe it is the shrinking volume of food I buy in the grocery store or the fact that I realize that the U.S. was not designed for 3 dollar a gallon gas, All of europe can fit in Texas so spare me the "Europeans are paying 7 a gallon stuff," it is insulting to anyone who has looked at a Globe I don't know I could be wrong, I mean the Government said we are doing fine and so did all the pretty people on TV, Sorry if this is too sarcastic, but I really hope you can see some of the things around you without someon having to write a dissertation on the fall of Rome....I mean America