At long last the writings are visible on the wall. US citizens did not see them though it was the US citizens who wrote reams of the impending doom.
1. How can you be rich when you are the biggest borrower? 2. How can you be a provider when you subsidize your own agriculture? 3. How can one talk of democracy when you indulge in war mongering in Iraq? 4. Why do you not curb consumption of oil and energy when you very well know the price increase worldover is because of your zeal to consume them? 5. How can you preach morality when there is least repect for women? An ever increasing rate of divorce is one indication of this underlying current?
Does it ring any bells? USA;s domination is staring them in their face and they are still indulging in Yahoo buy out and competetion to Google.
The good times have turned a full circle and the happenings are taking over - Nostradamus or otherwise.
So, dear friends tighten your seat belts. The jaggernaut has started its journey downhill. No numbers are required to foretell this foregone conclusion.
Cheers in the meantime.. India does well on a lower level but its worse times shall also not be very painfull. It has learnt to live in pain.