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Malaysia is a very successful Muslim country, a number of high tech companies including Dell and Sony have moved their manufacturing there. Malaysia though is strongly controlled by Chinese, Japanese, and American business interests, its also a fairly decent place for p4p, kind of a more upmarket version of Thailand. Regardless, everything in America is linked to the petrodollar, that is the reason why its very easy for us to get credit to fund whatever we want, a car, a house, education, trips abroad to lay cute exotic women, if this system was tampered with it would ruin all of this.
I saw a program about Indonesia, which is the largest Muslim country on the planet, its also a major sex destination, more Australians I know go there than even Thailand. They were showing Jakarta's Red Light District which looked huge. It was real interesting program, they even interviewed an Indonesian porn star who said she was a devout Muslim, weird.
Regardless, I think Europe is going to become more right wing, especially with the events of the past few years, the bombings in Spain and the UK, riots in Paris, the Pope's comments, etc..
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CB, you're right, Indonesia is the best country in Asia for mongering and skirt chasing, and one of the best in the world. Personnaly I find that for beauty and heartiness, indonesian women are the gold standart in Asia. About islam, as you said, Indonesia is the largest muslim country in the world, but islam there is just a cultural heritage and almost 90% of the indonesian muslims follow an easy-going blend of islam, hinduism and javanese beliefs. Indonesians are the nicest and most peaceful people I ever met in all my journeys.
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Going into left feild..
I thought the topic was "American Women"
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The USA's military power is linked to its economic power, the economic power is largely based on the current petrodollar and the ability to finance nearly unlimited debt. This is not going to last, I personally do not keep any of my personal holdings in US dollars, the nearly 40 percent drop in value of the US Dollar is a serious warning sign not a short term trend. No money = no military. Even the public is getting sick of the war hype of the Neocons, so they have no credibility without any public support you can't have any foreign interventions. Wonder how Americans will behave when things aren't as rosy as they are in the present day? Think New Orleans times 1000. Despite all the political correctness, the US is still very much a society divided by race, religion, and economic status, its the economy that binds everything together. Why do millions of people from different nationalities leave their families and cultures behind and move or try to move to the US? Money!!!
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American Women
Does any American here generally pull a higher quality of woman in the USA than they do abroad? If you do, what are the reasons for this? I think that I am one of the few men on this board--for better or for worse--that does and wanted to hear from other men who are in my same boat.
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[QUOTE=DirkDingy]Does any American here generally pull a higher quality of woman in the USA than they do abroad? If you do, what are the reasons for this? I think that I am one of the few men on this board--for better or for worse--that does and wanted to hear from other men who are in my same boat.[/QUOTE]
You must be a higher quality man than most of us here, or at least me! That said, quality, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. So more power to you, Bro'! Have at these AWs to your heart's content!
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Women from outside of North America are considerably better than those found in Canada and the US. Even if Australian women aren't perfect, they are a level above what I found in the US. European women, especially those from Eastern and Central Europe are a world above anything found in the USA. The only thing, from an economic point of view America is not as secure as it was in the past, outsourcing and globalization is starting to take its toll, as is uncontrolled unskilled immigration which lowers the average wage. Even if American women sucked in the past it least we were able to live in reasonable comfort but that is being threatened due to stupid corporations sending their operations overseas. The loss of the petrodollar scheme is another big pillar that is about to fall. Political Correctness in America is out of control, a state governer tried to shoot down a bill that required government workers to speak English, what is the crime in this?
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The Great Illusion
CBGB has some good points again.
The petrodollar scheme, as he puts it, is an important symbol of the US's economic power. Guess what used to be the "petro-currency"? The British Pound! When that went to the US dollar, it was the final notice that economic supremacy had passed away from the former "Great Britain".
The perception right now is that the US is some kind of invincible superpower. That it is, in fact, the world's ONLY true superpower. This just isn't true. There aren't any superpowers in the world at all. The slightest little problem and any country can fall apart.
For example, homeland security..... a true superpower should be impregnable right? No army, no matter how mighty, should be able to cross it's borders. Yet every day the US is apparently powerless to stop armies of mexicans from swarming across. Maybe "armies" is the wrong word to use since they are unarmed, uneducated and apparently welcomed as a cheap labor source. What's more, nobody even knows for sure how many of them are living inside the US border. If you really wanted to know for sure, you better ask the Mexican Gov't, they probably have some idea!
Finicially a superpower? Wrong again, the US is the worlds largest debtor nation and it only gets worse every single day. Imports outweigh exports in every single category except weapons sales. They can't afford to rebuild New Orleans, but somehow have an extra hundred billion to spare for the mess in Iraq.
Technological leader? Sure, until the Chinese and Indians copy the ideas and start selling their own versions for 10% of the cost.
Right now we are living in an illusion of comfort, prosperity and security. But there's a disaster coming, that's for sure. I live in Canada it's true, but we're so closely linked to you guys that we'll get sucked into the downfall too... so there's no escape for anybody. I just pray it doesn't happen for another 10 or 15 years so I can make my third world escape before it hits.
Rock
ps. when it all happens, the women can look after their OWN asses..... equality right?
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Everyone talks of India China this and India China that, India and China might become major players...if they continue to grow the way they do for at least another 20 to 30 years. I have actually visited India, its highly unstable, I don't think you could call a country where nearly 85 percent of the population nearly starve a major world power. China also has a lot of poverty not as severe as India but still its living standards is not comparable to a Western country. You can't control a population if their stomachs are empty. The next major power over the next couple of decades is one that seems unknown to most Americans, its Europe, and Europe is being largely dominated by Germany. The Germans who tried to unite the continent by two world wars and failed have created a united Europe that stretches from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea(with the recent inclusion of Bulgaria). This the Europe that Hitler imagined, Europe may look peaceful and innocuous now but a set of events are occurring that will bring Europe back to its imperialistic roots.
Britain an example of resilience against Continental Europe is soon becoming an energy importer instead of an exporter, Germany will be the nation providing the UK's energy needs in the coming decades.
There really is no major Muslim problem in Europe, of course there are problems in Britain and France, Italy is having problems with the Muslim Albanian Mafia that even the Italian gangsters fear. Germany and Austria are two countries where the Muslims fear their Germanic neighbors.
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Hey fellas,
I haven't enjoyed Pattaya since the end of Aug, last year. Looks like a lot might have changed starting with the exchange rate. I have read some of your reports, so I am a bit discouraged. I plan on being there between 3/31 and 4/15. I'll be coming from the US. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like my normal traveling buddies will be able to join me on this one. If any of you will be around during that time, would love to meet up.
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I've good some pretty good info that Germany imported large numbers of Turks as "gastarbeiten" or foreign workers. They did this because it was an easy way to get cheap labor to do jobs that average Germans didn't want to do. Sound familiar?
An the Krauts are getting a lot of their energy from Russia, so they aren't in any position to push anyone around that way.
Rock
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The Germans are getting chummy with the Russians, Russia like Iran wants world oil trade to be dominated by the Euro, the writing is on the wall for the US Dollar. The ECB, the organization that introduced the Euro is based in Frankfurt. The Germans are buying the continent left right and center.
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CB, you been reading the Philadelphia Trumpet, or what? I like Strafor's reports myself.
Yeah, the Germans have been making a lot of moves lately. It's inevitable that they'd get over their WWII blues after a generation or two. They have a large population, a big economy, and they are just plain dynamic as far as people go. Except maybe for France, Germany is the natural cultural and economic center for europe as a whole.
Personally, I don't ever see a strongly unified europe coming into being. Too many languages, too many different countries spread across the map..... and wayyy too much history. Think of a herd of cats, they might all be running in the same direction at one time, but it doesn't last for long.
Now, if there was some kind of major external threat to europe as a whole ..... AND if they were able to perceive that threat quite clearly, then you might see some kind of unified europe.
Even then, they aren't invincible..... just look at Airbus and the mess they have with that stupid A380 superjumbo. They'll be lucky if it doesn't sink them.
Rock
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What's the Philadelphia Trumpet?? Back to the topic a dollar run is a real prospect, so if you are looking to travel abroad its going to become extremely expensive to do so. I never said Europe was invincible, a couple of years ago, the media was talking about the everasting American Empire, what happened to that? I guess that was washed down the Gulf Coast after Katrina. Stratfor or another bulletin was talking about the US being hit by three major disasters, a terrorist attack in NYC, a flood in New Orleans, and the Big Earthqauke that is overdue in California.
The dollar has fallen nearly 40 percent in value over the past five years that is a major red flag. As I mentioned US wealth is tied to the petrodollar monopoly which is going to end soon, within the next decade.
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[QUOTE=CBGBConnisur]As I mentioned US wealth is tied to the petrodollar monopoly which is going to end soon, within the next decade.[/QUOTE]
I read the site on link that you gave citing this petrodollar stuff. That guy mixes half-truths with utter nonsense to come up with off-the-wall theories that are not supported by any data or any other recognized economic theories.
I am not going to debunk it here; inappropriate and would take too long. I strongly suggest to members that they learn about the crude oil market, how OPEC functions, international financial markets, the role of a reserve currency, international trade, and then read that link and come up with your own opinion.
DO NOT BELIEVE 'US WEALTH COMES FROM THE PETRODOLLAR MONOPOLY' OR SIMILAR STATEMENTS ON THEIR FACE!!!!!!
The US dollar is weak, the US economy faces threats, 'petrodollar' theories do not explain the reasons why.