Banana Republic

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by nohmi2

..................and why doesn't the US have the will to develop it?

Because we'd rather have the environmental damage happen in Somebody Else's Back Yard?

[Falcao]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

Because we'd rather have the environmental damage happen in Somebody Else's Back Yard?

You stole the words from my mouth (or from my fingertips ). Anyways, that's true. USAers like to live in a clean environment (who's not?) and let other spoil their soil.

[Joebill]

Originally Posted by Falcao

You stole the words from my mouth (or from my fingertips ). Anyways, that's true. USAers like to live in a clean environment (who's not?) and let other spoil their soil.

And some Americans don't want anything delveloped. I think its silly.

[SneakySnake]

Americans should be glad. The rest of the world can get on with hating China instead! Welcome to Earth Americans!

[ardeegee]

Not to worry, China might fall apart with the rest of us!

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...rome?page=full

[Fat Abe]

Historians will be scratching their heads for centuries attempting to figure out how and why the greatest Superpower that ever existed became a Banana Republic. They will not find the answer in current books such as The Coming China Wars, The Black Swan, America's Bubble Economy or The Quants. No, no, no. Too simple. The root cause is people, incompetent liberals as well as conservatives. At a time when government needs the best and the brightest, we have the worst and the stupidest (sic). The opposite of a meritocracy, call it a mental midgetocracy.



http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/27/w...ally-mean.html



http://www.harpercollins.com/books/1...=9780060856120

Have a laugh. This is Friday. When I think of Nero and Sarah Palin, I have more favorable thoughts about the former. Let me be the first to predict that Saraw (sic) will be the next president of the USA. Sweet nightmares.

[JSWolf]

What any of this has to do with a store in a mall I have no idea.

[GraceKrispy]

I always found banana republic's clothing a little too pricey for me.

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I always found banana republic's clothing a little too pricey for me.

You must have been directed to the tourist rip-off shops.

[GraceKrispy]

$30-$50 usd for a tank top at the BR in the mall? Forget it! It better be embellished with Patron and dark chocolate with caramel filling for that! Unlimited supply.

Of course, I'm a fan of the discount shops. Saving my money for more important things. (I was going to say "like books," but the reality is "like rent!")

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

$30-$50 usd for a tank top at the BR in the mall? Forget it! It better be embellished with Patron and dark chocolate with caramel filling for that! Unlimited supply.

Of course, I'm a fan of the discount shops. Saving my money for more important things. (I was going to say "like books," but the reality is "like rent!")

Sounds like a shop for the suckers!

I am the cheapest of cheapskates (except one friend who is worse).

I feel ripped of unless I get a really great bargain. It has to be SPECIAL for me to pay more than $10 for a tank top.

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I feel ripped of unless I get a really great bargain. It has to be SPECIAL for me to pay more than $10 for a tank top.

Ah, then you need to be shopping with Jackfruit Junta.

[ardeegee]

A sign of India's growing wealth-- and horrible, horrible architecture:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...630m-home.html

[ardeegee]

China grabs us by the short and curlys:

http://www.livescience.com/technolog...-minerals.html

[Fat Abe]

Do you know the number one problem with the internet? Idea theft! Well, I will admit to borrowing the idea about the US becoming a Banana Republic from many other bloggers, but when the NY Times has an article, Our Banana Republic, about the same subject, it irks me that they did not give prior writers any credit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/op...07kristof.html

Here is another blog on reasons why the USA is going to hell in a flaming tarball:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle

Among the 1000+ comments attached to this blog are posts justifying Sarah Palin's right to be a ditz. Those who are sensitive to heated arguments and derisive language should avoid combing through the comments. They lack civility. It's not what you would normally expect of people reading the online content of the Wall Street Journal. What is becoming of the world? We spend 90% of our time arguing with one another.