On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 01:48, Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:07:52PM -0800, Jim Darrough wrote: > > > > Hmmm. Jobs=money=economic growth. > > Isn't our economy a complete farce? How much do we owe? When are > we paying that back? >
I don't feel that way. > Where are these mines? Even if noone lives there, is that not an > irreplacable resource (the fact that it is a place noone is > occupying)? > Yes, they are. There are mines in Washington state, Nevada, Arizona, South Africa, Russia, and many other places. The ones in our country are not being mined (I don't think). Chris might know better. > America uses far more than it's fair share of the world's resources. > What exactly do we have to show for it? > > But, of course, America is the greatest nation on earth because > we have the most fools buying the most s**t, and if you try to > mess with that, we'll wipe you off the face of the earth. > > And we wonder why we have problems with violence. > Geez, you really ought to re-examine your value system. Regards, Jim
