You are on to something thar. News here is that if we had any industries left in the US then we should be selling more stuff because to those pesky rich Europeans it is bargain time.

But no, all we had left was Software and high tech. Now the former is gone via optic fibre to India - yup there are long lines of unemployable SW engineers here - and the other stuff is rapidly being out dated by Chinese and other competitors' imventions.

We still have some auto makers but these are fast becomming lame ducks- even Ford is now playing second fiddle to the likes of Toyota.

The US is a reshipper in a world where nobody wants the cheap crap that we import from China - well MalWart imports from China.

Word is MalWart is busy buying politicians in Europe - ya know Blair, Berlusconi, Chirac, Anzar, Fischer .. others who own little rich cutie pie European staaaiiiattes .. When fully owned the 'resources' will close the local hardware and Malwart will come to your aid. And boy oh boy are you going to love that cheapo Chinese plastic junk - like we do.

Some of these good people can't forget Bubbajaws threats and Footinmouth Rummie threatening them for playing Ceasar in the shower and yelling things like 'now we have a union dem yanks will sing a different song... strike strike strike ...'

Looks to me like two dollars for a euro before the election next year.

Then it will be 'Howard Dean' if you pulease!