<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Samantha Atkins</b> <<a href="mailto:sjatkins@mac.com">sjatkins@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I would argue that Bush, being the leader of the most powerful nation
on earth, could easily come up in quite extropic conversations.
Now I can see that the occupant of the Oval Office's sex habit are not
relevant. But his attitudes toward freedom, science and so no
could well be. Other than that, I agree.<div><br></div></blockquote></div><br>
Bush and US politics gets a lot of airplay here because most on this list live in his sphere of direct influence.<br>
If we were talking politics proportional to future effect then there
would be a lot more here on Chinese politics, politicians and policies.
China is currently No2 in the world when measured on a PPP basis
<a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html">http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html</a><br>
I would guess that within a decade it will have overtaken the US to
become the major industrial power when measured in these terms.<br>
<br>
Dirk<br>