Hi gwr1 et. al.

I agree with this complete post in principle, even though I have some reservations about Clive Maund and his "take" on things in general.

However, something still bothers me.

Are TPTB here in the west, so ignorant that they can't see what is happening or what has happened?

Are these the same PTB that have been steering the system all these years and we, the same sheep that have relied on their leadership? (My wife and I watched the rerun of an old movie last night, Michael Douglass in The American President and in one scene he has a very accurate description of why the sheeple do what they do. It's because they don't know any better.)

Too True!

"We live in interesting times."

Good Luck to all!