tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9435352.post6487873629998770409..comments2008-04-03T16:16:07.690+02:00vailianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04911974253576667616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9435352.post-24845278130533421932008-04-03T16:16:00.000+02:002008-04-03T16:16:00.000+02:00You're not missing anything.<BR/><BR/>It must have something to do with the shift from a manufacturing to a financial services economy, the process Kevin Phillips calls "financialization" (see under Wikipedia), as a symptom of a fading American empire.<BR/><BR/>What has been happening in the U.S. in recent years is beyond belief, and observing it from afar as an American abroad is painful.<BR/><BR/>How grateful I am that people like you are making good music so that the rest of us have something that takes us to a better place than the one our leaders have in mind for us.Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02683756159675680029noreply@blogger.com