Polite discourse appreciated; so much agreement is over the top. But if
we now consider what will be done, rather than what should be done, the
racist elements will prolly push political correctness aside unless the
economy significantly improves.

Everyone thinks decline is as inevitable as that of Rome, but misses the
other model of Byzantium. Who shed unprofitable provinces to barbarism
and anarchy and redirected critical resources to the great power
centers. We already see failed states and see 2nd tier economies teeter
on the brink, Mexico among them.

The greed and corruption of Wall Street and friends in the Bush
administration has taken a trillion or more out of the pockets of the
middle class. This led to the bankruptcy and foreclosures we now see,
but already discernable is the decline in consumer spending. All those
factories in Mexico will be shut down cause the American middle class no
longer makes enuf money to buy the output.

Meanwhile, we can expect a myriad of small businesses to emerge to
repair the cars, appliances, multimedia, etc that people already have.
As a result, Mexicans wont have the money to buy their own oil.

Then, we get to see whether they have the border closed well enuf. If
not, then we can expect to see state militias take over control of their
own borders.

Last spring, Arkansas finished the year with a $919,000,000 SURPLUS. The
gov said he'd use some of the money to re-equip the Arkansas National
Guard (who'd left gear in Iraq), and that equipment would not leave the
state without his consent. For one- its not going back to Iraq. Which is
very popular, and for two, it will be here to effectively deal with the
next batch of tornados- which made voters angry when they realized the
National guard was unable to function because of what was left in Iraq.

And for three, the gov has smacked down on illegals and companies that
hire them and if push comes to shove, everyone knows he has his own
private army to back him up. Who are mostly battle hardened veterans of
the Gulf wars.

Maybe this has something to do with it, but there are a lot of white
people moving into my neck of Ozark woods, and the economies of the
towns here and on the Ozark rim are booming. There is no racism here
cause there are no other races. Well, I do have a friend who is half
Japanese, but everyone loves his ass cause he keeps their cars running.
His kids did real well in college also.