Hi, I heard on the news today that the unemployment rate is over 10% for the first time in 26 years. So many jobs have been lost never to return as the world economy shifts and changes to I don't quite know what. I have heard some interesting interviews over the past year and a half. Basically, most of them were about the decline and the irrelevance of the United States and how people should get used to the idea. This was downplayed by the different hosts of the different shows as though the very idea was ludicrous and un-american. It might be painful to face reality but putting one's head in the sand could be dangerous. I feel that that this country could very easily cease to be one united country from sea to shining sea. It might happen in my lifetime.