[Popman]

Do you consider the news coverage about the rioting in Greece to be “fear mongering?”

No I don't. But we are not (yet) Greece.

If the dollar stays the reserve currency of the world we have a huge advantage NOT to become a Greece

We still will have huge problems with inflation and budget cuts, but we will not be Greece

If Congress does the right things (which is hardly a good bet) we can get out of this mess in fairly decent shape in 10 years as compared to the rest of the world

It will still be painful and difficult especially for the parasites sucking off the taxpayers

[Kartographer]

So you are depending on Congress to do the right thing? Man do you have a lot of trust.

I repeat this from the video:

"There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger.

Underestimation can be fatal."

Clearly you are underestimating Congress' ability to not do the right thing.

[editor-surveyor]

I would say that if Palin is elected, and makes Ron Paul her treasury sec, we could come out of it with bruises, but still functioning.

This, of course, requires that the snap doesn’t come before Jan 20, 2013.

Otherwise, we have to look at China’s actions this week, and recognize their hostility toward us, and prepare for war.

[little jeremiah]

If Congress does the right things

ROTFLMAO! An R controlled Congress right now is not doing the right things, or not very many of them. Baby steps, an inch here and an inch there. No one is going to stop this train from going off the cliff.

It's not just the financial situation, it's all the humans. What many of them will do with "austerity measures" which the spineless Rs (and demoniac Dems) in Congress will not even take. So "austerity" will forced upon us all, sooner or later.