 | Afghanistan -Believe
it or not, the place really existed before Osama got here. The country is the
size of Texas and has about the same number of guns per capita. this place
makes the wild west seem like a walk in the park |
 | Bahamas - Located
just off of the coast of the United States, the Bahamas has a most interesting
history of grabbing failure from the arms of success. With tourism now a critical
element in the Island's economic future, will they once again destroy the hand
that feeds. them? |
 | Belarus - These
folks got their freedom from Russia in the breakup of the Soviet Union and couldn't
leave well enough alone. The guy that runs this god forsaken place thinks Stalin
was the greatest man that ever lived and makes Attila the Hun look like Little
Lord Fauntleroy. |
 | Brazil - Inflation
has taken a terrible toll in this enormous country that always appears on the
threshold of greatness. Brazil has shown great tenacity in snatching defeat from
the arms of victory, always at the last second |
 | Brunei - There was so much money flowing through this
country's coffers that most people thought that the gravy train would never come
to an end. However, the king had a brother that was either stupid or a thief,
now everyone has to go back to work. |
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Cambodia - A man who
came, seemingly out of nowhere was able to send his own country into the Stone
Age. Pol Pot probably killed more people relative to the size of his country than
any other despot in the history of this planted. |
 | China
- A sleeping giant awakens and the world trembles. The world's most populated
country is coming out and this isn't necessarily good news for any country that
gets in its way. |
 | Congo
- A study in scarlet. First they had a guy running the country that was able to
steal 54% percent of the country's gross domestic product. They finally chased
him off and then the new knight in shinning armor, sold the rest of his country
to its envious neighbors. He's gone as well, but his kid is now the boss. |
 | Czech
Republic - Maybe we should have left well enough
alone. These guys were fast out of the gate and looked to become Eastern Europe's
shinning example of economic progress after the "Wall" came down. We
were far too optimistic. Now we don't know what they are going to do next. |
 | Egypt
- The only thing worse than being a woman in Afghanistan is
to be a homosexual in Egypt. In spite of that, with crazy fundamentalists
running all over the place the government has done a great job keeping the lid
on. |
 | Greece
- Memories seem a tad longer in this neck of the woods. This is a strange little
country where bitterness seems to have overcome logic. This NATO member always
seems to be a tad out of step with its partners and has economically paid a gigantic
price. |
 | Hong
Kong - What changes have occurred since Mainland China has been
running the show here and what can we expect from this point forward? Stay tuned
as civil rights take a dive and the boys from Peking take over more of the show. |
 | India
- Harvard Business School could not have invented a better way of getting things
perfectly wrong. Are the Indian bureaucrats going to get it right now? This
wonderland of missed opportunities has made all the wrong moves so far and
we are not convinced that they have learned anything. |
 | Indonesia
- The inside story of the economy that was buoyed up by the International
Monetary Fund when their pet duck took a dive. This place invested "crony
capitalism" Watch them as they come apart at the seams before your very eyes. |
 | Iran
- This a country where a few paranoid clerics are able to control
the minds and bodies of millions of people through their supposed links with a
higher authority. Eventually the masses will see through this mirage and send
these folks packing. |
 | Italy
- It appears that most of the senior officials in this country
have been on the take for decades. However, they did better than expected on their
economic report card until recently. The country still has a major Mafia influence.
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 | Jamaica
- Garden of Eden #2. Screwed up by petty conniving and a corrupt political system.
Probably more murders here per capita than any other place in the world. Grabbed
Western interests and then screwed up the businesses and have gotten themselves
into a pretty kettle of fish. |
 | Japan
- Through diligence and hard work the Japanese created an "Alice In Wonderland"
economy where nothing was at it appeared. What is worse, they actually believed
that it worked until the Pacific Rim collapsed. They have not yet paid the whole
price as their banking system gets worse and worse and worse. . |
 | Jordan
- The new King in spite of traveling around a lot disguised
as someone else has shown some flashes of early brilliance. He may just be a chip
of the old block and represent some solid new blood, which is greatly needed in
the Middle East. |
 | Korea
- These industrious people couldn't find enough places to spend their new found
wealth. Unpleasantly for them, they picked investment havens such as the Ukraine
and Brazil to invest their nest egg. Now they have become literally hysterical
over of their relatives from North Korea. As well they should!!! We all should
take heed. |
 | Libya
- Omar the Tent has seen the light and it appears to have indicated
that he better clean up his act before he disappears from the face of the earth.
He is being a good little boy for the time being and is now pitching the African
Nations on some form of union. |
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Point of VIEW. 