Ah yes, the Monroe Doctrine...one of the more oppressive and fucked-up things ever passed. The world order you described is one of the scariest things I've ever imagined....a world where the U.S. controls everything, including oxygen, and has crippled other nations' economies? What a nightmare. Let's hope LolaGal never rules the world (although I like your idea about leaving the Middle East alone...the rest of it is fucked).

Rusty...I hope education standards become much more anti-government and anti-authoritarian, and fast. Students are still taught that the government's values are sound even if its actions are sometimes questionable, and that duty and obedience are virtues. I try not to let my near-radical views get twisted by peer pressure, fanatical teachings of a failed education system, or a media bias.

FreshNugz...I feel your spirituality, brother. Whatever's out there/up there/whatever, any reasonable mind can guarantee that no doctrinaire faith has come anywhere remotely close to figuring it out, despite their arrogant claims.