@Eric and Nerms So 10 years from now, when the US is even deeper in debt to China, they might consider writing some of it off, in exchange for the right to have a few military bases on US soil.

Since you think it's completely ok for richer countries to put military bases on the territory of poorer countries, you wouldn't mind a few million Chinese soldiers and Chinese nukes spread out evenly across they US, right....? Just to protect you!

You might even be so lucky as to have a Chinese base next door. And Chinese dominance of your media would be cool, right? Also mandatory Chinese from grade 1 in school... or are you anti-Chinese? Then when they demand that you change your laws to accommodate Chinese financial interests or face economic sanctions, you won't mind that either, will you? (That's what the USA just did to Sweden.)

It could be a bit like this... and it might be useful to memorise this song too, you never know! That's it comrades, bye for now - I'm off to see my pal Osama and cook up a really nasty plan. (In case you didn't know, he's an asylum seeker in Sweden; they sent him on a free "Swedish for immigrants" course at the ice hotel in Lapland...)


PS - What's to say you can't get a lot for $15? Nothing other than the current capitalist system. Clearly in Cuba it's enough to get by on for a month. Maybe bear that in mind next time you fill up the tank in your car.

Note to any US internet monitoring agencies, like Menwith Hill reading this: I am NOT serious, thanks!