Who will tell the people - will Americans wake up?


	Who will tell the people - will Americans wake up?

hitchhiker08

5-5-2008 7:59 AM

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political, thomas friedman, recession, usa, dubai, singapore, india, china

hitchhiker08 says:

Hard-hitting! Trust it will open some eyes blinded by the glare and realize that the light at the end of the tunnel is indeed India's Rajdhani Express?!

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