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The 'blessings' you refer to is more like a curse considering the state the US is in. BTW, China could wipe them off the map and there's nothing the US can do about that. Plenty of problems coming for Israel and if they really are god's 'chosen people' they'll need his help.

Are you on pot? Do you know how significant the jewish diaspora is? Bernanke, wolfensohn, Goldman Sachs, Perella weinberg, Rothschild,nd more and more. Jews make up less than <2% of the American population, but are represented at least 30-40% in the financial sectors. A lot of  the people on Wall Street are Jews, so are the people managing America's money. Lol, u are hilarious. Have you seen the list of richest people in the world- dont look at their country of origin-check their ancestry. These are people who China have business with, and guess what these people would use their financial might to crush China into tiny little Asian pieces.

it seems people are ignorant about credit ratings-

Because Ezan said so- he hasn't described what series of events could cascade the American economy to implode and he is prolly clueless. The beauty of NL.

50, infact right now I am on my fifty-first, Do you want to join the table? I have some left-over eyeballs

^they have our neighbors Ghana, if they rily wanted a military base, and moreover, I doubt a single person in the US lawmaking assemblies would vote for American interference in an African situation. That would be blatant neoconservatism, something America would not risk. Niger Delta would have to be solved by Nigerians, no US policy maker in their right mind would suggest military intervention as a feasible way of solving the case. The only reason this could happen is if the Middle East and South America/Russia decide to turn their back on the US for some random reason and prevent oil flow as a result.

u heard of the deal Gazprom was going to make in Nigeria for natural gas- most people would say from a quick glance, that Russia needs nigeria for natural gas, when they have 8x the reserves Nigeria has. But closer inspection suggests that Russia wants control of Gas flow throughout Europe. Nigeria is only important as a political tool, on its own merits, its useless in the realm of international politics.

Achebe- one of the greatest minds to come out of Africa. I plan to name my first child chinua and y second achebe.

Ojukwu- (Nothing good to say)

^What an interesting conclusion- the US spending millions of tax-payer dollars on an African situation- the republicans would literally have obama for breakfast.

The roads in lagos are worse

^Was nigeria ever important,and if so in what way and to whom.

Basically the question of what, where and who needs to be answered then we can go from there. Because I really dont think anyone ever considered Nigeria important, except ourselves of course. Yes, Nigeria is quite a strategic way of entering west african markets, great culture and its large population does have merits, but with respect to importance, we are as unimportant as a noble with a profound family tree, but no money to back it up.

@Iyke-D, did you see how the US treasury auctions performed over the last few months? I'm not sure what the bleep you're talking about. The US is currently spending about $2.09 for every $1.00 in revenue. Let me break it down for you in one word: BANKRUPTCY.

Let me break it down for you: SUPPOSITION. You assume that the US policy maker don't know what they are doing, or dont understand the markets, but of course you do- you are obviously in a better position to predict what would happen to the most economically developed economy.

@ sefago, the US has superb policy makers? You really are daft.

I agree.

Anyways, back to topic, I really dont see why we are debating who dominates who financially as long as it isn't us. Who cares about America and China, except as models for economic growth- we should be looking out for our own instead.

woah, u guys interested in cartesian philosophy- i am game.

Unlike Nigeria, US have policy makers who are aware of this growing economic threat and working to re-calibrate it. When we are now substituting prayers for sound policies, its a downward spiral. Nigeria's president is on medical leave in another country. ?

Exactly, people miss the point that the US has superb policy maker who would do everything by hook or crook to at least prolong US market dominance.

@OAM4J, Iyke-D, Manny4life, the thing is[b] I'd love to be able to tell you guys in about 10yrs time: I TOLD YOU SO but it wouldn't be worth it[/b]. If you understood simple math and debt-which you obviously do not-you would see pretty clearly that America is finished. Done. Dead.

Nigeria's got massive problems, some might even call it a failed state however our problems pale in comparison to that which the US is going to be mired in-in the coming years. You have been warned.

Ur optimism is way more than that of the chinese. Are u silly? let us assume economics follows "simple math", has it occurred to you what drives chinese markets? Who buys Chinese goods? Can the average chinese afford some of the luxury goods made in china? Do you know a significant part of China is still underdeveloped, and China would need significant growth. I am not talking about areas like guangzhou and beijing, but severely underdeveloped areas.

And your statement America is finished , you used the Roman empire as an example without extending your analogy to the US economy. U shuld know Empires fall, but they rarely crash. Assuming that China grows as rapidly as you postulate, then US and China would have the same economic clout- they would be at equilibrium, in which one depends on the other. Some major economic catastrophe has to occur to place one country over the other. But I doubt something like a major depression could occur in America and leave the chinese unaffected, the chinese have knotted their destiny with those of the americans, vis-a-vis to their economy.

Furthermore, china's policies makes it impossible for it to hold much major economic clout. China would have to liberalize its economy to even get close to the economic activity. Speaking of economic clout, do you think a bunch of european countries would be willing to take orders from the chinese? Many more factors can be pointed out which would stall chinese growth or dominance that you are suggesting.

Economics isn't just about simple math, its about the politics of the times as well, and the politics favors western nations.

Definitely. But you should look to the future and, at worst, the present, than looking back to the past. The Igbo and Delta peoples have bridged the gap of financial control of banks by Yoruba.

yeah right u wish, yorubas built the banks- soludo and sanusi wrecked them. Look at the people who built the main banks in nigeria, compare them to the idiots who wrecked them

I don't think so. Waiving rights to me has two different implications: either self-confidence in your abilities or carelessness (in terms of risk-taking). If you waive your rights to see a reference letter and it turns out bad, you're hooked. One of my referees refused to show me the reference form he filled (because i waived my rights) but after much persuasion, he agreed and it turned out the recommendation was not so good. It was just alright but didn't highlight so many things about my suitability for graduate studies. I got it changed in the end. About publications, i don't see how much they count. Include ALL projects and presentations in your academic CV/resume.

Still on the publications thing, i think you should focus more on your internship experience and project works. What's your email address so i can send you a copy of a good resume?

usually you are expected to waive your right to see the recommendation, but doing so isn't rily detrimental to ur application. But your statement raised a bit of a red flag- this is red flag not usually a problem for people who go to schools in nigeria, but for bebure who goes to school in the UK, I think it might be an issue.

You are not supposed to mail, touch or see your recommendations, usually. If you go to school in the UK where the professors have experience writing recommendations for students going to graduate school, then you should be confident that they would only agree to write you a letter if they can write a strong one. I have talked to professors, and asked them for recommendations here, in the US, and they would not write for me if they didn't know me well enough to write a strong one. Also waiving your right means you wouldn't be able to see it when you enrol in the university, no graduate school expects you to see ur recommendations b4 hand. However, I have heard of cases, where people have been personally asked to write their own recommendation letters so people do see their recommendation letters, usually to make sure it is quality.

^what does that have to do with the topic? wow, girls are really Hot these days. Anyways kini big deal

Sefago (omo ijogbon)

Good to see that these gibberish represents your phenomenal status in writing? BTW, what is buffon? Or did you mean bufoon? Hahahah! Of course, you are phenomenal among the liliputians.

The fact that I did not[b] mention any tribe[/b] but merely posted what was published and your infantile tribal retort in defense of nothing makes you the bigot and a reprehensible one at that. Please go to sleep before I torture you even more.

chiogo, you are correct- but I wasn't wrong, its was a typographical error- while mekusxx made a conscious effort and spelt it wrongly , hilarious.

My phenomenal writing skills is well documented, if you want me to send you stuff that i write ask.

bigot and a reprehensible one at that

Agreed, but u knw wetin u do, no lie.