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the interesting thing to see will be if they make ...

2009-03-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

the interesting thing to see will be if they make advances with their navy. The ocean provides all sorts of necessary things for a nation, especially one like ours: we need clear shipping lanes so goods can be imported and exported; we use our Navy to project force around the world.

could trade policies set off a shipping war, of sorts, which escalates into a naval arms race between the US and China?

I apologize that I cannot find the exact source of...

2009-03-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

I apologize that I cannot find the exact source of that quote...ETBenson talked A LOT about this stuff.
Here is another great talk by him entitiled "America at a Crossroads" http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=dbc0b8c96c89b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1

There was an increadible talk given by Ezra Taft B...

2009-03-26T12:33:00.000-07:00

There was an increadible talk given by Ezra Taft Benson about debt. In the talk he expresses his fear that America will fall into the hands of another country not by guns, fighting, or war but through the ensnaring grasp of debt.
It is amazing to hear his words, uttered 30 years ago and then look at where we stand.
PS. I think the talk is called "Pay Thy Debt, and Live" but I will look it up to be sure.