oh tuesday bill clinton spake at uc berkeley. the newpaper selected some interesting quotes:

'september 11 was the dark side of the new age of globaization and all its benefits'
'unless america finds a way to help more impoverished people of the world share in its economic prosperity, and teach them how to help themselves, attacks like september 11 are always a threat'

'i can tell you, it's a lot cheaper than going to war'

'half the world was left out of this economic expansion. half the people on earth live on less than $2 a day. a billion live on less than $1 a day. a billion people go to bed hungry every night. not suprisingly, they don't think as much of this new world as many of us do'

hello? george w? hello? hellllooooooooooooo? nope. nobody home. i don't know how exactly we are going to change, but this economic expansion cannot continue forever. if everyone on earth were to live an 'all american' lifestyle (complete with american flag sticker, big mac and a tract house on a postage stamp lot) we would need at least 7 planets to provide the resources required. i somehow don't think this defense spending is on exploring new planets for development...