19. Blair is said to have told close friends that, in a meeting between himself, Bush, and French President Jacques Chirac, the subject of France's economy came under discussion; at one point, Bush leaned over to Blair and whispered, in all seriousness, "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word in their language for entrepreneur.">"

See dated 14 July 2002.20. Paul Stuart, Camp Bondsteel and America's plans to control Caspian oil [online], 29 April 2002, .21. See Noam Chomsky, The Umbrella of U.S. Power: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy (Seven Stories Press, 1999).

22. Indra de Soysa, quoted in "Blood, Diamonds and Oil," (no author listed), New Scientist, 29 June 2002, p. 36.23. Richard C. Duncan, The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to the Olduvai Gorge [online], 2000, .24. Ernest Partridge, Perilous Optimism [online], .25. Leslie A. White, The Science of Culture: A Study of Man and Civilization (Farrar, Straus & Co., 1949).26. Richard Duncan, The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to Olduvai Gorge.27. This observation was first noted and brilliantly developed by Richard Duncan in his book The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to Olduvai Gorge.6 - Managing the Collapse: Strategies and Recommendations 1. Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jrgen Randers, Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future (Chelsea Green, 2002), p. 136.2. Donella H. Meadows et al., Beyond the Limits, p. xvi.3. Ibid., p. 222.4. Hartmut Bossel, Earth at a Crossroads: Paths to a Sustainable Future (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 8.5. Howard T. Odum and Elizabeth C. Odum, A Prosperous Way Down, pp. 3-5.6. Joe Jenkins, Humanure Handbook (Jenkins Publishing, 1999).7. See Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (New Society, 1996).8. For information see .9. For a more detailed discussion of the Bush energy plan, see .10. Frida Berrigan,"Sky High: The military busts the 2003 federal budget," In These Times [online], March 2002, .11. Michael Pollan, "When a Crop Becomes King," New York Times, 19 July 2002.12. Philipp Lee, Killing the land with farm subsidies [online], 19 July 2002, .13. Joel Bleifuss, "Know Thine Enemy: A Brief History of Corporations," In these Times [online], February 1998, .14. Hans Krampe, Bunks: The Fox In Charge of the Perfect Golden Goose, or The Debt-Based Banking System [online], .15. Russell Hopfenberg and David Pimentel, "Human Population Numbers as a Function of Food Supply," Environment, Development and Sustainability [online], Vol. 3 (Kluwer, 2001), .16. Ibid.17. Garrett Hardin, Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos (Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 269.18. Garrett Hardin, Living Within Limits, p. 271.19. Ibid., p. 272 20. Ibid., p. 279 21. Virginia Abernethy, The Demographic Transition Revisited: Lessons for Foreign Aid and U.S. Immigration Policy [online], .22. George Kennan, US State Department Policy Planning Study #23, (1948), quoted in John Pilger, Hidden Agendas (The New Press, 1998), p.59.23. Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address, January 1980.24. William Blum, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (Common Courage, 2002).25. Ohio a.s.sociation of Rail Pa.s.sengers, America's long history of subsidizing transportation [online], .26. Garrett Hardin, Living Within Limits, p. 278.27. 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