Does it really matter which it is? Either way we don't feel like we are the biggest kid on the block anymore. It's not that we grew smaller it's that the other kids got bigger. The value of the dollar is dropping and the price of gas is going up because more people in China and India are driving cars. And the price of diesel is going up because people in Europe use it in their cars. America is not in charge of her destiny anymore. The unease manifest itself in polls showing 81% of Americans think we are on the wrong track. Fareed Zakaria has the story in Newsweek.Look around. The world's tallest building is in Taipei, and will soon be in Dubai. Its largest publicly traded company is in Beijing. Its biggest refinery is being constructed in India. Its largest passenger airplane is built in Europe. The largest investment fund on the planet is in Abu Dhabi; the biggest movie industry is Bollywood, not Hollywood. Once quintessentially American icons have been usurped by the natives. The...(Read Full Post)