fancy a bubble?

No thanks, no bubble for me. I'm afraid we already have some people living here who might as well be living in a bubble and I'm not in the least bit envious of them. Even if they're rich, famous and powerful, I'm not envious because to live in a bubble is to become stagnant and to totally stop growing, changing and LEARNING. I know realism isn't what you're after here, jb, but look at it this way - if the rest of the world had been in their own respective bubbles a few centuries ago there would be no U.S. They'd have simply been happy with the way things were in their own countries and would have been so caught up in the "We're Number 1!" attitude they'd have had no hopes or dreams of making better lives for themselves and their families. No bubble for me, thank you very much; it would be the same as wrapping myself in a zip-lock plastic bag.! Annie

Bubble's don't really help anyone. The last time the US wrapped itself in a bubble Hitler conquered nearly the entire continent of Europe. Granted, we were just one of several countries who wanted to be in a bubble. The UK was one of those too. It doesn't work because aggressor countries will always exploit the non-involvement of other nations as Hitler and Stalin did back then.

I don't really want a total bubble. but I would very much like to take on a more non-interventionist policy. But you raise a point to be addressed. There are a good many people in this country who would like to see a "bubble". This is because every time we do something in the world, the world criticizes us very loudly for "sticking our noses in others' affairs". But when a disaster or something happens, if we're not there almost BEFORE it happens, we are "stingy" or selfish", if we don't take on a cause the world wants us to, such as Darfur...the world screams about that too. The world can't have it both ways. Anyway. I would very much like to see us in a much more non-intervention position, a smaller military foot print on the planet (not a smaller military though), and we need to start keeping a lot more money here at home. We are experiencing some pretty heavy economic troubles, troubles that threaten our very freedoms in fact. I realize there are those in the world who need the help, but we need to start taking care of our own for a while.

I have yet to see a bubble that didn't eventually burst. But that said I don't think that any so called "superpower" could exist in a bubble for long. The temptation to meddle in the affairs of others is just too great.

jb why do you always pick o n the United States, this gets old after awhile, go pic on Scotland or Ireland , my own forbears came from there too, so what? guess being sick has got me in a bad mood but whats with this bash America thing here in my lot? do not other countries also have people who isolate themselves? Is Scotland all that great a country with no faults that it can throws stones at my native country? The only bubble I use and damnation I am proud to be an American so stuff it blue bunny. The only bubble I use is the one my diabetes nurse educator told me about, the stress propf bubble I wear around me, unseen of course to bounce off stresses like blue bunnies picking on my US. and I love that Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy If lots of people want to be isolated wonder why? cause so many in My lot like to throw word bricks at us? well I just lobbed on in the direction of youJB so duck. of course its made out of wet noodles as I hate to hurt anyone. maybe tomorrow I can l augh at this discussion.

No, I don't want a bubble, I want sensible people running the government. But if somebody calculated the probability of either one happening, I'd say the bubble is more likely.

I've got too many pins to be stuck in a bubble. Sooner or later, I'd cause a bumble & burst the bubble. Seriously, this isolationism was tried in the past, but it didn't work. In the 19th century, the United States got dragged into a war against Great Britain in what we call the War of 1812. I don't know what the proper name for that war is on that side of the Atlantic. Then in the 20th century, the United States tried again during two world wars. They ended up getting involved & declaring war. Only thing about Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy I know is only the name. Try any good carrot recipes lately?

No, I would never like to live in a bubble…the first casualty for me in such a case would be mylot and if that happened, it would be a minor catastrophe to me personally. Seriously speaking however, I think it’s no longer possible for any country to insulate itself completely from outside influences. Events over the last century have shaped our destinies in such a way that no corner of this world is isolated…what happens to me will somehow affect your today or tomorrow…directly or indirectly. So even if you wanted to, you cannot really have your bubble

China tried to do that for centuries remember? What happened when she opened her doors...Opium. That is such and unrealistic idea in this day and age. While we were hiding in our bubble, the rest of the world would be changing into who knows what. Suspicions as to what we were doing would be growing and before you knew it we would be blown up by all the nuclear that had proliferated while we had our heads in the sand. If we used our heads and had some intelligence in office instead of greed, we could do our country some good. We spend billions on graft instead of ways to improve our country. We need to stop propping up all these useless countries and let them fail...we need to stop propping up all these useless companies and let them fail...we need to stop buying products from companies that move their companies offshore so that they do not have to pay taxes or workers comp., or workers benefits. That is our fault. Our Failure is Our Fault. Stand up and Take it. Stand up and Fix it. Don't Hide like a Wimp. Shalom~Adoniah

Nope, I'm too pushy to be allowed inside of a bubble...even a very large one. I'm not too fond of sticking my head in the sand, much to the consternation of those who either claim that I do or wish that I would. I do like the colored bubbles the grandkids play with though.

There's this book, Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World, it's utopian science fiction, but essentially it depicts a world so perfect, why the heck would want out of it. But as the story progresses, the reader finds out that perfection is just the sheen, the candy coating, the silver screen behind a machinery that controls, contorts and changes what's natural. Living in a bubble would not make a perfect world. Not to mention the possibility of a pandemic eating up the populace. But no thanks. No bubble for me. A world in utero is not a solution to what we are having now. In fact I think that that country will just turn to itself, fight each other, enter into a cold war with the other states. So no thanks, it's the mindset or the ideology that needs to be understood, good education is still the key to better relations between countries, education not just for the leaders but for their constituents.