pepsi cola looks like it's declaning. the government, wisely, is recommending more internal consumpti consumption, which is fine for many of our imports. putting up more kfcs, more starbucks, more mechanic donalds. does anyone think that china is going to crash land? >>> even as that's become the general perception, yes, if china catches a cold, copper gets some real headaches for the moment. especially because the world is way too much steel and way too much aluminum. but the united states, the largest economy in the world is going from bad to good. and that's just as important, if not more important, than china going from good to not as good. we're so down on ourselves in our economy that i genuinely believe that if you ask people around this country which economy was the biggest up and down most important in the world, many would simply shrug their shoulders and say what do you think, idiot? if oil can calm down, then i think china can engineer a soft country, european countries can keep from defaults and the united st