His writing is always interesting and thought provoking- like a Hunter S Thomson crossed with Warren Buffet. As he implies its all about wringing the very last drop of honey out of the declining US Empire ... propping it up as long as possible. In the end this is all headed in one direction- collapse of the US empire in a spectacular manner and the rise of a more multi-polar world where the US will be reduced at best to a regional hegemony- at worst to a failed state. Throw all the ballast overboard and prepare the liferafts- there will not be room for all the passengers...