The Third Reich

The lefties thought Bush was Hitler. Now the Fox kissers think Nobama is Hitler.

Let Hitler rot in whatever unmarked grave where he currently reside. It just tortures analogies and comparisons too much to bring him in.

Here's a good and brief economic discussion of what is facing the US: http://prestowitz.foreignpolicy.com/...e_a_guest_post

The phrase, death spiral, is used here and I think this is pretty accurate. The problem is that the dwarves and toads from both party are completely inadequate to address it. I guess we have the government we desserve.

This fellow said it best:
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
H. L. Mencken

Steve

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Originally Posted by Mtn.man

No once again it is the people allowing our government to do what they are doing. We are supposed to have the power not the government.
It could be anyone in office but the people ar letting government NOT by the people to dictate what is happening to America. It has been this way for many many years and we are getting worse. So I guess yes we are seeing the end of America.

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This is a good read:

http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/201...ate-world.html

on the US march to being a second rate world power, and Obama's anti-American past.

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Originally Posted by Irving

I don't think that is a Kennedy quote...

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http://www.criticalthinking.com/comp...tes.jsp?code=c

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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

http://www.criticalthinking.com/comp...tes.jsp?code=c

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"Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
Yale University Commencement June 11, 1962

It just needs a few "er, ah, er ahs" to make it sound like a Kennedy [ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by sneakerd

I remember reading or hearing somewhere- Decline of the Roman Empire?
Something about the idea that a powerful society begins its' decline as soon as the people learn that they can vote themselves money and/or benefits. That's where we are. To me it has nothing to do with Hitler or Stalin or Hirohito or Mussolini. The Dems entire voting block is rooted in the fact that they are promised more money, more stuff and more benefits if they will vote/elect a Democrat.

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http://www.nolanchart.com/article3230.html

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Originally Posted by Ranger

Yes, entitlement has sunk many world powers throughout history and I agree with your analysis 100%. I've said for years that the more entitlement that US citizens believe they have a right to then the faster our decline. In fact, the entitlement issues we have in this country have happened much faster than other civilizations that took thousands of years to decline.

It's a wicked vicious circle, the people beg for more, the government gives more, the government now has the "right" to restrict rights in exchange for those entitlements, the people get pissed (and still ask for more) and revolt, then history starts to repeat. I love how so many people say "I want, I want" but get bent out of shape when taxes go up - or how people will beg for entitlements, get them and then the government now says "in exchange for this you now have to [insert revocation of privilege here]".

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I can agree with you here... I want to know where my tax dollars are going? I drive down the road and it's still substandard. Lightning strikes and my power goes out. I write to my [democrat] congressmen and I'm ignored (the Repubs actually contact me)... I guess a lot of the money is going to someone's paycheck.
I watched a show on the History channel or Discovery about Crumbling America. If we don't start fixing things now (when it comes to infrastructure like Roads, bridges, sewer, water, power) they're going to crumble and we're going to go bankrupt trying to fix it all. Welcome to The United States Resembling Calcutta.

Maybe some of your tax $$ are going here:

Remember when President Obama promised to give us the most transparent administration in history? And he even issued an executive order restricting lobbyists from working in his administration.

It was exactly what Americans wanted-but he had no intention of following through. How could he-he needed to take care of his friends. He gave dozens of waivers to lobbyists of his friends-just like he gives thousands of waivers from Obamacare to his Union buddies.

One lobbyist he hired was Cecilia Munoz, the vice president of the National Council for La Raza. Obama put her in charge doling out public funds and made her his liaison to the Hispanic community.

Well a recent study shows just how good Cecilia has been to her old boss. La Raza's government funding under Obama has skyrocketed-from $4.1 million in 2008 to $11 million in 2010. In addition, the La Raza affiliate Chicanos por la Causa got over $18 million from our coffers.

Sixty percent of La Raza's take came from the Department of Labor--run by none other than another La Raza pal, pro amnesty advocate Hilda Solis. They lobbied hard for her and honored her with an award. She paid them back-with millions of dollars of our money!

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Originally Posted by Mtn.man

Remember when President Obama promised to give us the most transparent administration in history? And he even issued an executive order restricting lobbyists from working in his administration.

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Hey! Obama has been running a transparent admin. He even got an award for it. Of course it was at a secret ceremony. http://www.politico.com/politico44/p...f3a51b959.html

His admin is run by the irony-impaired.

Steve

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Originally Posted by CrufflerSteve

Hey! Obama has been running a transparent admin. He even got an award for it. Of course it was at a secret ceremony. http://www.politico.com/politico44/p...f3a51b959.html

His admin is run by the irony-impaired.

Steve

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“I don’t feel moved today to say ‘thank you, Mr. President,’” said Steve Aftergood, the director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists. But he said he understands the award to be “aspirational,” in recognition of Obama’s potential to do more on the transparency front.

“And in that sense, one could say it resembles the award at the Nobel Peace Prize,” Aftergood said. “It’s not because Obama brought peace to anyone but because people hoped he would be a force for good in the world, and maybe that’s the way to understand this award.”

Everyone gets a trophy, because everyone is a winner just because they played [ROFL2]!

I knew nothing of the La Raza funding as reported by Mtnman. I am disgusted anew.[Rant1]