“they lose, not us”.........don’t forget, the Romans thought the same thing. If Hillary gets elected President, this is entirely possible. Her socialist views will be the downfall of this country. Rome allowed others to do their work....such as China. We need to dump people like this and force this country to take care of itself. Our people can do it if given the chance and if we force Congress to do the peoples work instead of the other way around.
We’re doomed. No doubt about it. The Living Dead picking through the dumpsters at the Trash Transfer Station were impressive enough that I decided for its safety to not leave my trash this time.
Was the fall avoidable or was an unavoidable result of the rise to empire? For that matter, was the rise to empire inevitable? And would society have collapsed in one way or another even if it didn't swell up to imperial size? Is collapse, like death, part of the big picture, always around the corner, avoided today, succumbed to tomorrow?
The Comptroller General is the head of the General Accounting Office. He or she is appointed for 15 years and is supposed to be non-partisan. Walker is the seventh Comptroller General since the position was created in 1921.
I heard the author give a short presentation on the book (linked below)
on BookTV (C-Span2; weekends).
I didn’t hear it all, but my impression is Yes and No are the answers
to the question.
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America
by Cullen Murphy
http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Rome-Empire-America/dp/0618742220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1113586-3471607?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187130333&sr=1-1
For what its worth, he left out that the leaders had become Christians and lost a willingness to exterminate their enemy.
And Circuses:
I think he actually does bring up some decent points, but the laughable assertion that our health care system is “underfunded” makes it difficult to take anything he says seriously.