Posted on 11/07/2012 10:34:16 AM PST by mojito
The problem with Benghazi, is that this could be just the beginning of worse things to come in the Middle East for America. The problem for the debt is that it will likely grow, currency values will drop, and the reason why Russia, China, and Europe wanted Obama to win will be made quite clear : Spite for our country and prosperity levels. With that in place, it certainly won’t be pretty, but that’s where the religious have an opportunity to shine. Overinflated currency and incompetent politicians will mean something, but a collapsed government leaves the followers of God to be the leaders, morally, to say the least.
I am in your age category and this has been my opinion for a long time. The only difference is that I have no children--and hence, no grandchildren--a life decision that I made at age 18 and for which I am now even more thankful since I don't have them to worry about. But I do feel considerable despair for you and others like you.
Our flag made it to the moon. It’s still there. It will be the only one there for a little longer maybe. On my death bed I will look out of my window at the moon, over the tin roofs of the squalid remnants of my former country and dare those animals outside to try and pull that flag down. Smiling in the knowledge that they will NEVER achieve it.
I am in your age category and this has been my opinion for a long time. The only difference is that I have no children--and hence, no grandchildren--a life decision that I made at age 18 and for which I am now even more thankful since I don't have them to worry about. But I do feel considerable despair for you and others like you.
I’ll add my two cents. They looked at Pennsylvania and determined how many votes they needed to make disappear. Then they took them from Casey’s opponent.
In Florida they figured out how many votes they needed to make disappear and they took them from West’s district.
Ditto Bachman.
The race was rigged. There are some powerful people running things. From both parties.
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I have wondered what that would be like. I have grandchildren, and have no desire to see them go through this looming train wreck. Having children (and childrens' children) is great, but it is also a graduate course in dealing with worries over which you have zero control.
Either way you go, there's no turning back.
FWIW, I have had no regrets about that decision made as a teenager. I never wavered. It was not easy finding a woman who would go along with my choice but I found her, to my everlasting delight.
I can just imagine the emotional torture that people in your situation must feel. Who could have known that the USA would deteriorate so badly?
I think there’s one bright spot. Republicans are rejected not on Economics but on moral issues, specifically we are seen as intrusive absolutists, Sister Superior, cluck, clucking our tongues at the social decay. If we embraced freedom in all its permutations (i.e., gay marriage) protect choice (I know, it’s hard to write this too) and liberalize our immigration policy, we could attract more voters. People want prosperity, but not if you are threatening to take away other more basic freedoms (i.e., their freedom to love). It’s a powerful, emotional argument that appeals to the weak-minded, which the left has run with. You only have to think about Todd Akin’s “magic uterus” gaffe to know why we really lost.
Wow.
I didn’t realize Scalia and Kennedy were both 76.
I can see Scalia staying until he dies just to spite the libs. Kennedy could bail at any moment.
[snip] Here in Minnesota, to add a local perspective, not only did the state go for Obama -- no surprise there -- but the Democrats recaptured both houses of the legislature, and voters defeated two ballot initiatives, one on gay marriage and one on voter ID. [/snip]
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