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[Dilbert56]

Governments may come and go. As has been pointed out by posters already, some countries survive the transitions.

[kabar]

Sophomoric analysis not worthy of comment.

[Torie]

As long as America continues to suck in the best and brightest from around the globe, it will show an amazing resilence. When that stops, it is time to break out the worry beads.

[porkchops 4 mahound]

WE'RE DOOMED!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED I SAY!

[lainde]

bttt

[daybreakcoming]

I have read 87 posts at this point and never have I seen so many pessimists on one thread. yeech

[PGalt]

Is Bob Newman related to Alfred E. Newman?

[hershey]

Liberals/America haters can't wait to see China eat our lunch. On that note, China has an overpopulation problem, and if neutron bombs wiped out the US population, plus Mexico's (I can't see China interested in Mexicans except as forced labor), and the US infrastructure was left in place, there'd be plenty of room for millions of Chinese.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Actually, America has already fallen.

The America today has no connection at all to the America of our founding. We threw out the constitution, we have elected leaders who do not guard our borders, our "leaders" could care less about American sovereignty, and the percentage of those "pulling the cart" is shrinking as those "riding in the cart" are growing exponentially.

America has already fallen. What fools so many her at FR and even this author is the name is the same. The name was the United States of America after our founding, and today it is still called the United States of America.

It is astounding that so many here at FR and this author let a simple name fool them. America is no longer the America of our founding. It has already fallen. We are a totally different nation.

What a sad commentary on the people of this nation that so many believe America has not fallen yet.

[EdReform]

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[Rockitz]

The republic that our founding fathers created has been converted to a democracy and started the death spiral that every prior democracy in history has experienced. Whenever the poor majority start voting to take away what the rich minority has accumulated, that rich minority moves on. Have you got your exit strategy?

[ajolympian2004]

Hey Gunny Bob,

Is this column an excerpt from your soon to be released new book, "Minefields to Microphones" coming this August 2005?

[expatguy]

bttt

[RocketJsqurl]

I refuse to believe in this defeatism. We are too relilient a nation. We are winning the war on terror and we are defeating the domestic terrorist at home(liberals)

Besides, we haven't used our trump card in this war yet. I feel sorry for the innocent Iranian people who will be photo copied top the floor.

[Useless_eater_on_steroids]

"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years.
During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From Bondage to spiritual faith
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."

Alexander Fraser Tytler