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Originally posted by dominicus
To the OP, I know if you've nticed, but the constitution doesnt work anymore, in its place we have the patriot act, gloabl fascism, and just last week a law was passed that allows the U.S. Gove to spy on all U.S. citizens.
I dont know what cave you've been in since 9/11, but there so me real factual stuff going on if you havent noticed recently, and honestly this post cracks me up.
Cameras in every major city, tazers for no reason sometimes, economy crackin under the pressure, food and gas is sky high.......are you blind and living ina cave?????
Originally posted by ziggy1706
President Bush is under 34 counts of impeachment....end of story. If a president can get away with 34 counts of murder, conspiracy, and money laundering, imagine what else goes on at lower levels of eployment. case closed.
Originally posted by durk2000
This is my first post here on ATS so here goes. I respect the OP's optimism and he might even be right, but he keeps asking for proof that America will fail. Whether it is a standard reply or not the fact is historically the failure rate of empires is 100% so I think the burden of proof is on the OP to tell why America is different. I'm not some loon saying there is going to be a shootout on the steps of the capital. I'm just saying that the American empire will fail, and in my opinion it will be in the near future. Our technology and what is left of our constitution has allowed us to push the boulder farther up this mountain than any other empire in history, but as far as we know there is no top and eventually we will get tired and the boulder will crush us. Nothing is for sure and I might be just blowing hot air here that is my 2 cents.
I appreciate this forum and everyone on it from the skeptics to the most far out conspiracy theorists Thanks.
Originally posted by thecandyman
When FDIC steps in, anything you have in a single savings acct over 100,000 could be history. They will only insure that amount. There are ways around it... but most banks won't tell you about it. There are many people in California with over that amount and who probably just lost a substantial amount of savings. So yeah, if my bank had closed and FDIC had taken it over 6 months ago, I would have lost 500,000... thank God I read conspiracy boards and found out that I needed to put my money into different accounts. INDYMAC is NOT the safest bank in the country, it's one step away from closing.
Originally posted by thecandyman
You stated that the United States in no way resembles Germany in Hitler's time. I'll direct your attention to Naomi Wolf who spells it out for you step by step.
Originally posted by djerwulfe
The discussion centered around WHO to trust for credible data and interpretation. The gracious fellow ATS user expressed mistrust in larger media outlets and felt that the Governemnt itself was trustworthy in matters of National finance.
Originally posted by djerwulfe
We aslo touched on the fact that social upheaval may occurr in prosperous times as well as not-so-prosperous times.
Originally posted by djerwulfe
The following figures demonstrate a couple of over-riding themes. One is the continued practice of outsourcing, globalization, "offshoring" and a general decline in the strength of the US home (domestic) market and workforce.
Originally posted by djerwulfe
Recall that growth itself is not necessarily indicative of a healthy economy. The US is used to a rapid and voracious growth rate and after many long years, it's finally slowing. This is unusual for us. The type of growth that has long-characterized the US economy is no more.
Originally posted by djerwulfe
I'm not a psychic, but people have rioted for a lot less than this!