tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post3990571067114487808..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Hating CapitalismAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-71035999387226227432009-04-02T20:17:00.000-07:002009-04-02T20:17:00.000-07:00Alan, I agree, it's too early for obituaries.The l...Alan, I agree, it's too early for obituaries.<BR/><BR/>The lifeblood of democracy is ideas, and the socialist idea is dead.<BR/><BR/>The ideas and ideals of the USA and the free world are in ascendency, and in spite of hiccups, will endure.<BR/><BR/>Once the UK comes back to its senses, it's getting there, and once your president becomes discredited, or surprises the world and gets into a learning curve (another 9/11 may be the catalyst) the wobble will lessen.<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of eyes watching, and commentators observing...Ayrdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277759681727009183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38287268689681167702009-04-01T18:57:00.000-07:002009-04-01T18:57:00.000-07:00I am not prepared to write an obituary for the USA...I am not prepared to write an obituary for the USA. It is endangered--perhaps moreso now than in a half century or more.<BR/><BR/>But! This nation did survive a bitter Civil War and it did survive the Great Depression. <BR/><BR/>It must now survive a Marxist President who I believe hates the nation and a Congress of morons and cowards. <BR/><BR/>It's us against them...and if we start showing up in the streets of Washington, they will have to pay attention. That's coming.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-18385162366414156602009-04-01T18:38:00.000-07:002009-04-01T18:38:00.000-07:00The warning signs have been there for a long time....The warning signs have been there for a long time. Who can forget congressman Ellen Tauscher's (still serving!) 1997 comment: "The Constitution was never meant to be the only set of laws that we follow. I had a blue dress when I was five, but I can't wear it because it doesn't fit me anymore. There are lots of things that change over time and you have a whole bunch of legislation enacted every day, every month, every year that adjusts and calibrates to the times and to the issues...what is perceived to be the best thing for the American people...and these are called laws, and, you know, I think they've been doing a pretty good job."<BR/><BR/>Since you won't say it, Alan, I will: The USA: 1787-2009. RIP. 222 years. About average, as governments go. Our main governance document, the U.S. Constitution, was wadded up and tossed in the trashcan in the 2008 election. Far too many people in this land are guided by nothing but their emotions, which includes the majority of people in Congress who took vows to protect and defend the Constitution. Unchecked government, mob rule actually, is now the law of the land. Our representative republic is irretrievably lost.<BR/><BR/>Oh well, it was a grand idea while it lasted.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912396346554025648noreply@blogger.com