As you follow the operations of the Media, the Congress, and the Imperial Presidency, it is easy to get disgusted and ruin your day feeling sour about the future of what's left of the American Republic. Do yourself a favor and resist the doom and gloom.
The faster the hateful amerikan Empire breaks down, the sooner something better might replace it. It took over 400 years for somebody to sack imperial Rome, starting the clock from the time of Augustus. For the sake of argument, let's say that the British Empire collapsed when Indian and Pakistan gained their independence. We could date the end of the French Empire in the early 1960s, when Algeria gained independence. In either case, it took these two empires 200 years to collapse.
The amerikan Empire didn't start until the end of World War II, so it isn't even 70 years old. The good news is that it is making great progress in destroying itself. We should all wish It continued success.
But it is easy to forget the long-term optimistic trends while focussing on the short-term doom and gloom. For instance you can draw a long face over the amerikan Caesar making it clear that He/She didn't really need Congress's approval to wage war against Syria. Caesar is only going in front of Congress now to spread the ownership and blame, and because He/She expects to get that approval, unlike the British non-Caesar.
Indeed, I'm willing to bet that Congress will give this approval. After all, the amerikan Caesar will get support from most Democrats because they don't want to see one of theirs keep ratcheting downward throughout His/Her second term. Benghazi, the IRS scandal, NSA spying on all Americans, deferred ObamaCare... Imagine what defeat at the hands of Congress would do to His/Her prestige!?
There is an opportunity for the Republicans to gain from the unpopularity of a Syrian War, but they are too stoopid to use that opportunity. They are hopelessly addicted to endless War, and to open-ended militarism in amerikan society. Therefore the President will get the unrequired approval.
This is evidence that the Republican party is going the way of the Whigs circa 1850 and the Federalists circa 1800. This is a huge breakthrough because it means that amerika will soon be a one party system, like california has been for the last 30 years. Bankruptcy and economic ruin will be the Empire's well-deserved fate.
Who knows how much damage the Syrian War will do to the Empire. But let's keep being optimistic and think long-term.
The faster the hateful amerikan Empire breaks down, the sooner something better might replace it. It took over 400 years for somebody to sack imperial Rome, starting the clock from the time of Augustus. For the sake of argument, let's say that the British Empire collapsed when Indian and Pakistan gained their independence. We could date the end of the French Empire in the early 1960s, when Algeria gained independence. In either case, it took these two empires 200 years to collapse.
The amerikan Empire didn't start until the end of World War II, so it isn't even 70 years old. The good news is that it is making great progress in destroying itself. We should all wish It continued success.
But it is easy to forget the long-term optimistic trends while focussing on the short-term doom and gloom. For instance you can draw a long face over the amerikan Caesar making it clear that He/She didn't really need Congress's approval to wage war against Syria. Caesar is only going in front of Congress now to spread the ownership and blame, and because He/She expects to get that approval, unlike the British non-Caesar.
Indeed, I'm willing to bet that Congress will give this approval. After all, the amerikan Caesar will get support from most Democrats because they don't want to see one of theirs keep ratcheting downward throughout His/Her second term. Benghazi, the IRS scandal, NSA spying on all Americans, deferred ObamaCare... Imagine what defeat at the hands of Congress would do to His/Her prestige!?
There is an opportunity for the Republicans to gain from the unpopularity of a Syrian War, but they are too stoopid to use that opportunity. They are hopelessly addicted to endless War, and to open-ended militarism in amerikan society. Therefore the President will get the unrequired approval.
This is evidence that the Republican party is going the way of the Whigs circa 1850 and the Federalists circa 1800. This is a huge breakthrough because it means that amerika will soon be a one party system, like california has been for the last 30 years. Bankruptcy and economic ruin will be the Empire's well-deserved fate.
Who knows how much damage the Syrian War will do to the Empire. But let's keep being optimistic and think long-term.
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Regardless who is in power the "military industrial complex" that Eisenhower warned us about continues to thrive and the government has been bought by our corporations.
The splinter group known as the tea party has helped differentiate the GOP somewhat but they are as bad, if not worse, than what is already entrenched.
In my view, we have no business attacking Syria. If we do, because of the terrible things they have done to their people, then we should take on the responsibility of overthrowing every despot and dictator on the planet and yet we don't do that.
It wasn't the sacking of Rome that netted the Dark Ages, they recovered from that. It was the Roman emperor Constantine incorporating a form of authoritarian Christianity into the state that unleashed the full on assault on learning and reason that yielded the Dark Ages. The worst pogroms were done by vicious Christians on the then dominant Pagans. Conversion was done at the point of the sword and with the state behind them. Theocracies are the worst form of govt for human rights.