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When did America stop being great?
Maclean's ^ | March 2, 2016 | Scott Gilmore

Posted on 03/06/2016 6:13:03 AM PST by rickmichaels

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1 posted on 03/06/2016 6:13:04 AM PST by rickmichaels
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008


2 posted on 03/06/2016 6:16:30 AM PST by xp38
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US history took a nosedive on Sept. 11 but it was falling way before that. Import in millions of third- worlders and you shouldn’t be surprised if you start to look like Nigeria


3 posted on 03/06/2016 6:17:25 AM PST by ghosthost
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Inaugeration Day 1989 when the Bushes and the GOP-e were INFLICTED on us


4 posted on 03/06/2016 6:18:11 AM PST by US Navy Vet (I am "Chump" for Trump,)
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When we fell for Simpson-Mazzolli and all we got was the amnesty for 3.5 million illegal aliens and no enforcement that was supposed to stop the 30 million that are here now.

The Republic officially ended on Usurpation Day January 20, 2009


5 posted on 03/06/2016 6:19:13 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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it is unlikely Trump’s platform will improve the state of the union or America’s place in the world. But there is a chance his jingoism, bravado and bigotry will make many Americans believe they are great again. And maybe that is all they want.

In politics, perception is reality.

6 posted on 03/06/2016 6:19:20 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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We are not respected by our friends nor feared by our enemies.


7 posted on 03/06/2016 6:21:45 AM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends)
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During the Wilson administration is when it started, with a short stint where things went really well during the economic roaring 20’s in addition to the time during WWII. But where it really started to go off the rails was when we created the UN.


8 posted on 03/06/2016 6:21:46 AM PST by mazda77
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When did the progressives take over?


9 posted on 03/06/2016 6:22:43 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Matt Damon v John Wayne?

No contest.


10 posted on 03/06/2016 6:23:11 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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The week before hurricane Katrina.


11 posted on 03/06/2016 6:23:41 AM PST by txhurl (Voted for Cruz, then Jeff if necessary.)
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Somewhere between Herbert and Bubba


12 posted on 03/06/2016 6:23:57 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative
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No, when Bill & Hillary Clinton were inaugurated......when lies became an accepted norm.........and sex became not sex.....and the POTUS getting BJ’s by young interns is promoted as ok.......


13 posted on 03/06/2016 6:24:20 AM PST by Arlis
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Inaugeration Day 1989 when the Bushes and the GOP-e were INFLICTED on us


^^^^^^^^^^ This


14 posted on 03/06/2016 6:24:36 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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In the 1960s when people really started to turn away from God.


15 posted on 03/06/2016 6:24:57 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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The day day a cowardly and corrupt senate failed to remove an obvious felon from the presidency.


16 posted on 03/06/2016 6:24:59 AM PST by wny
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America kind of went nuts after Kennedy was assassinated.


17 posted on 03/06/2016 6:28:14 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Rats believe we have never been great, except for maybe during the terror of the past few years.


18 posted on 03/06/2016 6:28:38 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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The United States has been in a precipitous decline since about 1962. Take a look around- a nation of tattooed, pierced savages who practice human sacrifice (abortion), worship chemicals (stoners), celebrate the lowest forms of sexual perversion (open homosexuality and gay marriage), stupid enough to allow its government to bribe taxpayers with money from the public treasury in exchange for votes for corrupt leaders (Great Society programs, etc)who also make policies that render it impossible for people to simply be able to hold a job (the whole NAFTA/China/Mexico debacle that free traitors foist off as good)because it lines their own pockets. The signs of decrepitude are there, and quite obvious to anyone who has enough sense to look. Many refuse to look, unfortunately, to the point where it would be wise at this time to consider how to salvage something from the wreck, not whether or not that wreck will come.


19 posted on 03/06/2016 6:29:17 AM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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I was thinking Jan 20, 1988. It just worse really bad in 2009.


20 posted on 03/06/2016 6:32:12 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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