Is It Over, and We Just Don’t Know It?

PJ Media ^ | 2-10-2014 | Tom Blumer

[Sir Napsalot]

Historians have a tough time agreeing on many of the turning points in ancient history.

One of them, in light of events during the past several years and the tone of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on January 28, seems particularly relevant.

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There’s little doubt that the United States of America has reached a point where, relatively unhampered by legislative or judicial barriers, its president and his bureaucracy exceed the limits of the nation’s Constitution “as a matter of course.” They in turn are quietly but effectively under the control of our “independent” central bank.

Decades from now, it’s possible that historians will look back and conclude that the American experiment, which began with its declaration of independence from and defeat of Great Britain, ended sometime between 1999 and 2014. As with Rome, the pivotal event isn’t obvious, and the list which follows isn’t all-inclusive.

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I certainly hope I’m wrong, and I’m not suggesting that we hang our heads and give up. But it sure feels like we are already in the grip of post-constitutional despotism. The best counter-argument right now is that some in Congress have finally determined that passing laws or even discussing legislation while a lawless president is in office is a pointless exercise. Will enough of them figure that out in time to begin taking the country back?

[Nik Naym]

“TV repairman was a good job. So was making the TV’s with vacuum tubes.”

Hey, you know, you are on to something.

I used to make my living repairing TVs. In the old days. When they used CRTs and cost a lot of money and thus were worth paying someone to repair.

That whole industry is gone. And I am currently out of work.

Bring back tube type TV sets NOW!

Bring back TV repair shops NOW!

Because I want to do what I did 20 years ago!

Now!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Large “bump” to your post.

America needs to participate in the world economy once again.

Aggressively. We need to compete, that also means compete in the area of trade tariffs.

America stand up. Stand up. Stop selling out our future.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’ve noticed another of your ilk, has similarly posted on another thread.

I suspect you are the same person, posting under two posting handles.

Just saying.

[Lazamataz]

At this point, American jobs no longer matter. We are in a post-Constitutional marxist dictatorship.

You might as well have been posting, "Russia needs to protect, and grow, Russian jobs. Bring back Soviet jobs."

[mad_as_he$$]

+1!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Thanks for your post.

Hope we can discuss matters once again.

Just because I am aggressive on American trade, does not mean I am for the left.

Just saying.

[Windflier]

I suspect you are the same person, posting under two posting handles.

How do you know I'm not posting under thirty different handles? Maybe you're having all these arguments and conversations with the same person.

[Starstruck]

The framers never foresaw that humans would live to be 100+ and thus did not include term limits as they thought that nature would remove elected officials from office.

No the framers never saw being an elected official would be such a lucrative job. They saw it as some one giving back to their country for a few years then moving on.