[Zipporah]

No we're not going the way of Rome (other than the decadence)we're going down a trail that IMO is without precedence, remember Kruschev when he said we would be destroyed. Not by the means most think.. it's a battle of propoganda. The truth cannot be spoken without fear of being muzzled.. branded. So we 'suffer' in silence out of fear. We are IMO in the midst of a slow and ever more hasty destruction of the US as we have known it. It is many fold and if we don't open our eyes and become brave and ignore those who try to muzzle the truth, then we will deserve what we get.

[highlander_UW]

No we're not going the way of Rome (other than the decadence)we're going down a trail that IMO is without precedence, remember Kruschev when he said we would be destroyed. Not by the means most think.. it's a battle of propaganda. The truth cannot be spoken without fear of being muzzled..

While I agree that there are forces that seek to muzzle truth, but that is missing the forest for the trees. Look at the message those forces wish to promote. National health care, a welfare state, tolerance at the cost of individuality and freedom of thought. Essentially, socialism, the same sort of problem that brought down Rome. It is no coincidence that all 9 of the 9 dwarfs want to raise taxes, and in particular upon the rich...and after there is no rich (with the exception of those in power) they'll need to resort to taxing the middle class. I believe we are in very real danger of just such a fate.