[Jack Black]

Oh I think the country will go first. The Constitution, as a 'living breathing document' and as a sacred relic will continue to be sighted as the source of, justification for, and protection against the tyrany we are surely slipping into. Long after there is any pretext of liberty in Ameica politicians will still be bleating on about the Constitution. Bet on it.

[RightWhale]

It does appear that the country is coming to an end. It is amazing it has lasted so long, and doubly amazing it has done so well. America will live on in bedtime stories. Like Atlantis.

[yatros from flatwater]

Sad but true, and not at all different from the ceremonial and liturgical reference to scripture by "mainsteam" postmodernist ministers who really don't see biblical words as having any meaning other than for the sentimental feelings they evoke.