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THE END OF AMERICA?
Nealz Nuze ^ | November 28, 2005 | Neal Boortz

Posted on 11/28/2005 5:39:36 AM PST by beaureguard

The Drudge Report is reporting this morning that several broadcast television networks are considering a series loosely based on the concept of the end of America. Details on the various programs aren't yet available, but my bet is that the fictional end will come through either terrorism or some sort of a natural disaster.

The networks have part of this right. The end of America as we know it could well be on the horizon. The networks just wouldn't dare present the end as it very well may happen. The death of America will more likely come from the advancement of the American welfare state.

Empires have life expectancies. The history of civilization would tell us that a country based on freedom and economic liberty generally last just a bit over 200 years. If you know of such a society that has lasted well beyond the 200-year mark, let me know. I haven't been able to find one. Our Constitution was ratified on December 15th, 1791. In just a few weeks the United States of America will be 214 years old. That, for those of you who went to government schools, is just a bit over 200 years.

You can trace the decline of American to several different and varied beginning point. Among them:

1. The adoption of a graduated and progressive income tax, as envisioned by Karl Marx.

2. The adoption of a system of government education of our children, again as envisioned by Karl Marx.

3. The movement away from a rule of law to a rule of the majority (Democracy) which really took hold during the days of Franklin Roosevelt.

America, the welfare state, is growing steadily. In the last few weeks we started George Bush's Medicare prescription drug program. The original estimates for this welfare boondoggle ran at about $300 billion for the next ten years. Those estimates doubled before the program even began. The actual tab will probably be closer to one trillion dollars for the first ten years .. and growing after that. Baby boomers will be retiring over the next decade. As they retire they will start drawing down Social Security and Medicare dollars by the bucketful. The cost will be enormous. As presently structured, these income transfer programs can't handle it, but all attempts at reform, at least insofar as Social Security is concerned, have failed.

Back to the main point. Americans are no longer in love with freedom. In fact, the case can be made that Americans are afraid of freedom. Oh, they want to be free to go on vacation and to chose where to live, who to marry and what to wear each day, but that just about covers it. Americans want the government to educate their children, guarantee their jobs, determine their wages, provide them with medical care, pay for their prescriptions, insure their comfort in retirement, regulate their business competitors, and control the actions of their neighbors. If you suggest that the responsibility for any of these factors be placed back into the hands of the individual the screams and howls of outrage and indignation will be heard across the country.

If the networks want to do a series on the end of America, their script has already been written ... .by some Russian named Ayn Rand.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: boortz; nealznuze
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To: Lazamataz

Thanks Libs


21 posted on 11/28/2005 5:53:57 AM PST by Ed25
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To: armydawg1
I wonder if this is just wishful thinking on the part of the networks?

Certainly!

But I think Boortz is right. The TV shows will focus on disaster as bringing about the end, when the reality of it is that the welfare state combined with the enivronmental/communist whacko leftists combined with our increasingly lax morals are all contributing to weaken our nation. It may take decades or even a couple of generations, but the tide must be turned or the United States will be remembered in history books as a once-great nation.

We'll be the Europe of the 21st Century.

22 posted on 11/28/2005 5:54:36 AM PST by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost


Seems like Rome lasted a while...despite its turn towards the imperial.

Liberal defeatists that can't get their stupid political agenda to take...will destroy America in Hollywood as sour grapes.

Similar to West Wing and all the other stupid liberal shows.


24 posted on 11/28/2005 5:55:47 AM PST by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: C210N
You can trace the decline of American to several different and varied beginning point.

And the decline has been so steady you can easily surmise someone has been orchestrating it for 50 years, one step at a time.

25 posted on 11/28/2005 5:56:06 AM PST by Rapscallion (They're not Americans; they're democrats.)
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To: beaureguard; Borax Queen
my bet is that the fictional end will come through either terrorism or some sort of a natural disaster.

Thomas Sewell isn't very optimistic about America's future, btw.

Last night, Fred Barnes interviewed him; though I didn't see the entire interview, he mentioned some of his concerns for this country: 1) honesty and 2) values and 3) entitlement mentality. He was asked what a Sowell's America would look like, he said that the liberals shipped out....he also mentioned enviromental groups, which are causing great harm to our economy. Personally, I am seeing the end of America also occurring with the invasion of illegal aliens, their drain on our economy, through "free" benefits through schooling, housing, jails, increased law enforcement needs in communities, medical care, college programs, loss of tax revenues, etc. (not free of course, but paid for by tax paying citizens of the U.S.).

26 posted on 11/28/2005 5:56:20 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: OpusatFR
Who teaches the course in propaganda?

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, of course (ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN).

27 posted on 11/28/2005 5:56:31 AM PST by Charles Martel
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To: Lazamataz

U shur bout dat?........;^)


28 posted on 11/28/2005 5:56:35 AM PST by litehaus
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To: beaureguard
If you know of such a society that has lasted well beyond the 200-year mark, let me know.

The Roman Republic started in 509 BC with the overthrow of King Tarquin the Proud. It was replaced by Imperial Rome in 27 BC when Octavian claiming title of Augustus. That is 482 years.
29 posted on 11/28/2005 5:56:37 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: in hoc signo vinces

"Press #4 to get the show in English"


30 posted on 11/28/2005 5:57:03 AM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: William Creel
I guess people like assuming that the world is as black and white as Marx says it is

People also like not having to make decisions or work for themselves. It's easier to let the government take care of you.

31 posted on 11/28/2005 5:57:50 AM PST by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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To: William Creel
Two-thirds of the Rats and a good quarter of the Republicans.
32 posted on 11/28/2005 5:58:35 AM PST by satchmodog9 ( Seventy million spent on the lefts Christmas present and all they got was a Scooter)
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To: beaureguard
There do seem to be a fair number of people bent on some sort of political, economic and/or cultural "suicide" for the US. I think Boortz is very interesting. there never seems to be enough hours in the day to see and hear everything I want to, though.
33 posted on 11/28/2005 5:59:19 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: nicmarlo
Last night, Fred Barnes interviewed him; though I didn't see the entire interview

I'd seen a commercial for that last week and was looking forward to watching it, but then I forgot about it until I read your post. I wonder if they'll air it again?

34 posted on 11/28/2005 5:59:46 AM PST by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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To: beaureguard

The supposition is not the "end" of a country's esistance, but rather the end of it's dominance in the economic, social, cultural and influential sense on the world stage. It does not surprise me. The less informed American's are, the less history they know, the more likely we are to repeat it. I would like to argue against the probability of our fading into world order but cannot fathom change without a national uprising. Since most American's don't care, I don't see most American's grasping obvious solutions. We have corrupted a constitution that was as perfect as it could be. Even today, we reinterpret the words to fit agendas we expect out forefathers coud not have foreseen. Sadly, the founders of this country would not approve of where we are today regardless of past and present success and status in the world.

Would anyone dissagree?


35 posted on 11/28/2005 6:00:18 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (Dems: "It can't be done" Reps. "Move, we'll find a way or make a way. It has to be done!")
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To: beaureguard

The letter "A".


36 posted on 11/28/2005 6:00:44 AM PST by freedomlover (This Fall a Woman will be the Mother of a Mouse)
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To: Lazamataz

It's worse than that. We're all gonna have to watch Oprah.


37 posted on 11/28/2005 6:00:50 AM PST by MARTIAL MONK
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To: SittinYonder
Still around, but it ain't free. Boortz is right about this.

Therein lies the rub---what constitutes "free"? Is England more free than Ethiopia? Is she less free than Camaroon? Is she about as free as Canada?

Methinks Boortz is stretching to make a point . . .

38 posted on 11/28/2005 6:00:58 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: 2ndClassCitizen
"Someone from South America or Africa can cross the border and be given rights that my son, due to him being white, does not have."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...........
Orwell's Animal Farm was far to accurate..All animals are created equal but SOME are MORE EQUAL than others.
Open borders - illegal immigration invasion - The MSM and liberal hollywood - Middle Class Americans taxed to breaking point - Judges ruling on (their values) whats best for Society not on what the constitution or voters want..quotas, Conservatives have much to do and the Clock is ticking. We may be seeing the destruction of the America that we know and love much sooner than anyone would have thought.
39 posted on 11/28/2005 6:01:27 AM PST by ConsentofGoverned (if a sucker is born every minute, what are the voters?)
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To: beaureguard

I bet it won't be Muslim terrorists.

None of them has the guts to tell the truth!


40 posted on 11/28/2005 6:01:56 AM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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