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.
What about the country of England? Isn't it still around?
4. The trash infecting the American public via airwave violence and drugs, newsrags printing editoral-laced "news", hollyweird producing violent/leftest/US-bashing movies and TV shows...
Boy. The networks are really gearing up for the elections. Depress the American people by a constant bombardment of doom and gloom and create an atmosphere of hopelessness.
And
Who rides to the rescue for another "Morning in America" speech? Why, Russ Feingold, Hillary (blech...), Fat Albert, or any one of the real disasters..
Who teaches the course in propaganda?
You forgot that some citizens, based on their race, already are not accorded equal treatment under the law. 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.
Agreed. This is the most important one.
Well, sort of.
The end of America began with the influence of the NYT and Oprah, who now run our politics, culture and education, with impunity.
The end is very near if SCOTUS keeps using international laws as precedents.
Still around, but it ain't free. Boortz is right about this. Britain was once the world's super power (though they didn't call it that) and was so for about 200 years.
If we don't turn back the tide of socialism in our country, then our run is pretty much up. Look at the Roman Empire - half the reason it fell was because of all the loose morals.
Last week our Asian allies were saying that they are restructuring their defense plans with the belief in mind that the U.S. could not win a war against China.
The leftists are achieving victory without winning at the ballot box. Victory for them is the destruction of America through the destruction of her freedoms.
It is a mere shadow of it's 19th century self. They no longer even have the right to protect their property from those who would steal or destroy it.
I wonder if this is just wishful thinking on the part of the networks? They using John Murtha as a technical advisor?
It's been going on in the visual arts for years now. The juried art shows favor the most depressing, numbing garbage they can find, and I'm convinced their purpose is to keep the crowds depressed, hopeless, and edgy enough to want things to change.
And so goes it. The general public of Americans WANT our Government to intervene with our rights. Just as I figured.
Walter Reuther's vision of the welfare state probably has more to do with where we are than anything Marx came up with...
... When American society went from the spirit of independence of the individual to that of the dependence on the government.
I wonder if this is just wishful thinking on the part of the networks? They using John Murtha as a technical advisor?
In case you hadn't noticed, many do.
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