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Decline and Fall of Western Civilization
Israel News ^ | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 02/13/2008 4:24:58 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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To: dasboot

Proxy error is a sign of the end.


21 posted on 02/13/2008 4:48:05 PM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We have our elected Government officials to thank for this mess.


22 posted on 02/13/2008 4:48:16 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: FFranco

“..America will save Western civilization so it may be restored when Islam falls, as it must inevitably.”

Save Western Civilization? You must have maximized your sarcasm dial to full blast. Did you ever take a look what the cat drags in every afternoon at any international airport?


23 posted on 02/13/2008 4:51:59 PM PST by 353FMG (Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
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To: dasboot
You have, indeed, hit the nail squarely.

I agree...
But.....
Four posts.....
LOL
C'Mon, I think you got your point across......
Go Ahead: Click It!

24 posted on 02/13/2008 4:52:15 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Truly disturbing article.


25 posted on 02/13/2008 4:53:26 PM PST by forkinsocket
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To: Fiddlstix

I apologize....I was under the impression that server error indicated no transmission.


26 posted on 02/13/2008 4:53:35 PM PST by dasboot
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To: Inyo-Mono

Well, yes - and we elect them every 2, 4 or 6 years.


27 posted on 02/13/2008 4:54:47 PM PST by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Although I agree somewhat with this, I think it’s prime time for the rise of another form of totalitarian leader to rise to the occasion.

Not saying mind you, I look forward to that, but wars and rumors of wars are always with us, and another European war is a given. Who leads and who follows are yet to be seen, but IMO it’s close.

28 posted on 02/13/2008 4:56:21 PM PST by alarm rider ("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -)
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To: alarm rider

Great Britain will be the first country to become totalitarian.


29 posted on 02/13/2008 5:01:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: dasboot
I wuz just "funnin" ya.....
I had a version of the same thing happen to me last freepathon......
I posted the "tote board" and it repeated four times.....
On the same post......
I got JimRob to remove it.....
Nobody, not even Jim, could explain why that happened.....
lol
Sometimes when the server is running slow some really weird stuff can happen.
30 posted on 02/13/2008 5:02:01 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: MinorityRepublican
In the past, couples NEEDED to have children in order to have some confidence that there would be somebody to care for them in their old age. Social Security programs and the Welfare State changed that.

In the current society, for the middle class, children are a net expense. They require care, they require education, and they're likely to leave you in a nursing home when you're old

Rome collapsed when they instituted their own Welfare State (bread and circuses) for their citizens

31 posted on 02/13/2008 5:05:44 PM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: RightWhale
"This is societal evolution, not the end of the world

No, not the end of the world - just the end of the America our forefathers handed down generation to generation.

When the time comes, who in America is prepared to pick up arms and head into the streets to fight those selling out our heritage and those taking what they want?

It is the "warehoused old men lying in cots" and those on the way there who are probably the group most willing to defend their families and way of life.
Will they stand alone?

The minute Americans rise up to push back the selling of the country by the small people who infest Washington and the ransacking of America by the greedy and the hate mongers, the federal government will unleash our own military on the citizenry.

"When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."

"Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!"

-- Thomas Jefferson

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32 posted on 02/13/2008 5:08:49 PM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: MinorityRepublican; SAMWolf

Excellent article. This is a keeper. Thanks for posting it.


33 posted on 02/13/2008 5:11:04 PM PST by snippy_about_it (The FReeper Foxhole. America's history, America's soul.)
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To: RightWhale
This is societal evolution,

Hear! Hear! And a vitally important thing to remember. When all is said and done, history shows that "societal evolution" is simply a reshuffling of the deck. An umbrella event coving a series of events that takes place whenever massive, never-before-imagined changes occur,i.e., the mastery of fire, the wheel, the printing press, the automobile, etc. IMHO, the societal evolution we are passing through is brought to us by the computer.

"Ad astra per aspera" [To the stars through tears.]

34 posted on 02/13/2008 5:15:41 PM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: MinorityRepublican
Maybe, but I see something a bit different.

For all of us former/present history students, “What is past is prologue” is not just something carved in stone on a public building.

Europe is always on the brink of another war. In times past, the latest, greatest war has been chalked up to “nationalism”. The next one on the horizon will be chalked up to “culturalism”.

If Britain (England) wakes up from the Socialist induced coma, it’s possible that the next dust-up could start there, but I doubt it highly, I do not see any strong leadership, or rising movement in that respect. Europeans are just now starting to open their eyes and see their various bird’s nest on the ground threatened by the coming unpleasantness.

It’s coming for sure, when things get too uncomfortable, the Europeans will do what they always do. They will look for to a strong and vocal leader to save their collective asses. He, (or who knows in this day and age, she) will be from a country in which traditional Christian religion is still alive, and the citizens are willing to take up arms.

Who knows at this point, but it is worth speculation.

35 posted on 02/13/2008 5:20:37 PM PST by alarm rider ("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -)
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To: forkinsocket

Truly disturbing article.

It makes me want to eat that box of pop tarts in the cabinet. Why diet when everything is shot to hell!


36 posted on 02/13/2008 5:22:00 PM PST by angcat ("Do we really need 'smart bombs' to drop on these dumb bastards?")
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To: MinorityRepublican
All the phoney liberal virtues (tolerance, diversity, equality, progress) are redefined out of context and centered around the central purpose of bringing down western civilization.
37 posted on 02/13/2008 5:25:45 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: MinorityRepublican
I do believe that Europe is finished. Maybe islands will survive, the New Europe at least. But the old powers of France, Germany, GB..... Hardly a day goes by without a posting here on FR detailing another step towards dhimmitude in Europe.

We OTOH still have a chance to survive as a traditional Western society. But we need to arrest some of the decline and get started on the right track in other areas. Maybe the object lesson provided by witnessing the end of Europe will provide the right catalyst. Maybe.... but liberals seem to be impervious to facts and history, both recent and ancient.

38 posted on 02/13/2008 5:26:36 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I do believe that Europe is finished. Maybe islands will survive, the New Europe at least. But the old powers of France, Germany, GB..... Hardly a day goes by without a posting here on FR detailing another step towards dhimmitude in Europe.

We OTOH still have a chance to survive as a traditional Western society. But we need to arrest some of the decline and get started on the right track in other areas. Maybe the object lesson provided by witnessing the end of Europe will provide the right catalyst. Maybe.... but liberals seem to be impervious to facts and history, both recent and ancient.

39 posted on 02/13/2008 5:26:46 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I do believe that Europe is finished. Maybe islands will survive, the New Europe at least. But the old powers of France, Germany, GB..... Hardly a day goes by without a posting here on FR detailing another step towards dhimmitude in Europe.

We OTOH still have a chance to survive as a traditional Western society. But we need to arrest some of the decline and get started on the right track in other areas. Maybe the object lesson provided by witnessing the end of Europe will provide the right catalyst. Maybe.... but liberals seem to be impervious to facts and history, both recent and ancient.

40 posted on 02/13/2008 5:27:40 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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