Kevin Phillips: The Old Titans All Collapsed. Is the U.S. Next?

Washington Post ^ | May 18, 2008 | Kevin Phillips

[RockinRight]

Can’t disagree there.

Drill in Alaska for starters.

[Perdogg]

I remember seeing Paul Craig Roberts on Lou Dobbs (It was on at the gym) and PCR was complaining about the fact that since people in the eastern bloc were free this was bad because they were now economic competitors against the US.

I guess PCR didn’t bother to study Adam Smith.

[paul544]

It must have struck a nerve for you to "waste" your time replying.
Sky high energy prices
N. Korea and Iran giving us the big FU
Stuck in a war that won't end
Amnesty lite
Run away spending
A Sec of Trans in favor of selling our roads to the highest bidder and putting tolls everywhere...
Prescription coverage
The list goes on and on... and that doesn't touch on the destruction wrought on the Republican party for lack of leadership.
Other than tax cuts and the WOT, I can't find much good about what he's done. He even nearly succeeded at screwing up his SCOTUS nominee.

[MNJohnnie]

Kevin Phillips: The Old Titans All Collapsed.

Ironic thing about this title. This idea applies more to him Buchannan, Vinege, Roberts and the rest of the old Dinocons then the USA as a whole. All the old Nixon era titans certainly have collapsed.

[MNJohnnie]

Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time

George S Patton. Someone needs to tell these Conservatives "Man up or go home".

[NaughtiusMaximus]

A giant bird could fly in from the asteroid belt and eat the moon and then what would NASA do?

LOL Winged monkeys might fly out of economists butts and then what would we do?

[MNJohnnie]

I find it amazing that people who lived thru the 1970s think this little slow down in the Economy is “hard times”. Think someone of you need a wake up call. You had it far too good for far too long. You have forgotten what the real world is like

[neverdem]

Correction:

This isn't about politics; it's about economics, in particular this consumer driven economy that staring to look like the emperor with no clothes.

This isn't about politics; it's about economics, in particular this consumer driven economy that's starting to look like the emperor with no clothes.

Don't rely just on the spell checker.

[the invisib1e hand]

the US is not an “old titan.”

[Libloather]

The Old Titans All Collapsed. Is the U.S. Next?

Just because one team sucks doesn't mean the whole league folds...

[nicollo]

Good post. It’s all about the Cassandras and their wailing chorus in the press trying to relive the hysteria of the 1970s.

They’re wrong again.

[grey_whiskers]

Good post. It’s all about the Cassandras and their wailing chorus in the press trying to relive the hysteria of the 1970s.

They’re wrong again.

Unless Obama gets eleced.

The nation's first black Jimmy Carter.

Oops, broke my promise. Make that Dhimmi Carter.

Cheers!

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes, I think I posted the comment that I heard going around last year, that the only remaining major export of the United States is derivatives

Veddy interesting. But shtupid. Somehow this last year the lame US economy became the world's largest exporter again, surpassing upstart Germany.

Gee, I don't know where the "economic miracle" China ranked, but that ominous behemoth just didn't make it to the awards ceremony.

[Cicero]

Well, I agree with you about China. It’s growing by leaps and bounds and sucking in raw materials like a vacuum cleaner. But the economy is so unbalanced and command-driven and polluted that at some point it’s all going to come crashing down.

Just my opinion.

And it doesn’t excuse what our governments over the years have done to undermine our economy in order to favor their campaign donors.

[MARTIAL MONK]

We’re a net exporter of food.

We were.