[Sudetenland]

I can think of the first three...Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid.

[ml/nj]

Obama and his people are the #1 threat to this country. Watch them as they pervert government by spending zillions of dollars on useless or worse than useless stuff. Today they stopped Joan Rivers. Tomorrow it will be the entire economy, and you will be begging for food.

ML/NJ

[sourcery]

We are our own worst enemy—collectively speaking, of course.

We have a serious problem with moral character. Too many of us want to live off the labor of our neighbors, and evade our own responsibility for taking care of ourselves.

[San Jacinto]

Global Warming is the greatest immediate threat. Although AGW is non-existent, the proposed “solutions” are very real and they are devasting.

Fiscal policy and govt debt is an even greter long term threat.

Although Jihadist terrorism is a real threat and is very serious, it is almost minor in comparison to what our own politicians have in the works.

[1776 Reborn]

All of these perceived problems, except for population growth, were created or exasperated by our greedy, corrupt and incompetent representatives in Washington.

[HiramQuick]

Those ten are not even close to the problem. The issue at hand is a nation that has put their entire faith in “dependency” and “pseudo security”

Hope and change!!! Very much alive and well for those that expect handouts. The only reason hope and change isn’t working as fast as they thought is because of the faults of a few ,,,, there are a few of us that still believe in personal responsibility.

That small number is dwindling ... can I get a gubmint bailout please ...

[Bean Counter]

[FatherofFive]

1. Obama

2. Pelosi

3. Reid

4. Democrats

5. Liberals

6. Islam

7. RINOS

Get rid of these, the rest won't matter

[jnsun]

The Romans wish to push their world view on the rest of the world.

Read the whole thing Mr Gurr, for some reason, must have too much idle time,

However:

Apologetically taken out of your context, but the whole reason that the Roman Empire lasted so long and was so successful, and was such a mighty human achievement, was exactly opposite of what you cite in this example.

The Romans, very specifically and very consciously administered their conquests by allowing the endemic cultures to continue in their own traditions, and politic. It was their great understanding, and a magnificent insight. It was a sort of flexible and tolerant protection racket.

A perfect example, in the nature of the season, is Pontius Pilate, asking the Pharisees, why do you want to this Man executed? (He really had no intrinsic motivation to do so). But alas did so, according to what they demanded. Likewise Herod, the Jewish King, in sending out a decree to all the land (Roman dominion).

This is a fairly agreed understanding among more informed historians.

Sorry if your simile was an idle one so that we're nitpicking here, but the Roman reference is inappropriate for such profound pontification.

Johnny Suntrade

[OrangeHoof]

The ten biggest threats facing The United States of America

1. The Democrat Party
2. The Democrat Party
3. The Democrat Party
4. The Democrat Party
5. The Democrat Party
6. The Democrat Party
7. The Democrat Party
8. The Democrat Party
9. The "mainstream media"
10. International terrorism