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The United States of Decline: America unravels at an increasingly dizzying pace.
The National Review ^ | February 17, 2014 | Deroy Murdock

Posted on 02/17/2014 12:39:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

America is unraveling at a stunning speed and to a staggering degree. This decline is breathtaking, and the prognosis is dim.

For starters, Obama now rules by decree. Reportedly for the 27th time, he has changed the rules of Obamacare singlehandedly, with neither congressional approval nor even ceremonial resolutions to limit his actions. Obama needs no such frivolities.

“That’s the good thing about being president,” Obama joked on February 10. “I can do whatever I want.” In an especially bitter irony, Obama uttered these despicable words while guiding French president François Hollande through Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson — a key architect of America’s foundation of limited government.

That very day, Obama decreed that the Obamacare mandate for employers with 50 to 99 workers would be postponed until 2016 (beyond an earlier extension to 2015), well past the November 2014 midterm elections. This eases the pressure on Democrats, whose campaigns would suffer if voters saw their company health plans canceled due to Obamacare’s unnecessary, expensive, mandatory benefits — e.g. maternity coverage for men.

So, by fiat, Obama has postponed the employer mandate. When Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) effectively tried to do this through legislation last fall, Democrats virtually lassoed and branded him.

Also by decree last week, Obama decided unilaterally to soften political-asylum rules. Refugees and other immigrants who provide terrorists “limited material support” now can come to America. So what if someone merely clothed and fed Mohamed Atta or Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? After all, garments and meals don’t blow up. Welcome to America, Mustafa!

Meanwhile, the Justice Department is working hard to revoke the asylum of and deport the Romeikes....

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: khalidsheikhmohammed; mohamedatta; obama; obamacare; tedcruz; texas
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To: Spirochete
The jobs weren't exported. They were driven out by trial lawyers, unions, and zealous Federal regulators.

And also shipped out by short-sighted, profit-hungry, mostly non-owner CEOs.

62 posted on 02/17/2014 1:47:06 PM PST by polymuser
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Sadly, the information regarding who Obama sees America; how he hates America; how he wants to “transform America” were all available to anybody who was willing to take a few minutes away from Twitter and read the book: “The Roots of Obama’s Rage”.

AMERICA - WE HAVE NO EXCUSES LEFT FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN.

I have 2 extra copies.


63 posted on 02/17/2014 1:49:13 PM PST by CyberAnt (MY AMERICA: "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: F15Eagle

I find the underpinnings and behavior of both families to be creepy similar. How a nationalized 24/7 supermedia props this situation up against our own best interest is beyond me?


64 posted on 02/17/2014 1:54:29 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Navy Patriot
The trial and execution.. not so graphic .. but you know/see
65 posted on 02/17/2014 1:57:06 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: RetiredArmy

“This is the promised change. Destroy the nation. Destroy America as founded. Establish an Islamic republic here with Obama as sultan. This country will never be free again. The heavy hand of the communist government now in place will never allow America to recover. America does not have enough decent people left to take back the nation. Nope, toast. Done. Never recover. $17 Trillion in debt not counting social security, medicare and Obamacare. Pile all those together, probably $90 Trillion in the hole. There is not enough paper in Sodom on the Potomac or NY City to print that much money. Obama set out to destroy this county and he has basically succeeded. If he cannot get what he want via Congress, he simply imposes one of his illegal executive orders. Those pile up and our freedoms, right, etc. flow out the door like a river.”

I hate optimists.


66 posted on 02/17/2014 1:58:46 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And half the people have their heads up their anal passageways and would rather watch justin beeber than find out what is going on in their country.


69 posted on 02/17/2014 2:04:55 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: knarf

“So, they’ve GOT to kill us off.”

It ALWAYS comes down to that with the left. They will not peacefully coexist with those that disagree with them. After they decide that we are too intransigent and subhuman to see things their way it will start. The demonization phase is well underway. All they need is “justification” and authorization.


71 posted on 02/17/2014 2:06:29 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: ex-snook
You're missing a very important point: What's probably doing more to drive these jobs overseas isn't "coolie wages" at all. It's the customer base. For any major corporation that does business globally, most of their current and/or prospective customers are in Asia, not North America.

Here's a startling graphic for everyone:

Just think about that for a moment, folks: the number of people living inside that circle exceeds the populations of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Australia combined. Knowing that, how can anyone be surprised that more and more companies are orienting their supply chains to an Asian customer base?

72 posted on 02/17/2014 2:07:45 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

justification, authorization, and a better chance of getting through it with their asses intact than they have now.


73 posted on 02/17/2014 2:07:48 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Most people, even on this forum, erroneously think the answer to our problems is political.

It isn't.

The answer is Jesus Christ.

He is our only hope. We are where we are as a nation because we have thrown God out of our schools, institution, military, workplaces, homes, and our very hearts.

Our answer must come from God. Only He can heal our nation.

74 posted on 02/17/2014 2:10:48 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: MrB

“justification, authorization, and a better chance of getting through it with their asses intact than they have now.”

That’s where disarmament comes in.


76 posted on 02/17/2014 2:11:56 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Ok But the fact that a lot of the world has buyers does not explain why we are the buyer for about all the items we buy. The trade deficit means that we are buying from them and they are not buying from us.


78 posted on 02/17/2014 2:16:11 PM PST by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: Alberta's Child
The company profiled in that article currently has a sales force of 15 workers, and they're looking to bring their manufacturing back to Arkansas... and maybe get up to 74 full-time employees

In actuality, it means more jobs than that.

Besides the direct employees, you have people and other companies who will become suppliers of things like furniture, packaging, machinery and parts, delivery trucks, landscaping, snow plowing, lunches and watering holes for employees, homes, autos, and grocery stores for employees, etc.

So there is a ripple economic effect which goes along with a business like that. Everybody wins if the factory is here and a lot of people get a "piece" of it even if not full time employees. Otherwise, most of that other stuff is done overseas and the foreigners get the benefits.

79 posted on 02/17/2014 2:18:26 PM PST by Gritty (Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out! - David Horowitz)
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To: F15Eagle
People are delusional if they think America is coming back. Unless someone can think of how to rally behind repentance at a national level, it's not happening. You can't even get the MEN in church. Moreover, you can't get the CHURCH to expel false teachings, to purify itself so that it can be useful.

A house divided cannot stand. - The Lord Jesus Christ

80 posted on 02/17/2014 2:28:22 PM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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