[TheAngryClam]

I disagree.

I believe that we're in the Silver Age or possibly slightly later. Bush would be a good Vespasian (although hopefully, Bush's plan for Palestine will go over a lot more smoothly than the supression of the Jewish Revolt) after Clinton's Nero, or possibly Trajan.

Our greatest days are behind us, but we don't know it yet, and our arts are in decline. For example, take the Moon landing. It is beyond our capability to repeat without starting from scratch on rocket and craft designs. Have we produced any "Citizen Kane" caliber films lately, or only moody, not-quite works?

I'm a young man, and it's sad to think of the state that my nation will be in within my lifetime. I should probably start learning Chinese, since the Indians speak English anyway.

[ffusco]

Holy cow...I nearly wrote Vespasian was Bush in post 37. Clinton was Nero with a sax. And I was thinking earlier this week that The Lunar Landing was a good date for the height of our golden age, after our Punic Wars (ww1-2) and our Bellum Socius (civil war).

[Pietro]

"I'm a young man, and it's sad to think of the state that my nation will be in within my lifetime"

Here's an idea, why don't you crawl back into your mommy's womb and leave life to those w/ the courage to confront it.