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One Problem Moving To China: Millions hungry - less arable land per capita than one of the poorest countries in the world - Bangladesh, plus if you’ve been to PRC you wouldn’t want to live there. China is its own ticking time bomb 1 billion 300 million and they keep screwing themselves away from the dinner table every nano-second.

“Remember, democracy never lasts long,” said Adams. “It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”

Added Jefferson, “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49.” Madison agreed: “Democracy is the most vile form of government.”

Travis, we’re good for another 40-50 years before we go the way of the British Empire. We could pay our DEBT back double if we wanted too. Not. Those with the BIG GUNS make the rules (world). The good news is we won’t be here in 40-50 years. Well at least me anyways...

Aren’t you glad we are a Republic ?

According to recent Chicago Trib article the following debt exists as a percent of GDP:

Japan Iceland Italy Greece Belgium
197% 145% 127% 123% 105%

France US Canada Germany
92% 86% 82% 92%

How bad off are we? I duno. How bad off is everyone else? The same or worse. Possible solutions? World war?

How do you get a planet full of people to pull their head out of their ass?

Do you know where I can get a fiddle for the impending fire?

Sounds like what Smedley Butler was telling us about Japan in his book “War is a Racket” 1935:

“The Pacific is a great big ocean. We have a tremendous coastline on the Pacific. Will the maneuvers be off the coast, two or three hundred miles? Oh, no. The maneuvers will be two thousand, yes, perhaps even thirty-five hundred miles, off the coast.

The Japanese, a proud people, of course will be pleased beyond expression to see the united States fleet so close to Nippon’s shores. Even as pleased as would be the residents of California were they to dimly discern through the morning mist, the Japanese fleet playing at war games off Los Angeles.”

No apology needed - just glad I didn’t get nuked

They don’t believe my Vietnam story too lol:

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/69719858/m/8120033241001/p/1

[QUOTE RaceBannon]”Some things about this story dont sound right, though

He called the deployed 11th Marines from a MEB. Back then, it was a MAB, and why on Earth would it come from the Pacific when Camp Lejuene was right up the road?

Bad memories? I trust the magazine it was writte in but if I heard this on the street said this way, I’d call a poser alert!”[UN-QUOTE]

REPLY: FYI it was MEB (google), but I actually didn’t know or cared what we were called back then, MEB or MAB, I was a naive 19 y/o corporal.

As Camp LeJeune being right up the road, in hindsight I wish they would of sent them instead of us, but it wasn’t mine to question, just do and die.

The only memory inaccuracy in my sea story was the Nike missiles, they were Hawks.

“... In modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” — Ernest Hemingway