tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post6954919817135139346..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: "More Empires Have Fallen Because Of Reckless Finances Than Invasion"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-11914612288002362852010-02-12T04:57:34.365-08:002010-02-12T04:57:34.365-08:00while the Japanese took things to an extreme ther...while the Japanese took things to an extreme there is something to be said for the shogunate Era. One MUST first care for ones self. the drowning man can save no-one.I hear many complaints our last president and this new president. remember that he can ONLY do what our congress LETS him do.HE could veto everything that comes across his desk Yet it can still be passed by congress. The Obverse is not true. if he says yes to something and congress says no then it is NO. <br /> when we look at trends that have allowed our manufacturing industry/base to move over seas we must look to congress because they in the end are the authority responsible.<br />Check out how American companies over seas are taxed, it encourages them to invest even more money over there. let alone the amount of tax dollars spent in countries with Amer. corps. to"protect our interests". this should be frightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-87771305531217237812010-02-11T06:19:29.272-08:002010-02-11T06:19:29.272-08:00War in Afghanistan is much like owning a boat. whi...War in Afghanistan is much like owning a boat. while it looks great sitting there. it is a hole in the water at which you throw money. Looks good on paper, but there are some serious design flaws. The U.S. is the last modern industrialized nation without universal health care. yet the money thrown away in wars over the last 10 yrs (with no end in sight ) could EASILY have paid for health-care for the next 20yrs. our congress no longer looks to the needs of the People(jobs,export goods, self reliance as a country)and looks to those who will help them retain their position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-39963175076162232792010-02-10T14:31:11.324-08:002010-02-10T14:31:11.324-08:00Anonymous touches on a couple important point.
Th...Anonymous touches on a couple important point.<br /><br />Though US military spending is currently ludicrous, it must be incrementally lowered - say, 10% a year for 10 years. Otherwise, worse side-effects may arise.<br /><br />There simply is not enough money in America to sustain the "standard of living" we have come to expect. It is simply a fantasy, given wings by excessive debt. IMO, the true "reality" is when the financial bubble-of-the-day has burst and sunk about 3/4 of the way to the bottom. That level is a standard of living we must accept as a society.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165277170755988215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-74779991826558782412010-02-09T11:42:10.269-08:002010-02-09T11:42:10.269-08:00If we cut military spending wouldn't that seri...If we cut military spending wouldn't that seriously dent our manufacturing sector, destroy jobs, and a weaken a source of upward economic mobility? Surely there is room for some cuts, but I'd beware of deep ones.<br /><br />I was raised in a rural area with little industry, and probably 1/5 to 1/8 of the boys I went to elementary school with have served in the military. Many of them used money they saved working in the military to start small businesses or build a nest egg, or used the GI Bill to make it through college.<br /><br />One of America's primary exports is war. The American war machine probably feeds 50x more people than it kills on an annual basis.<br /><br />Robust military spending and reckless military deployment do not have to go hand in hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-44449274234745491982010-02-09T09:00:59.548-08:002010-02-09T09:00:59.548-08:00If the "economic crisis is now the biggest th...If the "economic crisis is now the biggest threat to America's national security" would not Goldman Sachs and the Wall Street banks be under investigation for terrorism?<br /><br />So I cannot take this comment seriously.Blurtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997520846655923035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-67825259689581352022010-02-09T07:57:55.515-08:002010-02-09T07:57:55.515-08:00It doesn't take an economist to figure out tha...It doesn't take an economist to figure out that spending resources and labor on bombing a far away land hurts the economy of the invader. It is obvious that O'bummer works for supranational interests, not those of the USA.<br /><br />The problem that the American nationalists don't get is that to tackle such a supranational force, they have to also get involved with the rest of the groups resisting against it around the world.<br /><br />If in every country's patriot movement is struggingling independently while being biased against other nations then the the internationalists will win for sure.cyberseerhttp://www.cyberseer.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-44661286846224420422010-02-09T07:51:57.363-08:002010-02-09T07:51:57.363-08:00Noteworthy Empires, be it sea-faring or not, get s...Noteworthy Empires, be it sea-faring or not, get shattered either commercially or militarilly in what is known today as Germany while trying to secure and dominate the western parts of the silk road. After failing in Germany said empires had always tried to regain iniative by controling the silk road further to the east, which lead them directly into Afghanistan. It is there where all those former vibrant empires with their last offensive army reserves are buried now. That's why Afghanistan and its ungrateful terrain has become known as the grave-yard of empires.<br /><br />Except for the Brits, who are right now trying to bury themselves for the third time in Afghanistan, all other empires suceeded the first time.<br /><br />Let's wait and see if the US-Empire got what it takes to survive a stroll into Afghanistan.Evil Twinhttp://www.umpf.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-85627342797506170902010-02-09T06:11:49.047-08:002010-02-09T06:11:49.047-08:00but we can't break up the banks because of the...but we can't break up the banks because of the WTO treaty. we got to nullify that first. <br /><br />i read that somewhere.... :O)winston smithhttp://www.2plus2equals5.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-22115393606969307892010-02-09T04:14:11.494-08:002010-02-09T04:14:11.494-08:00Excellent post.
Really enjoyed the historical com...Excellent post.<br /><br />Really enjoyed the historical comparison!<br /><br />Im reading a book called Empire of Debt - by - William Bonner, Addison Wiggin.<br />It covers a many interesting similarities of empires.<br /><br />Lastly, I write a blog <br />The Bullish Bear Blog.<br />http://thebullishbear.blogspot.com<br /><br />Do take a lookdavidhttp://thebullishbear.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com