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| 2008-05-24 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 Ah... but the Elite Democrats will still fly around the world in their private jets while telling us we must give up our lifestyle (not change - give it up completely) and live like the peasants we are. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-05-24 14:36 |
| #10 Who said the nomenkultura were going to live like Amish. Only us. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-24 12:08 |
| #9 "They won't be happy until we all live like the Amish." It seems that way, but WHY would they want that? Outside of a fringe of Mother Earth worshippers, it seems like most of the Democrats I see around here (DC suburbs) are of the Limousine Liberal variety who would be positively lost without the comforts of modern society. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-05-24 12:05 |
| #8 TS, I don't disagree that the factors you mention were involved in Britain's decision to abandon the empire. But FDR also had an aggressive policy to end all the European empires in WWII, contributing to the shaken British certainty in their justification to rule. All the lovely American backed multinational organizations created by the likes of Harry Dexter White & Co. such as the GATT (now WTO), IMF and UN operated to enervate the Empire and British ability to recover from WWII. And now the chickens are coming home to roost, to coin a phrase. As I said, I lay the blame on the Brits, FDR and Ike, in that order. History shows that it was a great tragedy that the British Empire ended when it did, as rapidly as it did. The US has not done a sterling job of picking up the burden. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-24 11:34 |
| #7 The Dims want us to run out of energy. It's that simple. They can't make you give up your AC and car, but they can make sure those things never work again. They won't be happy until we all live like the Amish. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-05-24 11:19 |
| #6 NS, Ike drove the final nail in the coffin at Suez but the Empire was going long before that. The reality was that the two world wars a)took too many young men, and b)shook British certainty in their justification to rule. Plus, as the U.S. is finding out to its sorrow, there are no thanks for being the world's policeman, only an unending series of recriminations from both those you help and those you don't. The British public finally wearied of the role and refused to support it any longer. Britain's decline as a major industrial nation made the end of the Empire a certainty at some point but the two reasons I mentioned earlier undoubtedly hastened that end. It has to be remembered that Britain gained much, if not most, of its Empire in an effort to protect or expand its commercial trading privileges. When the trade went, there was no longer any justification for (or money to support) the Empire. After 1956, the records show that dismantling the Empire was handled very much as a business decision with sentiment playing very little part. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-05-24 10:51 |
| #5 I'd lay most of the blame on the Brits, FDR and Ike. If they hadn't abandoned the empire at FDR's insistence, sealed by Ike at Suez, when Fabian socialist ideas were at their peak, this sort of nationalization would be seen for the foolishness it is and the profits would have accrued to Anglo-American shareholders. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-24 09:09 |
| #4 Proof dhimocrats and congress are only after power grabs and not solutions. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-24 08:18 |
| #3 It's their same plan for when the Baby Boomers hammer Social Security, hot air and wishful thinking. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-24 08:03 |
| #2 The Democrats reasonably expect us to make us of alternative energy sources such as |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-05-24 03:42 |
| #1 D *** NG IT, THIS CAN'T STAND IN THIS MAN'S WAR FOR MACKINDRIAN CONUS-NORAM OWG FREE TRADE ZONES! *ION, BBC > SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS FORM UNION; + TOPIX > WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THE AGE OF OIL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-24 00:59 |