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2023-05-31 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire-History Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The cancer set in around 1948 when those in Washington decided to become actively involved in trying to influence events beyond our borders, driven by the coup in Czechoslovakia, the insurgency in Greece and Turkey, and the Berlin Blockade. The Constitution was not set up to accommodate the concentration of power, resources, and money to engage in that activity. We see from here that price was the very republic they thought they were protecting.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-05-31 07:33|| 2023-05-31 07:33|| Front Page Top

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-31 07:36|| 2023-05-31 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 We've sought through prayer and action that we might avoid the cup that has been passed around since the beginning of the 20th Century. We hoped history itself would be lesson enough. No. We will be compelled to take that all corrupting dram against our will and faith. I pray for all the required strength to refuse it.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-05-31 11:03|| 2023-05-31 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ The corrupting dram may come in a syringe, but it may come in a can with a pop top.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-31 12:02|| 2023-05-31 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 there is a possibility that Russia, China, NKor and Iran govts may collapse before ours does

Posted by lord garth 2023-05-31 16:21|| 2023-05-31 16:21|| Front Page Top

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