BigMike wrote:
Uh..yeah, I had a good idea that most of that stuff would happen. You mean you didn't? Didn't know the details. If you insist on that kind of thing everything will be a surprise. History is all about understanding how we got here and where we'll go next by looking at what we've already done - hundreds of times, I might add. Any i***t can predict a financial meltdown if a single condition exists - spending more than one makes. Every time this is done something bad happens sooner or later. Its not that complicated. Anyone can tell that the breakdown of the family unit, the celebration of hedonism, foolish wars, overspending, i*****l i*********n(etcetcetc) - all of which are in play here, now, contribute to the degredation any and all societies. Anyone can know that when personal power is ceeded to the government, the government will eventually use that power against its citizens. They always, without exception, do. This is another condition that exists in America, here and now. And unless we change our direction it will get worse. It always does. Read history. Read the writings of the Founders. Read the Bible! Its all there for us to see. I for one, do not believe that when I stand before God I'll be able to say "I didn't know". Do you? God gave me Reason and Intuition and helped me survive my Experience. He also gave me His word, the value of which is as much practical as it is spiritual. I am to use all these things in determining right and wrong because I can know right from wrong - on a practical as well as spiritual level. There is a verse in Proverbs that says " there is a way that SEEMETH (emphasis mine) right to a man, but the end thereof is death". I don't have to see the corpse to know its there. I can smell its corruption even in the dark. Lou, you're too smart to have me believe that you can't know we're going in the wrong direction. Debating minutia only distracts from the larger and more dire picture. A fact is just a fact. If it is not coupled reason, intuition and experience it doesn't blossom into Wisdom.
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Tell me Big Mike , just say Romney got elected . Where would you say we were headed at this juncture in time ? Would you think Romney would stop the Syrians from gassing their people ?