Is the US to go the way of the Roman Empire?

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 17:58

It seems that our populace lacks resolve. Every wacko conspiracy theory is repeated until it gains popularity with the mob. President Kennedy once said, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." He was an American patriot. How we got from that to Johnson's 'great society' I'll never get. So many today look to the government for a hand out. The government itself is a tool of special interests, when their interest should be the well being and selfless governing of OUR great nation. People have forgotten that we make up a greater whole. That the Civilization we live in is the one that our parents and their parents poured their sweat out for. America is a living thing and we are the life of it. The great experiment lives or dies with its generations. Got it?!?!

Now stand up! Don't let the country down, and damn it, don't let the ****ing euros convince you it isn't great, and live up to it, BE great Americans!

USA! USA! USA!

Ozz · February 7, 2003, 18:00

Toga.. Toga... TOGA....

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:05

DL...DL...DL

Viking Berserk · February 7, 2003, 18:11

I'm laughing, SOMEBODY HELP ME! I'm dying of laughter

Don't let me choke, *cough* *cough* *cough*

OMGOMGOMG!!!

Ah, good to let it out.

Oh and:
There was only ONE Roman Empire, there have only been ONE Roman Empire, there will never be another Roman Empire. (Don't call Byzantium or that Holy Empire for a Roman Empire, then I'll smack you

)

BTW: USA is not an empire, it will neither ever be an empire

Another thing, if the politicians in the world continiue like this there will probably not be any USA, nor any WORLD for that matter in around 10 years.

Kramerman · February 7, 2003, 18:13

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Originally posted by Lancer
It seems that our populace lacks resolve. Every wacko conspiracy theory is repeated until it gains popularity with the mob. President Kennedy once said, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." He was an American patriot. How we got from that to Johnson's 'great society' I'll never get. So many today look to the government for a hand out. The government itself is a tool of special interests, when their interest should be the well being and selfless governing of OUR great nation. People have forgotten that we make up a greater whole. That the Civilization we live in is the one that our parents and their parents poured their sweat out for. America is a living thing and we are the life of it. The great experiment lives or dies with its generations. Got it?!?!

Now stand up! Don't let the country down, and damn it, don't let the ****ing euros convince you it isn't great, and live up to it, BE great Americans!

USA! USA! USA!

agreence here

(i was thinkng about this the other day)

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:14

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Originally posted by Lancer
Now stand up! Don't let the country down, and damn it, don't let the ****ing euros convince you it isn't great, and live up to it, BE great Americans!

Hehe. Americans wont be great ANY time soon.

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:15

Don't recall saying the US was an empire.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:16

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Originally posted by Lancer
Don't recall saying the US was an empire.

One evil empire down, one more to go.

DinoDoc · February 7, 2003, 18:18

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Hehe. Americans wont be great ANY time soon.

Shows what you know.

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:18

Tass, have you noticed the recent change in the borders of your Soviet...umm, I mean Russian Republic?

I did that.

Actually I just helped.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:19

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Originally posted by DinoDoc

Shows what you know.

Haha, whats great about Americans? What makes Americans better than others?

NOT A THING.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:20

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Originally posted by Lancer
Tass, have you noticed the recent change in the borders of your Soviet...umm, I mean Russian Republic?

I did that.

Actually I just helped.

The Perestroika Deception

DinoDoc · February 7, 2003, 18:23

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Haha, whats great about Americans? What makes Americans better than others?

The fact that we managed to stick you in Utah, of all places. Or maybe that just shows how evil we are?

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:24

Ya right. The first step in the Rooskie plan to rule the world involves flushing yourself down the toilet.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:25

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Originally posted by DinoDoc

The fact that we managed to stick you in Utah, of all places. Or maybe that just shows how evil we are?

I chose to live in Utah simply because it had lower crime than the rest of your country, cleaner air, and friendlier people.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:26

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Originally posted by Lancer
Ya right. The first step in the Rooskie plan to rule the world involves flushing yourself down the toilet.

What a bad response. Typical and expected, however.

DinoDoc · February 7, 2003, 18:26

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Originally posted by Lancer
Ya right. The first step in the Rooskie plan to rule the world involves flushing yourself down the toilet.

It's to give the otherside a false sense of security.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:28

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Originally posted by DinoDoc

It's to give the otherside a false sense of security.

The US shall make way for the ZhongGuo.

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:30

DinoDoc, it's working...

Anyway, that demolished what little credibility Tass had left.

Kramerman · February 7, 2003, 18:33

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000

Hehe. Americans wont be great ANY time soon.

The predictable response of a jealous man...

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:33

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Originally posted by Lancer
DinoDoc, it's working...

Anyway, that demolished what little credibility Tass had left.

Your comments only serve to re-enforce what is already widely known about Americans

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:34

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Originally posted by Kramerman

The predictable response of a jealous man...

Jealous man? I'm not jealous...I get to watch while Americans shoot themselves in the foot.

Why would I be jealous of that?

Boris Godunov · February 7, 2003, 18:36

If we are like Rome, then I wonder who will be the Visigoths? I suspect it must be the Mexicans. Or worse, Albertans.

Ned · February 7, 2003, 18:37

Rome died of a bloated bureaucracy and entitlement programs that ruined its economy and made it increasingly difficult to raise enough money to pay for an army primarily composed barbarians because Roman citizens would no longer defend the empire.

Does this sound more like Europe or United States?

Bereta_Eder · February 7, 2003, 18:37

The US was (is) no Roman Empire

DinoDoc · February 7, 2003, 18:38

Boris: It may well be the Canadians! They've already sacked Washington, DC once.

Lancer · February 7, 2003, 18:41

Did I say the US was/is a Roman empire?

Hell no...

We're a democracy, much better.

When Americans walked on the moon, no Roman footsteps were observed.

Nubclear · February 7, 2003, 18:44

When the majority becomes a minority, your not in a democracy

Ned · February 7, 2003, 18:45

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
If we are like Rome, then I wonder who will be the Visigoths? I suspect it must be the Mexicans. Or worse, Albertans.

In a sense, Alaric and Osama bin Laden are similar.

Bereta_Eder · February 7, 2003, 18:46

Actually some of the American analsysts like to compare the US with the old Athenian "empire" upon most of Greece.

However I think that in this instacne with Iraq the US is more like a young Rome where it proposed to south democratic Greeks (like Athens) to help them against the Illiryans (pirates) who messed up trade.

To conveince them and to try not to get them to allign with northern monarchic Greeks (Macedonians and Thebans) Rome said "we share common values such as democracy. There is a threat (Illyrians). Whoa re you going to trust if not those who share the same values as you? (and not the Macedonians and other Greeks which had monarchic governments).

So in that respect you're a bit like Rome