Originally Posted by billethkid

the Industrial Revolution. There is no mystery to what drives a nation to full employment and national leadership. Manufacturing. As pointed out in the above posts, the decline of manufacturing is in fact the reason for the decline in jobs, hence the increase in unemployment. The service industries over the years have absorbed about as much as they can to saturation.

We are continuing to, being polite, diversify to the point where the profile of the historical AMERICAN CITIZEN will be the minority in not too many years.
Where is the innovation that lead to manufacturing leadership? Where are the next generation entrepreneurs that will create the new companies that will make the new products and provide the new jobs? They are on non US soil that's where. The rich don't care. The middle is fast disappearing (with manufacturing). The lower class (what ever that is) has been converted to the entitlement class which has reached way up into the remaining middle class.

We have been selling off US assets and landmarks for years.
Our core values are being diminished by special interest and minority groups to where we have no real values....everything is up for debate and revisable.

Religion has gone from the basis of the formation of our country to us becoming sensitive about even bringing the subject up for fear of retribution.

The upcoming generations are defined by their ipods, games and watching television.

We are now embarking upon a path of nationalizing everything.....can you say redistribution?
For example those who are sitting fat dumb and happy because they have health care and think the new Obama Order cover everybody will not affect them. Well ya better wake up. Your Medicare will be watered down to be spread to every body else. Hence you will have less provided. How else do you think there will be enough to go around. Of course you can get private insurance coverage to make up for what you used to have....cost more? You bet.

I could go on for pages more of the down hill trend this country is on. VK's message of living through the decline of this great nation may sound alarmist. It isn't. It is unfolding daily in front of us....we the people.

Over 300,000,000 of us are on a trip being captained by the 545 in Washington, DC. OK let's say 50% are entitled to vote = 150,000,000 which they do not. Of the registered voters let's further assume only 50% vote = 75,000,000. Of those who bother to vote only 20% are likely to be involved with at least trying to get involved to make a difference in how our representatives do their job....THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTING WE THE PEOPLE by the way that = 15,000,000.

Therefore one could conclude the 15,000,000 far outnumber the 545 in Washington and should be able to make an impact. But it is not happening.
It is pitiful. It means the silent majority is in fact just that. They far outnumber the 20% I estimated who get involved.
Yes, VK we are living witnesses to the decline of our great country.

Lemmings? Sheep? Sheeple? None of the aformentioned. They are warm blooded and have a sense of survival. We the people obviously do not.
How disgusting is that?
Well I don't feel any better. There is nothing on the horizon to suggest anything different will happen.
So spend it while you have it. Enjoy it while you can. And remember the best you and future generations will have it WAS YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a nice day!!

BTK