This country has lost its Goddamned mind

[MrScorpio]

Nothing specific, just a general observation

Thank you

[Selatius]

1. I simply think the country is going through a slow process of dissolving itself into several nations

When the central government becomes too corrupt to act, it is paralyzed. With no real direction from the center of government, power devolves to the state or regional level, and states are forced to go their own way and reassert their own authority. California and its energy policy is an excellent case. Massachusetts and its answer to health care problems is another, although I disagree with Massachusetts answer completely.

[lvx35]

14. I hope so. I can't wait to be a Westcoastistan national. nt

[Richard Steele]

2. As "general observations" go, that one seems pretty generally CORRECT. nm

[Indenturedebtor]

3. What's a mind?

And is it going to keep me from drinking corn syrup or watching the pugillists?

Cause if so I'm not sure that I want to find it again.



Hey did you see American Idol last week? It was awesome!

[133724]

6. Don't watch pugillists

but I am looking forward to "Revenge of the Nerds"

[NuttyFluffers]

4. beautiful use of present perfect tense!

something has been lost, in a past not specified, and its effect is continuing up to a current present. yes, yes, i love it. i'm gonna play the coin toss game: we lost our mind in... 1812? 1860? 1924? damn, i was always bad with dates.

[Zhade]

5. We seem to have fallen into an alternate universe, captain.

I could not agree more with you.

[SKKY]

7. I don't know. I don't buy the doomsday scenarios I hear so often on DU...

...We've survived a lot worse than this, and I hope we're more resilient than that. If not, what the hell have I spent the last 15 years of my life defending and working towards?

[Richard Steele]

8. When did that happen?

The "we've survived a lot worse than this" thing;
to what do you refer?

Seriously, when? I passed all my history classes,
and I don't recall ever hearing about ANYTHING that
even came close to the pile of shit this nation is
in right now.

[SKKY]

9. Oh, I don't know...

...But just off the top of my head, the civil war, the cold war, and the Cuban missle crisis come to mind.

[Richard Steele]

11. I don't seem to recall the sitting President declaring himself EMPEROR during any of those periods.

None of those came CLOSE to the situation we have on our hands right now.

[SKKY]

12. If that's your argument...

...this this isn't a conversation worth having.

[izzie]

13. I recall a "Red" under every bed and I lived in the 60's

I bet my parents thought the same as my sister and I were born in the depression. I think things just go up and down. We seem to be able to put in some very bad leaders all at once at times. That one has to wonder about. I mean just what worked under Hoover? We could go back in to our history and wonder at times. We had about 15 years of non-working govt. before we got the Constitution. I think it is like waves of sane times and then things get wild and back and forth it goes. Maybe it is that it is where you are in history, in your growing up years, how you judge how things should be.

[krispos42]

15. We might be on the ebb as a world power

These things are cyclical, as we all know. One of the marks of a declining power is a series of mediocre or incompetent leadership. Another is massive debt. A third is being unwilling to fight its own wars and hiring mercenaries instead.

The last two are fairly recent development in America. During our other crisises, we didn't ring up massive debt or hire mercenaries. We taxed, issued war bonds, and drafted the necessary manpower.

[Beerboy]

10. Newb.

Oh yeah, you're welcome.