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DJ FC · 08-07-2011, 03:26 PM

This thread is to commemorate the glory days gone by of the unique experiment that was the United States of America.
Within a handful of days we saw the demise of two Great American things: our ambitions to explore outer space, and our AAA credit rating.
10 years ago nobody would have thought it likely to see these two bastions of what is good and right about America disappear. Many would have called it impossible. In fact many of the things which once made America great are fading during our lifetime and often without even great objection.
It's a sad, sad story.
But, as with those who lived in Rome before the fall, I'm terrifically happy to have seen it. We've been front-row to one of the greatest shows Earth has put on. Granted we caught the tail end, but we saw it nevertheless.

08-07-2011, 03:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 253094	RIP America This thread is to commemorate the glory days gone by of the unique experiment that was the United States of America. Within a handful of days we saw the demise of two Great American things: our ambitions to explore outer space, and our AAA credit rating. 10 years ago nobody would have thought it likely to see these two bastions of what is good and right about America disappear. Many would have called it impossible. In fact many of the things which once made America great are fading during our lifetime and often without even great objection. It's a sad, sad story. But, as with those who lived in Rome before the fall, I'm terrifically happy to have seen it. We've been front-row to one of the greatest shows Earth has put on. Granted we caught the tail end, but we saw it nevertheless.
	The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

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