The Roman Empire failed, So could America

Comment #12

Rick G — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:53:04 GMT

imperialism: 1. The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.<br

Comment #11

jarasan — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:46:33 GMT

GANGSTAPUPPETOTUSPOS don't play the fiddle, we're safe. And we have firetrucks and stuff. And we got Bwany Fwanks! And we got Eliot Spitzer. And we got Nancy Paloozi. And we got Tax demon Tin Geitner. And we got John McCain. We got Trump. We got Beiber fever. And we got the terminador pumpin' it up down south.

Comment #10

joker17 — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:33:00 GMT

Dude !

Comment #9

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:17:51 GMT

The united States could also be divided up into smaller nations for all I know.

Comment #8

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:25:43 GMT

A country can only run so long on borrowed money. The US may soon be told how we should run our country by our creditors. Just like the US informs other nations how they should run their country that accept foriegn aid from us. The only difference is foriegn aid is free money to other countries that need not repay it.<br

Comment #7

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:15:43 GMT

time*treat, I did not know he voted for tarp. So I needed to look up if he had an answer for his vote and this is what I found. Guess I will decide my opinion on his answer. But we know how politicans are on covering their *** http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/14/paul-ryan-explains-his-votes-for-tarp-auto-bailouts-and-tax-on-aig-bonuses

Comment #6

pumpi76 — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:09:58 GMT

SAME THING IS FOR CHINNNAAAAAAA AND THE G8.....

Comment #5

pumpi76 — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:08:37 GMT

Tell the world to take a drill and some nails and nail this in their HEAAAAADSSSS IF AMERICA GOES DOWN SO WILL THIS WORLDDDDDDD THAT INCLUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDES YOUR CONTINENTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT WHICHEVER THAT IS....LISTENNNNNN DUDDDE LISTEEEENNNN....

Comment #4

time*treat — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:56:05 GMT

paul ryan voted for tarp.

Comment #3

TigerAngel — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:50:03 GMT

Didn't Rome overextend itself in foreign lands i.e. USA all over the globe?

Comment #2

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:39:45 GMT

Unfortunately, But the people can elect responsible candidates to turn it around. Probably why they are all over Paul Ryan and his financial plan instead of working with him on it.

Comment #1

sully16 — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:25:19 GMT

we, sadly are well on our way.

Original Blog Entry: The Roman Empire failed, So could America

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:03:43 GMT

Looks like history may reapeat itself.

Looks like Rome had a dole system too.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cjv14n2-7.html

an excerpt:

In conclusion, the fall of Rome was fundamentally due to economic deterioration resulting from excessive taxation, inflation, and over-regulation