When The Great American Collapse has finally played itself out...

[GoldenThunder]

...do you think the rest of the world will ever risk trusting the people of America with the vote again?

[Stallion]

1. The American Economy is Just about the Only Healthy Economy in the World

they are holding us up

[bjo59]

9. "Healthy" is a relative term. Well known economists all over the world have the US tagged

for another (worse) banking collapse in the coming year (after the elections, for sure). The American economy is very definitely not healthy, not by any stretch of the imagination.

[cliffordu]

18. It's all based on a war economy and the financial

"Instruments" we sell, along with arms to the world.
Our economy will fail miserably without perpetual war and the need the Saudis seem to have for our fighter jets.

Name two things we actually manufacture here the world is hungry for besides instruments of war.

[ViseGrip]

2. No. During the Bush years, all over Europe you didn't say you were American.

We said we were Canadians. They let you know. Very vocal about American's putting up with rigged elections, and fake wars. So we began to say we were Canadian. No problems there....

[Corporate666]

4. Sorry to hear you're ashamed of yourself

I live half the year in Europe and I have traveled extensively there.

I never once felt ashamed to say I am American (and proud of it).

The only issues people ever had was with America acting in our own best interests militarily.

I've never ever heard anyone complain about our elections or voting system. To claim it was an issue for them is simply a revisionist lie.

[Fumesucker]

8. The Iraq war was in America's best interests militarily?

Let me guess, you are a Clinton supporter?

[Corporate666]

13. I never said Iraq

The issue is not Iraq (or not just Iraq). Europeans with a chip on their shoulder about the USA don't like ANYTHING the USA does that they weren't consulted about first. That includes Iraq 1, Iraq 2, Afghanistan, Bosnia, drone strikes, bases in Japan/Korea or anything else where the USA acts unilaterally or where the USA 'encourages' people to join our coalitions.

The foolish part of it is when people think that any nation does anything but acts in it's own best interests. That doesn't mean we were right, it means we thought we were at the time (which is why most of congress voted for this stuff).

[Fumesucker]

16. Yeah, but would you like some Freedom Fries with that?

Congress sure has been wrong a hell of a lot in the last fifteen years or so.

Makes you wonder how competent they are at their jobs.

[LexVegas]

3. ....

[bjo59]

10. I'll check back in a year or so to see if you're still playing that violin.

[Broward]

5. The corporatists successfully rule both parties.

Most Americans are freaking clueless.

[bjo59]

11. Agree. It's pretty tragic. But, that's the way it always is when empires are failing.

[JaneyVee]

6. Youre really going this route?

[CorkySt.Clair]

7. You'll always have Rome.

[randome]

12. And Podium Bird. DON'T FORGET PODIUM BIRD!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[nolawarlock]

19. Omg

When they asked on that thread to put the word or phrase you'll be god not to hear after the election ... Anything to do with that damned bird! Lol

[nolawarlock]

17. Hahahhaha! Nt

[BernieforPres2016]

14. I'll be dead and gone by the time it's fully played out

And I'm not leaving any kids, which I am thankful for.

[George II]

15. What are you talking about?