The destruction of the USA

[historian]

How many freepers, ignoramuses (spelling?) and other cretins who support Bush realize that it is not only force of arms which can bring down a country? The whole monetary system is based on faith (once the gold standard was ended) and trust in the government to be fiscally responsible. Furthermore it is the Japanese who keep the government afloat by buying their bonds and it is (ironically) the Germans, British and yes (drum roll) the FRENCH who buy most of the corporate bonds. IF these people lose confidence and decide not to invest in the US any more there will be two drastic results:
Hyperinflation since the govt will have to print money in order to pay its debts -
Interest rates going through the roof.
The real danger though is for one country, just one, with enough influence in the world to declare it no longer wants dollars but prefers the Euro or some other currency, and our whole system will take a walloping which will make 1929 look like prosperity itself.
What will Slime and Co in the white house do then? Bomb those who take euros? Blame Clinton's penis?
And what about the freepers driving their idiotic SUV's who are now paying 5.00 a gallon who are now frothing at the mouth for revenge (though they themselves created the situation). And where will american industry be (outsourced or not) when we are all minimum wage burger fippers unable to purchase anything beyond our basic needs of food or shelter. Who will they sell to then? It's not very conceivable that we could depend on exports since there is already a quiet boycott of american goods going on (in the mid east coca cola and mc donalds are almost kaput) and as long as bush is in the white house, the loathing the world feels towards us will not go away.
Someone cheer me up and say im exaggerating.

[KG]

1. what you have presented is a strong arguement for a manged economy

wonder how bad things will have to get before the working class demands one.

[boobooday]

2. The truth makes them too uncomfortable

But there is this theory of "cognitive dissonance" -- we're reaching critical mass here -- what will happen when reality comes into too much conflict with their Fox-fogged view of the world?

Blam -- Freeper heads will be exploding nationwide.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

Jeanette

[lastknowngood]

3. Most people are more comfortable with their beliefs and

prejudices than thinking. So if manipulators use them they can mold the intellectually challenged into doing whatever they want. The IQ in this country has dropped to an unbelievable level I'm not sure it's above slug.

[historian]

4. good answer

I believe that the IQ is now hovering slightly above that of an amoeba

[ex_jew]

5. Why would they pull the plug on little old U.S. ?

Not because we're somehow sympathetic (we're not) but because no one can foresee what life beyond the dollar-backed economy will look like. People who are relatively comfortable (like finance ministers) don't like leaps into the unknown. And what do they have to gain ? Is anyone looking for economic supremacy anymore ? I see taking the dollar off life support as something that no one really wants, which means it wont happen if there is any way to finesse the issue.

[starroute]

8. So the US becomes "the sick man of Europe"?

For anyone who doesn't remember their world history, that's what they used to call the Ottoman Empire during all the years that it was on its last legs but no one quite dared to destabilize things by pulling the plug.

At the end of World War I, of course, the Ottoman Empire was finally dismembered and since then we've had nothing but peace and prosperity in former Ottoman territories like Serbia and Palestine and Iraq and . . .

(On second thought, could we have the Ottoman Empire back, if you please? :-))

The real point is that in most political circumstances it doesn't pay to postpone the inevitable, and keeping the dollar-based economy going past its natural lifespan probably falls into that category.

[many a good man]

6. Cheer up and stop exaggerating

Your chocolate rations will be increased next week.
:9
You're exactly right; Bush* has made this country more vulnerable than ever. We're close to the point where this country can be taken down without a single shot being fired. It would jar the entire world economic system and cause a lot of pain to everybody so its still unlikely. Four more years, however, and we're certain to see it stir...

[camero]

7. Echoing my thoughts in another forum

I would just like to add that economic warfare leads to real warfare.

You're most certainly not exaggerating.