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2008-12-03 Britain

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-12-03 05:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The object of the exercise seems to have been intimidation and the flaunting of power. Short of an outright, totalitarian suspension of democracy

And they've accomplished it all without ACORN, an Obama Youth Army, George Soros, The Clintons, Kissenger and Assoc. or Hank Paulson. Amazing, absolutely amazing.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-03 07:44|| 2008-12-03 07:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Its a constant conflict in history between those who want a static society, largely to protect the power they've accumulated, against the dynamics of human behavior. The imperial, aristocratic, and socialist static models eventual suffer from entropy which leads to decay. Then it takes a dynamic outside or internal force that overwhelms the society in which only the few with power at the top have a true vested interest in preserving. Up till recently the American republic had a reasonable structure to accommodate the dynamic, to say - ride the tiger. However, as the population progressed to better standards of living, more and more sought to control the vagaries of that dynamic and preserve their gains by imposing more and more order and control over it. In doing so, it is starting to strangle the dynamic and sliding to the static [of course all in the name of the poor, the children, - or whatever it took to keep the same players in power].

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-12-03 08:14|| 2008-12-03 08:14|| Front Page Top

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