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I know, we go through these cycles and we pull out. I know the world has always had natural disasters and so on. But does all this feel different to anyone else?
I believe the economy will not rebound and we are indeed heading into at least a new era, if not the end of life as we know it. The modern world economies have been built on a system much like Amway, or an MLM, or like Madiff's ponzie scheme. Same concept. It's all falling down folks. Bailouts, stimulus, spending bills won't and can't stop this mess. It's real and as we get further into it, the mess will compound upon itself and spiral out of control. I assure you at the very least, this will happen.
And at the same time, too much tension in the world and pressure on Western world nations to do something. 3rd world countries want 1st world status, modern era countries do not wish to give up power and so on. Liberals, (sorry liberals) want to give credence and support to terrorism rather then just taking it on and being done with it.
I think there is something to the year 2012. The world won't end, but I believe a new day will emerge and much pain will there through the passage.
I have to agree with this part. Yeah, it looks like we've come up on Armageddon without realizing it. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, you betcha!
Will be interesting to see if this Rapture thing happens and then the 1000 years of purgatory. Wish it had come when my knees were better than they are.
I know, we go through these cycles and we pull out. I know the world has always had natural disasters and so on. But does all this feel different to anyone else?
I believe the economy will not rebound and we are indeed heading into at least a new era, if not the end of life as we know it. The modern world economies have been built on a system much like Amway, or an MLM, or like Madiff's ponzie scheme. Same concept. It's all falling down folks. Bailouts, stimulus, spending bills won't and can't stop this mess. It's real and as we get further into it, the mess will compound upon itself and spiral out of control. I assure you at the very least, this will happen.
And at the same time, too much tension in the world and pressure on Western world nations to do something. 3rd world countries want 1st world status, modern era countries do not wish to give up power and so on. Liberals, (sorry liberals) want to give credence and support to terrorism rather then just taking it on and being done with it.
I think there is something to the year 2012. The world won't end, but I believe a new day will emerge and much pain will there through the passage.
Well its not like we're all asking for it. Ursury which drives the banking system is forbidden in Judaism,Christianity and Islam.
Taking on terrorism also means taking on state terrorism like that practised by Israel - will you conservatives support the liberals if they carry that out?
The world will stumble but it will dust itself and carry on its journey...until the day God decrees that our time's up
I recently watched the film 'Children of Men', and frankly it scared the **** out of me. For those who have seen it-you know where I'm coming from...the chaos, the breakdown of civilization, war, homeland security rounding people up...
I don't really buy into the "World is going to end on 12/12/12" thing or whatever it is but I definately feel that we are headed into a new era and things are going to CHANGE all right-but not for the better...IMO it's spiraling downhill fast from here.
This is so absolutely hysterical. The folks who stood by, in fact encouraged, the policies of the last 8 years are NOW dropping to their knees because a someone is trying to undo the policies that got us to this particular place. How freaking bizarre is that?
If there's one thing this forum has taught me, it's that if a giant, unavoidable asteroid was on a direct collision course with earth, liberals and conservatives would find ways to blame each other for it.
I recently watched the film 'Children of Men', and frankly it scared the **** out of me. For those who have seen it-you know where I'm coming from...the chaos, the breakdown of civilization, war, homeland security rounding people up...
I don't really buy into the "World is going to end on 12/12/12" thing or whatever it is but I definately feel that we are headed into a new era and things are going to CHANGE all right-but not for the better...IMO it's spiraling downhill fast from here.
About 10-years ago or so I read a book called "Behold a Pale Horse" - it was written by an ex CIA guy. The book is somewhat hard to read, almost cryptic. However, it was worth it. It's mentioned in the book about the "rounding up." Really disheartening.
Originally posted by CarolinaCowboy
I know, we go through these cycles and we pull out. I know the world has always had natural disasters and so on. But does all this feel different to anyone else?
I believe the economy will not rebound and we are indeed heading into at least a new era, if not the end of life as we know it. The modern world economies have been built on a system much like Amway, or an MLM, or like Madiff's ponzie scheme. Same concept. It's all falling down folks. Bailouts, stimulus, spending bills won't and can't stop this mess. It's real and as we get further into it, the mess will compound upon itself and spiral out of control. I assure you at the very least, this will happen.
And at the same time, too much tension in the world and pressure on Western world nations to do something. 3rd world countries want 1st world status, modern era countries do not wish to give up power and so on. Liberals, (sorry liberals) want to give credence and support to terrorism rather then just taking it on and being done with it.
I think there is something to the year 2012. The world won't end, but I believe a new day will emerge and much pain will there through the passage.
Did you just travel from the year 1930? Peace! Calm thyself!
While I'm not afraid of the world ending, I am afraid that we're repeating the 30s. I don't think it'll be as bad as then, but it will be bad enough. I'm also afraid that the crisis could lead to the rise of extremist governments in some very important countries. And that could create some major, MAJOR problems down the road, of course.
It's like peering into a long, dark tunnel. You can't not go through it. You don't know what's in the tunnel, nor do you know what's on the other side. But you have to go through it to get there. Quite unnerving.
This is so absolutely hysterical. The folks who stood by, in fact encouraged, the policies of the last 8 years are NOW dropping to their knees because a someone is trying to undo the policies that got us to this particular place. How freaking bizarre is that?
"Most Japanese economists have tended to take a bleaker view of their nation’s track record, saying that Japan spent more than enough money, but wasted too much of it on roads to nowhere and other unneeded projects."
"Dr. Ihori of the University of Tokyo did a survey of public works in the 1990s, concluding that the spending created almost no additional economic growth. Instead of spreading beneficial ripple effects across the economy, he found that the spending actually led to declines in business investment by driving out private investors. He also said job creation was too narrowly focused in the construction industry in rural areas to give much benefit to the overall economy."
This never works and it really won't work now because we have no one to borrow this money from. That means the only way to fund this spending package is to print worthless paper. That means Stagflation (Carternomics) and that is something those of us who lived through it really do not want to have to go through again. But hey, whatever it takes to buy votes, Right?
By the way, those policies of the last eight years that you feel led to this, could you point one out for us so we can all better understand what you're talking about? You know, when you make a general statement like that without any sort of details or supporting materials, people tend to get the idea that you're just a mindless liberal parrot.
As a rational person I hate to agree,Cowboy, but there are a lot of indications that the world we know of, the economic, social, cultural structure, has numbered days.
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