My was meant to go to MintJulep for posting this bit of important news.

And if they have their way it will be very important news. So try to remember the title

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"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation... One is by sword... The other is by debt."

John Adams 1826

I never before thought of myself as particularly paranoid...but....the Chinese are masters at long term planning...do you suppose they've been working on this for some time?

As a nation we are so short sighted

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lmao! That was awesome.

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"I swear- by my life and my love of it- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine"- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. ~ Ronald Reagan

Because we are intertwined with them, and we are putting ourselves at risk by staying that way. Refusing to watch what is unsettling may be easy for the mind, but it's a practice in ignoring the realities, and the realities are what we must deal with in the long run.

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"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running." -anonymous

The dems weren't going to cut anymore thaan they were forced too. If they were serious they would have voted for real cuts but instead they are claiming republicans want to kill people by cutting pending.

So which is it? Are they for spending cuts are do they think spending cuts will end up in everyone dying you can't have it both ways.

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"I swear- by my life and my love of it- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine"- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. ~ Ronald Reagan

it is...

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"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation... One is by sword... The other is by debt."

John Adams 1826

Economist Jeffery Rogers Hummel makes a case for simply repudiating the government debt.

On his web site he has this Lysander Spooner quote: "This business of lending blood-money is one of the most thoroughly sordid, cold-blooded, and criminal that was ever carried on, to any considerable extent, among human beings. It is like lending money to slave traders, or to common robbers and pirates, to be repaid out of their plunder. And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder their people, are among the greatest villains that the world has ever seen. And they as much deserve to be hunted and killed (if they cannot otherwise be got rid of) as any slave traders, robbers, or pirates that ever lived."

Wow.

Repudiation would 1) eliminate the debt burden and 2) ensure that nobody would lend to the US for several generations. Both good things, in my mind.

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When you think of it, it doesn't take a lot of brains to be a socialist. All it requires is the desire to have something that doesn't belong to you and the absence of character to justify the use of force to get it on your behalf. -- Lawrence W. Reed

Im for doing a lot of things different. But gradually with a long term plan

As long as we end up in the same place in the end.

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When you think of it, it doesn't take a lot of brains to be a socialist. All it requires is the desire to have something that doesn't belong to you and the absence of character to justify the use of force to get it on your behalf. -- Lawrence W. Reed

Very much so, I would add Russia to the same list... As they like China do plan ahead.
And unlike America China maybe Russia has 5th generation fighters and missiles
that can take out a aircraft carrier.

Some do it under water going in a cavativation (or how ever it is spelled) bubble which can travel about 300 to 600 MPH. And no carrier can defeat these.

Both Nations keep quite about their best military equipment.. As we do till we use them, which we always find a way to do.

The only real secrets we have are in the airforce or navy and are still untested. And both of these Nations do have spys while we haven't done so well in that area, that is why the CIA had the U 2 and other high flying special aircraft built.

And unlike either nation we depend on our military satellites which other countries can mess with and all of our military communications are dead and the most important part is we lose our GPS systems.

They win without firing a shot at us on the ground. But I bet if they did one they would go for the throat..

And Coyote you got your thinking cap on tight...

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"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation... One is by sword... The other is by debt."

John Adams 1826