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Lightningfractal
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437311 - 09/21/07 04:11 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Or did I miss out on it all?
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Lightningfractal
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437316 - 09/21/07 04:12 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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perhaps I missed one of your shows!
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437365 - 09/21/07 04:24 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fuck dude that is so annoying. This isnt OTD.
Why ruin his thread with that crap?
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Edited by sui (09/21/07 04:25 PM)
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Lightningfractal
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437372 - 09/21/07 04:27 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I must really be satan thenng fun!, because I'm still having fun! And my fun team havent arrived, have i been trapped in an airplane?
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Bridgeburner
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437436 - 09/21/07 04:42 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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looks like he lost his marbles. one card short of a full deck. lights are on but nobody's home. that sort of a thing.
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Gunners89
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7437597 - 09/21/07 05:27 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've been thinking the same thing about this country over the past week or so. On top of starting a war that we cannot get out of in the middle east, there seems to be an increase in violence in this country. For example, its almost a common thing to hear about school shootings now, whereas before it was a terrible thing that was all over the news. In the most recent one (forget what college it was at) i think two people were killed, and it didn't even make it onto the 24hour news stations from what i saw.
Not to mention racism is still alive and well, as this whole Jena 6 thing shows.
People are getting tasered all over the place (UCLA and more recently UF) and almost nothing is being done about it, besides the firing of the cops and awarding money to the victim (does anyone know what ever happened to that UCLA case by the way?).
I really wonder how long its going to be until there is a revolution of some sort. That Mayan prophecy of the world ending in 2012 doesn't seem so far out there nowadays.
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JacquesCousteau
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437662 - 09/21/07 05:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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No wonder you're so well-known as the resident fucking idiot of this website.
(That's not a flame, it's a FACT...)
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Gunners89
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#7437689 - 09/21/07 05:53 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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is that directed at me?...
If so, dont really see how that would be possible seeing as ive only posted on here 6 times buddy. How do you get off calling me a fucking idiot when LF is talking a page and a half of nonsense. I never even said that the mayan thing was true, all i said was that it doesnt seem so far out there by the looks of things these days.
If not, disregard everything i just said.
Edited by Gunners89 (09/21/07 05:57 PM)
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ApJunkie
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Lightningfractal]
#7437728 - 09/21/07 06:07 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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seriously, if you're going to make 15 fucking posts in a row, at least make them relevant to the topic, why haven't you been perma banned yet?
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Syle
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: ApJunkie]
#7437730 - 09/21/07 06:08 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes, he needs to be perma-banned. most definently.
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Idiot
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Gunners89]
#7437733 - 09/21/07 06:09 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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he was replying to lightning fractal, don't be so uppity man. LF is the guy that's writing all the nonsensical things. And yes, times are pretty bad, or so it seems. Although information is being brought to us in so many ways and so quickly that it may just seem that times are shitty, at least in the US. Abroad things do seem pretty tense.
And I agree with everyone , Its been a while since the US had had a legitimate revolution.
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: ZippoZ]
#7437767 - 09/21/07 06:18 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's always doomsday at the shroomery
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: breakableweed]
#7437777 - 09/21/07 06:21 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
the sign of a failing empire is one that fields a mercenary army

That is what happened to Rome in its last days. Another sign is frequent wars with the resulting crippling debt which forces the empire to debase its currency.
Also Rome had troubles with barbarians. We call them "terrorists" nowadays.
Buy all the silver and gold you can.
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Idiot
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: zorbman]
#7437786 - 09/21/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
zorbman said: Buy all the silver and gold you can.
Never thought of it like that, but thats good advice.
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: zorbman]
#7437789 - 09/21/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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why would america get a mercenary army? doesn't it have all the sheep it needs to sacrifice?
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Idiot]
#7437794 - 09/21/07 06:27 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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haha thats what i was thinking but you never know...
aside from the man-made problems, the natural disasters that i'm hearing about (Katrina, Tsunamis, Floods, etc.) are becoming more numerous than ever it seems.
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7437812 - 09/21/07 06:32 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
why would america get a mercenary army? doesn't it have all the sheep it needs to sacrifice?
The mercenaries come about towards the end stage of the empire life cycle. This is the point when the government has been almost totally taken over by powerful business interests.
Also as the empire ages and becomes involved in increasingly frivilous wars the common man is unwilling to risk his life for money so the mercenaries increasingly do the dirty work of the large corporations. That is why I believe in a draft- if people's lives are on the line they won't allow their government to fight bullshit wars like Iraq.
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: zorbman]
#7437832 - 09/21/07 06:36 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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well there aren't any universal guidelinas for the downfall of an empire. american is too paranoid to get mercenaries anyway.
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Gunners89]
#7437835 - 09/21/07 06:38 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Natural disaster always happen, there not on a rise. There just happening consistently. There a sign of a healthy planet, they may cause physical damage, but that's repairable. Hurricanes mix up the atmosphere and probably reduce air pollution. Floods deposit rich soil on farmland which ups production. Tsunamis are a side effect of earthquakes which are natural ever occurring events. Tsunamis are the only event that I cant pull a pro from off the top of my head.
board5tiff: Americans are too paranoid.
Edited by Idiot (09/21/07 06:47 PM)
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ApJunkie
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Re: America is a falling empire. War is imminent [Re: Idiot]
#7437853 - 09/21/07 06:41 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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that's a sweet ass sig line you've got there. I love the road eating cars.
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