HI all:
About government files: You probably have one if you have any
intellectual integrity. The Russian have a saying that in any
cesspool, the really big turds float to the top. They are absolutely
right. Did the 'founding fathers' have any real trust in people and
democracy ? Hell no ! And the electoral and supreme court are
lingering proof of that. It should not surprise anyone at all that
our succession of presidents has often been a succession of jerks and
liars. Jefferson was slave owner and set the pattern til the end of
the Republic.
History is a record of empires fallen .The same will be true of us.
The number if people who kid themselves that 'America' ( what are
Mexican and others ot this hemisphere? Not americans ? ) Not til we
get to Mars and the old earth order gets shook up will we see the
kind of change seen in Eirope after the 'American Reolution '. Read
the kim Stanley Robinson book. his take is essentially correct . Just
look at the environmental damage caused by addiction to cars and
cheap gas and
you'll see that the world will welcome the internal disintegration
and demise of the US. I know because having been in other parts of
the world, I have heard of when the planet has fewer 'goofies
( 'Americans') running around. Compared to the history of say Mexico,
ours is infantile indeed.And you can be pathetic and kid yourself
that 'God' will always smile on 'America " ( Kenney Rogers and
his 'interesting song',aside. As we debate this , the Chinese and
Japanese are making small and steady steps to become space powers:
the real mark of a country with a future !
Steve S.