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  Things that JUST DON'T MATTER . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  don't want this to turn into an irreligous rant, let's try to have a little fun .

  things that just don't matter.

  your neighbours religion.

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  Lion Cask

  The length of your son's hair.

  I'm jealous of my sons' hair. Not so much the length as the quantity.
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  Is the American empire on the brink of collapse?

  by slimboyfat in

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  historian niall ferguson made some extended remarks recently arguing that the american empire may be closer to the edge than many suppose.. he starts out observing that while the fateful decline of american supremacy is now widely accepted, it is still generally expected that this will be a protracted process.

  after all empires don't fall in a day.

  rome took centuries to crumble did it not?

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  Interesting that you cite Dr. Stokes, Curtains. Another Brit who putting it mildly is not one of America's greatest fans. He's made an academic career of attacking US foreign policy. To quote a great American essayist, Dr. Stokes "who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you are saying." (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

  But I respect your opinion, and slimboyfat's, too. You both could very well be proven right, but so far you are not.
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  Things that JUST DON'T MATTER . . .

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't want this to turn into an irreligous rant, let's try to have a little fun .

  things that just don't matter.

  your neighbours religion.

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  Lion Cask

  antimatter
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  Things that JUST DON'T MATTER . . .

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't want this to turn into an irreligous rant, let's try to have a little fun .

  things that just don't matter.

  your neighbours religion.

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  Lion Cask

  Being a pretentious smart arse on this forum....
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  Is the American empire on the brink of collapse?

  by slimboyfat in

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  historian niall ferguson made some extended remarks recently arguing that the american empire may be closer to the edge than many suppose.. he starts out observing that while the fateful decline of american supremacy is now widely accepted, it is still generally expected that this will be a protracted process.

  after all empires don't fall in a day.

  rome took centuries to crumble did it not?

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  Lion Cask

  Oh the hubris of ascendancy. Here in the UK we are a bit more cynical, after all we were the number one empire not so very long ago.

  Poetic, slimboyfat, but hubris? America is indeed proud, but it hasn't fallen yet. And I don't see close parallels between the UK and the US. The UK had a true world empire, built with brutality, oppression, slavery and seizure. You might say the same thing about the beginnings of the United States, but then again the beginnings of the United States were British, after all. The sun never set on the Union Jack, but the Stars and Stripes are much less ubiquitous. The BE collapsed because it depended on the spoils of conquest and empire and it was spread out so thinly that it could not sustain itself when stretched by world war and coincident revolutionary activity within its conquered lands and territories. The dynamic at play in America is different in many respects, primarily because it is internal. Is it an empire? No. Is it the premier world power? Yes. Will it stay that way? No. But will it collapse? No.
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  Is the American empire on the brink of collapse?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  historian niall ferguson made some extended remarks recently arguing that the american empire may be closer to the edge than many suppose.. he starts out observing that while the fateful decline of american supremacy is now widely accepted, it is still generally expected that this will be a protracted process.

  after all empires don't fall in a day.

  rome took centuries to crumble did it not?

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  Lion Cask

  This is the perspective of someone who is not an American.

  To answer the question, no, it is not. It is, however, clearly in crisis, and on more than one front. Notwithstanding that America doesn't fit the description of empire it has worst case options that empires do not have - retrenchment and entrenchment in particular. If America becomes Fortress America, as will undoubtedly be the case should its world presense become untenable, it will with cooperative allies like Canada (which is the US's single greatest supplier of foreign oil and is the US's single largest trading partner and whose economy is robust) seek to reinvent itself. There are huge reservoirs of resources within the borders of the United States, not the least of which is grey matter. American ingenuity is more than just a cliché. The country is going through a painful time which I expect will get worse before it gets better, and it has seemingly insurmountable debt issues, but it is also the proudest, most patriotic (almost to the point of absurdity) nation on earth. It will tighten its belt, it will demand more of its citizens, it will forfeit much of its role on the world stage to emerging superpowers like India and China, but it will not collapse.
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  Dexter

  by leavingwt in

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  any fans?

  love it.

  can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

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  Back to Lot and his incestuous rolls in the hay, it could be the power of S&G beer that holds the answer.

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  Dexter

  by leavingwt in

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  any fans?

  love it.

  can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

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  As far as the quality of the seasons, I rank them in chronological order, essentially. However, Lithgow played the best villain to date.

  I agree with you entirely.
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  Dexter

  by leavingwt in

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  any fans?

  love it.

  can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

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  Lion Cask

  Thank you, palmtree67.
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  Dexter

  by leavingwt in

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  any fans?

  love it.

  can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.

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  No, leavingwt, I think it was an eloquent, if not deliciously shocking, way to solve the problem of Rita and leave things hanging until the debut of Season 5. Many Dexter fans, myself included, were growing weary of Rita's character and were expressing themselves accordingly on several websites and blogs. She had to go, so she went.