Do you think America and it's renowned freedoms are on the verge of collapsing soon?
342136
I would shine for Christ no matter what.  We were just talking about this in Church last night.  How sexual immorality is being more widely accepted and Christians are being more persecuted.  Like in schools, the government is teaching people that it is okay to be gay or that a boy may really be a girl.  But if you pray in school, you'll be suspended.  I really do not know why this suprises us as Christians, we were told that this would happen.  I have even heard about this night club in Mexcico (I think) that implants a chip in your hand and a mark on your arm that holds all your records.  They use it to tell your age and even holds your credit card info so you can use it to pay for stuff.  It is stated that this will happen in th book Revelation.  You see all the bad things that happen to our country just lately.  Since this country has turned away from God.  We have been attacked on our own soil, natural disasters are tearing away at our cities, and we are fighting amongst ourselves.  Back in 1776, when God was fully involved with the United States, before we turned away from him, He gave us everything we needed.  In Leviticus 26 it states what happens when people follow His commands, good crops, saftey from our enemies, etc.  We had all that.  God was with us when we fought for this land from England.  Now we are getting attacked on our own land.  I know the end is coming.  I don't know if it will be today or 2000 years from now.  But I intend for my heart to be prepared on the day of Rapture and my car will be unmanned.
700499
nobody is taking over america .. but the classic america that our founding fathers gave us is being slowly eroded away because people are uninformed, ignorant, and braindead from endless hours of tv and media propaganda being pounded into them while corrupt govt officials cash in and pass laws to prevent you from being able to do anything about it when you finally wake up ....
1105514
It's crumbling already ... and if we get another moron like Bush in the White House in 2008 - well then it will just collapse ... and it will be quick too ....
412999
I believe it is. America is the richest, most successful country the world has ever known. Everyone envies our freedom and way of life. Every third-world country that doesn't understand the value of life, or the contribution that the individual can make, given the freedom to do it, hates our way of life. That's why all of the oil money in the middle east si so scary. Here are people that are barely out of the stone age, with enough money to purchase whatever they want. Including nuclear weapons. \nI think America, and other like-minded democracies around the world are the only salvation for this world. They have the power, and the STABILITY to keep the nut jobs from blowing us all up!
305320
That's funny that you say that, I just read the other day that "survival mode" is what insiders are calling what the Bush Administration is doing right now.  They are tanking all across the board, polls are way down, Iraq is a mess...\n\nI wouldn't say our country as a whole is in bad shape, but our leadership in Congress and in the Whitehouse needs to change for sure.  A question I ran across the other day, which I though was very astute, do people of the world think of the US like most of us think of Microsoft?  Or Wal-Mart for that matter...too powerful, too crappy, to mundane, a bully? How did our great country get to this point?
770460
If this nation still exists in its present form, and if this nation is not flat broke, current trends will continue.  Voters will elect whoever promises the most goodies.  No one will care how, or when, we will pay for them.  That's part of the "....lack to commit to anything...." that you mentioned. \n\nWe have an opportunity to become like a Third World Country in 30 years.  That will go nicely with the American Presidency, which is really a constitutionally weak office.
974948
I think that time is at least 30 years off.  I think we are in danger though because they hold so much of our debt.  They have some important controls over us, that they don't yet dare use. \n\nIn our country freedom came before a strong economy.  My hope is that in order for them to become powerful, they will need to embrace freedom.  \n\nWe do need to keep an eye on them though.
87545
wow, i was just saying this the other day. America has become like a third-world country. Why?\n*Out of control (corrupt) governenment\n*There are many homeless people\n*many people without proper healthcare\n*many people without any healthcare\n*debt of over 8 trillion dollars\nFor these reasons i think america's superpower status will be gone, and it will have more than a couple similarities to third-world countries. sad but true.
377843
Surely it may even go further down as the economy of USA is in very bad shape.
1080545
I do not think it is the freedoms that have weakened our country (assuming it IS weakened).  I believe it is the trend toward intolerance that would be having that affect.\n\nOur greatest strength for over 200 years is that we are all a mishmosh of ideas, nationalities, faiths and opinions.  Our ability to allow for another opinion, even one we disagree with and do everything we can to oppose, has always made us strong. (it is the whole idea of "don't you dare mess with my brother, I CAN, but YOU better not").  We are now getting to the idea that only one way is the right way and to even THINK otherwise is evil.\n\nThis is showing in the lawsuits (where I WILL agree we need laws limiting them - and none too soon).  It is also showing with the whole idea of political correctness, which I see as a limit, not a freedom.  I think if the govt who work for us would just obey the laws that exist, there would once again be examples set for others to follow.  But I for one, do NOT want a bunch of crooks making laws limiting my freedoms.
50437
In my not-so-humble opinion, I see the standard of living in the USA taking a dump.  Look at the actual quality of life, the hours spent in a commute, the elimination of affordable housing.  In this age of online degrees, imported doctors, and idiotic health care, duplicitous Enron executives, can the system still function when more and more people are added?  To be frank--my concern is that America is becomming 2nd world.  Our time has come and gone.  I guess it will be interesting to see what happens in China....\n\nNot to mention places like Africa, where HIV has made such an impact.  How is the world going to care for all those people? Or will the suffering continue????\n\nMy theory is things never get better until they hit absolute rock-bottom.  Nature will have to step in and trim the trees so to speak.  We will never, as a race of beings, voluntarily reduce population.  Humping is just too darn fun and easy....\n\nI guess to summarize, I think the resources are not enough to maintain the standard of living we have.  The more and more people that are added, the lower and lower the living standard goes.  You will end up with an elite rich class which owns everything, the middle class will be abolished, and everyone else will be scraping by.
724657
Depends upon what you mean by the "fall" of the US. If you mean a departure from the Representative Republic that the Constitution and was based upon.....Quite possibly. The people of this nation were once a very independent and self reliant people. Now, with current politics as they are and politicians "buying" the vote with social welfare programs and the generalize apathy from the public I could easily see it happening. Without a strong 3rd party political party, I do not see a change from the course we are on.
99771
The whoal thing is a joke...Reduce deficit..lol...WAKE UP AMERICA...I dunno what the heck you guys are doing...but...get off the couch and do something about it..Bush is killing America and its freedoms..and his sights seem set for  the world..that will not happen...the world will not tolerate as much as America does to its own...
134443
Ask G.W. Bush. Thanks to his vendetta, it doesn't look like we're gonna get out of there anytime soon.
79570
There should be a good balance between freedom and security and most times in america's history we have tried to do that. Now there seems to be more security and less freedom.  We have to have a balnce and i don't know what it is going to be but i hope there is one soon, for all our sakes.
881688
It's bad news for anyone who believes in freedom and liberty.\n\nThe fight has already begun to take them away from us.  We either respond now or let those in power take our freedom.  Their favorite and very effective trick is to use "terrorism" to scare the public in to letting them pass new laws that increase their control over the citizens, heading towards total dictatorship.  In the last few years the American Constitution (which is supposed to be a symbol for democracy, fairness, freedom and liberty) has be OVER-RULED !!!!\n\nBush has taken over 200 years of morals and shoved them hard up every ones behind.  The UK isn't exactly far behind, and I for one will not just sit here and watch.\n\ntake action.... I am.
726905
The situation in Iraq reminds me of trying to hold water in your bare hands.  The present government is like a Mirage in the desert, and will surely fall, maybe as soon as this week if the Shiites threat holds up.  If we leave Iraq will collapse.  If we stay it will collapse slower, but still collapse.  The idea that fundamentalists, no matter of what stripe, will have control of Iraq's oil I'm sure is making people sweat all over the world.  Oil must be reasonably stable.  To accomplish this end,  Bush is going to have to open this up and really include the rest of the world in discussions, military personnel, planning, and execution,  if there is any hope at this point  Let us hope that it is not too late for some form of reasonable solution to be worked out.