is it true that behind the percieved political stability america is cracking within.?
360299
I believe so but there is so much more to it than what is percieved.If you have any type of spirituality you would know that we deal with a problem far greater than politics.What is your country???\n\n\nBTW I knew it was Katie
653368
Good explanation on it. It is true that America might as well could be faucist but then again we are capitolist so that's one MAJOR difference.
802280
we sure are....our country is divided as a whole....i wonder if this just a different type of civil war.....will we find common ground....i honestly dont know....reps and dems right now simply hate each other and it has unfortunately become a tit for tat struggle instead of focussing on what matters....our country...the American people are tired that is for sure and it is just a matter of time what unfolds
112711
the past 3 presidents including the president now have made it "stable".  Same crap, down the drain, corruption, no peace and order.  Yes it is stable... the government has stablized the country to be one of the worst and underdeveloped place to live in... and it's been going on for the past 15 years.  Pretty Stable i should say.
1025860
very unstable.\n\nUS CIA intervention in the 50s and 60s.\n\nlots of civil war.
1066870
People are starting to figure it out. This administration, which is really a bunch of cronies that date back 30+ years, is starting to fall apart.
56193
Some of them are.  Some of them really are genuinely concerned with the state of this nation.  They're the ones out at the campaign headquarters stuffing envelopes.  Not the ones you hear about all the time in the news.
1071582
According to the Repugs., yes. How dare you question your government!? This is the mentality that has "crashed" our great country in only 6 years.
810875
That's a fair break down.  The Great American melting pot has become the The Great American melt down.\n\nBOILING POT!
723167
America's politicians are, so, by association, yes.\n\n"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.\n\nWe must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together." Dwight D Eisenhower\n\nThose warnings have been largely ignored.
370215
You bet it is.  It's not about freedom, opportunity, integrity, honesty, or any other attribute of which you may imagine politics should be.  \n\nThe bottom line is money and POWER.  At the same time, there is poetic justice here.  They fall just as fast as they rise.
23944
Its been happening for ages, Gangus Con, Julius Cesar,Adolf Hittler, and now George Bush. Its the never ending struggle for Power. What seperates Bush from all the others is that they didnt try to mask there intensions. Just about every SuperPower in history lasted about 100 years before there fall. As I see it, the U.S. has been the "Big Boy on the block for at least that long give or take a decade. If history repeats itself as in the past, were due to take a fall. Sooner or later, all Bullys fall.
414320
America is currently facing many problems, however a drastic decline in it's power is doubtful.  According to most rankings that take into account all aspects of a nation, The usa is by far the most powerful, and is more powerful than the second and third most powerful countries combined.  However, if our country continues on its current trend yes there will be problems.  Our currency is depreciating, and the gap between rich and poor is growing under the current administration, and there is also talk of starting our third war in this regime.  The only reason why i think that America won't decline though is because the Republicans will have nobody else to blame after this term, and once they are voted out these problems will be addressed.  The republicans control everything now and have lost their scapegoat.  The only people they have to blame our themselves.
146336
To some degree the answer is "Yes", there is an ongoing threat of another attack somewhere in our country.\n\nThat being said, this is a very valid question.  To any thinking person, the Bush administration has lost most of it's credibility.  The old adage applies, "Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me".\n\nThere may have been a plot but I believe that what we've heard about it is probably exaggerated.  I think the real news story here is the timing between the disclosure of the "plot" and the controversy over the Domestic Spying Program.\n\nAlso, Jonathon Alter's column in this week's "Newsweek" discusses this.  Good reading.
847046
American politics is often described as a pendulum.  It swings this way, and then that way, and back again.
1185102
No.  It is an outdated and flawed system that is representative of qualities similar to that of the British empire in which our forefathers fought so desperately to get away from.  We are becoming the United Empire of America....it is a very scary time in our history.  I think politics have outgrown the fair representation of Americans.
437104
There are alot of people that that think the country is in trouble, I am sure that even some of the people in congress knows that we are. We have a president that is trying to take power away from the other branch's We have a stupid war that we are involved in and people around the world hate us as a county. The economy is in a shambles and it is ok to ignore out own peoples needs to spend trillions over seas. If that isn't trouble I wonder what is. Remember this though the American people as a whole are good people and we will survive yes we will survive.