History repeating itself.......?
479302
Has JD ever had an original thought?  War, invasion - typical scare tactics that too many ignorant citizens choose to worship.  You act as if you earned your citizenship.  It is just a matter of luck that you were born in this country.  You are not special and you have never done anything spacial, just dumb luck.  What is a bigger drain on society a population that works but can't pay taxes because their oppressors choose to look the other way or citizens who sit on their butts and collect TANF (welfare) and don't pay a penny in taxes?  Guess which ethnicity makes up the highest percent of the total welfare recipients.  Let's just say "illegal" immigrants can't receive welfare.
920518
Good question. It's getting ridiculous.
233440
Your comment is very insightful.  Why would anyone think you're a jerk for saying that?  Students of history know that history repeats itself.  It's a classic trait of the human race.  Look at the last century alone.  Our enemies used to be the Germans, the Italians, the Soviets (Russians), and the Chinese.  Now we are friends with all of those people, and our "enemies" are now different (North Korea, Iran, Cuba).\n\nOur enemies are our enemies because of a certain political (or more correctly - ECONOMIC) point of view.  When the political or economic or cultural climate changes, we don't see them as a threat as much as we used to.  \n\nI don't think this means we should abandon defending the ideals we stand for...but it IS an interesting observation.
840695
If we go back in history, there was so much violence how can anyone repay what has happened. Everyone no matter what their nationality would find many wrongs. But we have to stop measuring past history by today's standards and beliefs. History tells stories of abuse and violence, who knows what isn't documented. Whether or not you believe the bible, the stories in it are the most violent, but we can't imagine what was going on in our ancestors minds, nor can we even pretend to be able to put ourselves in their place. Whats done is done, and most important is learn from the past and not repeat it and hope that the ugliness never happens again no matter what color or race. Plus we are so intermingled who's to say if we did right some of the wrongs how would we determine who gets what? Who should pay? And would you be willing to pay a price for something a family member of yours did generations back? It takes all I've got just to explain to my kids what I did before they were born!
384692
Didn't this happen in Michigan?  I do recall that same story happening here in Michigan within the last 5-6 years, or something very close to that story.
183988
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."\n\nEverything we do today has been done in the past -- not in the same form, of course, but with the same patterns.  If you study history, you find these patterns all over the place, and the more you know of history, the better you will be at avoiding the pitfalls our ancestors fell into because they were doing it for the first time.\n\nOr perhaps they didn't have access to history books.  Though of course you must also remember that "history is written by the victors."
1003424
yep....considering that way back in the day, things were documented like they are now...I'd say people are making things up as they go when it comes to certain things in history.
148052
Some Catholics may be--but not GERMANY! Germany will soon rise to lead Europe into a "holy crusade"--starting with confronting Iran and it's taunting Germany's past concerning the slaughter of 16 million jews. Sound too unbelievable??? Listen to German response to Iran's comments...they are NOT going to take it lying down. And the pope is quietly waiting to unite Europe under a Catholic "umbrella" of influence. The 1940's will soon repeat itself again--don't believe ME--watch Europe and the Middle East!!! And pray to God that we wake up to reality! Why does noone have the GUTS to tell the TRUTH???!!!
1148226
Possibly at some time in its history. Read the linked article.
390887
Are going???????  ...Don't you really mean to say: Have already gone?    ...Indeed, we are looking at a very sad and dangerous heading for our hard-fought democracy.   Poor founding fathers have been shaking in their bones for some time now, I'm afraid.   I truly wonder: Have we really taken good enough care of the wonderful and immeasurable heritage they had left us?   It is much harder to recover our lost liberties than to lose them.   ...The worst crimes in this world have always been committed and justified in the name of the best and the holiest of intentions.
914576
It is remarkably similar, as are several other "coincidences," to the kinds of measures the Nazis imposed on Germany in the 30's and 40's.  It is interesting to note that the measure was not drawn up by citizens, or even Congress, but rather came from some mysterious source other than the people, to protect us.  An act such as this should most certainly be a topic of discussion among the people at large, before it is agreed upon, not drawn up and passed before the public has any notion about what has just been imposed on them.
709543
They just don't seem to stop, do they? To paraphrase Ronald Reagan ..."there they go again...."\n\n I was hoping they'd all be pushed over to the right side of the AM radio dial, the 1600's, where all right wing nuts used to reside. However, there's an ongoing attempt to take over here.
175518
Whoa. I checked it out too, and comparing your questions... it seems like it.\nI've never heard of anything like this happening before, so good luck! Keep us updated on what happens! O.O
448092
Ignore the other posters... You are 100% correct my friend, power indeed has to shift. History teaches us this fact without a doubt.\nIt seems that the only lesson we've learned from history, is that, we've learned nothing.
975930
yeah...happens all the time...just has to be enough truth to make it a story...\n\nmost of the stories are not 100% accurate, if you have ever been part of a news story...you definitely know what i mean.
1116051
History is repeating itself.\nThat is how the Nazi's began.
571257
i don't know what the final outcome in iraq will be, but i have made this very point to people i know. i heard the same thing in 1969 myself. we were in an unpopular war then, gas prices were soon to rise, people, for the most part, were becoming disillusioned with our government, jobs were soon to start drying up and many were to move overseas, interest rates were starting to rise. sounds like deja vu all over again today, doesn't it?