Is the USA becoming a 3rd world country via the stupid/insane/socialist/treasonous agenda of the Dem's?
826590
Absolutely!! They only think of the here and now and what is good for the MINORITY instead of the MAJORITY.....\n\nI give this country until 2050 (if that) and our standard of living is going to be in the shi77er
911961
Socialism is causing massive death, poverty, AIDS and slavery in the third world.  Because they have chosen to embrace marxist values, they are doomed.  This process is well underway, especially in africa and haiti.
924188
I think Nancy Pelosi has some great leadership skills and will help set  a direction for the Democrats. I am and Independent who dislikes both parties but voted for Democrats this time as it is a time for a change. Whether it will be positive remains to be seen. I have not heard of a specific direction and program agenda that they have. I do hope for the sake of the nation both parties can get us headed in the right direction. Enough of the scare tactics by Bush regarding national security. Lets actually see what can be done here not abroad to make use safer. I don't care whether Iraq stands up as a democracy or goes down the toilet. They will tear each other up based upon 2000 years of violent history and sectarian violence. Typical third world mentality. We should not abandon them but we do need to start withdrawing.
364420
as of now, yes. with our increasingly socialist views, within 25 years we will be tied with China, who is actually turning capitolistic, eventhough they won't admit.  as we conform our society "not to offend", and "not to make to much money" with government laws, we are turning socialist.  to remain the superpower, we need to stay away from government interference in business. now in order to prevent monopoly, we must have some, but it is the consumer who must drive gas prices down, and the consumer who must demand an alternate energy source.  a new energy source will determine the next superpower
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.
1185515
No. If we continue on in this manner we are doomed to self destruct and become a second world country. The number one problem with the American people is that we for some reason think that only people who have never struggled to make it understand the needs of the other 85% of Americans.
709949
I'm certainly open to exploring the idea, especially the healthcare side of it. America has become close-minded and slow to evolve compared to Europe, Canada and Australia. If we think our form of government is the best there'll ever be and never strive for more ... well then, we'll just flounder and implode like every other empire.\n\nPeople hear the word "communism" and they think it's a religion or form of government. Noooo, it's an economic system, and if they'd actually READ something like Marx and Engel's "Communist Manifesto," they'd have a clue what said gentlemen had in mind. It may not have worked in practice, but there are IDEAS there of significant value, and we can't write them all off just because they're associated with something other than capitalism.\n\nMcCarthy is dead; move on.
324702
It would be unfair to categorize people as stupid, lazy or any other name without having a more in depth grasp of the situation people in these countries are living. I'm from Senegal, West Africa, English is my third language, yet I feel I have more brains than certain people that will use such a medium to speak nonsense.\nAnyway mulumbu, to your question the answer is yes, but certain elements will have to be in place. Neither the US, nor any of the Western developed countries made it to this level of development in one day. No need to expand the historical tangent, but many African nations have had their so called Independence less than half a century ago -Senegal's was in 1960. After years of exploitation via colonization those countries owe a financial debt to the countries that colonize them in the first place, talking about irony. This makes it virtually impossible to fashion any internal policies that will favor the growth of those countries because the interests that needs to be considered first are the one of those other nations. \nSo when you ignorant people use the N word freely, or call people names in the comfort of your own cozy homes, my striving self for a better world via knowledge will be busy being curious about things that governs and affects the well being of our society.
471121
Americans. A dangerous precedent has been set by the recent criminal republicans that question any form of dissent and if you are brave enough to disagree with their ideology, you are labeled as anti-American, or subversive. This hysterical reaction starts with Bush and his Goons and trickles down to the local levels of government. Of course this is more pervasive in certain areas of the country, i.e. bible belt. Their will be a lot of healing needed with our next president as this one has caused our country serious damage with his flawed ideology. The deprogramming of America begins in 2008.
537978
Yes, that is how it is. They are basically telling American citizens to blank themselves. They represent big business and not the American people. It's been that way for years though, maybe now American citizens will get a wake up call and start voting 3rd party in massive numbers instead of being stuck in the box of voting either one party or the other.
1084661
Yes I have heard of this, and it scares me. The ignorance in this question is astounding. It's time for people to get over their apathy and denial and start paying attention to what is going on here. I've been saying for the last two months that this whole "immigration reform" treadmill debate and "bill" is nothing more than blanket amnesty and a thinly vieled way to open our borders wide up. And now not only is the truth coming out, but it's FAR worse than I even thought it would be.\n\nPresident Bush, with NO Congressional authority or public disclosure, signed the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America along with the president of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada. The plan is to effectively MERGE Canada, Mexico, and the United States into one super-state with an "common security perimeter." It's RIGHT there, hidden in plain site, on our own government website (http://www.spp.gov/).\n\nThousands of homes are going to be illegally seized, citing 'imminent domain,' for a massive North American super-highway that will eventually stretch from Alaska, through Canada, as far South as Chile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Texas_Corridor). It's going to be controlled by international corporations, and patrolled by International police.\n\nNorth American Union law and the North American Supreme Court are going to SUPERCEDE our own court systems.\n\nREAD the Council on Foreign Relations plan, which is already being implemented:\n\nhttp://www.cfr.org/publication/8102/\n\nThey call for all three countries to be fully integrated by 2010, and they also call for an additional "North American Tax" on EVERY  working citizen.\n\nOur ancestors DIED for American Sovereignty, and without telling Congree, and without the support of the American people, our government is giving that sovereignty away in the name of bullshit "national security," massive corporations, cheap labor, and world control.\n\nCanadians should be equally horrified of this.\n\nYour Prime Minister, Stepher Harper, is in bed SO deeply with the Bush Adminstration, the CFR, and mega-corporations that it's just downright scary.\n\nCanada even had their own recent bullshit "terror scare."\n\n17 "extremists" planned to blow up Toronto and behead the beloved Prime Minister.\n\nThey were arrested and not allowed to speak to anybody.\n\nThe Canadian government spent two weeks talking about their evil plan, with no real evidence to back it up.\n\nThen what happens?\n\nNews starts getting out that the case against these men is awful.\n\nWhat does Canada do?\n\nThey BAN the media, under threat of prison, from even mentioning the case.\n\nThe trial will be held in a secret location under a Canadian government tribunal, with their own hand-picked 'jurors" -- and the media will not be allowed access to any of it (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-06-13T001750Z_01_N12227558_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-CANADA.xml&src=rss)\n\nWhat will it take for people to end their denial and wake up to what's going on around us?\n\nAmerica, and soon the entire continent, is falling to straight-up tyranny.\n\nAnd because our government is hand-in-hand with the corporate mainstream media, everyone assumes it's not happening.\n\nOpen your history books.\n\nThis is nothing new.\n\nIt has happened time and time and time again throughout history, and it's happening as we speak.\n\nYour choices are simple:\n\n1) Educate yourself, and do EVERYTHING in your power to let others know what is going on.\n2) Maintain an "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude, and finally be convinced when it's too late to change things.\n\nAnd it's pretty obvious what will probably happen next.\n\nThe United States is going to be hit by another massive "terrorist attack," maybe multiple attacks at the same time, and then FEMA
770609
ofcourse the liberal agenda has weakend the American world power and fear.  we have shown our population will not back our govt which is tearing the country apart from the inside.  This started in vietnam and the world learned real fast they can use our liberals against us.    China, Russia, Venezuala is letting this happen with the help of the leftist european powers to come in with dictatorship when we finally crumble.   They know history.  this is the plight of any republic or democracy and its only a matter of time until it comes to fruition.
19385
Its not that the US is nessasarily becoming a thrid world nation its that certain aspects of our society are being broken down such as the middle class and public education funding from the state and federal governments. However other things have become more secure and efficient in the Private Sector and our govenment is making it so our economy has less control which is common in Tiger Countries
553724
I hear you loud and clear.The social collapse is happening as we speak.It's just that at the rate it's happening it looks like slow motion.I think that one day we will be living in a different country and will have happened right in front of us.It's a gradual process.The new world order is for the world to be under one government.I don't know if that will ever happen.I do see that everyday Americans are powerless to do anything to stop what's happening.To me that's a scary thing.
1074269
who cares..??? the anti- bush/war/gov't whatever you got group is insignificant anymore...\n\nmost people are really tired of their socialistic take and not give attitudes and practices...the rest of us are going to move on and make this country and our lives prosperous without you...\n\ndemocrats..a word to the wise..socialism isnt going to work here in america..so if you want to join the rest of us..welcome..if you dont, then quit complaining....we have stuff to do...
78472
No.  The United States will never become a third world terrorist filled country.  Republicans will keep getting elected by the religious right and Presidents will continue to send American troops to get slaughtered in the middle east somewhere by Muslim extremists who are believing that killing Americans is their ticket into heaven, and why go to all the trouble and expense of going to America when I can kill one across the street.\nSo no.\n\nThe danger is if we elect someone who wants to have complete military withdraw from the middle east, then the muslim extremist will come here.\n\nAlso we need to as nation take a good hard look at these christian extremists who are here who blow up abortion clinics and kill the innocents in the abortion clinic.  I don't know when the last one of these happened, but we need to crack down to ensure it doesn't happen again.
351747
I doubt it. Americans are too lazy to involve themselves in something so strenuous as taking a stand for something. Just look at our anti-war movement; everybody is so apathetic that nobody really does anything about it. I can't imagine an issue strong enough to ultimately divide the entire nation in this day and age. Perhaps if people wanted to rapidly shift to socialism or something similar not seen in America before, maybe that will start something.