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matthews_world
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Bush had more than anything to do with this recession - further expansion of a growing deficit enhanced by the Iraq war.
I'm hoping for Obama to help pull us out of it, although his 'public works' campaign is too reminiscent of the depression-era TVA.
The main thing is that he'll mirror Clinton on streamlining government by adding industry and jobs thus increasing the tax rolls to get us back on track.
Bush was a waste of a presidency in my humble opinion. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| fiveeagles wrote: |
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| America is declining only because it has rejected the rule of God's law. However, since there is a greater percentage of true Christians in America than almost anywhere else, America will still be a power in the world. |
The sad truth is this isn't truth. Look at Dallas, TX. It has the highest concentration of Christians in all of the US. But it's probably one of the worse cities to live in. Look at all of its major indexes and you will see that though Christians love God...they generally don't love their fellow people or environment.
My people die for a lack of knowledge. It has happened in the past and its going to happen again if their isn't a huge restoration of truth to the wider body of Christ. |
W.W.J.A.?
(Who Would Jesus Armbar?)
That's a funny avatar image.
I agree about Dallas, but your second paragraph is totally confusing.
First, who are those you call "My people"? Christians or Americans?
Second, the last sentence seems to imply the "wider body of Christ" needs truth restored to it, implying it was not truthful to begin with. While that might be true, is this what you really meant? |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Biblethumper wrote: |
| America is declining only because it has rejected the rule of God's law. |
I prayed really hard I wouldn't get laid off. It happened anyway.
Your statement is obscene. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| michaelambling wrote: |
| fiveeagles wrote: |
| Biblethumper wrote: |
| America is declining only because it has rejected the rule of God's law. However, since there is a greater percentage of true Christians in America than almost anywhere else, America will still be a power in the world. |
The sad truth is this isn't truth. Look at Dallas, TX. It has the highest concentration of Christians in all of the US. But it's probably one of the worse cities to live in. Look at all of its major indexes and you will see that though Christians love God...they generally don't love their fellow people or environment.
My people die for a lack of knowledge. It has happened in the past and its going to happen again if their isn't a huge restoration of truth to the wider body of Christ. |
...is this a joke? |
Sadly its not. 5eagles ain't good with correlations. |
I thought Correlations came right before Revelations. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| michaelambling wrote: |
| fiveeagles wrote: |
| Biblethumper wrote: |
| America is declining only because it has rejected the rule of God's law. However, since there is a greater percentage of true Christians in America than almost anywhere else, America will still be a power in the world. |
The sad truth is this isn't truth. Look at Dallas, TX. It has the highest concentration of Christians in all of the US. But it's probably one of the worse cities to live in. Look at all of its major indexes and you will see that though Christians love God...they generally don't love their fellow people or environment.
My people die for a lack of knowledge. It has happened in the past and its going to happen again if their isn't a huge restoration of truth to the wider body of Christ. |
...is this a joke? |
Sadly its not. 5eagles ain't good with correlations. |
I thought Correlations came right before Revelations. |
ontheway, as a professor of economics could you please verify for us the well-known rule that the prosperity of a country is directly proportional to its number of true Christians?
Thanks in advance.
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:31 am Post subject: |
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God Bless/Damn America, I guess.
And whichever way it goes, you know you'll have the holy-rollers telling you "I told you so!! It's written in the Scripture!" |
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mzeno
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:53 am Post subject: |
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i kno rite lololol |
WTF does this mean? |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| "I know, right ㄱㄱㄱㄱㄱ... |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| mzeno wrote: |
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i kno rite lololol |
WTF does this mean? |
"I know, right? laughing out loud" |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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| mzeno wrote: |
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i kno rite lololol |
WTF does this mean? |
Somebody does not own a cell phone. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| michaelambling wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
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| mises wrote: |
| It's a severe recession/soft depression. |
i kno rite lololol |
If America's Day is done, who's day is dawning? |
China and India, I assume, although I haven't been to either country. The sleeping dragons have been waking up for a while. |
Its pretty clear to me you're in no position to make a proper analysis.
Both the US and China are suffering from this economic crisis. China's primary advantage, its lack of debt and surplus reserves, are still too dependent upon the fate of the US for it to rest comfortable. And meanwhile China suffers from numerous disadvantages the US does not, for example: a declining birthrate, massive pollution, feudal poverty in the countryside, and an inflexible political system. The US' most substantial advantage is its flexible political system accompanied by the serendipitous timing of having a government transition within 100 days of the economic crisis. Whereas US President Barack Obama comes into power with a great deal of support, goodwill, and political capital, the CCP must focus its policies on retaining the support of the people and quelling unrest. China's massive reserves are held hostage to not one but two forces: its people's discontent and the inflation of the US dollar.
And we haven't even gotten into geopolitical landscape: the US must scale back its commitments halfway around the world, but even by 2015 its sphere of influence will still abut China's in the middle of the Strait of Taiwan, a mere timezone from Beijing.
The present crisis is a true challenge for the US, but its an absolute nightmare for China. |
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