[DougWebb]

It's also a fact that our country is collapsing in on itself. We're still on top in a lot of ways, but the trend is definitely downwards in too many ways. We'd hardly be the first "empire in decline", and like many we can probably last decades or centuries without becoming completely historical and overshadowed by the next great empire. So I guess it's not all bad.

Honestly, if someone else can take over the "World Police Force" job so we can stop with the insane military spending, we could probably start taking care of our debt and getting our economy into reasonable shape again.