"All cities, all states, all reigns are mortal...And so a citizen who is living in the final stage of his country's existence should not feel as sorry for his country as he should for himself. What happened to his country was inevitable; but to be born at a time when such a disaster had to happen was his misfortune." - Guicciardini
I imagine that the only people surprised by economic brinkmanship played domestically having deleterious results in the national and global economy as well as presenting an image of instability that ineluctably extends to military and "moral" standing in the international community are...*drum roll*...the teatard idiots that created the situation in the first place. Stupid fucks.
"All cities, all states, all reigns are mortal...And so a citizen who is living in the final stage of his country's existence should not feel as sorry for his country as he should for himself. What happened to his country was inevitable; but to be born at a time when such a disaster had to happen was his misfortune." - Guicciardini
Actually I retract this statement. We are going down the shitter. Hard and fast.
Subconscious knowledge of my audience, I suppose...this is the wonker, after all.
They could at least use the US army to invade the US and give us billions of dollars to rebuild it.
Seriously...There are bars in London that are many times older than the US.
It would be nice if we, as a nation, could take a deep breath and sit out under the tree in the backyard with a cold drink and just...think.
Ha! The Plague is no match for The Best Health Care System In The World ™
What good is having an empire unless you can slam the door behind you loudly enough to echo for a thousand years?
Most of Miami speaks Spanish, just add a fake Polish accent and you have reasonable Portuguese.
I imagine that the only people surprised by economic brinkmanship played domestically having deleterious results in the national and global economy as well as presenting an image of instability that ineluctably extends to military and "moral" standing in the international community are...*drum roll*...the teatard idiots that created the situation in the first place. Stupid fucks.
Every nation that has lost super power status has gained an equal measure of sanity .. I don't know if we can wait that long though
We'll know for sure the good times are over when Mexico builds a fence to keep out the gringoes.