OT: “Dollar About to take a Direct Hit”

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Partypup: Well, not to sound like a complete saber rattling nationalist, but if this scenario looks likely to come to fruition, I say we fall back on the one area of uncontested American supremacy: Our military.

How, exactly, is China planning on getting their 60% of imported oil back home from the Mideast? They have no “blue water” navy to speak of and I can just imagine how thrilled US Navy sub commanders would be lighting up China’s merchant fleet.

Don’t think it will come to that? I think the TPTB have already game planned this scenario out and wouldn’t hesitate for a second. You push the US far enough, we’ll do anything. Think Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

We could literally choke the world in terms of closing off all avenues of transport, whether sea lanes, air corridors, or roads.

[scaredyclassic]

with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?

[scaredyclassic]

with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?

[scaredyclassic]

with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?

[scaredyclassic]

with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?

[scaredyclassic]

with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=scaredycat]with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]

Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).

Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)

Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)

Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)

Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)

“Balance of Power” policy

And on and on.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=scaredycat]with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]

Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).

Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)

Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)

Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)

Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)

“Balance of Power” policy

And on and on.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=scaredycat]with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]

Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).

Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)

Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)

Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)

Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)

“Balance of Power” policy

And on and on.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=scaredycat]with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]

Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).

Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)

Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)

Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)

Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)

“Balance of Power” policy

And on and on.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=scaredycat]with what justification?

wouldnt we be just a bunch of thugs or pirates?

whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?

land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.

can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]

Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).

Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)

Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)

Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)

Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)

“Balance of Power” policy

And on and on.

[scaredyclassic]

i guess. but we still need a story, don’t we? maybe it doesn’t ahve to be a very good story, or even a coherent story. man it’s depressing. seems weird to fight the world to make them use our money. i mean, teh iraq war was pretty flimsy, but didn’t american’s kinda get bummed out when the purposelessnes sof it all was exposed. are we really up for another crazy military action? it just makes me feel a little bit ill…

[scaredyclassic]

i guess. but we still need a story, don’t we? maybe it doesn’t ahve to be a very good story, or even a coherent story. man it’s depressing. seems weird to fight the world to make them use our money. i mean, teh iraq war was pretty flimsy, but didn’t american’s kinda get bummed out when the purposelessnes sof it all was exposed. are we really up for another crazy military action? it just makes me feel a little bit ill…

[scaredyclassic]

i guess. but we still need a story, don’t we? maybe it doesn’t ahve to be a very good story, or even a coherent story. man it’s depressing. seems weird to fight the world to make them use our money. i mean, teh iraq war was pretty flimsy, but didn’t american’s kinda get bummed out when the purposelessnes sof it all was exposed. are we really up for another crazy military action? it just makes me feel a little bit ill…

[scaredyclassic]

i guess. but we still need a story, don’t we? maybe it doesn’t ahve to be a very good story, or even a coherent story. man it’s depressing. seems weird to fight the world to make them use our money. i mean, teh iraq war was pretty flimsy, but didn’t american’s kinda get bummed out when the purposelessnes sof it all was exposed. are we really up for another crazy military action? it just makes me feel a little bit ill…

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