tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post8527983608557707081..comments2023-04-06T07:21:28.712-05:00Comments on life on peach eater creek: supply or demand?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03204625068309822016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post-84179125291959996852011-10-12T22:26:36.105-05:002011-10-12T22:26:36.105-05:001493 is on my list. I'll be readin it soon.1493 is on my list. I'll be readin it soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204625068309822016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post-14405680593050118542011-10-12T19:26:17.695-05:002011-10-12T19:26:17.695-05:00Sorry I'm so late to post my congratulations h...Sorry I'm so late to post my congratulations here...I've been busy moving and redoing PC's. I loved every word. And since I'm reading '1493' after reading '1491'...I know a lot more about fading empires than I ever did before. Too much more!Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446337419977796973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post-59476539025609716142011-09-27T16:20:47.548-05:002011-09-27T16:20:47.548-05:00I like your thoughts. I read recently that jobs we...I like your thoughts. I read recently that jobs were a fairly new concept and it used to be each person providing a service or small business. I don't see how that will work for today's world but I also fear that the jobs from manufacturing has moved away from us. I don't really see politicians with an answer which means we will each have to work it out for ourselves. Our excessive military presence was only affordable when we had manufacturing to support it.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post-10782029552632331572011-09-23T14:25:53.418-05:002011-09-23T14:25:53.418-05:00Good post, Wally! The fact that you took the time...Good post, Wally! The fact that you took the time to write a much longer-than-usual post on the economy shows how concerned you are about it, as we all are. I would like to spend some time later addressing some of the specific points you raised, but can't promise I'll be able to get to it. As to your conclusion:<br /><br /><i>"America has seen the last of its glory days. In order to be healed it will take a lot more than our politicians are willing to do. And probably a lot more than American citizens are willing to do."</i><br /><br />The American Empire has certainly seen the last of its glory days, and all I can say to that is GOOD RIDDANCE! Anyone who believes that any other outcome is even remotely possible ignores the absolute law of history: <i>All empires eventually go broke.</i><br /><br />It's the height of hubris to believe the American Empire could possibly be the exception to this rule. The reason all empires go broke is that they end of costing more to maintain than they bring in, even considering the wholesale plundering of natural resources and the exploitation of human labor that are the raison d'etre for an empire in the first place.<br /><br />The cost of empire is always in the form of excessive military spending, as you noted in your post. In that area the U.S. has probably outspent all previous empires combined. Military spending always enriches the few at the expense of the many, which shouldn't surprise anyone since that's the whole point of it!<br /><br />But eventually, inevitably...the chickens come home to roost. There is less and less to go around, and the citizens of the empire start feeling the pinch--which is exactly what's happening in the USA right now (understatement).<br /><br />I see I'm getting up on my soapbox as I have a bad habit of doing everywhere, so I'll save the rest of the rant for another time.<br /><br />Blessed Be,<br />LindaRakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280365011937595321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561104.post-50344785757775352612011-09-22T17:37:41.207-05:002011-09-22T17:37:41.207-05:00Bravo! scary though.Bravo! scary though.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.com