Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling

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from CommonDreams:


Published on Friday, February 2, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling
by David Michael Green

So. You’ve built yourself an empire, eh?

Well, bully for you!

What’s next, you ask? Well, now you’ve got to do what everybody does when they have an empire, of course. You’ve got to worry about it falling apart, mate!

But how to tell for sure? Let me see if I can be helpful. Here are some rules of thumb to keep in mind, thirty-six sure-fire indicators that your empire is falling apart:

You know your empire’s crumbling when the folks who are gearing up their empire to replace yours start blowing up satellites in space. And then they don’t bother to return your phone calls when you ring up to ask why.

You know your empire’s crumbling when those same folks are cutting deals left, right and center across Asia, Latin America and Africa, while you, your lousy terms, and your arrogant attitude are no longer welcome.

You know your empire’s crumbling when you’re spending your grandchildren’s money like a drunken sailor, and letting your soon-to-be rivals finance your little splurge (i.e., letting them own your country).

You know your empire’s crumbling when it’s considered an achievement to pretend that you’ve halved the rate at which you’re adding to the massive mountain of debt you’ve already accumulated. ......(more)

The rest of the article is at: http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0202-26.htm

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Oh that is good

and sadly, so very true. When even the freepers realize that we are fast approaching third world status, will they finally blame * or will they claim it is all Clinton's fault?

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2. OF course it's Clinton's fault. If he'd kept it in his pants....

we wouldn't be at war, the earth wouldn't be getting too hot, and we'd have no deficit. :)

[DavidDvorkin]

4. That's quite true

In a sense. If Clinton had kept it in his pants, and if that had resulted in Gore becoming President, then we would be better off in all those regards.

Thta's assuming the bastards wouldn't have managed to steal the White House anyway.

[marmar]

7. Never thought about it that way, but you have a point.

:think:

[flamin lib]

3. K&R

[Doctor_J]

5. He left out a big one

You know your empire's crumbling when a stupid, drunken, cocaine-addled loser loses two straight presidential elections and gets to serve two terms anyway.

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6. I'll second and third that one!

:applause: