Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?

Remember Presidential Candidate Pat Buchanan? Well even if his 1992 and 1996 Republican campaigns are ancient history, and his Reform Party ticket in the 2000 election leaves even less of an imprint, you'll probably hear soon (if you haven't already!) about his new controversial book, "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?", in which he draws uncannily similar parallels between modern day America, and the path that Rome took to its eventual ruin. In this interview of the book, Buchanan explains the origins of the book, and his own experience in the fields relevant to evolving political landscape.

Segment 1 of the Interview:

And Here's Segment 2:

What do you think-- is the fall of America as imminent as the fall of Rome was, as Buchanan so convincingly illustrates? Or is this just more political FUD to throw the trail off Pat's own agenda(s)?

Harry Belafonte, Prophet of the 99%

Harry Belafonte, an accomplished American actor, singer-songwriter, and social activist, is one particularly prominent figure in the "Occupy Wall Street" protests (perhaps better known as the "We Are The 99% protests"). As a long-time champion of civil rights, he has given his approval of the protests, saying that this new generation of protesters have given him hope for positive change in an otherwise complacent society.

Even at the old age of 84, Belafonte continues his crusade for civil rights and human equality, with his Memoir "My Song", which hit the shelves last week, chronicling his efforts to level the societal playing field all these years. In this "Great Recession" in which the "99%" are so driven to protest against political and corporate corruption, who better a unifying figure than the experienced and level-headed Belafonte?

We Are The 1%, and We Stand With The 99%

In response to the "We Are The 99% campaign", many of the extravagantly wealthy individuals (those who would statistically be part of the 1% category), are standing with the 99% in their belief that taxes for the wealthy should be raised by the government, to meet our current deficits and stop cutting essential social programs (such as educational grants, library funds), which are designed to provide a future for our children, just so the rich can keep getting richer.

The "We Are The 1 %, and We Stand With The 99%" response, started on this tumblr blog here, illustrates that much of the reason why the government's taxing policies are so corrupt, is not so much due to the influence of the rich, as it is due to the corruption inherent in the corporate and political systems currently in place today.

 

Do you stand with the 99%?

We Are The 99%

Been keeping up with the "We are the 99%" protests lately?

There's a great deal of hype regarding the 2010 statistics confirming that 1% of Americans control 40% of the wealth in America, according to a UN study conducted last year. People all over the world, in nearly every major country, are protesting about the economic equality in the world, as the American recession translates more and more into a global recession.

We've seen it everywhere-- Japan, Africa, India, Europe, the U.K.-- everyone from middle class blue collars to impoverished homeless folk are protesting this grand equality, with everything but pitchforks and the kitchen sink (and guns-- haven't see those yet!)

Some say it's a sign of the end of the world, others just the end of capitalism. Either way, we have some big changes coming people, and it's not changes that some of the higher-ranking big wigs are going to be happy about. the 1% may be rich, of the 99% is explosive in sheer numbers.

Especially with the advent of social media, the ability for people to congregate and protest together has become easier than ever, and congregate they are.

Who do you think will win? The power-mongering 1%, or the overwhelming majority of a 99%?

17 year old boy charged with sexual assault for confirmed consensual intercourse

In Port Charlotte County, Florida, a 17 year old boy had intercourse with a 11 year old girl in a local church restroom. The mother had been looking for the girl, and when she finally found her following the act, the girl admitted to having consensual sex with the boy.

What's interesting here is that even though they are both minors and it was consensual, and no known damage had been done to the girl, the boy is being held in for sexual assault at the Department of Juvenile Justice at Fort Myers.

This is a very controversial issue, especially considering the growing movement on the Internet to change age of consent laws, and a push for parents to be more involved in their children's lives instead of relying on government agencies to PROTECT their children.

Do you think that the boy was rightfully charged with sexual assault? Did the girl only engage in these acts because of parental neglect/etc? Let me know in your comments below!

Raiders choose QB Palmer for 2nd-round draft pick

After Raiders Quarterback Jason Campbell got his collarbone injury at the game a couple days ago, the Raiders needed to act fast in getting a quality substitute while Jason recovers, and who better of a choice than disgruntled former Cincinnati QB Palmer? At least, that's what the managers of the Raiders must of have thought when they chose Palmer as a second round draft pick.

Did the Raiders make the right choice, or did they, following Campbell's unexpected accident, make a rushed, but ultimately bad decision? Many consider Palmer to be at best an average quarterback, who's bad attitude while at Cincinnati will only hamper his ability to perform well as QB of the raiders.

What do you think? Leave your comments below!

Jason Campbell Breaks Collarbone

Jason Campbell, the quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, broke his collarbone in an in-game accident, likely meaning he's done for the season. Campbell was a integral part of the team, but Coach Hue Jackson has remained idealistic about the ordeal:
“We’ll miss Jason for a little while. I have no idea how long it will take. I don’t know. We’ll see as we go. I know, obviously, he won’t be here next week or anything like that. We’ll continue to press forward and get better.”