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America just ain't what she used to be.

About 1 in 7 Americans are on food stamps today. The price of gas is going through the roof. Shanty Towns are spreading all across the country. The US dollar is on the verge of collapse ...

In the meantime, the "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace" program has put us under total surveillance while subjecting us to horrible abuse ... This sure ain't the America that I know. We've become an occupied people living in a dystopian police state.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower once asked, "How far can you go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?"

It's in times like these ... We're about to find out.

It is not easy to destroy the greatest empire in the history of mankind. The 20th Century was the American Century, but as with all empires, the combination of hubris, monetary debasement, imperial overreach and delusional overconfidence have set in motion the inevitable downfall of the American Empire. The policies, decisions, beliefs, and institutions implemented over decades have led the country to the threshold of financial disaster. Based on my observations, a catastrophic combination of demographics, fiat currency debasement, titanic levels of debt, smothering taxation, power in the hands of the few and Wall Street greed have led us to peak Empire. It will be downhill from here as we experience collapse, revolution and ultimately, retribution for the guilty and presumed guilty. -- James Quinn

Seek out your friends, your family, and everyone you love. Embrace them, enjoy their company, be good to them, take care of them, look after them, love them ...

It's times like these that mark the end of empires. The Progressive Era has reached its all too predictable peak. The welfare state, the warfare state, it's all a bust. It will end in tears. But we'll get through.

One of my hometown favorites, Kid Rock, "Times Like These."

Times Like These

The lakes and pines they bleed of beauty and grace
And the rivers they run wild like an endless race
The forests soar so high then fall to the sea
As church bells ring and sing in harmony

I heard them say they're shuttin' Detroit down
But I won't leave cuz' this is my hometown

And it's times like these we can't replace
It's times like these we must embrace
And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees
It makes us who we are, in times like these

The concrete and steel stand strong against the wind
With the memories of what was and what has been
The sounds of sweet soul music and blue-collar blues
There were 17 colors for a Chevy all red white and blue

I heard them say that you can't save that town
But I won't leave, I will stand my ground

And it's times like these we can't replace

It's times like these we must embrace
And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees
It makes us who we are, in times like these

The ice and snow give way to a new spring bloom
In the wake that hope and faith they will be home soon
A new day dawns as the good Lord shines from above
Cuz in the rubble and rust there remains a whole lotta love

And I was here watchin' it all go down
And I'll still be, when it comes back around

And it's times like these we can't replace
It's times like these we must embrace
And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees
It makes us who we are, in times like these
It makes us who we are in times like these