I see an economic diasater coming...

[infringer]

hehe you have to be kidding me folks our industry is thriving there is tons of work out there don't buy into the BS if one of you is destitute I could get you a job right now most likely bottom line...

We have already turned off the highway to hell believe it ... More and more things just keep looking up sit there and wait for your faith to be restored in this great nation or be part of the change it is in our hands the smallest things can make you or break you at any given time risk is something you take everyday without knowing. And if I were a betting man and I kinda am I would steak money on it too many rich people would not allow anything to happen to our great nation as they would stand to lose way too much!

[innovation_station]

The U.S. population is on a train wreck with outnumbering the Social Security System.  Never let a good commotion go unused... Muhahahah!

lol  good god gk !

figures you would say something like that .. lmfao

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[the_big_m_in_ok]

...And if I were a betting man and I kinda am I would steak money on it too many rich people would not allow anything to happen to our great nation as they would stand to lose way too much!

Yeah, they wouldn't be happy, would they...but then what happened to the Mayan empire of Central America?
The Roman Empire?  The Byzantine Empire?  More than one Egyptian Dynasty?  More than one Chinese Dynasty?  Where are they now?
And let's not forget ancient Jericho.  Right now it's a pile of dirt mixed in with various ruins of past cities that failed for one reason or another---and that goes for Troy as well.

Civilized societies don't last, do they?  They arrive gradually or suddenly and leave similarly.  I just assert that this one right now is headed toward the Niagara Falls of economic disaster.

Take a look at this:
http://www.religion-place.info/21631/civilization-and-its-importance.html

I have a hunch:  Hunter/gatherer cultures can put up with natural disasters and still have enough people surviving to restart the culture from the begging.  The article above, I believe, implies the the ruling elite religionists and royal political noncontributing members of society place such a great strain on available resources that the civilized societies collapse, as the article's author above states or implies.
I point to the Congress and Federal Government and rest my case.  As I said before, "it's only a matter of time."  It's coming.

--Lee

[triffid]

Just when you thought you only had the US government to worry about.A story comes along to worry you even more.The following site tells what would happen if Iran or some other rouge nation decides to explode a nuclear bomb 300 miles up over the USA and in the center of the nation and what would result from the following EMP.
http://www.onesecondafter.com/
cars before 1965 could be made to run
And a faraday cage might protect your personal computer but a lot of people would perish in the resulting chaos

[triffid]

I have seen a faraday cage at a university in a physics dept.Its basically a grounded metal box.The one I saw I could walk into and it was like a screened off porch.The screens were heavier than normal wire screen.It had airholes in it.A metal storage building that is grounded and fairly heavy sheet metal completely enclosed could offer some protection against an EMP burst.triffid