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Not quite. The Bill of Rights came after the Constitution. The Constitution was completed in 1787, ratified in 1788 and became our operational government in 1789. The Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, were not added until 1791. Anti-Federalists -- the...

As romantic as you're trying to make it all sound the fact is that a lot of farmland was lost during the Great Depression, about 100K acres worth, AKA the Dust Bowl.

Wrong! Which is quite surprising coming from someone who supposedly read the Federalist Papers. It was the anti-federalists, who opposed ratification of the Constitution, that feared a tyranny of the elite. Save it. I have no interest in discussing the fictional Lincoln that a bunch of...

Here's the top 5 countries in gross cropland from the link I provided: #1 United States: 179,000 thousand hectares #2 India: 169,700 thousand hectares #3 China: 135,557 thousand hectares #4 Russia: 126,820 thousand hectares #5 Brazil: 65,200 thousand hectares Now...

When Lincoln took office there was no central bank. It was the era of free banking, which came about after Jackson had destroyed the 2nd Bank of the US starting in 1833. It's charter ended in 1836 and it folded 5 years later. Free banking ran at the state level, there was no federal banking...

Do you really think the US exports offensive weapons that it can't defend itself against or strategic weapons with the same capabilities, avionics and software systems as those that are in use by it's military? We learned a nasty lesson with the collapse of Iran, which compromised the...

You don't seem to grasp the power of numbers. Let's see, 300MM Americans against 1T Chinese. We're not the threat to their government, they're people are. Let enough of them taste a bit of the "good" life, let enough of them start to think they "deserve" it and that government is...

No shit, skin in the game. Can't ante, can't play. It's funny how most people are ignorant of the fact that the U.S. was formed as the antithesis of aristocracy. It was meant to be a meritocracy, you had to prove your worth before you could even vote. Too bad Jefferson and Madison, Adams...

Once again, you're off base. I guess it's that conspiracy-theorist-guide-to-the-world view that you've subscribed to. The Constution's central tenant was to control the power of the central government. One of it's most unique powers was one that was forfeited in 1933, the right to...

An RPG is far from the worst case if things go tits-up in the way Achilles thinks it will. If anarchy reigns you'd be foolish to not expect that there are people out there who are better organized, prepared and armed than you are.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_ara_and_per_cro-agriculture-arable-and-permanent-cropland

Accuracy is relative. What good is a glock when someone who wants your stuff, and probably wants to stuff your wife, is standing about 100yds away with an RPG and a megaphone?

I suppose I could get into carry trades, currency exchange rates, LIBOR and the twice daily price fixing of gold that occurs over the phone for the GBP, EUR and USD. But, I don't want to be held responsible for frying your sole remaining neuron, you're going to need it to find your way back...

So, I guess your precedent for this is that we "allowed" Pearl Harbor to be attacked and the same, or worse, with the Trade Center. So, help me out here. Both Biden and Powell hinted at possible attacks early in Obama's presidency. If they are in on it, why on Earth would they mention it...

If someone really wanted to attack the U.S. they're going to want to seize the assets, land etc. Bio-weapons and Nukes are the worst choice, they're so Cold War and passe due to the contamination problem. Neutron bombs are a much better approach. I'm sure you are. But, Jericho was a...

Agree, but if nukes enter the picture I'd much rather be at ground zero. I can't think of a more agonizing, miserable way to die than radiation sickness. Absolutely.

As much as governments love the idea of a digital means of tracking their populace I think their totally against a digital-only currency. How would they pay to get distasteful things accomplished or get compensated for their corrupt behavior if there isn't an untraceable form of money?

Thanks, but I already know how to find information on the 'Net. If this guy has such hyper-accurate predictive abilities why is he not a household name already? Uh, that was my point, to show just how irrational this uber-doomsday talk is. As bad as it got in Argentina it was just as...

Agree that the ratings agencies aided and abetted the problem. Don't agree that the IMF is independent or with any alternative agency. What's needed is a uniform set of quantitative ratings methodologies that are publicly documented.

If you really think the Fed is a public bank and a US institution then there's really little point in discussing the very real problems of logistics, communications connectivity, transmission latency, data security among a host of other issues that would confront a reliable and trustworthy...