Comments for Rapid Unraveling And The Demise Of Adolescent America at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 22 out of 20 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:29:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5241 unwizened/ wrong word. If you're going to write, learn how and use words you know. - you suck Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:02:33 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5197 WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP ? THE SKY IS NOT FALLING , WERE FAILING, OUR POL'S HAVE DONE US IN....WAKE UP AMERICA - bartnikce Tue, 27 May 2008 00:36:21 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5193 Very well written article. The author has her finger on the pulse of the present world. Comments of the niavity of the author regarding the extent of chaos that will ensue - may or may not be accurate. However, the message of community and the underlying spiritual awakening should not be lost on anybody - other than those most vile - who in all probability will be part of the problem. - Juglar Mon, 26 May 2008 05:33:17 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5179 No, the world is not coming to an end, but the way of life we know is in its death throes. Only an incredibly uninformed person would equate the demise of our culture with the end of the world. How dense can people get? - CaptainYowza Sun, 25 May 2008 05:42:03 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5178 I live abroad and must admit that, judging from what some of you have posted, the situation does look grim. Just what is going on over there in the US? Is the situation really that dire? Please elaborate. - Ron Hill Sun, 25 May 2008 05:03:44 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5177 have some faith, the world is not coming to an end - viva johnny Sun, 25 May 2008 04:16:50 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5174 Revolution is the Solution!!! - George Warmonger Sun, 25 May 2008 01:42:52 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5173 Just as they begin to grin, you can see that their own plans and activities are devastating their own homelands. Here in the US, there are violent weather patterns occurring that are taking a huge financial and emotional toll on its public. What's it matter whether you voted Gore/Bush/RonPaul/McCain/Clinton/Obama, or anyone else when there is a huge tornado ripping through the states everyday? Will they still be grasping tightly to their gold nuggets while they are whisked away by a tsunami or tornado? - My Car, My Job, My Hunger and Thirst. Roof over my Head. Sat, 24 May 2008 23:18:20 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5172 I think the result will be hopelessness and despair, and an increase in isolationism, racism, violence, and greed. Furthermore, these will be the "good times". When things really start to get bad, all hell is going to break loose and we will see a loss of faith in traditional values and beliefs. New religions and social movements will appear that are completely unlike anything from our "failed" past, which will be seen as the cause of the problems, and mankind will be plunged into a new dark age which may never end. - Hordac the Refuser Sat, 24 May 2008 22:30:00 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5171 Yawn. I heard this same line in the 70's. The only difference was that it was "Global Cooling", back when I was a kid. If it does "step-off", and there is an ensuing blood bath, I can only hope the multi-culturalists enjoy the ride. - American Survivor. Sat, 24 May 2008 21:38:24 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5170 "Many citizens of the former Soviet Union discovered through the experience of collapse what ultimately mattered most. Yes, there was violence, crime, paranoia, hunger, thirst, deprivation, and astounding loss, but unprecedented compassion, trust, bonding, cooperation, and support flourished in the midst of total societal disintegration." Yeah, and that is kind of what happened here in the depression which was after the end of the "Roaring 20’s" and “the gangsterism” of the Prohibition years. But here in the modern day U.S., we are no longer a "people" this is "just a place" as I have been reminded by the immigrant police officers in Los Angeles. This country is SO divided by the mass numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal, from across the world, that it is impossible to have the type of cohesion needed in bad times, much less an consensus on any issue. We are looking at total anarchy! The really sad news is that only a Nazi-like National Socialism can re-unite the U.S. (we cannot refer to ourselves as "Americans", as that includes the whole continent, not just the U.S.). The Nazis failed because their revolution was polluted by the notion of “white supremacy” over all others. With the upcoming ’08 presidential election, we are being forced to choose between three incompetent people to be our new leader! Whomever is elected will inherit unprecedented spying and torture policies; none of the cadidates has said they are going to repeal the un-Patriot Act! Most of us should realize by now that 9/11 was NOT a terrorist act, OR that our multi-trillion dollar Defense Department completely failed us! In the '92 Los Angeles “Rodney King riots”, it took 3 days for the National Guard to deploy, because they had no ammo. Now they are in Iraq, with most of their equipment. In a matter of one week of rioting, we could be without food, and totally dependent on the government Katrina style. We won't survive, and there is no money to rebuild what we lose. We also still owe for the reconstruction of a country we have obliterated for no just reason! Too many people here cannot understand that the government was taking cash advances on the nation's credit cards to stay in business BEFORE 9/11! We are hopelessly in debt, with no way to pay, dependent on China for all of our goods and merchandise. All of our food is dependent on oil for production AND delivery. Ted Turner says those who survive, will become cannibals... - Terrenz Sword Sat, 24 May 2008 21:15:44 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5168 Dr. Baker may be right or may be overly pessimistic. But whatever happens, there will be a "remnant" that survives whatever will happen. I do agree with her completely, however, about America as adolescent. America as a collective does believe itself to be invincible, indispensible, and full of teenage hubris and arrogance. The thing is I suspect we are (as all teens do) about to get hit be reality and get over it, and enter adulthood, as Europe did with, beginning with the Hundred Years War, War against the Ottomans, Thirty Years War, Revolutions, Napoleonic Wars, 1848 Revolutions, Franco-Prussian, Crimean, various Balkan Wars, and up into WWI and WW2...Let's hope we Americans don't have to go through the process quite in that way! http://www.somethinghappeninghere.net - D. L. Sat, 24 May 2008 20:04:09 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5167 So wait- we all ahve to go through envronmental collapse, bankruptcy, starvation and homelessness to become better people? What a long slow process. Lets just get it over with fast and nuke the world. It will whittle down the survivors to a few hundred thousand and they can live for many long years on the ruins of our former technological society. and They can hold hands think happy thoughts and sing kumbaya... - melrik Sat, 24 May 2008 18:32:48 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5165 First, Americans will have to identify reality, which I'm afraid won't happen in time to save us from an implosion. From JFK's murder forward it's been rather apparent that our Justice system isn't working. History proves both WW1 and WW2 were avoidable. Nixon froze the price of gasolene, and while this eventually wreaked havoc on the investment community, it certainly taught the people a lesson in the power of government to curtail the rampant profiteering that was going on in that similar time of false scarcity. The other writer is correct; 'Peak!' is a complete farce, but so is the repeated "threat" of a nuclear attack on the US by Iran. It's Israel's arogance that's the elephant in the room... - Tom-Scott Gordon Sat, 24 May 2008 13:26:52 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5164 "I hold a vision of possibility-the potential for small pockets of survivors to create local outposts of conscious community in which individuals can live compassionately, practicing out of necessity and choice, those behaviors that sustain themselves and the earth. Those who have already begun this process may have an advantage, but none of us will be immune-nor should we be, in my opinion. It appears that this momentous initiation is the only way in which humans can fully and finally comprehend the toxicity of civilization. " How old are you? 16? You're kidding with this? Right? Is that what you REALLY think will happen? We will all hold hands and sing kum bah yah? We will be compassionate? And Loving? When it hits the fan, you and people like you, will be a sitting duck. Only the strong and adaptable survive. You are going to be sorely disappointed. I suggest you Steel yourself against the coming nightmare. - Helio Sat, 24 May 2008 13:10:54 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5163 Ha ha ha! Oh wait, you were serious, Carolyn. How about doing your part and not using up precious resources entailed by embarking on a 'road trip'. You note the scarcity of RVs and SUVs and also point out that big rigs are moving along at 55 MPH. Have you considered that this it is not the tourist season yet? Perhaps if we all sing Kumbaya and hold hands around a campfire while decrying the evil capitalists we'll eventually bond with other creatures. You know, the ones that would just as soon eat you as that granola bar you fanatically wave at us in remonstrance to our wasteful ways. Grow up - there is a real world out there. Then again, this post may be satire too. - John Appleby Sat, 24 May 2008 12:57:12 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5162 Doctor Baker: Was there a reason you failed to mention that after the meltdown of the former Soviet Union the rise of the Russian crime families? Traditional cultures often use warfare and enslavement of other peoples as a means to enforce their political agendas. If you have any doubts, please visit my ancestral home in the Dakotas and I have a wee' stick I would be most happy to show you. The Chinese proverb that you state is your mission is a literary fabrication and has never shown to have been used by a native Chinese speaker. As for joining hands and sharing the earth and moaning the evils of civilization, please feel free to do so. The rest of us are headed to the stars... - BFilmFan Sat, 24 May 2008 09:35:14 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5161 "Don't you mean, you'll be better able to remain in denial and hide out from the anger and justified pain and resentment of all those people who've been abused, marginalized and manipulated by nice ole US and UK white folks for the past 500 years? " The article may / may not be elitist, but your response is another example of racism directed against whites, the vast majority of whom have never had any power, just as the vast majority of indians have never had power, chinese, shall I continue? Stop being such a bigot. - Sword of truth Sat, 24 May 2008 09:10:06 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5160 Insightful. If there isn't a mass awareness program, everything that we take for granted as Americuh will evaporate in the blink of an eye. Not even the "Elites" will have anything to live for in the USA. They should all move to a little island where there is nothing else to do other than count their fake fiat money. There is no such thing as hard money. Not even Scottish or Euro gold is worth anything given a meltdown of the system. The funny thing is that so few people take it seriously. I guess the idea of 9-11 would have been funny too had it not happened. Not much I can do, I just hope it never happens. - Gautama Auto Baker Sat, 24 May 2008 09:09:55 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/3958-rapid-unraveling-and-the-demise-of-adolescent-america.html#comment-5159 Look at the evidence and prove it wrong. Wake up to the scams http://tinyurl.com/ymcxyg - RM Sat, 24 May 2008 08:45:05 +0100