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		<title>By: Jim_C</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim_C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone is actually voting you down, but lacks the courage to answer your statement. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone is actually voting you down, but lacks the courage to answer your statement. </p>
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		<title>By: broken arrow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[broken arrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You can&#039;t export democracy . Especially where islam is concerned . All you will do is unintentionally encourage Sharia ,  since democracy is anti-thetical to islam  Iraq and Afghanistan are propof positive.  America is not in decline , it is transitioning from a manufacturing nation to a service and information nation , and now slowly back to a manufacturing nation . The US is second to none in technology and ingenuity . With China , economy is treated as a form of warfare ....we should take notes . ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> You can&#039;t export democracy . Especially where islam is concerned . All you will do is unintentionally encourage Sharia ,  since democracy is anti-thetical to islam  Iraq and Afghanistan are propof positive.  America is not in decline , it is transitioning from a manufacturing nation to a service and information nation , and now slowly back to a manufacturing nation . The US is second to none in technology and ingenuity . With China , economy is treated as a form of warfare &#8230;.we should take notes . </p>
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		<title>By: Western Spirit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Western Spirit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because there were other factors involved in Hitler&#039;s takeover doesn&#039;t negate the role of music. 
 
 And by the powerful forces set in play by music  I meant the primal atavistic impulses, the demonic forces. Certainly not the soothing calming effect of music on the savage beast part. By that I meant music moves emotions for good or evil. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because there were other factors involved in Hitler&#039;s takeover doesn&#039;t negate the role of music. </p>
<p> And by the powerful forces set in play by music  I meant the primal atavistic impulses, the demonic forces. Certainly not the soothing calming effect of music on the savage beast part. By that I meant music moves emotions for good or evil. </p>
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		<title>By: Western Spirit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Western Spirit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus, as the philosopher, said &quot;man cannot live by bread alone.&quot;  This is what Goldman is also saying. Europe is dying because it has tried to live by bread alone. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus, as the philosopher, said &quot;man cannot live by bread alone.&quot;  This is what Goldman is also saying. Europe is dying because it has tried to live by bread alone. </p>
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		<title>By: tarleton</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tarleton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The peak of British civilisation happened just before the First World War ; it&#039;s been slowly downhill from then  
America &#039;&#039;peaked &#039;&#039; just after WW2 in the 50&#039;s  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The peak of British civilisation happened just before the First World War ; it&#039;s been slowly downhill from then<br />
America &#039;&#039;peaked &#039;&#039; just after WW2 in the 50&#039;s  </p>
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		<title>By: tarleton</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tarleton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music calms the savage beast ? ? ? .......is that why every army has a music band ; music is inspirationial, it can bring out the angel AND THE BEAST IN MANKIND ....rock music and RAP clearly bring out the  primal atavistic impulses ...even &#039;&#039;highbrow &#039;&#039; music like Wagner can incite the romantic demon within us  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Music calms the savage beast ? ? ? &#8230;&#8230;.is that why every army has a music band ; music is inspirationial, it can bring out the angel AND THE BEAST IN MANKIND &#8230;.rock music and RAP clearly bring out the  primal atavistic impulses &#8230;even &#039;&#039;highbrow &#039;&#039; music like Wagner can incite the romantic demon within us  </p>
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		<title>By: Sam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can&#039;t get consensus with two parties and we will form a coalition with three parties?  No way. GOP has to be redone to up conservative values. That is for the next generation not in my lifetime thanks to  Obama, the communist, and his liberals. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can&#039;t get consensus with two parties and we will form a coalition with three parties?  No way. GOP has to be redone to up conservative values. That is for the next generation not in my lifetime thanks to  Obama, the communist, and his liberals. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[because Multi-Party systems aren&#039;t necessarily &quot;better&quot; (though occasionally via vote-splitting it can work out in our favor). ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>because Multi-Party systems aren&#039;t necessarily &quot;better&quot; (though occasionally via vote-splitting it can work out in our favor). </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and abolishing &quot;the strap&quot; in the schools! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and abolishing &quot;the strap&quot; in the schools! </p>
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		<title>By: stevef</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stevef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nazi&#039;s would never attained power in Germany if the Weimer Republic had not turned to Hitler&#039;s Brown Shirts to oppose the Stalinist street gangs who were on the verge of creating a civil war and likely Bolshevick take over (Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January, 1933 to make sure the Communists did not take over Germany via their Red street armies). ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Nazi&#039;s would never attained power in Germany if the Weimer Republic had not turned to Hitler&#039;s Brown Shirts to oppose the Stalinist street gangs who were on the verge of creating a civil war and likely Bolshevick take over (Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January, 1933 to make sure the Communists did not take over Germany via their Red street armies). </p>
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		<title>By: Jossi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jossi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Goldman is simply brilliant, I still didn&#039;t read his book, though I&#039;m planning to read it. Meantime I&#039;m waiting for his articles, here at FPM, at PJ Media, or at Asia Times Online under his pen name Spengler. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Goldman is simply brilliant, I still didn&#039;t read his book, though I&#039;m planning to read it. Meantime I&#039;m waiting for his articles, here at FPM, at PJ Media, or at Asia Times Online under his pen name Spengler. </p>
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		<title>By: JayB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JayB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we have to rely on the GOP then...why not start finding a way to get rid of this insane two-party system, and start getting more parties with more ideas involved?   
 
In my opinion, we either do that, or this country will fall.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do we have to rely on the GOP then&#8230;why not start finding a way to get rid of this insane two-party system, and start getting more parties with more ideas involved?   </p>
<p>In my opinion, we either do that, or this country will fall.   </p>
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		<title>By: Ghostwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghostwriter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t see how giving women the right to vote could be considered anti-family. It&#039;s ridiculous. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#039;t see how giving women the right to vote could be considered anti-family. It&#039;s ridiculous. </p>
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		<title>By: Ghostwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghostwriter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t see how giving women the right to vote could be considered anti-family. It&#039;s ridiculous. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#039;t see how giving women the right to vote could be considered anti-family. It&#039;s ridiculous. </p>
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		<title>By: chhelo</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/janice-fiamengo/sometimes-a-bang-sometimes-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-3989671</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chhelo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Removal of Prayer from Schools, Roe vs Wade, Pornography, Welfare for the Able Bodied Men just to name a few reasons for the decline.  Destroy the family destroy the nation. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Removal of Prayer from Schools, Roe vs Wade, Pornography, Welfare for the Able Bodied Men just to name a few reasons for the decline.  Destroy the family destroy the nation. </p>
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		<title>By: Western Spirit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Western Spirit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hitler used music to his advantage. He sent young men out to places like beer gardens to sing about a romantic view of Germany to capture the imaginations of the German people and catch them up in Hitler&#039;s vision of  Germany. 
 
Just so Elvis, heaven help me I hate to say this I  liked him, and the Beatles I liked them too, started the decline in these United States. Music calms the savage beast and also stirs the emotions of people, sets them on their way to change for better or worse.  
 
So that&#039;s where I think our decline started, rather innocently, yet, they were powerful forces set in play by music. 
 
 
 ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hitler used music to his advantage. He sent young men out to places like beer gardens to sing about a romantic view of Germany to capture the imaginations of the German people and catch them up in Hitler&#039;s vision of  Germany. </p>
<p>Just so Elvis, heaven help me I hate to say this I  liked him, and the Beatles I liked them too, started the decline in these United States. Music calms the savage beast and also stirs the emotions of people, sets them on their way to change for better or worse.  </p>
<p>So that&#039;s where I think our decline started, rather innocently, yet, they were powerful forces set in play by music. </p>
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		<title>By: Chezwick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chezwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson&#039;s &#039;Great Society&#039; and the welfare culture that it created is as responsible for our decline as any other factor. And &#039;Poobhum&#039; is right, blame for the structural deficit produced by social welfare spending over the decades can be laid at both parties. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Johnson&#039;s &#039;Great Society&#039; and the welfare culture that it created is as responsible for our decline as any other factor. And &#039;Poobhum&#039; is right, blame for the structural deficit produced by social welfare spending over the decades can be laid at both parties. </p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right on. The US decline probably started in the 1960&#039;s and the two decisive factors are: 1) 1965 Immigration Law (which led to massive importation of 3rd world peasants) and 2) Universal Suffrage ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right on. The US decline probably started in the 1960&#039;s and the two decisive factors are: 1) 1965 Immigration Law (which led to massive importation of 3rd world peasants) and 2) Universal Suffrage </p>
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		<title>By: clarespark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[clarespark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another &quot;Spengler&quot; had a huge readership during the interwar period. Not even Eric Hobsbawm, the communist historian, believed that the future was so dire. He left it open, reminding us what a traumatic century of mass death had wrought on the psyche of everyone in the global scene. We  have choices, and a renewed commitment to religion rather than to a material analysis of our situation will not fix &quot;Western civilization.&quot; I suggest that Frontpage readers consult John Dos Passos&#039;s prognosis, reproduced here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://clarespark.com/2012/11/17/index-to-orwell-blogs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://clarespark.com/2012/11/17/index-to-orwell-...&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;Index to Orwell blogs.&quot; We have made mistakes and committed crimes, but these are errors that are instructive. No defeatism and no religious renaissance will save us. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another &quot;Spengler&quot; had a huge readership during the interwar period. Not even Eric Hobsbawm, the communist historian, believed that the future was so dire. He left it open, reminding us what a traumatic century of mass death had wrought on the psyche of everyone in the global scene. We  have choices, and a renewed commitment to religion rather than to a material analysis of our situation will not fix &quot;Western civilization.&quot; I suggest that Frontpage readers consult John Dos Passos&#039;s prognosis, reproduced here: <a href="http://clarespark.com/2012/11/17/index-to-orwell-blogs/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://clarespark.com/2012/11/17/index-to-orwell-" rel="nofollow">http://clarespark.com/2012/11/17/index-to-orwell-</a>&#8230;. &quot;Index to Orwell blogs.&quot; We have made mistakes and committed crimes, but these are errors that are instructive. No defeatism and no religious renaissance will save us. </p>
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		<title>By: poohbum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[poohbum]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seeds of the West&#039;s decline where planted far before 2009 (and includes both the left and the right, the left has just been more involved with the decline, the right did nothing about it... who is more to blame?), history is organic, what we see now is a result of the last hundred years, if not two hundred. The early 1900s are just as important as the rebels of the 1960s. Whether from Universal Suffrage to the Immigration laws of the 60s, whether we think something is good or bad, it all added/adds up. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The seeds of the West&#039;s decline where planted far before 2009 (and includes both the left and the right, the left has just been more involved with the decline, the right did nothing about it&#8230; who is more to blame?), history is organic, what we see now is a result of the last hundred years, if not two hundred. The early 1900s are just as important as the rebels of the 1960s. Whether from Universal Suffrage to the Immigration laws of the 60s, whether we think something is good or bad, it all added/adds up. </p>
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