Rotting Empire vs. Inept Enemy

[goesh]

Agriculture remains the foundation on which any civilization exists. Any and all manners of economic exchange are based on that foundation and all the complications of human interaction stem from the inherent contradiction of our genetic hunting, predatory nature being dependent on food production and not on hunting and gathering. Sedentary life styles that evolved from raising crops and domestic animals gave us religion, economics and civil laws to regulate such an existence. The principle strength of America from a longitudinal, evolutionary perspective is the unified code of Law, Federal and State, that governs and controls immense swatches of food producing soil, our heartland. As we entered a form of technological saltation post-WW2 and much of the world lagged behind, it became necessary to idle tens of thousands of acres of farm land and farmers were paid for leaving land idle. This was the Soil Bank Program of the 1950s and early 1960s. Famine is man-made, not a product of the environment. There is more than enough food on the planet to feed everyone though how long this holds true is open to debate. One farmer on 1 section of land (640 acres) can produce 1,600,000 loaves of bread. One family of 4 can live 10 years off the bread produced by 1 acre of wheat: http://www.clover.okstate.edu/fourh/...eat.html#bread
One farmer with modern equipment can prep and seed that section of land in about 4 days time or less. The truly big operators will knock that much out in 1 day easy. The long term and critical factor in looking at wheat production across the planet is political stability. We have the proverbial ace in the hole here in N. America given our stability and uniformity of Law controling our heartland, plus we are not bordered and surrounded by potentially unstable neighbors.

[AdamG]

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Nothing is over until we say it is!"

Beyond the satirical quote, America hasn't taken a real blow and the world has not yet seen America's real strength. Political quislings and opportunists obsfucate our daily news, military-industrialists scramble for profit and the population believes the Greek chorus "we're doomed!" in between Paris Hilton updates.

Let's see what happens when we take 100,000 casualties. Historically, our nation has always had a two-steps-forward, one-backwards pace and we've generally muddled forward based on the efforts of a few stalwart individuals.

Of course, if you believe the spirit of those who stood at places like Trenton, Monmouth and Yorktown no longer lives in a significant minority of Americans, then I guess we are all well and truely ####ed.