tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post766724944987698435..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Reports of Greece's economic default quickly retractedElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-57206408330928527962011-09-14T12:36:17.318-04:002011-09-14T12:36:17.318-04:00I also agree that the US's poor are rich by wo...I also agree that the US's poor are rich by world standards, but comparing apples to apples, US economy over time to US economy, our standard of living is declining rapidly. This is worse for us than if it happened say, in USSR, because the citizens there when they endured the collapse of the Soviet union were not an entitled generation.<br /><br />Dmitry Orlov's sociological comparison of the Soviet collapse compared to our upcoming collapse is eye-opening indeed. His blog (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/) thoughts on the subject are now in a book called "Reinventing Collapse", but an excerpt titled "Closing the 'Collapse Gap': the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US" is here (and it was written in 2006, years before the 2008 crash).<br /><br />http://www.energybulletin.net/node/23259Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-19274259595730098962011-09-14T12:30:16.121-04:002011-09-14T12:30:16.121-04:00I agree the convergence of all these events seem t...I agree the convergence of all these events seem to be reaching higher and higher heights of craziness every month. It used to be interesting seeing what was happening but now... You can literally see the swarm of birth pangs just blending into one another. My hope is in Christ alone but it's just extremely sobering when you think of how many people are either asleep, deceived and just living in rebellion against God. HOW with all these signs going on and everything foretold in the word of God HOW.<br /><br />I also agree that America's poverty is very relative but it still a sign of the crumbling of this country along with the rest of the world. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. I also do not think most american are aware of how devastating to the global economy the crisis in the EU could be, they hear but they don't understand because it doesn't seem to involve America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-67260945876756728362011-09-14T04:38:40.529-04:002011-09-14T04:38:40.529-04:00Yes, Europe is a mess, no doubt about it. Hopeful...Yes, Europe is a mess, no doubt about it. Hopefully, Europe can hang on a while longer. It will be terrible, but interesting, to see what eventually happens. We live in amazing times.<br /><br />Poverty in America is a completely different story. Check out the facts in this report by The Heritage Foundation: <br />http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/09/Understanding-Poverty-in-the-United-States-Surprising-Facts-About-Americas-Poor<br />The vast majority of the "poor" in America are rich by world-wide standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-87901405301349568092011-09-14T03:08:43.715-04:002011-09-14T03:08:43.715-04:00That is so crazy. It reminds me that we have no ho...That is so crazy. It reminds me that we have no hope of any financial security here on earth, at all. <br /><br />Also, Elizabeth. I read your articles about lightning before so I wanted to let you know that today in CA 3 firefighters were struck by lightning. Thankfully they are alright. Here is a link to the article. They were fighting a fire caused by lightning.<br /><br />http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/3-firefighters-injured-lightning-mt-pinos.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29&utm_content=Google+FeedfetcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com