On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:39:17 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:16:49 -0500, CaveLamb
wrote:

The Causes of the French Revolution were those significant historical factors
that led to the revolution of 1789 in France.
snip lots of good stuff

Your data appears to be correct and logically leads to the
most unfortunate conclusions for the average American
citizen and creditor.

I would however suggest a parallel explication (with the
same outcomes), namely nations, like people, political
parties, and corporations have finite life spans. What
appears to be unusual is the speed with which the
end-of-life developments, equivalent to senescence,
obsessions, paranoia, and Alzheimer's in an elderly
individual, have occurred.


Gibbons wrote, in part:

But the decline of XXXXX was the natural and inevitable effect of
immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the
causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as
soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports, the
stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight. The story
of its ruin is simple and obvious; and instead of inquiring why the
XXXXX was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had
subsisted so long.

Substitute as you wish for "XXXXX".

Cheers,

John B.