Personally I see us at the tip of a one side sharp blade. Depending on what our actions are today depends on which way we fall. America is going to fall regardless but depending on which direction we fall depends on whether or not we'll continue to run as America. If we fall along the dull side we'll eventually bring ourselves back to our feet....although we'll probably only be as powerful as Britian or France. Now if we fall on the sharp end we're going to plummit to a bloody death and we could be so far cut up we would need to start over again with a whole new Country. In all honesty I really have no idea which way we're going to fall on that knife because there are so many new factors involved that have never been seen in the History of Mankind such as this complex interdependent global society we live in as well as the society within this web of countries. I mean think about the generation that will take this country over in the next few years. These are kids who grew up on convienience. Many generations before them would consider our generation to be living like kings. So the question is how will this generation cope with these negative changes, such as too much federal power, global warming, economic crisis, etc? It seems like this generation was cushioned soo much from the government, they really just don't want to think anymore let alone have control of their lives. It used to be where people were fighting to be able to actually vote....now we're fighting to get people to use that freedom. When it comes down to it one of the scariest things about our future is our generation because thats one of the only things we've never seen in History....an entire society filled with spoiled kids.