After America: Get Ready For Armageddon (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
My mom gave me this book for my birthday. Steyn is often labeled as a "conservative." But he really takes aim at the "ruling class" comprised of members of both major political parties who tell us how to leave while carving out exceptions for themselves. He has particular ire for the politicans and bureaucrats who "went to the right schools" but have not accomplished anything real. This is a very interesting book, with the points made in a very witty way. The heading on the inside front jacket is "Optimistic About America's Future? Don't Be." Pretty much says it all. I could quote the whole book but it would be easier, on me, if you just read the book. If America falls then what will be left will be a repeat of the 1,000 years of the Dark Ages. If you don't know what direction America is heading then you're either a liberal, progressive, libtard, or just plain stupid. Remember the 70's oil crises when "we imported one-third of our oil? Now, 30 years later, we import two-thirds." The European countries are rapidly helping to create this demise also. "British Pakistanis with less than 2 percent of the population account for a third of all children born with rare diseases . . . which cost the education system over $100,000 per child." What is the cost to America educating all the illegal aliens children? It no longer matters how much we might borrow in the future as we can never pay back what we already owe. Besides the 17 trillion of debt there is also 60 trillion unfunded entitlements lurking in the near future. Remember when George Clooney and the other Hollywood types were having a gay time (no pun intended) at the "interpretative-dance fundraiser, while hundreds of thousands of people were murdered with machetes in Darfur." "At the 2009 Copenhagen summit, America offered to pay for China to lower its carbon footprint." Insanity will surely lead to ruination. We borrow money from them (China) so we can pay for them to clean up their act. We pay American kids from money we borrow from them so they can go to China to teach the Chinese English. When America falls where will all the people from other countries go to escape the dangers posed by their own governments?I strongly recommend the book.
What do You think about After America: Get Ready For Armageddon (2011)?
Very depressing, although very informative. Every American should read a chapter out of this book.
—Marsha
350 pages of "we're doomed." And I loved it!
—ki55ingfrogs
