The Decline and Fall of the American Empire [Paperback]

Robert Murray (Author)

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Publication Date: December 3, 2002

The analog of the fall from grace of the greatest power on earth since ancient Rome.

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About the Author

Dr. Robert Murray is the second of three kids raised during the Great Depression in Flatbush, New York City under the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. His commanding experience includes: Nuclear Weapons Engineer, Computer Engineer, Commercial Pilot, and Blue Water Skipper. He is currently the publisher of web based law forms on http://www.lawca.com He also is the author of hundreds of technical and scientific papers dealing with physics, electronics and computer science. Bob is a history buff and his broad knowledge is displayed in his books on style="font-style: italic;">civilization, style="font-style: italic;">sociology, and style="font-style: italic;">politics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (December 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591095077
• ISBN-13: 978-1591095071
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,557,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing insight into a complex subject., April 15, 2004

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This review is from: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (Paperback)

An amazing insight into a complex subject. It explains why America is despised by our foreign neighbors and purported friends and why there is so much graft and corruption at home. I rate it A+. It's hard to imagine that a documentary can be a page turner but this one certainly is.

Murray brushes the sands of history and reveals the coming fate and continued destruction of personal liberties in the American Empire. A must read for the individual feeling ever more pressures for simply being accomplished.

I'm impressed with the breadth and depth of this man's penetration of our national situation. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Doesn't mean anything. Everybody squawks and nobody does anything to turn away from our headlong rush to destruction. If Murray ran for president he'd have my vote. But as he points out, "The juggernaut has a life of it's own and the best and brightest of us cannot apply even the flimsy brakes." The shame is that nothing seems able to save us.

Each shenanigan that this book reveals about American politics is so obvious and yet so well concealed that it shocks me to realize how deeply I was trapped in my own tailor-made politically correct haze. His syllogism of the ancient Roman Praetorians and the modern American Lobbyists hits right to the mark. I wouldn't be surprised to find he's high on the CIA's hit list because of it. It was my unexpected pleasure and exceptional delight to breathlessly tear through the pages. Then to find that this source book on political skullduggery was also an interesting novel cinched the deal. I sent a copy to each of my smug politically correct colleagues for Christmas. The howling hasn't stopped yet. Read this book. It will definitively alter your perspective on what's in store for us here in America. Attaboy Dr. Murray! Keep writing.

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost There, Only One Concept Removed From Real Democracy, January 2, 2011

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J. Canady "infonomics" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (Paperback)

Robert Murray almost gets it. He proceeds along the correct path but then he stops one concept too soon. Give Robert Murray a chance. Buy the publication and go directly to page 222 and begin reading "a potential solution to the dilemma." He almost nails it. Previously in his book, he identifies one of the major problems with America's political system, the lobbyists. Then, beginning with page 222, he presents a brilliant solution to them but, as I say, he stops one concept too soon. Murray recommends that Americans vote online for their qualified, obliged (to the voter in writing) political candidates. But, Murray, please don't stop there, go all the way. Excuse our representatives with an amendment to the Constitution. Let the people vote directly on the bills since they are already doing so now, only we call it polls. If polls are good enough to cite public opinion, there likeness is good enough to vote on bills. Yes, yes, we need software and hardware security and informed voters - reason and devotion to ethics and truth, as well. Yes, we need professionals to make the bills palatable to the busy, troubled minds of the voters but at least with this method we render the lobbyists to the unemployment line. I call this new, real democracy "Direct Digital Democracy." As for the executive office, forget this stale and unintelligent notion of one person making profound decisions for all. How utterly ridiculous to think that one man possesses the wisdom to properly guide America. Take a page from the Supreme Court and put nine in the executive office. No more egoist committing our great country to acts of stupidity. Rotate the nine like grocery stock, FIFO, first-in, first-out. And only two political parties in the great land of freedom of choice? What an absurd and humiliating contradiction? If we are to claim a democracy, then at least let's make it look the part. In the beginning, representative government was necessary due to the logistics but now, with the internet, we should move forward to the logical conclusion, to real democracy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rome and America both ...are DEAD, June 4, 2007

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Rick Johnson "Rick" - See all my reviews

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No doubt that ROME's decline was caused by immigration and the paralels are stunning.

We are going on the same course as ROME...I think we are there already.

Interesting read.....