As an empire, I don't think United States is going to decline any time in the near future. It's different from other fallen empires in that
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It has and keeps producing many talented people in all fields, M Lambert in country music, for example.
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It has its own huge territory and abundant natural resources without having to resort to colonizing or annexing other countries.
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It has a relatively good and self-adjusting system.
(2009/2/11)
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有首常哼的老調, 歌名歌詞早忘了, 剛才開車時電台忽然播出: "Devil Woman", 幾十年沒聽了
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hCuDL8j2M
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old refrain, old friend, old fan...唉呀, 都一樣啦
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鄉村樂前身Cowboy/Western歌曲: Back In The Saddle Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6dx8AfTmQk