Ace of Spades blogger says America has changed forever ( and not for the good )

Maybe.  There's talk about a tipping point and so forth.  That's also possible.

Look, I've been over that pretty much.  For those who think it's over, go look at the history of the Roman Empire.  You may conclude it was all over, but in my opinion, it really wasn't over until the last good man was killed off.  Then collapse was all but inevitable.  But that point had come just 1 generation before the final disposition of the Empire.

In other words, the Empire could have been saved if that one good man had survived a bit longer.  Others will argue otherwise.  But I think as long as there was somebody capable who could defend the Empire, it would have survived.  There was such a man until about 452 or so.

What we have seen with Obama and so forth does not mean its over unless the people give up and nobody cares anymore.  That's quite possible, but not inevitable at this point.  I think people are really shocked by Obama like the people were in Rome after it was sacked in 410 AD.  But Rome could have survived that.  But what Rome could not survive was in doing the same things that led to the sack, and that's exactly what they did do and that's why Rome could not live any longer.   If you can't or won't learn, you really are a hopeless case.