Overheard

"It's not unusual to see the collapse of empires. They're collapsing at the speed of FedEx these days. In my lifetime, I have seen the collapse of the Nazis, of the imperial Japanese, of the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Soviet empires. It's nowhere written that the American empire should go on forever -- especially as it makes classical errors. Like the Romans, we're creating a world of enemies."

WHO: Chalmers Johnson, as seen in quotation on The Doc Searls Weblog : Wednesday, October 20, 2004