March 2016 • McLarenblog.com

Similarities In The Demise Of Empires: Ancient Rome & United States

March 30, 2016 Score Card

There is no exact time that anyone may point in the history of the Roman Empire for attributing the beginning of that empire’s collapse because the factors added up over time. The factors were so apparent to some of the Romans that from time to time a politician would try to make changes but the corruption in the Roman Senate was by that time so complete that the only idea for change might come from a benevolent dictator. Let us…

Why Does The World Seem To Be Shifting To The Political Right?

March 30, 2016 Score Card

Some examples of right shifting: U.S.A = The Republican Party has split into two separate parties, the old Republican Party and the new far right. Israel = The vast majority of citizens populate the political right. The political left is an insignificant minority. Turkey = The current ruler, an egoist, is using right wing tactics to hold and expand his power. He will jail any dissenter but fails to protect his citizens from terrorism. He seems to use terrorism as…

PayPal Credit

March 30, 2016 Score Card

Pay Pal web site communication sent November 24, 2015: “I made an E-Bay purchase. I thought my credit card on file was good but evidently it was not. Home Depot was hacked and I was issued a new credit card. I must have failed to update my E-Bay account, not sure. I get a bill by mail telling me I owe $17. Evidently my charges were made into a loan. I never use loans. I pay everything by credit card…