text: how much longer until you think there will be a major turning point and cultural revolution in our country? i mean positive cultural revolution, of course. you think events like september 11 would have been a turning point and inspiration, but it only moved people temporarily and then returned to the usual. who's to say our country has no hope of improvement? our empire is relatively a baby compared to other civilizations who have lasted and/or are still around who have been around way longer than we have. we should have a lot of years ahead of us for change. btw contrary to popular belief, the roman empire did not fall because of moral decay, but for the opposite reason. the roman empire was more moral and spiritual at the end then at other times, which is ironically part of the reason why it fell because their empire ran on immoral and greedy means.   no smartass or gloom-and-doom answers please, and atheists, please keep it polite. i don't need more negative energy. not too long. i read all these things move in a cycle and the next turning point is thought to be some where around 2012. some think this is the year of the end of the world but i think its just another turn in the great spiral of time. ~blessed be~