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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=28010&d=26&m=6&y=2003
This is a short article from the Arab News. You might have seen the discussion they were speaking of on the BBC. I found this unflattering view of American power interesting. The last few negative things the writer said is a true assessment of America right now.
This is a short article from the Arab News. You might have seen the discussion they were speaking of on the BBC. I found this unflattering view of American power interesting. The last few negative things the writer said is a true assessment of America right now.
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The TV show did have too many statistics , but the editor of newsweek international had some good things to say. Claire Short predictibly talked a load of cobblers , and Peter Snow was once again filled with statistics.
The article in the telegraph was excellent. America conquers the world using Wal-Mart , Microsoft and Hollywood movies.
Most seem unaware of anything outside their own [state?] borders...
Have a nice day.:)
Most seem unaware of anything past the next days work, to be quite honest.
That article hits the nail right on the head. I remember about three years ago that a US soldier posted in Japan brutally raped a Japanese civilian who was aged about 17, and then the US Army did nothing more to him that state he was not domestically liable to the Japanese criminal system, and posted him to another country. And then the US wonders why everyone hates it so.
And that's the Bush view of "the rule of law" :rolleyes:
But personally, I'd rather have a nice fresh salad baquette, buy a pair of shoes not made in sweat shops and watch an intellectual and slightly arty French movie.
I mean you can't get away from America! And I myself have sworn never to go there, it'd probably do my head in. I don't have anything against Americans, but the education system... why don't they teach the kids in school about the arms trade and dealings with Esso? Ah nah... It's all the oath and the American way... i.e. brainwashing.
Then again, what country is perfect?
The people there love their country , and who can blame them? It provides more wealth for more people than any other country on earth.
America truly is the land of opportunity.
Would you like to round that off with a chorus of the Star Spangled Banner?
That vast wealth you speak of Mat is increasingly being pried out of the hands of the middle class and concentrated amongst a shrinking number of elites whilst unemployment and regional impoverishment ensure that people are forced to leave behind all theyve grown up with to hopefully find employment in other parts of the country or face a bleaker future for themselves and their kids where they are.
If you stay in cities and hang out with those who havent yet been hit by economic decline, you get a nice rosey picture, but go to the heartland or to prior meccas of manufacturing and youll see wastelands with little or no opportunity whatsoever.
Thanks to Bush's wonderfully spun tax break, the net effect in 5-10 years time will be an economy even worse off than today for most and better off for the fatcats who have been given even greater freedom to fleece the nation without having to part with their fair share. Even if it gives a short term boost, the largely unmentioned costs will come back to bite the nation even harder in the long run, forcing restored tax increases to pay off the public sector debt.