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And this is who runs our country...
David In Indy:
Hi Roland -
No need to apologize friend. Many of us down here in the good ol' U.S. of A. feel exactly the same as you.
It's a very sad fact, but it is also very true.
Certainly I am not anti American. I love my country. And I don't think I am being unpatriotic when I disagree with some of the antics my country pulls. Wanting what is best for my country and my fellow Americans is very patriotic in my opinion. Our country was founded and built on disagreeing viewpoints.
And some Americans may disagree with what I say now. Most however, will probably agree with me. But you must admit, Mr. Bush has not helped things along over these past 4 years. And poking fun at our idiotic president from time to time will not make matters any worse than they already are.
We need to begin concentrating on fixing problems here in the U.S. (and the mess we have made in most other parts of the world) rather than attempting to find new ways to make things worse than they already are.
And that is just my insignificant, little, small time, Hoosier/American opinion. :)
Edited for spelling errors. If I ever manage to type one post longer than two words in this forum (or any other) without a typo the first time around, I'm going to buy myself a new car. :)
Arad-3:
You are all so right. How in hell did we ever let our country get in such a mess? Did we all just turn our backs to what was really happening? This is a very frightening time.
I live in a small town in upstate New York. For the first time since the Vietnam war a Marine came home in a casket. 23 year old killed by a car bomb in Iraq. The body arrived in town at midnight and everyone in town( around 3500) lined the street in complete silence and held candles. It was the saddest sight. It brought this war closer to us. It really is very frightening and its only going to get worse.
Dont feel bad about editing David. I type with two fingers, I edit constantly. Problem is by time I get my responses out everybody has long gone on to another subject!
GG:
I hear you Arad. It is scarey. I had a first cousin killed by a road side attack in Iraq too.I agree there is too much freedom of speech for the press in this country. Thats not making the problem though. But it does not help either.
delalluvia:
Well said David.
Yeah, Dubya is an idiot, but so what? At least there we're showing that to the world - up front and center with our reporting.
The leader of the free world acts like an idiot and a crusading war mongering religious maniac? We show it and we also show how our own people don't care for it and don't respect him for it either.
*sigh* As for the rest, I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a nation or people on this planet whose hands are clean from oppression, aggression, selling of arms or cruelty to its own people.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on July 17, 2006, 11:14:41 pm ---*sigh* As for the rest, I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a nation or people on this planet whose hands are clean from oppression, aggression, selling of arms or cruelty to its own people.
--- End quote ---
True. But the difference is we present ourselves as being a shining example of being better than all that when in fact we are not.
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