Will America survive?

[qwarto]

Isn't ironic that many U.S. citizens keep giving economic/society/policy advises to the rest of the world when they're struggling so much?

[OperaTenor]

Hi Qwarto, welcome to the Pit!

Ironic indeed.

I don't have enough time to bloviate on the subject at the moment, but I'll be back.....

[qwarto]

Probably the Chinesse think American pundits are the most hilarious fellows

[Shapley]

Hello, qwarto,

Welcome to the B.com BB!

V/R
Shapley

[barfle]

Isn't ironic that many U.S. citizens keep giving economic/society/policy advises to the rest of the world when they're struggling so much?

I'm not certain how much advice we're giving to the world, but when it comes to struggles, I believe we're just coming to terms with being a lot like the rest of the world.

We complain to high heaven about $4.00 gasoline, when the rest of the world is paying nearly twice that much, for example.

[Haggis@wk]

Isn't ironic that many U.S. citizens keep giving economic/society/policy advises to the rest of the world when they're struggling so much?

Really? can you give me an example?

Its my sense that the U.S. pretty much ignores the rest of the world....

[Shapley]

Oklahoma Legislature Demands States' Rights, Constitutional Government.

The State Senate has stalled the measure, which the house has passed. The sponsors vow to bring it back up in the next session. If we can get enough States to do the same, maybe Washington will begin to take notice.

I wonder if a President Obama would meet with the leaders of the various States without preconditions....

[Haggis@wk]

British attitudes towards the United States are governed by ignorance of the facts on key issues such as crime, health care and foreign policy, according to a new survey.

A poll of nearly 2,000 Britons by YouGov/PHI found that 70 per cent of respondents incorrectly said it was true that the US had done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000. More than 50 per cent presumed that polygamy was legal in the US, when it is illegal in all 50 states. . . .

The survey showed that a majority agreed with the false statement that since the Second World War the US had more often sided with non-Muslims when they had come into conflict with Muslims. In fact in 11 out of 12 major conflicts between Muslims and non-Muslims, Muslims and secular forces, or Arabs and non-Arabs, the US has sided with the former group. Those conflicts included Turkey and Greece, Bosnia and Yugoslavia, and and Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

Asked if it was true that "from 1973 to 1990 the United States sold Saddam Hussein more than a quarter of his weapons," 80 per cent of British respondents said yes. However the US sold just 0.46 per cent of Saddam's arsenal to him, compared to Russia's 57 per cent, France's 13 per cent and China's 12 per cent.

Considering that the Brits get most of their news from BBC, I'm not surprised.

Sadly, I suspect that if the same questions were asked of Americans, we would answer much the same as the Europeans did (except for the question on polygamy). The anti-American crowd tends to have a louder voice, even here in the U.S.

I'd love to hear President Bush reprimanding Europe for falling behind on emissions.

Then criticize Europe for abandoning fledgling Muslim democracies in the Middle East, and suggest reparations from France, Russia and China for their role in Kurdish ethnic cleansing. To be fair, he can even offer that the U.S. pays our ½ of 1% of the share.

[Haggis@wk]

So much for rooting for the hometown boy.

The nation that Barack Obama grew up in — Indonesia — threw out the Unwelcome Mat to Mrs. Clinton, AFP reported.

I guess that magically transforming the world is harder than it looks. Had the Democratic Party worked with President Bush — had Democrats honored the edict that politics ended at the water’s edge — had someone told Jimmy Carter to shut up — The Won would have an easier time.