Something ELSE the Obama Apologists will ignore

Something ELSE the Obama Apologists will ignore

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Originally Posted by CuongNhuka He's a Libertarian. They tend to make claims like that.

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Originally Posted by Sukerkin Hmmm. "Claims" is it? Over here in England we tend to call that "Telling the truth". I suppose it's just another example of how we are two cultures seperated by a common language .

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Originally Posted by CuongNhuka It's a claim because it doesn't agree with his world view. I'm just pre-empting the reply.

Actually, you're both right.

I consider myself a Libertarian.
I consider the United States to be the best country going.
I also recognize that like any other imperial nation, and the US is one, it got there on the backs of second class citizens.

Rome rose because of it's slaves, and serfs.
England rose because of it's serfs.
America rose because of slavery, and the willingness of those we consider second class citizens, to toil long hours in crap conditions.

It wasn't rich white men in fancy suits who picked all that cotton, dug ditches and blew holes in mountains to lay train tracks, or who pick lettuce for our salads.

Rome fell, because their serfs and those Rome pissed off came calling.

England's Empire is a shallow shell of itself, it's colonies and territories released.

America's fate, is still to be decided.

My friends in other countries will argue on who is best, no problem. It's good to be proud of your country.

Here's the rub.
My president shouldn't bow down to anyone. He shouldn't kneel, bow, kotow, or otherwise show submission to -any- other national leader. The US may be the "New" kid, historically speaking, but we're the only remaining intact superpower. Remember, it was American aid that kept the USSR and Britain from being a German conquest, that returned France to it's people, that has helped Israel stand against a region intent on it's destruction, that has aided disaster victims around the world over and over again.

We've had some clueless leaders. Our current one could be one of them. But, he made some comments recently that make sense.

We can keep arguing who's the better country, or we can work together, beat these crisis's, and all become stronger, together. A strong Europe IS a strong America, and vice versa.

Someone needs to tell BO to stop acting like a freshman, and be the class leader. Also, that dvd's and an Ipod aren't exactly "great gifts". Next he'll be giving an IPhone to the Japanese PM. Time to dig out the good gifts, like something really American.

Next time BO, give the Queen an autographed football from the Superbowl champs, and the King of Saudi Arabia some good ol fashioned New Orleans Gumbo!