Friday, September 30, 2005, 2:43:47 AM, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote: JE> . But I don't want to see an JE> old-style isolationist US. Eac> Hi, Judy... Eac> Eac> Would you explain why you would not? by "old-style isolationist US" I mean the isolationism of the Thirties. It's easiest to quote: >Hitler came to power in January of 1933, the Second Great War began in >1939, and America didn?t join the war until December of 1941 perhaps that explains why I would not. Eac> Since we are so disliked everywhere, in some respects <g>, Eac> I often think that would be not so bad... alternatively you could look -- as of course many in the US do -- at why "you" are "so disliked everywhere, in some respects", if, that is, that is indeed correct. (You have probably not seen a full list of countries who offered aif after Katrina. Or perhaps that does not count.) Eac> I mean--we'd not be the so-called saviors any longer; I don't know who calls you saviours Eac> we'd Eac> be focusing on our own problems and taking care of our own Eac> people; I certainly hope so. You could start by protesting against cuts in Medicaid to pay for Katrina aid relief. Eac> we'd let Others be grown-ups in their own countries Eac> and Eac> [hopefully] their own personal actions would be such that they Eac> would move towards collective personal growth and development in Eac> a healthy way without our meddling interference; we think we do reasonably well right now, Marlena Eac> we'd get Eac> control, again, of our so-called global corporate world which is Eac> draining the world dry and hurting the Earth; you mean you could control your corporations better if they were confined to the US? (now there's a millennial dream!) Eac> we could create Eac> that Wall so that the bright smart creative illegal immigrants Eac> would have to begin True Reform in their Own Nation of Mexico (or Eac> wherever-- this is satire, right? Eac> okay, kind of tough love, but hey...we're talking Eac> long-term health here of those they love and currently send Eac> money home to assist...) like the Irish and the Italians? perhaps you should send them home Eac> ; Europe would become who it was born to Eac> be I don't know what it was born to be or what you think it's like right now Eac> [and that we long to visit OK, you haven't been here Eac> and, of course, there would still Eac> be *some* visiting going on...] by you, yes. Whether we would be allowed into the US is I suppose to be decided. Eac> ; etc etc. quite Eac> There is, as you all know, the part of me which IS an Eac> isolationist. and, since I cannot fix everything (yet <g>), I'd Eac> sometimes like to scale down so that we can fix what needs to be Eac> fixed...feed those in our own neighborhoods, etc. which would be a damn good idea. Eac> Eac> and, besides. I'm tired of hearing how horrible Americans Eac> are... so who are all these people who keep telling you how horrible Americans are? Eac> the personality type of me that is not the puzzled 'why Eac> don't they like me' says to just hole up and run away. Harden Eac> the heart and shift the shoulder and focus on those who are my Eac> own... like you did till Pearl Harbor. Eac> isn't that the way of Confucius? To take care of 'the Eac> family' only? doesn't sound much like it to me Eac> (Granted, part of me says get rid of the federal Eac> government and just be nation-states as states, too...okay, Eac> counties. Okay--we want separate from Kansas City. Eastern Eac> parts of counties separate from Western. Or maybe just feudal Eac> cities again...) yes well, I'm an internationalist. -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html