[lit-ideas] Re: U.S. superlatives (was Victor Hanson in Iraq)
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:10:15 -0800
Free in a rational reasonable sense -- not in a leftist sense which wants to
give equal rights to our enemies, that favors enemies over our citizens.
This is another matter that has been addressed time and time again. When
attacked by an enemy we treat the nationals of that enemy with deep
suspicion, incarcerating them if we doubt them sufficiently. Bush has
fallen far short of past president who were in similar situations, namely
Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt. And yet the Leftists whine and cry and
moan that the little he has done is far far too much. Balderdash. It may
or may not be enough but it isn't unwarranted given the threat. Our enemies
don't deserve the same treatment as our citizens. We want our citizens to
be free. We don't want our enemies to be free to attack our citizens -- tis
loony logic to think otherwise.
Sweden and Denmark???? Since when are they major industrial nations. The
only entity with a higher GDP is "The World" :
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html
Election system a joke? Are you still weeping for Gore's Loss? Whatever
happned to Gore anyway?
What 15 or 20 countries are ahead of us in quality of life? What is quality
of life? I didn't know anyone could rate that. What's the standard? I
picked my ideal retirement situation and think I have excellent quality of
life. Is my standard on your list? If not, why not?
As to your final mild little shot, that I think all this is wonderful. I
don't think so in an absolute sense, just in a comparative and potential
sense. No nation measures up to the USA, and no nation has our potential.
Lawrence
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Lawrence asks
> Just which superlative are you challenging? All my superlatives (the
finest, freest, most
> democratic and successful culture in the world) are accurate.
Certainly... if you're talking about Sweden or Denmark.
Free? The USA isn't free. The Constitution, that liberal leftist document,
has been
evicerated. All our calls and emails are searched. We have to stand in line
and be searched
at airports. We must show our papers to travel, and thousands have been
banned from air
travel for no reason. Some 15,000 people were arrested and held, for no
reason, since 9.11.
All foreigners who enter the USA are now fingerprinted and treated as
suspects.
Democratic? Our election system is a joke. There is widespread fraud. There
are serious
allegations about the presidential elections that have not been properly
investigated. Even
when elections are held properly, the system is a fraud: gerrymandering
prevents fair
elections. The blatant money-for-votes lobbyist system turns government into
legalized
corruption.
Most successful? I think some 15 or 20 countries are ahead of us on quality
of life.
http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf
The problem is that you think this is all just wonderful and you don't want
to change it.
And you have the audacity to say that anyone who wants to improve it is
anti-American.
Of course you don't want to change it. It suits you quite fine.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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