Red White and Blue, Flag-Waving, Patriotic Ignorance: Feeding the Mouth That Bites You

[personman]

We're the greatest nation on Earth...or so we tell me...

Maybe if you measure greatness with dollar signs. We're the richest country, and what do we do with it? Spend a trillion dollars of our money in Iraq, killing a million people.

Look at the way Cuba prioritizes human need...if the US was a third world country most of us would have probably died already. Almost 50 years of economic terrorism by the US, thanks largely to the Kennedy brothers...and their infant mortality rate is LOWER then ours.

Richest country on earth with military spending rivaling that of the rest of the world, why do we care so little about our people?

But take your pick of the most demonized, supposedly-despotic nations, and they don't lock up as high a proportion of their population as we do here in the "Land of the Free..."

You probably shouldn't be listening to this anyway...it's un-American.

-Andy Rink

[BulletproofLandshark]

1. America isn't a nation

It's a business, and a poorly run one at that.

[Demeter]

2. Run By Ivy League B-School Graduates Who Outsourced to Fundie College Grads

because they were so cheap (to buy).

We are the Nigeria of the world, now, thanks to BushCo/BFEE crime family. Fraud, murder, numbers, prostitution and drugs, intimidation, blackmail, etc. Crooks "R Us

[personman]

3. To paraphrase Howard Zinn:

It's important to keep in mind that Bush is only an extreme version of those who came before him. Everything wasn't wonderful before him, and we shouldn't convince ourselves everything will be wonderful, once he is succeeded by some member of the Democratic party.

But yeah, with that said, fuck Bush. :)

[Demeter]

4. We Either Turn the Corner, or Fall Off the Cliff

Actually, we will probably fall off the cliff, and then, when there is no other option, finally turn the corner. Our great-grandchildren may thank us, assuming anyone is left alive by then.