Is America now the evil empire?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Just a question.

[Fovea]

1. Nah, we skipped over that

and went directly to Great Satan.

[mwb970]

2. We're getting there.

* single-party rule
* rigged elections
* suppression of dissent
* control of the news media
* secretive, top-down government
* huge expenditures on military

These were the reasons I was given as a child to hate and fear the Soviet Union.

[EST]

3. I think so - at least in the light of our self serving,

holier than thou public persona.

[kliljedahl]

4. That's a rhetorical question, right?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[wildwww2]

5. That is like asking. Does a fat baby fart? Of course. If it is alive.

And evil is alive and well. And murdering Iraqi`s and our troops everyday with no end in sight. And the media is all in a fuss because Howard Dean tells the truth about the Repukelican`s evil leaders and followers. I hope I made clear my answer to your question.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[indepat]

6. Evil is as evil does: the world will put the empire's actions in proper

perspective.

[Just Me]

7. In the eyes of many, yes.

Unfortunately.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. Holy shit. WE are the evil empire. You, me, my daughter...

This really sucks.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. We're number one!! We're number one!!

As current Evil Empires go, we have no peers. Fortunately, like most empires throughout history, we are crumbling fast.

[mr blur]

10. No, Chimp is the Evil would-be Emperor, but

it's important to remember that here in the rest of the world we really don't believe that this bastard speaks for all of you in the US. We remember all the millions who didn't vote for him and have a no respect for him.

However, if the right-wing loonies in the US take over completely then America as a whole is going to become incredibly unpopular. Contrary to what these idiots may think, we do not all want to be "democratised" and "freed" to take our places in the New American World Order. They might think it's their destiny to rule the world but the world has other ideas.

At the moment much of the world is laughing at the US and most of the rest is filled with hatred.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. wow... It is so sad to me that the impression of the country I was born

in has suffered the indignities that it has.

Please, world, forgive me for letting this happen. I had nothing to do with it.

[Just Me]

12. Thank you, kindly.

I appreciate not being associated with the BushCO/neoCON cabal. Millions of us have, in fact, personally invested a great deal of energy in opposition to this horrific leadership.

Thank you for recognizing us. :hug:

[PATRICK]

13. Unpopular

and with enough instant weaponry to vaporize the jeering foreigners and destroy the biopshere ten times over. In the hands of Bush. Ever stop to think of that occasionally? Forget the near end of everything with the Cuban Missile Crisis. We have one extremely dangerous goon at the controls and no one is making the slightest move to change that state of affairs.

He is not even as mentally reliable as that fictional Emperor. If Caligula had this power, of course, we wouldn't have had any history. But Bush does with a host of lesser death dealing powers.

[Karenina]

14. And a family history to match!