[Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either
Matt Decker
mattd2107 at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 9 22:54:13 PDT 2006
Ellen,
No we decided to go to the Firehouse and wow is that good. The crab stuffed
mushrooms are finger lickin good. I had the coconut prawns and my wife had
the calamari/shrimp lingunie(spelling), great too. Thanks for asking. One of
these days I wish we could have a restaurant like that one in Moscow.
Which post are you refering to though. Was it J Fords or Debismith? Yours?
Anywho have a good night.
Matt
>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443 at hotmail.com>
>To: mattd2107 at hotmail.com, privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either
>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:25:57 -0700
>
>
>
>I don't think the point was obvious enough. If you REALLY re-read the
>response prior to mine, you will see why I had this overwhelming need to
>say it again. . .(it must be the mom in me)
>
>I lived for five years overseas and I became very aware of attitudes toward
>the U.S. Happily, I never felt I had to deny where I was from, but I also
>was always aware that I was being judged. I only hope I was an ambassador
>of good will within my circle of friends. They touched my life and forever
>changed my way of thinking.
>
>So, Matt. . . did you get to go to dinner at the Thai Restaurant? Just
>spice it up and pour peanut sauce on it and I'm a happy camper!
>
>Ellen A. Roskovich
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>To: gussie443 at hotmail.com, privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either
>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:54:22 -0700
> >Ellen,
> >
> >I think the point is obvious. Sure there are different Americas,
> >usually when one refers to America most people know what that is or
> >what was intended. Im sure no harm is meant towards others by saying
> >this. I believe this not to be pompous or intentional harm towards
> >our neighbors. Really how many times have you been overseas talking
> >to someone else asking where they are from, them saying they are
> >from America and you thinking they meant Chile?
> >
> >I don't recall in my travels including
>Australia (which by the way
> >love us for saving their asses in WW2) people hating or not being
> >neighborlly to AMERICANS of united states decent. Just my travels
> >though.
> >
> >Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443 at hotmail.com>
> >>To: privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either
> >>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:28:18 -0700
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I think some people aren't getting this point. . . the United
> >>States shares the continent of North America with Canada. >>Canadians
>will tell you they are "American" just as their neighbors
> >>to the south (USA) are "American". Then there's Central America
> >>and South America. . . and all
>these inhabitants feel "American". >>And they ARE American. It really
>annoys people from other
> >>countries when we call ourselves "Americans" like we own the entire
> >>piece of real estate on both sides of the equator.
> >>
> >>So don't ever tell a Canadian he's "Anti-American". . . he will set
> >>you straight and let you know he doesn't agree with some of the
> >>policies of the United States. . . and he is a fellow American.
> >>
> >>Not that complicated. Look at a map.
> >>
> >>Ellen A. Roskovich
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
> >>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech,
>Either
> >>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:29:01 -0700
> >> >When I was in the military and got shipped overseas to Germany,
> >>we
> >> >were told "don't go out to the towns with your uniform on and
> >>stick
> >> >to USA-held businesses as much as possible." We were also
> >> >admonished to go with the culture and traditions of the country,
> >>be
> >> >it Germany (if we were to stay there) or France, Italy, Britain,
> >> >Korea, Japan, one of the Africa nations, etc. BUT, we were never
> >> >told that it would be better to not admit to our nationality. >>Fact
> >> >is, people know from what country a person hales just by their
> >> >behavior, use
> >>of the language, dress, etc.
> >> >
> >>
> >I am sorry you were told, in Australia (of all places,) not to
> >>admit
> >> >to your country-of-origin and I feel you were cheated out of a
> >> >really good opportunity to dis-prove Miss Texas by behaving in a
> >> >more appropriate manner. I would hope that if you travel again,
> >>you
> >> >can find it in yourself to be proud of your actions and that you
> >>are
> >> >from America and let the "Miss Texas'" speak for themselves.
> >> >
> >> >I know you are a good person and would never do anything that
> >>would
> >> >embarrass or make America wish you were from some other country.
> >> >
> >> >Besides, everyone knows that outside of Alaska, everything is
> >>bigger
> >> >in Texas, ESPECIALLY their bad behavior (for those
>from Texas,
> >> >you'll appreciate the Alaska v. Texas rivalry this statement is
> >>born
> >>
> >> >from.) :)
> >> >
> >> >J :]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>From: debismith at moscow.com
> >> >>To: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> >> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either
> >> >>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:22:10 -0700
> >> >>
> >> >><?xml version="1.0" ?>
> >> >><html>
> >> >><head>
> >> >><title></title>
> >> >></head>
> >> >><body>
> >> >><div align="left"><font
>face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">Thanks for posting this, Chas. While
> >> >>I am still a big fan of the US, our cConstitution (on which
> >> >>others have been modeled), and all the *goodies* we have in the
> >>US,
> >> >>I am aware we are not the
> >> >>end-all-be-all in
> >>the world. Having traveled to other countries
> >> >>(apologizing all the while for
> >> >>George Bush), I am astounded that US citizens are so damn dense
> >> >>about the rest of the world.
> >> >>Yes, folks, there is a *rest of the World*, and some of it is
> >> >>better than us in some ways, some
> >> >>of it is worse in some ways, and all of it is different in many
> >> >>ways.
></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">Our current government seems to assume
> >> >>not only are we the best, but the only. They make
> >> >>assumptions based on US mores and behavior patterns, and insist
> >>the
> >> >>rest of the world just
> >> >>isn't as *civilized* as we are. The facts
> >>(based on real data, not
> >> >>emotional patriotic ferver) show
> >> >>us to be sadly lacking in many of the things we proclaim are
> >> >>superior here. If we don't
> >> >>recognize and address these things, we will regret it sooner
> >>rather
> >>
> >>than later. We say we are a
> >> >>bastion of Liberty and Justice for All---the facts show we are
> >>not.
> >> >>We say we have the best
> >> >>human rights in the worls---the facts show we still
> >>disenfranchise
> >> >>whole groups of citizens. We
> >> >>say we are proponents of peace and human rights and that we help
> >> >>others around the world---
> >> >>well, that's just a damn lie to salve our conscience. The truth
> >>and
> >> >>the facts (again, based on
> >> >>real numbers) show that the US is iconoclastic, insular,
> >> >>complaisant, dumbed down, and
> >> >>losing
> >>monetary value around the world. </span></font></div>
> >> >><div
>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">When I went to Australia (just after
> >> >>the September 11 terror attacks) with a large group of US
> >> >>citizens for a World Council of the YWCA, we were told as a
> >>group
> >> >>not to display overt
> >> >>*America* regalia. For those who just didn't get it, it was
> >>spelled
> >> >>out in capital letters:</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">*America is a continent, just like
> >> >>Africa is a
>continent. It has lots of Nations on the
> >>Continent.
> >> >>The US is NOT America. It is the United States of America. There
> >> >>are other Nations on the
> >> >>Continent, so do not say you are American. Do not wear the US
> >>flag
> >> >>as a display--lots of folks
> >> >>do not like the US, and you might get spat upon, punched out, or
> >> >>shot. You will, at the very
> >> >>least, be confronted. Be polite. Do not tell everyone you meet
> >>that
> >> >>your country is better than
> >> >>their country. Do not compare your possessions to their
> >> >>possessions. Do not tell them how to
> >> >>improve their country. Do not refuse to eat the food unless it
> >> >>looks like something you ate
>last
> >> >>week in your homwtown in the US. Do not tell people the food
> >>looks
> >> >>weird, tastes weird, or is
> >> >>better in the US. Ask questions, learn about the local
> >>people, try
> >> >>something new, and become
> >> >>a citizen of the world*.</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">In spite of all that, we still had
> >> >>a woman from Texas, with big hair and a white cowboy hat,
> >> >>wearing a rhinestone US flag the size of a telephon book,
> >>telling
> >> >>everyone from everywhere how
> >> >>to do everything. I was in an
>antique store, talking with the
> >> >>owner, when she came in. Her
> >> >>initial comments were about how stupid it was to have the prices
> >> >>not in US dollars. Her next
> >> >>comments were about how her greatgrandsomethingorother fought at
> >> >>the Alamo and she had
> >> >>the antiques to prove it
> >>so who did this guy think he was
> >> >>displaying junk from Abbos and
> >> >>calling it Antique. From my earlier conversations with him, he
> >>knew
> >> >>I was there for the YWCA.
> >> >>He asked me if I knew the nasty woman from the US. I cheesed out
> >> >>and told him I was from
> >> >>Canada and had never seen her before in my life.
> >>
> >>IIIICKKKK</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">The point is:</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>style="font-size:10pt">I
> >> >>am a delegate to the YWCA World
> >> >>Council in Kenya in 2007. I want to focus on building
> >> >>international bridges for
> >>women, human rights, and global
> >> >>understanding towards peace. </span></font><font
> >> >>face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b> I
> >> >>don't want to lie and say I'm from Canada.
>
> >></b></span></font><font
> >> >>face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I
> >> >>want to proudly proclaim the United States of
> >> >>America as my homeland. I do not want to apologize for the
> >>foreign
> >> >>policies of my government-
> >> >>--I want to applaud them and and have the rest of the world join
> >>in
> >> >>the applause. I want us to
> >> >>BE what our internal mythos claims we are. I love my country,
> >>fear
> >> >>my government, and
> >> >>criticize what needs to change. </span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font
>face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">We are an amazing and wonderful country,
> >> >>full of good people who believe in our country and
> >> >>our ideals. Unfortunately, this country has been hijacked by
> >>those
> >> >>who want us to stay stupid,
> >> >>unquestioning, relying on reaction rather than proactive
> >> >>relationships, insular, frightened of the
> >> >>world, and thus, able to ignorantly poclaim our superiority. I'm
> >> >>not willing to accept the
> >> >>Administration's *prevention* policies as a valid way of
> >>conducting
> >> >>International Affairs.</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div
>align="left"><font
> >>face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">
> >> >>I am not complying to the formula.
> >> >>The World is too big for George Bush and his handlers to
> >> >>wrap their pointy heads around. The World is too big for one
> >> >>Religion to suffice. The World is
> >> >>too big for that woman from Texas to Control.
> >></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">Most importantly, the World is too
> >> >>big for citizens of the US to ignore. We go on thinking our
> >> >>Wal-Marts, MacDonalds, Disney Worlds, Brittney Spears, and
>
> >>George
> >> >>Bush will see us
> >> >>through any problems. This is just a SHIT SANDWICH. Indeed, the
> >> >>World notices the
> >>Shit
> >> >>Sandwich. They are smart enough in other places around the World
> >>to
> >> >>recognize it as shit,
> >> >>enjoy it or discard it or vilify the US with the shit as they
> >>see
> >> >>applicable. We are the only
> >> >>people on the planet who swallow the shit sandwich whole AND
> >> >>PROCLAIM IT GOOD. Those
> >> >>in the US who aren't willing to eat the Shit Sandwich are called
> >> >>unpatriotic and (gasp) liberals.
> >> >>If we look at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Shit
> >> >>Sandwich Eaters are the true
> >>
> >>enemies of the Country. Those of us who say *NO* are truly
> >>citizens
> >> >>of the World, Patriots of
> >> >>the US, and the ones who will move forward rather than retain a
> >> >>go-nowhere-status-quo.</span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">Debi R-S</span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Date
>sent: Sun, 9 Jul 2006
> >> >>12:20:33 -0700</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>From: >>
> >></b></span></font><font
> >> >>face="Arial" color="#000080"><span style="font-size:10pt">Chasuk
> >> >><chasuk at gmail.com></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>To: >>
> >></b></span></font><font
> >> >>face="Arial" color="#000080"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt">Vision2020
> >>
> >> >><vision2020 at moscow.com></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Subject: >>
> >></b></span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>[Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech,
> >> >>Either</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><u>[ Double-click this line for list
> >> >>subscription options ]</u><b>
> >></b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Below is a slightly expurgated,
> >> >>admittedly controversial (yet
>still</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>interesting) excerpt from
> >> >>Craigslist:</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>********************************************************************************</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>MYTH. The US doesn't
>need improvement
> >> >>compared to other countries; it</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>is the greatest country in the
> >> >>world.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>TRUTH:</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Wrong again. I'll only cite the
> >> >>statistics
>here.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Adult Literacy Scale:
> >> >>#9</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)-
> >> >>OECD</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Healthcare Quality
> >>
> >>Index: #37</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 France and #2 Italy)- World
> >> >>Health Organization 2003</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student Reading
> >> >>Ability: #12</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 South Korea)-
> >> >>OECD PISA
>2003</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student Problem
> >> >>Solving Ability: #26</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 South Korea and #2 Finland)-
> >> >>OECD PISA 2003</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on
>Student
> >>Mathematics
> >> >>Ability: # 24</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Hong Kong and #2 Finland)-
> >> >>OECD PISA 2003</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student Science
> >> >>Ability: #19</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 Japan)- OECD
> >> >>PISA
>2003</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Women's Rights Scale:
> >> >>#17</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)- World
> >> >>Economic Forum Report</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Position on Timeline of
>Gay
> >> >>Rights Progress: # 6 (1997)</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden 1987 and #2 Norway 1993)-
> >> >>Vexen</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Life Expectancy:
> >> >>#29</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Japan and #2 Hong Kong)- UN
> >> >>Human Development Report
>2005</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Journalistic
> >>Press
> >> >>Freedom Index: #32</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland, Iceland, Norway and
> >> >>the Netherlands tied)- Reporters</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Without Borders
> >>
> >>2005</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Political Corruption
> >> >>Index: #17</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Iceland and #2 Finland)-
> >>Transparency
> >> >>International 2005</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Quality of Life
> >> >>Survey: #13</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Ireland and #2 Switzerland)-
> >> >>The Economist Magazine ...Wikipedia</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>"Celtic Tiger" if you
> >> >>still have your
> >>doubts.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Environmental
> >> >>Sustainability
> >> >>Index: #45</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 Norway)- Yale
> >> >>University ESI 2005</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Overall Currency
> >> >>Strength: #3 (US
> >>Dollar)</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 UK pound sterling and #2 European
> >> >>Union euro)- FTSE 2006....the</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>dollar is now a liability, so many
> >> >>banks worldwide have planned to</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>switch to euro</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Infant
>Mortality
> >> >>Rate: #32</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Finland)- Save
> >> >>the Children Report 2006</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Human Development
> >> >>Index (GDP, education, etc.): #10</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Norway and #2 Iceland)- UN
> >> >>Human
>Development Report
> >>2005</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>So much for those
> >>"socialist"
> >> >>Europeans and those "backward" Asians,
> >> >>hm?</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>We can do better than
> >> >>this.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >>
> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Miscellany:</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>*Only 18% of Americans own passports
> >> >>and bother to travel outside of the US.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>* 85% of US soldiers in Iraq believe
> >> >>that they are there to get</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>revenge for
> >>9/11.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>*
> >>New international student enrollment
> >> >>in US grad schools has</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>decreased by 6%, because of xenophobic
> >> >>post-9/11 US visa restrictions,</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>jacked-up tuition fees and better
> >> >>educational opportunities in the
>EU</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>and Asia. So no, not everyone wants
> >> >>to come here anymore, because it's</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font
> >>face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>become a land of incredibly limited
> >> >>opportunity, and we've lowered our</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>educational
> >> >>standards.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >>
> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>MYTH: The US government loves to
> >> >>help other countries.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font
> >>face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>TRUTH:</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>This is a myth. The US government
> >> >>tends to be motivated by
>interests,</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>not humanitarian
> >> >>principles.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Denmark gives the most amount of
> >> >>its GDP (1.01%) to
> >>developing</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>countries; Norway gives 0.91%;
> >> >>the Netherlands give 0.79% and so
>on</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>until the end of list, where the
> >> >>USA sits. Yes, America ranks DEAD</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>LAST in foreign aid at a pathetic
> >> >>0.1% of its GDP, compared to the</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>other 21 nations listed as developed
> >> >>nations. The idea that the US</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div
>align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>government is a heroic bunch that
> >> >>runs around the world helping the</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>poor and the disempowered is not
> >> >>backed up by the evidence. We have</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>one of the stingiest governments
> >> >>on earth.</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div
>align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Most Americans believe the US spends
> >> >>24% of its budget on aid to poor</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>countries; the actual amount is
> >> >>well under a quarter of 1%. Our</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>country also ranks #5 on asylum-seeker
> >> >>acceptance rates (#1 is Denmark</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>and #2 is
> >> >>Canada).</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>********************************************************************************</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>-- </b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div
> >>align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>"Aren't people absurd! They
> >> >>never use the freedoms they do have, but</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>demand those they don't have; they
> >> >>have freedom of thought, they</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
> >>
> >>style="font-size:10pt"><b>demand freedom of speech."
> >> >>-- Søren Kierkegaard</b></span></font></div>
> >> >><div align="left"><br/>
> >> >></div>
> >> >><div
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