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Subject: 
A word to the international community... (Re: Vote against/for...)
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Date: 
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:23:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:

As far as how we "do things in our country"-- we are the model, the freest
country on earth.  The plank, my friend, is in world's eye, not ours.

  Although John may speak for the soon-to-be-installed right-wing
overzealous militaristic hegemonic self-righteous theocracy, his wildly
nationalistic statements should not be construed as anything like mainstream
American thought, but they can be more accurately considered the power-mad
ramblings of a pent-up political party eager to flex its muscle and enforce
its God-as-our-copilot agenda.

     Dave!



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  Re: A word to the international community... (Re: Vote against/for...)
 
(...) In fairness to John, doesn't he have EVERY right to believe his views have been co-signed by the american people? Either by positive act or by apathy, the future has been written. And yes, I do think it may be time to move to a country whose (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: A word to the international community... (Re: Vote against/for...)
 
(...) Your demagoguery and paranoia aside, let's take a wait-and-see attitude rather than engage in pointless inflammatory rhetoeric. I am just so tired of Americans apologizing for the US-- it is mad that I would have anything for which to be sorry (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Vote against/for...
 
(...) The world needs to come to terms with the simple fact that the US *IS MIGHTIER THAN THOU* It's not pretentious, merely fact. Be thankful that the US also happens to be the greatest power ever to have existed on the face of the earth AND shows (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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