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Re: Break Out the Cristal (trickle-down economics explained with champagne!)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:16:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> True, and I apologize. The America-centric vibe I get from John's posts
> slanted my readings. I would have said something like, "There are many
> countries that have contributed 'blessings' to the world, and America has
> had it's fair share." But that's just me.
No, that's not just you-- I agree with you! I'd probably say "Lion's share",
but that's just me:-)
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> So Joh, I do apologize for that. I didn't wnat to be perceived as
> argumentative, but now that the point is clarified, I retract the statement
> "What? You think America the Great is the only country that 'produces
> countless blessings upon the world'?"
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> Sorry 'bout that.
Accepted.
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> I was more inferring that spreading "The American Dream"--forcefully in this
> particualr instance, as Dubya himself said ("We'll bring freedom and
> democracy to the peoples of Iraq"), and as some others, including Dubya,
> have alluded to, they hope that "Iraq's shining example spreads to the other
> Arab nations".
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> Then we can be all one happy capitalistic family!
Ahem. Don't confuse the terms Democracy and Freedom with Capitalism-- they
aren't necessarily interchangeable.
JOHN
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