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Great! So what have we lea here?
Polticians are assholes.
They know nothing about other countries.
And they don't check their resources.
. . .
Since when has that not been obvious?
I understand being mad about what was said. And I'm glad that you're not quite as ignorant about our politicas as we are about yours.
But the real issue is not whether something was taken out of context or whatever. Our worldwide image is being tainted by things like this. People abroad think Americans have their heads so far up their asses, they don't want to talk to us.
As Eddie Izzard said "One thing you can do is pretend you're Canadian. That always helps (when traveling in Europe)."
Who gives people such a bad idea of us? Mostly the government.
I'm not saying that any one candidate is going to sway our image. But Kerry's at least trying to look like he knows what's going on.
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Will we walk all night through solitary streets?
The trees add shade to shade, lights out in the houses,
we'll both be lonely.
Will we stroll dreaming of the lost America of love
past blue automobiles in driveways, home to our silent
cottage?
-Allen Ginsberg, A Supermarket in California
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