"Michael Daly" wrote in message
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Locutus wrote:

Maybe you should get a grip and realize that most Americans don't give a
flying **** what the rest of the world thinks.

Exactly what's wrong with the yanks today.

You represent less than 5% of the world's population and your share is
shrinking. You are in debt to your eyeballs and the subsidy of US debt by
countries like China and India is considered the "greatest foreign aid
program in history" (The Economist, Sept 16, 2006).

If so.... Then why do we have to pay off the notes when due? Would appear
your confusing hyperbole with fact.


You refuse to honour trade deals and international law.

Is this all of them, some or one? Would any country or especially the
largest trading partner in the world not have a dispute or two? If we are
"that bad" why are we flooded with foreign goods?

Your reputation is everything and in this world and you don't give a damn
about it.

Not really.... in fact when push comes to shove it doesn't mean that much at
all...opinion is rather fickle and jealousy rather rampant. I'd suspect we'd
be one of the few countries in the world whom literally could roll up our
borders and get along quite well without any foreign entanglements but when
the rest of the world gets in its inevitable mess whom is going to bail it
out?

Your loss. I hope your kids and grandkids will forgive you.
Mike

Oddly in the 50's after we saved the free world at great cost of life and
coin, then presented a strong and expensive bulwark against the looming
Communist threat it was popular to call us the "Ugly American".....books
were written and great gnashing of teeth prevailed......Opinions of the day
don't always have that much importance. Rod