The Rise of the Rest – Newsweek

[Anonymous]

If we are not #1 someone else will be. Unfortunately, they will undoubtedly NOT be as nice as we are, even if you take the Iraq debacle into consideration. Not all powerful countries (that might have a shot at becoming #1) believe in the concept of human rights on ANY level. Remember how China handles dissent and compare that to the US. We’re not even talking about the same ballgame.

[bsrsharma]

People elected a moron because they don't bother to learn about the world….

That is a popular view and only partly true. In my opinion, the single greatest cancer on US today is our Congress. Their ability to face up to the existential threats facing us is zero. They rubber stamped the War Resolution mainly based on political survivability. They vote on every War appropriation based on which way the winds are blowing. They find time to hold Hearings on Baseball players alleged drug use when we are sinking into national bankruptcy. We have a Congress fit for a banana republic when the problems are those of a superpower.

[bsrsharma]

People elected a moron because they don't bother to learn about the world….

That is a popular view and only partly true. In my opinion, the single greatest cancer on US today is our Congress. Their ability to face up to the existential threats facing us is zero. They rubber stamped the War Resolution mainly based on political survivability. They vote on every War appropriation based on which way the winds are blowing. They find time to hold Hearings on Baseball players alleged drug use when we are sinking into national bankruptcy. We have a Congress fit for a banana republic when the problems are those of a superpower.

[bsrsharma]

People elected a moron because they don't bother to learn about the world….

That is a popular view and only partly true. In my opinion, the single greatest cancer on US today is our Congress. Their ability to face up to the existential threats facing us is zero. They rubber stamped the War Resolution mainly based on political survivability. They vote on every War appropriation based on which way the winds are blowing. They find time to hold Hearings on Baseball players alleged drug use when we are sinking into national bankruptcy. We have a Congress fit for a banana republic when the problems are those of a superpower.

[bsrsharma]

People elected a moron because they don't bother to learn about the world….

That is a popular view and only partly true. In my opinion, the single greatest cancer on US today is our Congress. Their ability to face up to the existential threats facing us is zero. They rubber stamped the War Resolution mainly based on political survivability. They vote on every War appropriation based on which way the winds are blowing. They find time to hold Hearings on Baseball players alleged drug use when we are sinking into national bankruptcy. We have a Congress fit for a banana republic when the problems are those of a superpower.

[bsrsharma]

People elected a moron because they don't bother to learn about the world….

That is a popular view and only partly true. In my opinion, the single greatest cancer on US today is our Congress. Their ability to face up to the existential threats facing us is zero. They rubber stamped the War Resolution mainly based on political survivability. They vote on every War appropriation based on which way the winds are blowing. They find time to hold Hearings on Baseball players alleged drug use when we are sinking into national bankruptcy. We have a Congress fit for a banana republic when the problems are those of a superpower.

[Casca]

Thanks for being a breath of fresh air DumbRenter.

It must be hard to go through life with no historical frame of reference. Ah yes, the good old days, when government worked. If one desires to find the source of our cultural rot, it isn’t in the Executive or Legislative branches, although the last inhabitant of the White House did his best to leave a steaming heap of junk in his wake. We live in an age where government intrudes into every nook and cranny of our lives, all in the name of molifying the agrieved. Thank FDR, and all the “do-gooders” of the left. We no longer have a constitution that means anything.

As for Iraq being a costly blunder, not opposing evil in the world is much more costly. If you doubt this, go read Churchill’s commentaries on WWII. Even with all of the to and fro, geopoliticially it makes a lot of sense.

[Casca]

Thanks for being a breath of fresh air DumbRenter.

It must be hard to go through life with no historical frame of reference. Ah yes, the good old days, when government worked. If one desires to find the source of our cultural rot, it isn’t in the Executive or Legislative branches, although the last inhabitant of the White House did his best to leave a steaming heap of junk in his wake. We live in an age where government intrudes into every nook and cranny of our lives, all in the name of molifying the agrieved. Thank FDR, and all the “do-gooders” of the left. We no longer have a constitution that means anything.

As for Iraq being a costly blunder, not opposing evil in the world is much more costly. If you doubt this, go read Churchill’s commentaries on WWII. Even with all of the to and fro, geopoliticially it makes a lot of sense.

[Casca]

Thanks for being a breath of fresh air DumbRenter.

It must be hard to go through life with no historical frame of reference. Ah yes, the good old days, when government worked. If one desires to find the source of our cultural rot, it isn’t in the Executive or Legislative branches, although the last inhabitant of the White House did his best to leave a steaming heap of junk in his wake. We live in an age where government intrudes into every nook and cranny of our lives, all in the name of molifying the agrieved. Thank FDR, and all the “do-gooders” of the left. We no longer have a constitution that means anything.

As for Iraq being a costly blunder, not opposing evil in the world is much more costly. If you doubt this, go read Churchill’s commentaries on WWII. Even with all of the to and fro, geopoliticially it makes a lot of sense.

[Casca]

Thanks for being a breath of fresh air DumbRenter.

It must be hard to go through life with no historical frame of reference. Ah yes, the good old days, when government worked. If one desires to find the source of our cultural rot, it isn’t in the Executive or Legislative branches, although the last inhabitant of the White House did his best to leave a steaming heap of junk in his wake. We live in an age where government intrudes into every nook and cranny of our lives, all in the name of molifying the agrieved. Thank FDR, and all the “do-gooders” of the left. We no longer have a constitution that means anything.

As for Iraq being a costly blunder, not opposing evil in the world is much more costly. If you doubt this, go read Churchill’s commentaries on WWII. Even with all of the to and fro, geopoliticially it makes a lot of sense.

[Casca]

Thanks for being a breath of fresh air DumbRenter.

It must be hard to go through life with no historical frame of reference. Ah yes, the good old days, when government worked. If one desires to find the source of our cultural rot, it isn’t in the Executive or Legislative branches, although the last inhabitant of the White House did his best to leave a steaming heap of junk in his wake. We live in an age where government intrudes into every nook and cranny of our lives, all in the name of molifying the agrieved. Thank FDR, and all the “do-gooders” of the left. We no longer have a constitution that means anything.

As for Iraq being a costly blunder, not opposing evil in the world is much more costly. If you doubt this, go read Churchill’s commentaries on WWII. Even with all of the to and fro, geopoliticially it makes a lot of sense.

[patientlywaiting]

bsrsharma, this this a link to an interesting article on Kuwait and how they believe that their parliament is holding them back.

“Kuwait used to be No. 1 in the economy, in politics, in sports, in culture, in everything,” he said, his voice floating out in the warm evening air to hundreds of potential voters seated on white damask-lined chairs. “What happened?”

It is a question many people are asking as this tiny, oil-rich nation of 2.6 million people approaches its latest round of elections. And the unlikely answer being whispered around, both here and in neighboring countries on the Persian Gulf: too much democracy.

[patientlywaiting]

bsrsharma, this this a link to an interesting article on Kuwait and how they believe that their parliament is holding them back.

“Kuwait used to be No. 1 in the economy, in politics, in sports, in culture, in everything,” he said, his voice floating out in the warm evening air to hundreds of potential voters seated on white damask-lined chairs. “What happened?”

It is a question many people are asking as this tiny, oil-rich nation of 2.6 million people approaches its latest round of elections. And the unlikely answer being whispered around, both here and in neighboring countries on the Persian Gulf: too much democracy.

[patientlywaiting]

bsrsharma, this this a link to an interesting article on Kuwait and how they believe that their parliament is holding them back.

“Kuwait used to be No. 1 in the economy, in politics, in sports, in culture, in everything,” he said, his voice floating out in the warm evening air to hundreds of potential voters seated on white damask-lined chairs. “What happened?”

It is a question many people are asking as this tiny, oil-rich nation of 2.6 million people approaches its latest round of elections. And the unlikely answer being whispered around, both here and in neighboring countries on the Persian Gulf: too much democracy.

[patientlywaiting]

bsrsharma, this this a link to an interesting article on Kuwait and how they believe that their parliament is holding them back.

“Kuwait used to be No. 1 in the economy, in politics, in sports, in culture, in everything,” he said, his voice floating out in the warm evening air to hundreds of potential voters seated on white damask-lined chairs. “What happened?”

It is a question many people are asking as this tiny, oil-rich nation of 2.6 million people approaches its latest round of elections. And the unlikely answer being whispered around, both here and in neighboring countries on the Persian Gulf: too much democracy.

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