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That would be a valid point if the actual name of our country wasn't
the "United States of AMERICA". What else should we call ourselves?
"USA"-an sounds stupid. "United Statesian"? "Citizen of the United
States of the North American Continent excluding Canada and Mexico"?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
Ellen Roskovich wrote:
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<p><strong>I think some people aren't getting this point. . . the
United States shares the continent of North America with Canada.
Canadians will tell you they are "American" just as their neighbors to
the south (USA) are "American". Then there's Central America and
South America. . . and all these inhabitants feel "American". And they
ARE American. It really annoys people from other countries when we
call ourselves "Americans" like we own the entire piece of real estate
on both sides of the equator.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So don't ever tell a Canadian he's "Anti-American". . . he
will set you straight and let you know he doesn't agree with some of
the policies of the United States. . . and he is a fellow American.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Not that complicated. Look at a map.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ellen A. Roskovich</strong><br>
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<hr color="#a0c6e5" size="1">From: <i>"J Ford"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com"><privatejf32@hotmail.com></a></i><br>
To: <i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></i><br>
Subject: <i>Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either</i><br>
Date: <i>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:29:01 -0700</i><br>
>When I was in the military and got shipped overseas to Germany, we <br>
>were told "don't go out to the towns with your uniform on and stick
<br>
>to USA-held businesses as much as possible." We were also <br>
>admonished to go with the culture and traditions of the country, be
<br>
>it Germany (if we were to stay there) or France, Italy, Britain, <br>
>Korea, Japan, one of the Africa nations, etc. BUT, we were never <br>
>told that it would be better to not admit to our nationality. Fact
<br>
>is, people know from what country a person hales just by their <br>
>behavior, use of the language, dress, etc.<br>
><br>
>I am sorry you were told, in Australia (of all places,) not to
admit <br>
>to your country-of-origin and I feel you were cheated out of a <br>
>really good opportunity to dis-prove Miss Texas by behaving in a <br>
>more appropriate manner. I would hope that if you travel again,
you <br>
>can find it in yourself to be proud of your actions and that you
are <br>
>from America and let the "Miss Texas'" speak for themselves.<br>
><br>
>I know you are a good person and would never do anything that would
<br>
>embarrass or make America wish you were from some other country.<br>
><br>
>Besides, everyone knows that outside of Alaska, everything is
bigger <br>
>in Texas, ESPECIALLY their bad behavior (for those from Texas, <br>
>you'll appreciate the Alaska v. Texas rivalry this statement is
born <br>
>from.) :)<br>
><br>
>J :]<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>>From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</a><br>
>>To: Chasuk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com"><chasuk@gmail.com></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] This Isn't Hate Speech, Either<br>
>>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:22:10 -0700<br>
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>>style="font-size:10pt">Thanks for posting this, Chas. While<br>
>>I am still a big fan of the US, our cConstitution (on which<br>
>>others have been modeled), and all the *goodies* we have in the
US, <br>
>>I am aware we are not the<br>
>>end-all-be-all in the world. Having traveled to other countries
<br>
>>(apologizing all the while for<br>
>>George Bush), I am astounded that US citizens are so damn dense
<br>
>>about the rest of the world.<br>
>>Yes, folks, there is a *rest of the World*, and some of it is <br>
>>better than us in some ways, some<br>
>>of it is worse in some ways, and all of it is different in many
<br>
>>ways. </span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">Our current government seems to assume<br>
>>not only are we the best, but the only. They make<br>
>>assumptions based on US mores and behavior patterns, and insist
the <br>
>>rest of the world just<br>
>>isn't as *civilized* as we are. The facts (based on real data,
not <br>
>>emotional patriotic ferver) show<br>
>>us to be sadly lacking in many of the things we proclaim are <br>
>>superior here. If we don't<br>
>>recognize and address these things, we will regret it sooner
rather <br>
>>than later. We say we are a<br>
>>bastion of Liberty and Justice for All---the facts show we are
not. <br>
>>We say we have the best<br>
>>human rights in the worls---the facts show we still
disenfranchise <br>
>>whole groups of citizens. We<br>
>>say we are proponents of peace and human rights and that we
help <br>
>>others around the world---<br>
>>well, that's just a damn lie to salve our conscience. The truth
and <br>
>>the facts (again, based on<br>
>>real numbers) show that the US is iconoclastic, insular, <br>
>>complaisant, dumbed down, and<br>
>>losing monetary value around the world.
</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">When I went to Australia (just after<br>
>>the September 11 terror attacks) with a large group of US<br>
>>citizens for a World Council of the YWCA, we were told as a
group <br>
>>not to display overt<br>
>>*America* regalia. For those who just didn't get it, it was
spelled <br>
>>out in capital letters:</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">*America is a continent, just like<br>
>>Africa is a continent. It has lots of Nations on the Continent.<br>
>>The US is NOT America. It is the United States of America.
There <br>
>>are other Nations on the<br>
>>Continent, so do not say you are American. Do not wear the US
flag <br>
>>as a display--lots of folks<br>
>>do not like the US, and you might get spat upon, punched out,
or <br>
>>shot. You will, at the very<br>
>>least, be confronted. Be polite. Do not tell everyone you meet
that <br>
>>your country is better than<br>
>>their country. Do not compare your possessions to their <br>
>>possessions. Do not tell them how to<br>
>>improve their country. Do not refuse to eat the food unless it <br>
>>looks like something you ate last<br>
>>week in your homwtown in the US. Do not tell people the food
looks <br>
>>weird, tastes weird, or is<br>
>>better in the US. Ask questions, learn about the local people,
try <br>
>>something new, and become<br>
>>a citizen of the world*.</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">In spite of all that, we still had<br>
>>a woman from Texas, with big hair and a white cowboy hat,<br>
>>wearing a rhinestone US flag the size of a telephon book,
telling <br>
>>everyone from everywhere how<br>
>>to do everything. I was in an antique store, talking with the <br>
>>owner, when she came in. Her<br>
>>initial comments were about how stupid it was to have the
prices <br>
>>not in US dollars. Her next<br>
>>comments were about how her greatgrandsomethingorother fought
at <br>
>>the Alamo and she had<br>
>>the antiques to prove it so who did this guy think he was <br>
>>displaying junk from Abbos and<br>
>>calling it Antique. From my earlier conversations with him, he
knew <br>
>>I was there for the YWCA.<br>
>>He asked me if I knew the nasty woman from the US. I cheesed
out <br>
>>and told him I was from<br>
>>Canada and had never seen her before in my life. <br>
>>IIIICKKKK</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">The point
is:</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10pt">I <br>
>>am a delegate to the YWCA World<br>
>>Council in Kenya in 2007. I want to focus on building<br>
>>international bridges for women, human rights, and global <br>
>>understanding towards peace. </span></font><font<br>
>>face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b> I<br>
>>don't want to lie and say I'm from Canada.
</b></span></font><font <br>
>>face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I<br>
>>want to proudly proclaim the United States of<br>
>>America as my homeland. I do not want to apologize for the
foreign <br>
>>policies of my government-<br>
>>--I want to applaud them and and have the rest of the world
join in <br>
>>the applause. I want us to<br>
>>BE what our internal mythos claims we are. I love my country,
fear <br>
>>my government, and<br>
>>criticize what needs to change.
</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">We are an amazing and wonderful
country,<br>
>>full of good people who believe in our country and<br>
>>our ideals. Unfortunately, this country has been hijacked by
those <br>
>>who want us to stay stupid,<br>
>>unquestioning, relying on reaction rather than proactive <br>
>>relationships, insular, frightened of the<br>
>>world, and thus, able to ignorantly poclaim our superiority.
I'm <br>
>>not willing to accept the<br>
>>Administration's *prevention* policies as a valid way of
conducting <br>
>>International Affairs.</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10pt"> <br>
>>I am not complying to the formula.<br>
>>The World is too big for George Bush and his handlers to<br>
>>wrap their pointy heads around. The World is too big for one <br>
>>Religion to suffice. The World is<br>
>>too big for that woman from Texas to Control.
</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">Most importantly, the World is too<br>
>>big for citizens of the US to ignore. We go on thinking our<br>
>>Wal-Marts, MacDonalds, Disney Worlds, Brittney Spears, and
George <br>
>>Bush will see us<br>
>>through any problems. This is just a SHIT SANDWICH. Indeed, the
<br>
>>World notices the Shit<br>
>>Sandwich. They are smart enough in other places around the
World to <br>
>>recognize it as shit,<br>
>>enjoy it or discard it or vilify the US with the shit as they
see <br>
>>applicable. We are the only<br>
>>people on the planet who swallow the shit sandwich whole AND <br>
>>PROCLAIM IT GOOD. Those<br>
>>in the US who aren't willing to eat the Shit Sandwich are
called <br>
>>unpatriotic and (gasp) liberals.<br>
>>If we look at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Shit
<br>
>>Sandwich Eaters are the true<br>
>>enemies of the Country. Those of us who say *NO* are truly
citizens <br>
>>of the World, Patriots of<br>
>>the US, and the ones who will move forward rather than retain a
<br>
>>go-nowhere-status-quo.</span></font></div><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">Debi
R-S</span></font></div><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Date sent: Sun, 9 Jul
2006 <br>
>>12:20:33 -0700</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>From: <br>
>></b></span></font><font<br>
>>face="Arial" color="#000080"><span
style="font-size:10pt">Chasuk <br>
>>&lt;chasuk@gmail.com&gt;</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>To: <br>
>></b></span></font><font<br>
>>face="Arial" color="#000080"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt">Vision2020 <br>
>>&lt;vision2020@moscow.com&gt;</span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Subject: <br>
>></b></span></font><font face="Arial"
color="#000080"><span<br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>[Vision2020] This Isn't Hate
Speech, <br>
>>Either</b></span></font></div><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><u>[ Double-click this line for
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Below is a slightly
expurgated,<br>
>>admittedly controversial (yet
still</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>interesting) excerpt from <br>
>>Craigslist:</b></span></font></div><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>********************************************************************************</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>MYTH. The US doesn't need
improvement<br>
>>compared to other countries;
it</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>is the greatest country in
the<br>
>>world.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>TRUTH:</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Wrong again. I'll only cite
the<br>
>>statistics here.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Adult
Literacy Scale:<br>
>>#9</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)- <br>
>>OECD</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Healthcare
Quality<br>
>>Index: #37</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 France and #2 Italy)-
World<br>
>>Health Organization
2003</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student
Reading<br>
>>Ability: #12</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 South
Korea)-<br>
>>OECD PISA 2003</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student
Problem<br>
>>Solving Ability:
#26</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 South Korea and #2
Finland)-<br>
>>OECD PISA 2003</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Student
Mathematics<br>
>>Ability: # 24</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Hong Kong and #2
Finland)-<br>
>>OECD PISA 2003</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking of Student
Science<br>
>>Ability: #19</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 Japan)-
OECD<br>
>>PISA 2003</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Women's
Rights Scale:<br>
>>#17</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)-
World<br>
>>Economic Forum
Report</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Position on Timeline of
Gay<br>
>>Rights Progress: # 6
(1997)</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden 1987 and #2
Norway 1993)-<br>
>>Vexen</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Life
Expectancy:<br>
>>#29</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Japan and #2 Hong Kong)-
UN<br>
>>Human Development Report
2005</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Journalistic
Press<br>
>>Freedom Index:
#32</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland, Iceland, Norway
and<br>
>>the Netherlands tied)-
Reporters</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Without Borders <br>
>>2005</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Political
Corruption<br>
>>Index: #17</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Iceland and #2 Finland)-
Transparency<br>
>>International
2005</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Quality of
Life<br>
>>Survey: #13</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Ireland and #2
Switzerland)-<br>
>>The Economist Magazine
...Wikipedia</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>&quot;Celtic
Tiger&quot; if you<br>
>>still have your
doubts.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Environmental
<br>
>>Sustainability<br>
>>Index: #45</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Finland and #2 Norway)-
Yale<br>
>>University ESI
2005</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Overall
Currency<br>
>>Strength: #3 (US
Dollar)</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 UK pound sterling and #2
European<br>
>>Union euro)- FTSE
2006....the</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>dollar is now a liability,
so many<br>
>>banks worldwide have planned
to</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>switch to
euro</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Infant
Mortality<br>
>>Rate: #32</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Sweden and #2 Finland)-
Save<br>
>>the Children Report
2006</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>USA Ranking on Human
Development<br>
>>Index (GDP, education, etc.):
#10</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>(#1 Norway and #2 Iceland)-
UN<br>
>>Human Development Report
2005</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>So much for those
&quot;socialist&quot;<br>
>>Europeans and those &quot;backward&quot; Asians, <br>
>>hm?</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>We can do better than <br>
>>this.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Miscellany:</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>*Only 18% of Americans own
passports<br>
>>and bother to travel outside of the
US.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>* 85% of US soldiers in Iraq
believe<br>
>>that they are there to
get</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>revenge for
9/11.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>* New international student
enrollment<br>
>>in US grad schools
has</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>decreased by 6%, because of
xenophobic<br>
>>post-9/11 US visa
restrictions,</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>jacked-up tuition fees and
better<br>
>>educational opportunities in the
EU</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>and Asia. So no, not
everyone wants<br>
>>to come here anymore, because
it's</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>become a land of incredibly
limited<br>
>>opportunity, and we've lowered
our</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>educational <br>
>>standards.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>MYTH: The US government
loves to<br>
>>help other
countries.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>TRUTH:</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>This is a myth. The US
government<br>
>>tends to be motivated by
interests,</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>not humanitarian <br>
>>principles.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Denmark gives the most
amount of<br>
>>its GDP (1.01%) to
developing</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>countries; Norway gives
0.91%;<br>
>>the Netherlands give 0.79% and so
on</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>until the end of list, where
the<br>
>>USA sits. Yes, America ranks
DEAD</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>LAST in foreign aid at a
pathetic<br>
>>0.1% of its GDP, compared to
the</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>other 21 nations listed as
developed<br>
>>nations. The idea that the
US</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>government is a heroic bunch
that<br>
>>runs around the world helping
the</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>poor and the disempowered is
not<br>
>>backed up by the evidence. We
have</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>one of the stingiest
governments<br>
>>on earth.</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>Most Americans believe the
US spends<br>
>>24% of its budget on aid to
poor</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>countries; the actual amount
is<br>
>>well under a quarter of 1%.
Our</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>country also ranks #5 on
asylum-seeker<br>
>>acceptance rates (#1 is
Denmark</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>and #2 is <br>
>>Canada).</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>********************************************************************************</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
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>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/">http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/</a></b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><br/><br>
>></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>&quot;Aren't people
absurd! They<br>
>>never use the freedoms they do have,
but</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>demand those they don't
have; they<br>
>>have freedom of thought,
they</b></span></font></div><br>
>><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span <br>
>>style="font-size:10pt"><b>demand freedom of
speech.&quot;<br>
>>-- S&oslash;ren
Kierkegaard</b></span></font></div><br>
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