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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (235597)6/3/2005 9:37:41 AM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (2) of 1572777
 
Why is that important to you? To be honest, I certainly don't think in terms of who is best in the world like its a beauty contest. I am simply pointing out what we are doing wrong. Its called providing constructive criticism.

It's important to me, because I'm trying to see if your criticism is because you just hate the U.S. or if it is because you see another country doing it better and would like to present that as an alternative to the way we do it. Thank you for finally giving me examples. They are indeed countries that I think are doing something right as well. Now I'd like to ask you, if those other are better at governing and have better economic models, why is it that the U.S. is the country that has attracted the most immigrants in the past and has the most wealth?

My point is not to prove that we are the best, rather it's to point out that we have risen to great governmental, military, and economic power BECAUSE of our values, not because of our lack of them. This country was built on solid Christian values and many of them have been codified into our most venerable institutions. If we are straying recently, I'd say that it's because we have a President who is a fundamentalist and therefore believes he can do no wrong. And we have an ACLU and extreme left that is trying to turn this country into a blankly, secular nation devoid of any Christian identity. If we get away from our values, then it won't surprise me if we become just another country like those in the EU.
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