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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael M who wrote (31621)	10/9/2001 9:11:20 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<What is it that causes you to anticipate the waning of the west with such glee> Here is my point! I have a motto: "I'm nostalgic for the future." I believe you are nostalgic for the past. I believe we all get what we all expect in the long run. You will get what you you seem to expect: the waning of America. I will get what I expect: the expansion of America. You seem to want to freeze the definition of America to a period that was kind of true for some people, for some period of time in the past. Get over it. If it ever was true (that's debatable), it is in the past and is never coming back. And if you were of Mexican, Chinese or Black ancestry in this country, old Norman Rockwell doesn't 'speak' to you. I want to create a living and dynamic definition of America. Mine seems optimistic, rooted in reality and isn't incompatible with the way things ARE. Yours seems maudlin and gloomy about us and our future, and only by resorting to some really extreme measures is it compatible with the way things are.