To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (193702 ) 7/9/2004 12:38:08 AM From: tejek Respond to of 1573924 Ted, MM is not that off the mark. In terms of a world view, we are pretty uninformed. How many Americans do you think know where Montenegro is or Latvia or Belarus? I doubt many Americans care or should care. What arrogance! Tench finally bares his true self.As for Moore's comments, he's not just lamenting the geographically-challenged among Americans. He actually believes that America is the source of most of the world's problems, simply because America is too powerful for its own good. So to remedy this, he is advocating that America give up its power and sovereignty, emulate the liberalism and socialism that dominates Europe, and weaken herself so that she can be more dependent, a "team player" in the fantasy of a new world order defined by the U.N. Get it loud and clear we are one of the most powerful and economically advanced countries in the world with arrogant citizens like yourself who think we can do whatever we damn please to whomever we want. Furthermore, we think the world is our oyster and we can consume and waste without concern for our neighbors. As a consequence, a lot of $h*t happens......at least some of which is caused by us......or do you think supplying weapons to Saddam didn't encourage him to attack Iran and cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Iranians. There is a long list of problems we helped create thanks to people like you who believe strongly in nobless oblige. So do I blame America for everything? No. However, I refuse to ignore the $h*t we do cause because you all think that's the patriotic way to be. It's this "Blame America First" message that even Kerry won't go near. At least not Kerry 2.0. Kerry ain't going near MM for the same reason Bush won't go near Coulter.........they don't want to alienate the center. ted