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To: tejek who wrote (287036)	5/7/2006 12:59:16 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573458

This is just one more example of where the facts don't reflect the American perpetuated image of the greatest nation in the world. As it turns out, the poorest people in England on average live longer than the wealthiest people in the US. In fact, the US is ranked 29th in life expectancy: It's is common knowledge to anyone who pays attention that Americans are fat. That's what happens when we have plenty to eat, big screen TVs, and don't do a lot of labor. If you're surprised about this, it's not our fault that you're just catching up (in terms of knowledge of Americans) with the rest of us. Go to Alabama. People are FAT! But its STs like you who start the patriotic, love-it-or-leave it chant whenever someone points out that things are not quite perfect in paradise; the Bush and war supporters like you and Straw. STs who are just smart enough to be dangerous. You do more than just point out that things are not quite perfect in the US. If some of your posts were positive and some negative, I'd give you the respect that you deserve as a critically thinking person who sees good and bad in the USA. But you're not, you're an America-hating whiner, which is sad because you probably are American. I've never told you to leave the US - I could care less where you live. But I will point out that the crap that you post is usually crap, often twisted around rhetorically to make the US look bad rather than expressed honestly without your bias. That you describe the US as "in control of global media" rather than as the "best at making media that the rest of the planet wants to buy" is an example. Every country on the planet has the ability to make movies that they can try to sell to the rest of the world - just because the US is better at it than others, you are critical and describe the situation in a way that make the US look bad. It's ridiculous.