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To: Elroy who wrote (287052)	5/7/2006 4:44:57 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574541

The US shines more light on negative aspects of itself than perhaps ANY country in the world. At the very least it is among the tops in nations that allow open criticism of its leaders and policies, in both the media and in the entertainment industry. Yeah, we are saints among men. We can do no wrong. I've been listening to people with that kind of BS since I was kid........and you know what, ST, the facts don't comport with your fantasies. If you disagree with my statement (above) then list the countries that allow more open criticism of their leaders and their policies than the US allows. I see.......you have a new tangent your following that has nothing to do with what we were discussing......typical rightie move. Go ahead, we're waiting. Your sarcasm is a waste of our time. I'm a waste of whose time? Who's "our"? How many people are their with you posting? Is it like the royal we? It seems to me that all your side tangents waste more time than anything else........but then, that's me. Which country's media is more critical of its government and policies than the US media is critical of US government and US policies? You're going to find the US at the top 5% of the pile, not the bottom 5% as your drivel implies. You're really on a roll........bringing in a topic that never was at the heart of our original discussion. Is that how you convince yourself you're right? Yeah, like you would know the difference between fantasy and fact. Just like you knew how many Iranians live in Dubai. There is little to suggest you have a command of anything other than to be a ST. Your insults are also useless. Billions of people around the planet would like to move to the US due to the superior freedom and economic opportunity that the US offers relative to the place where they live. There's no need to offer up childish insults - that's a fact. Dang! We've already been down that road.......the US has great PR......people think the streets are lined with gold. Just like easterners at one time thought CA had forests of palm trees and you could shoot a bullet into the ground and oil would come pouring out. Marketing was the key to the success of S. CA and now the US. Why is this a surprise to you? BTW interesting concept......describing one freedom as superior to another.....never heard it put quite that way. Speaking of which, what did you say you did again.........was it the state dep't? How come its such a big secret, dude? Is it because of your special talents? Who are you and what are you up to? You play more games than a ten year old. In your case I occassionally monitor your posts and point out when your anti-US bias is overwhelming your intelligence and causing you to spew poorly thought out drivel. But in most cases, I just skip your posts. So that's your job......monitoring my posts. That's the special talents you have that gets you two months of vacation per year. Why do you BS so much?

To: Elroy who wrote (287052)	5/7/2006 9:05:17 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574541

"Which country's media is more critical of its government and policies than the US media is critical of US government and US policies?" Most, if not all of the European media is more critical of their government and policies than the US media is. Now that wasn't true in the past, but it is now. And what the media doesn't report is just as telling as the way they spin what they report. For example, the Downing Street memo got almost no play in the US. The memo has never been denied, nor has it been proven a fake. The British media has been all over it, the US media, zip. What does get reported often has a pro-administration spin. For example, the NY Times, on reporting about Bush's poll numbers, spun it as "Poll numbers stabilize". Now the job approval number in the poll it was talking about had dropped from 34% to 32%, hardly stabilizing. The other numbers had dropped about the same amount. Yet the editorial in question was very optimistic. Bottom line, while the US media could be critical, it isn't.