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To: energyplay who wrote (37802)	8/1/2008 10:57:28 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217620

Obama proposes $1,000 energy rebates for consumers. Vote buying... Obama says the rebate would be financed with a windfall profits tax on the oil industry I don't envy the US...

To: energyplay who wrote (37802)	8/1/2008 11:51:52 AM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 217620

i used to think that way. take your italian immigrant for example. he chose to become an american and as an american has every right to be proud of his country's achievements. he can rightly say - "we did that and isn't it great and aren't we great?" he can bask in the glory - because he's american. he can take credit even if it all happened before his time because he CHOSE to become american, embrace america and what it stands for - past, present and future. on the other hand (and there always is another hand) as an american he should also shoulder the responsibility of the less than perfect deeds carried out by americans in the past. by that i mean, acknowledge that mistakes were made; that pain was caused; that lives were lost and that perhaps irreparable damage was done and to say, "i'm sorry that happened to you and i apologize". it is up to his government to do that on his behalf. it's not a negative to acknowledge past wrongs. on the contrary, its a positive step forward. whatever reparations are made are monies surely better spent than those being spent on current wrongs for which future generations will have to answer. it takes "bigness" to acknowledge past mistakes and apologize for them. it takes bigness to be humble too. just my humble opinion. wow, pretty heavy stuff for so early in the morning, eh. namaste -rose