Great comments!
First, I was very interested in Jamison's comments, if Democrats had any cleverness about them they might have made it an issue that the White House felt it NECESSARY that the President be given RETROACTIVE immunity for war crimes as that is not far from an admission that war crimes were committed.
I was thinking this morning of the people I spoke to before coming here--people from a broad sample of the American populace: students, teachers, businesspeople, blue collar workers, etc. Few of them had much of a concrete notion as to even the location of Indonesia. Indonesia is world's largest archipelago, has the world's fourth largest population, and has the world's largest Muslim population. America is one of the world's wealthiest countries, with a long established democratic government and free education for everyone. How can such a nation as the latter be so ignorant of such a country as the former? Perhaps, it is because we are not concerned with increasing our knowledge of the world as it is, or as it was. We are not interested in much aside from our own consumptive habits. Americans want the nice house, have to have a tv in every room with a dvd and so on. They don't want to watch real news (too depressing), they don't want to watch films that deal with complex issues (too confusing, I don't want to think!). I guess this is preachy but what a waste! I don't think the war in Iraq could have happened or continued as it has if the American population were truly educated, if they were interested in other cultures. It was written once that a King need only offer his subjects "Bread and Circuses" to mollify them. Most Americans have bread, and those who don't also don't vote. The circuses are easy enough to find.
Being here I don't have to read so much about Iraq as I used to, that is, I have so much else to learn about. Going back to it yesterday was depressing as things seem even worse. It's even more discouraging that during a time when it seems the GOP should be on the ropes, that the Dems are still so toothless and feeble. Perhaps, the left of America needs to organize a new party and let the namby pambies of the middle aged Democratic guard out to pasture. I am full of myself this morning, no?
I was thinking this morning of the people I spoke to before coming here--people from a broad sample of the American populace: students, teachers, businesspeople, blue collar workers, etc. Few of them had much of a concrete notion as to even the location of Indonesia. Indonesia is world's largest archipelago, has the world's fourth largest population, and has the world's largest Muslim population. America is one of the world's wealthiest countries, with a long established democratic government and free education for everyone. How can such a nation as the latter be so ignorant of such a country as the former? Perhaps, it is because we are not concerned with increasing our knowledge of the world as it is, or as it was. We are not interested in much aside from our own consumptive habits. Americans want the nice house, have to have a tv in every room with a dvd and so on. They don't want to watch real news (too depressing), they don't want to watch films that deal with complex issues (too confusing, I don't want to think!). I guess this is preachy but what a waste! I don't think the war in Iraq could have happened or continued as it has if the American population were truly educated, if they were interested in other cultures. It was written once that a King need only offer his subjects "Bread and Circuses" to mollify them. Most Americans have bread, and those who don't also don't vote. The circuses are easy enough to find.
Being here I don't have to read so much about Iraq as I used to, that is, I have so much else to learn about. Going back to it yesterday was depressing as things seem even worse. It's even more discouraging that during a time when it seems the GOP should be on the ropes, that the Dems are still so toothless and feeble. Perhaps, the left of America needs to organize a new party and let the namby pambies of the middle aged Democratic guard out to pasture. I am full of myself this morning, no?
posted by athensinternational at 5:16 PM
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I think you know enough about this administration to know that the actions it takes are mostly for political purposes. With the Republicans being in such bad shape right before the elections, they came up with the most insane foreign policy legislation they could dream up hoping to use any Democratic opposition as fodder for tv commercials in the last month ("...but Democrats opposed the measure, believing that we should coddle these blood-thirsty Islamofascists while they chop off the heads of our babies!").
Democrats patted themselves on the back for "not taking the bait" making their election hopes easier. If they wont stand up against such blatant fascism, I can't for the life of me think of why I should care if they get elected or not.
(oh yeah, because they are better at domestic policy, whoppee!)
It is truly bewildering how Dems seem to think that the best reaction to Republican smear tactics is to lie back and think of England.
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