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>I guess this country is more important than even we thought.
It is **VERY** important to most of the rest of the world.
The US economy is still by far and away the biggest economy in the world. For many countries - especially Canada - a hiccup in the US economy can easily cause pneumonia in other countries.
The rest of the world (except China and India) probably feels like it is watching its major 'client' commit economic suicide by shipping manufacturing to China and white-collar jobs to India as fast as they can. The rest of the world likely feels that having moved to be a consumer-dependant economy is a dead end.
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never agree -- you took the words right out of my mouth. Walter does raise some valid points sometimes but he seems to have some need to say them with such hostility that nobody wants to listen. Does he think when he mocks our country we won't resent it?
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>>>Walter, there are times when you bring up valid points, but most often, your rantings against America and Americans smack of nothing more than envy and resentment.
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>>>Go ahead and hate America. These are just for you:
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l7PQw4J3ilo&watch_response>>>
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2006/08/23/why_the_world_hates_america?page=1>>>
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When voters go to the polls in Amsterdam or Utrecht they make decisions with no significant consequences beyond the boundaries of Holland; American elections, by contrast, help determine the future of all of civilization and resonate in the remotest corners of the planet.>>>
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>>>>>I'm at a loss as to why anyone would want to model after Europe. We are the United States of America. Y'all can keep your one world government, we are doing just fine. You may get your wish though the way the liberals have taken over almost all the media. The brainwashing has begun.
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>>>>Maybe because that is the future ??? The US is outdated, dust and done... It is the most hypocritical society I know. The US needs a slap in the face of reality. It really needs to grow up.
