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cbrer

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4. The thing is...

Reply to melody (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:52 PM

Nov 2012

Is that we were on track, through much of the 20th century, to satisfy both sets of criteria. Doing what's right for our people, AND setting an example for success to the rest of the world. And then we loosed the greed and short sightedness to which the article alluded.

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Divided States of America: Notes on the Decline of a Great Nation [View all] marmar Nov 2012 OP

Wait, wait, wait -- now we're a model? I thought we were all capitalist pigs two weeks ago melody Nov 2012 #1

If the Shoe Fits... AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #2

Whether or not the shoe fits is in the eye of the beholder -- which was my point melody Nov 2012 #5

The thing is... cbrer Nov 2012 #4

We don't know the "right' way to be" - neither does Europe melody Nov 2012 #6

We don't need to know the "right" way cbrer Nov 2012 #7

Marking for later. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #3