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Thu Oct-01-09 11:43 AM
Response to Reply #32 |
| 34. I'm not talking about "shoulds"...I'm talking about reality. |
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"Quite simply, there would have been little or no aid to post-war Europe or anywhere else in the world during the Cold War years, had it not been for Soviet influence in those regions"
I believe I've addressed this -- Is there some further point?
"just as the USSR would have been quite happy to sit back and do nothing had we not attempted to sell the American Way to others".
Well, this is a "chicken and egg" question isn't it?...There are many who would say that the soviets, were equally, if not more aggressive in trying to sell the "Soviet Way"...
One thing that is indisputable is the difference in which the two nations handled the countries they "liberated" from Hitler...We allowed the territory we liberated, Western Europe, it's freedom..The Soviet Union did NOT do so with those they "liberated".
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| -Gore Vidal: 'We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US' |
bananas |
Sep-30-09 02:58 AM |
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I must agree with this part.......... |
SergeStorms |
Sep-30-09 03:32 AM |
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Most Americans are case studies in why we need large predators |
Chulanowa |
Sep-30-09 04:20 AM |
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"most Americans" bullshit.....Speak for yourself. |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 10:03 AM |
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75% of oklahoma high school students don't know who the 1st president was |
noiretextatique |
Oct-01-09 04:17 PM |
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I had a buddy of mine, years ago, that had a t-shirt that read... |
Javaman |
Sep-30-09 11:23 AM |
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I love that, every time I hear about Christians being oppressed |
Chulanowa |
Sep-30-09 12:17 PM |
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So many christians, so few lions. |
Dr.Phool |
Sep-30-09 02:30 PM |
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but he means you too |
acsmith |
Sep-30-09 04:32 AM |
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Yes....Shortly after Bill Clinton was elected, he pronounced him "White Trash"... |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 06:26 AM |
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You're making an absurd statement. You've concocted this out of thin air. |
snagglepuss |
Sep-30-09 09:38 AM |
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Nonsense...He said "Americans"...He didn't say "some" |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 10:07 AM |
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Sarah Palin would be example #1 |
Bgno64 |
Sep-30-09 08:19 AM |
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I don't know of any democracy or republic that has endured without an informed citizenry. |
Selatius |
Sep-30-09 03:34 AM |
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I love Vidal... |
Davis_X_Machina |
Sep-30-09 05:38 AM |
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He's also a hideous snob who, in 1980, dismissed Ted Kennedy's |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 06:59 AM |
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He isn't a snob. He is simply unwillingly to engage in hero worship. Too smart |
snagglepuss |
Sep-30-09 09:41 AM |
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I disagree... |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 10:00 AM |
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unless said person is Tim McVeigh -nt- |
DerBeppo |
Sep-30-09 01:08 PM |
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I think we'll see this sort of argument gaining ground over the coming months |
marshall |
Sep-30-09 07:04 AM |
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Americans are frightfully uneducated and unworldly. |
evenso |
Sep-30-09 08:42 AM |
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You are speaking in gross generalities...The Euros, for one, often forget how VERY |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 09:32 AM |
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The US's post-World War II superpower status... |
StarfarerBill |
Sep-30-09 10:08 AM |
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My reply |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 10:42 AM |
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By this logic... |
StarfarerBill |
Oct-01-09 08:24 AM |
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I'm not talking about "shoulds"...I'm talking about reality. |
whathehell |
Oct-01-09 11:43 AM |
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Yes, I'm speaking in generalities.... |
evenso |
Sep-30-09 10:38 AM |
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Since you ARE speaking in "generalities" I'm afraid you've forfeited |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 11:18 AM |
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I'm well traveled and fairly well informed myself |
evenso |
Sep-30-09 12:53 PM |
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I wouldn't argue that our corporate media is both biased and deficient |
whathehell |
Sep-30-09 07:08 PM |
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A return to the fairness doctrine would be a good move.... |
evenso |
Oct-02-09 04:36 AM |
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"Friends w/JFK"? |
chatnoir |
Sep-30-09 09:08 AM |
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He and Jackie had the same step father. |
EFerrari |
Oct-02-09 02:21 AM |
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not his fault, he's just past his prime |
tomm2thumbs |
Sep-30-09 02:16 PM |
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Gore Vidal is not a "snob" in that a snob seeks out the company of the titled and wealthy. |
nealmhughes |
Sep-30-09 03:02 PM |
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I'm surprised at Vidal. We had one from 2000-2008. Aborted election. Appointment of dictator by |
JohnWxy |
Sep-30-09 04:28 PM |
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Quote: "(Vidal) retains some optimism about Obama 'because he doesn’t lie.'" |
troubledamerican |
Sep-30-09 11:42 PM |
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So Murdoch's rag suddenly finds Vidal relevant...? |
CJCRANE |
Oct-01-09 09:14 AM |
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soon? i'd say we are pretty much there already, especially |
katty |
Oct-01-09 05:23 PM |
#36 |
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