Comments on: America’s Woes From the Outside In http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/americas-woes-from-the-outside-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=americas-woes-from-the-outside-in Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sally Ford http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/americas-woes-from-the-outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26374 Sally Ford Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=145390#comment-26374 She doesn't realize that these days when you say 'conservative' the Tea Party of extreme views comes to mind. They are questioning rights that she probably takes for granted living in the UK She doesn’t realize that these days when you say ‘conservative’ the Tea Party of extreme views comes to mind. They are questioning rights that she probably takes for granted living in the UK

]]> By: RayDuray http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/americas-woes-from-the-outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26371 RayDuray Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=145390#comment-26371 Gee PRI, what took you so long? Authors like Chalmers Johnson and Morris Berman have been writing about the decline and (soon to be inevitable) fall of the arrogant American Empire for a couple decades now. The time for cheeleading fools is past. We need real leadership in this nation. And it it perfectly obvious that the two wings of the Corporate Party are completely and utterly incapable of turning this nation around while they participate in a kakistocracy hell-bent on giving away the national treasury to bankers, private equity swindlers and corporate raiders like the possible Pillager-In-Chief the GOP would hope to impose on this once great nation. Gee PRI, what took you so long? Authors like Chalmers Johnson and Morris Berman have been writing about the decline and (soon to be inevitable) fall of the arrogant American Empire for a couple decades now.

The time for cheeleading fools is past. We need real leadership in this nation. And it it perfectly obvious that the two wings of the Corporate Party are completely and utterly incapable of turning this nation around while they participate in a kakistocracy hell-bent on giving away the national treasury to bankers, private equity swindlers and corporate raiders like the possible Pillager-In-Chief the GOP would hope to impose on this once great nation.

]]> By: Peter C. http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/americas-woes-from-the-outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26370 Peter C. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=145390#comment-26370 It's easy to be critical of your own country when you choose to live somewhere else. Really is this an unbiased view from outside? You can easily find the same problems in Europe and the UK. It’s easy to be critical of your own country when you choose to live somewhere else. Really is this an unbiased view from outside? You can easily find the same problems in Europe and the UK.

]]> By: Anthony McCarthy http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/americas-woes-from-the-outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26368 Anthony McCarthy Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=145390#comment-26368 How does Lionel Shriver explain Congressman Peter King and Rudi Giuliani if she thinks New York is mono-cultural? Perhaps her years away from the United States, living in a country with, for example, national health care and a minuscule defense budget compared to the U.S. makes her a bit less than informed about real life here. Maybe she spends too much time in the U.S. at parties of 75 people who all think the same thing. I can assure her that if she went to other parties she'd find either a mix of opinions or the mirror of the one she decries. Maybe the problem she has is with the choices she makes that give her a distorted view of the country. Odd that a novelist wouldn't seem to understand that. How does Lionel Shriver explain Congressman Peter King and Rudi Giuliani if she thinks New York is mono-cultural?

Perhaps her years away from the United States, living in a country with, for example, national health care and a minuscule defense budget compared to the U.S. makes her a bit less than informed about real life here. Maybe she spends too much time in the U.S. at parties of 75 people who all think the same thing. I can assure her that if she went to other parties she’d find either a mix of opinions or the mirror of the one she decries. Maybe the problem she has is with the choices she makes that give her a distorted view of the country. Odd that a novelist wouldn’t seem to understand that.

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