Rikter8 said:
I was going to go into a very long rant. :rant:
However, I deleted it, and would rather just make brief statements.
1. Bush never won the election. He Bought it.
2. Bush and his administration have strategically imbedded themselves into many aspects of our system, intending to bankrupt all americans.
3. The current administration is making a clear and wide separation of RICH and POOR. The Middle Class is almost extinct.
4. I am not ashamed of being a True American. No Import or transplant can take that away from me.
5. I will not be ashamed of my heritage because One Completely Insane Person chooses to Bankrupt this Country, then leave with the bank.
6. Corrupt Laws have rendered many patriots powerless. (But not all...)
7. New Orleans is a double Edged Sword.
8. Why Should America Be Ashamed of asking for money from foreign nations?
How many BILLIONS of dollars have we donated out to the world to keep them afloat.
If foreign nations gave a Damn about the world as they proclaim, they would have helped.
The Flip side to #8 is imported goods should have been handled by local authorities. It was the goddamned greedy big-co contractors that monopolized everything.
You don't really need to rant y'know, it's called Karma, be at peace with yourself, and let everyone else kill each other. China rules with that idea so far. Anyway.
1) If Bush bought an election, then you're conceeding your country is undermocratic and by proxy a dictatorship. Way to go.
2) I don't care for local finances, let alone international, I'll take your word.
3) Same with the UK I suppose, I don't see that as a bad thing when money still decides your status, rather than your inbreeding pool as it traditionally is here.
4) Me, I'm a bit "grey". I believe that our biggest enemies our ourselves to be honest.
5) I tend to think along the lines of "Blair does not represent my view". But I'm politically neutral. Gives me the right to call everyone fools.
6) Same here, oh well.
7) Not really, there's a disaster, get it solved. Any president should be leading the charge, if there's problems, say there's problems. I don't blame the weather, I blame the person who sent more millitary vehicles than aid stuff. *shrug*
8) Just don't go with the "we're the most powerful nation on the world" chant.

It's like the lion with the nail in it's claw asking the mouse for help. While the mouse is certainly happy to help, it's probably thinking "Hey, you're the lion, why can't you do it yourself?" Co-operation is not a bad thing. Just remember to shit in the direction of some third world countries who DID help from time to time.
8 2/3) Ultimately the way most countries see you is as an arrogant superpower who proclaim authority on all social and economic affairs, and have a huge and unbalanced influence in the affairs in foreign countries. Heck, my country even lets your millitary jets take priority over civilian airspace! So with all this power and control at one's fingertips, it isn't a question of "should" the world help, but why should they need to.
You're not a poor disadvantaged county, you are arming up to be in a position to destroy Asia and Europe if need be, heck, the technology resources and money is staggering, even your social and services are the envy of the world.
If anything, the slow response shows that your government cares more about containing a crisis over a foreign oil pipeline then for it's own citizens to be looked after.