Originally Posted by Jessie

Ignorance and arrogance ?. America is the largest, most all consuming capitalistic society on the planet, as we devour roughly 80% of the world's resources, and leave the rest for the other 3.5 billion people on this planet. And in order to maintain our quality of life and style of living, we have to endlessly consume. It keeps our economy roaring along, while our fast food industry creates more fat Americans than ever before. No wonder people around the world hate us for this. We're too big, too arrogant, and our foreign policies are a direct factor in us maintaining our glutinous lifestyle. Our schools can't churn out enough smart people, and therefore we import from countries like India and China for our high end labor force. Our kids get fatter, they play more video games, and are slowly turning into a generation of mindless pigs who cannot get a decent job because they either lack the education or the motivation. We also allowed a puppet government/regime to take over this country and slowly run it into the ground. Now, what does that say about the intelligence of the American voter?

When we see some of the most unbelievable rightwing hate coming from the likes of Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and so many others, and as millions around the world can hear them as well, then it should come as no surprise why we are hated by so many. We attacked a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and sit while the presumed perpetrator roams around somewhere north of Pakistan (if that's really where he rumore to be) putting out audio tapes and threatening American interests whenever Bush's poll numbers look like they couldn't go any further South.

It is this transparency of lunacy coming from this country that has perplexed so many around the world. And we throw our military might around with such arrogance and blind hubris, that it's no wonder that many more countries now want the bomb.

This is Bush country. This is where he and his rightwing neocons have taken this country today.