More proof that there are no fascists

[alice wellintown]

Our disagreement is probably caused by my seeing the glass half full. And,
I still maintain that, hard as it  Is out there or so many, it is getting
better all the time.


On Friday, January 25, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> If you think my argument is that the US is powerful because of its
> occupation of moral high ground, you are either a) lacking a full spectrum
> understanding of English,  b) constructing a straw man to avoid responding
> to what I say, c) thinking maybe I have not heard the oft repeated lame
> excuses you offer for Obama's lack of action on his campaign promises d)
> you tell me because I don't get how your response has any relation to what
> I said.
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> On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:00 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
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> > The US remains a very powerful nation, but not for the reasons you
> > suggest. It has no moral high ground to stand on. That, if it was ever
> > ore than a hope, vanaished long ago. Still, the US is doing some good
> > in the complex and dangerous world, but the world is to big, too
> > complex, to be influenced by the example and the rhetoric of any one
> > nation, not even the example, good or bad or mixed, of the USA.
> >
> > The President is doing ok. I wish he would get more done, but he's
> > stubborn and Washington locked up.
> >
> > But that ain't so bad; hell, he's standing up for some good people
> > and, weak as he is, he's getting the message out.
> >
> > Some say he's a stuffed suit. Well, maybe he is, but he looks good in
> > it and that helps.
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