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The United States: Not Very Peaceful
The BBC reported last week that the United States ranks 96th, out of 121 countries, on the Global Peace Index, a list determining the peacefulness of each country (121 being the least peaceful). Compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a research and advisory firm spawned originally to serve the magazine, the index ranks countries on, among other factors, prison population, violent crime, and relations with one's neighbors. Iraq, due to the ongoing war (one of the reasons for the U.S.' poor ranking as well, I'll assume), ranks dead last, at 121. Norway, not surprisingly, ranks at the top. Other notables: Japan ranks fifth (although, that seems sort of skewed, due to its military constraints), Sudan sits at 120 and Israel at 119.
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So Israel is ranked close to Sudan. Why is America rewarding Israel's bad behavior with $5billion a year? We are known by the company that we keep.
Posted by: Sarah F. on 06/10/07 at 7:27 AM
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Liberals "Hate America"
Republicans and conservatives have been using this line for decades with great success. They wrap themselves in the flag to vilify anyone who criticizes their ideology or lawlessness by identifying themselves as “America.” Ronald Reaganism and George Bushism are not America, and neither is the Republican party.
Millions of unthinking Americans support Republicans policies that shake the foundations of our society. “Greed is Good,” has replaced In God We Trust as our national slogan. Huge and immensely rich corporations have monopolized capitalism to point that it’s now a Members Only club.
Free Trade and preemptive wars are good for the owners of the MIC and the Monopoly Media, but they aren’t good for the average American. Even as middleclass living standards are being squeezed, the bonanza of profits from the war are being skimmed off at the top. There is no trickledown.
The rich beyond your wildest dreams have elevated their own Self Interest over National Interest out of greed and lust for world domination. That’s what liberals hate.
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