The editorial text in the middle was very entertaining......
So entertaining that I didn't even bother reading the third one.
Why entertaining you ask? Well, just to throw a few points out there.....
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I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the <NOBR>Douglas DC-10?</NOBR> If so, why don't they fly them?
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Uhm- ever heard of Airbus? As far as I know they are giving Boeing a rough time on some markets..........and they are being flown quite a bit.
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Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the <NOBR>moon — not</NOBR> once, but several <NOBR>times — and</NOBR> safely home again.
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Maybe that is not due to a lack of technology but simply due to the intelligent notion not to fly somewhere someone else has already been to, showing that there is not much there worth going for? As for technology- talk ESA and ISS f.e.. Loads of other countries involved right there.
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When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
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Hm- maybe that is because the countries hit by those earthquakes were third world and needed the help as they can't help themselves- and the US with all it's development etc. should be pretty capable of helping itself?
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I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
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The Americans are not the only ones racing in many cases. As for Americans in trouble etc.- see point above. Plus- latest example NO. When there werent offers two seconds after desaster hit there was an outrage- when the offers came the response was "no, thanks, we can deal alone"- and in fact help did go there, an example were workers of the THW who helped with the levee probs etc.. As for the earthquake as an example- are we talking 1906 here?? Wow, an example from 100 years ago.....that's pretty recent.
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The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
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As thankful as my country is and has to be for the assistance back then- I guess noone knew that accepting that help would mean we are forever not allowed to critizise US policies........or is there a hidden timeline?? Critisizm allowed again after....70 years?? Phew only a few more to go!!
Sorry but.......this guy didn't get a number of facts straight (btw.- does he really think radios are the only thing coming out of Japan and cars the only thing coming out of Germany?? He is aware I hope that f.e. the technology that built the first nuke that hit Japan came from German minds to a huge degree, right??)- and sure, others he does get straight but extend them in such a polemic way that the whole thing almost appears like a satire to me.