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aklim · #11 12-15-2006, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

Well, duh. Mr. Literal strikes again. The point of that quote is that sometimes a person is one's enemy for good reason. Most every great philosopher or savant has spoken some variation on the them that others often see our failings better than we do.

Your friends are less likely to point out your failings than are you enemies.

I wish I could have more reverence for how the flag has been displayed in the recent past. The notion that we're the greatest in the world is widespread (here anyway), and the flag was poorly used in Vietnam and Nicaragua in my lifetime. Perhaps not literally raised in Nicaragua but the country was bludgeoned in the service of US interests for decades, and then again by our patrons, the contras.

There is a great humbling ahead for this country and I don't think it's going to be pleasant. Going on as we speak, I'm afraid.

Huh?

There is always a reason. I for one, don't bother what what my enemies want or say. Destroy them first then go ponder what they mean. Kinda like smallpox. Now that we have wiped out all but a few vials, lets take them apart at this time and see what makes them tick and what we can use it for.

True friends will tell you your faults. I don't go telling my enemies how to make more money, get ahead in life, etc, etc. At least not without trying to slip something bad in it.

When you find the country that hasn't done any bad, let me know. As I have said before, it is not as if any country has lily white hands when you look deep down. They think so but others may not see that point of view. The only difference is that we do it and because we are bigger, it makes a bigger splash and gets more notice.

If that is the way you feel, go ahead and leave for someplace better. I did. Why can't you? Are you afraid that when you go to your Utopia you will find it has feet of clay and you would have to admit that you can't find it either and have to come crawling back? If you feel this is going down the toilet and that there is better out there, why stay here? I wouldn't. I took the oath of allegiance freely because I believed this was the best possible place. If I didn't, I wouldn't pledge myself to a country that I thought was going downhill. I'd work to find myself something better.

You might learn something or not. Don't believe everything you get from your enemies. You see a nice steak on the menu but that doesn't mean that is what you are going to eat.