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Stompy · 09-01-2004, 07:57 PM

America does "suck" as much as I think it does. What's important to me might not be important to you, vice versa. In fact, I vote.. and my first time voting was in 2000 for Bush. Hey, at the time, he sold himself very well with a lot of promises. It's just unfortunate that, IMO, he didn't turn out to be someone I felt comfortable having as a leader. Not now that a lot of the world views us differently (and negatively).

The govt hasn't done anything to upset *my* general flow of life, and I consider myself lucky for that. I of all people know what opportunities are presented because I started my career at 16 and have lived a comfortable life ever since, however... I don't just live in my own little world. There are more things that make up a country as a whole than personal opportunity like Arnold explained.

You might not outright get SHOT for talking bad about your country, but goddamn is it ever headed in that direction! For example, after 9/11, if you talked bad about this country and pointed out that our foreign policy is not as good as it can be, people acted like you were a traitor or a terrorist. The country has a different... air about it lately, and to me, it's not a comforting one.

When the leaders themselves belt out lines like "you're either with us or against us" and sway the general population into thinking the same, problems tend to arise.

There's definitely a lot more reasons why I don't picture the same America that Arnold speaks of. Land of opportunity? Indeed, but... there's really more to it than that.

09-01-2004, 07:57 PM	#38 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	America does "suck" as much as I think it does. What's important to me might not be important to you, vice versa. In fact, I vote.. and my first time voting was in 2000 for Bush. Hey, at the time, he sold himself very well with a lot of promises. It's just unfortunate that, IMO, he didn't turn out to be someone I felt comfortable having as a leader. Not now that a lot of the world views us differently (and negatively). The govt hasn't done anything to upset my general flow of life, and I consider myself lucky for that. I of all people know what opportunities are presented because I started my career at 16 and have lived a comfortable life ever since, however... I don't just live in my own little world. There are more things that make up a country as a whole than personal opportunity like Arnold explained. You might not outright get SHOT for talking bad about your country, but goddamn is it ever headed in that direction! For example, after 9/11, if you talked bad about this country and pointed out that our foreign policy is not as good as it can be, people acted like you were a traitor or a terrorist. The country has a different... air about it lately, and to me, it's not a comforting one. When the leaders themselves belt out lines like "you're either with us or against us" and sway the general population into thinking the same, problems tend to arise. There's definitely a lot more reasons why I don't picture the same America that Arnold speaks of. Land of opportunity? Indeed, but... there's really more to it than that. __________________ I love lamp.