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ASU2003 · 09-20-2006, 03:49 PM

roachboy, that happens to be his speech from 2005...

I don't have a problem with the UN. I would rather have them talk amongst themselves rather than start wars over every little thing. Even though the resolutions aren't very effective, it helps see where the other countries are coming from.

And then you have our great media. I'm surprised CNN actually broadcasted the US, Iran and Venezuelan speeches. All three of the leaders have good things to say, but behind the scenes they have major problems.

The one thing I agree with Chavez on is this:
"Chavez called for reform, saying the U.S. government's "immoral veto" had allowed recent Israeli bombings of Lebanon to continue unabated for more than a month." I'm not sure if Israel would have stopped their campaign even if a resolution had passed, but this could have been prevented and Hezbollah dealt with in other ways.

What freedoms do we have in the US? We can disagree with each other, but hardly ever turn to violence to settle our differences. I can go where I want to when I want (unless it is private property, which more and more of this country is). I can say and write whatever (but unless 50.1% of people think the same as you, it won’t change much). I can read whatever books I want or get whatever news I want (unless it is censored or illegal, the news is biased and opinionated and doesn't show everything a lot of the time, then you have to look on-line for first hand stories from multiple sources with nothing to gain from lying.) I am free to pay a bunch of taxes. And we are free to own certain guns and women are free to control when they give birth in some states. We won't be killed for believing a different religion from someone else, or for not believing any religion at all. But, I'm not sure how this is any different from Guatemala.

09-20-2006, 03:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	roachboy, that happens to be his speech from 2005... I don't have a problem with the UN. I would rather have them talk amongst themselves rather than start wars over every little thing. Even though the resolutions aren't very effective, it helps see where the other countries are coming from. And then you have our great media. I'm surprised CNN actually broadcasted the US, Iran and Venezuelan speeches. All three of the leaders have good things to say, but behind the scenes they have major problems. The one thing I agree with Chavez on is this: "Chavez called for reform, saying the U.S. government's "immoral veto" had allowed recent Israeli bombings of Lebanon to continue unabated for more than a month." I'm not sure if Israel would have stopped their campaign even if a resolution had passed, but this could have been prevented and Hezbollah dealt with in other ways. What freedoms do we have in the US? We can disagree with each other, but hardly ever turn to violence to settle our differences. I can go where I want to when I want (unless it is private property, which more and more of this country is). I can say and write whatever (but unless 50.1% of people think the same as you, it won’t change much). I can read whatever books I want or get whatever news I want (unless it is censored or illegal, the news is biased and opinionated and doesn't show everything a lot of the time, then you have to look on-line for first hand stories from multiple sources with nothing to gain from lying.) I am free to pay a bunch of taxes. And we are free to own certain guns and women are free to control when they give birth in some states. We won't be killed for believing a different religion from someone else, or for not believing any religion at all. But, I'm not sure how this is any different from Guatemala.