Unemployment, and so on

[kandrathe]

I disagree with him on his definition of American Exceptionalism too. "Exceptonalism" implies that something is exceptional, better than most things, or average things.

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary -- ex·cep·tion·al·ism noun \ik-ˈsep-shnə-ˌli-zəm, -shə-nə-\ Definition of EXCEPTIONALISM: the condition of being different from the norm; also : a theory expounding the exceptionalism especially of a nation or region.

No one said "superior". Just {waves hands by head} different.

I have no doubt that America views itself as being superior to the rest of the world, and it is this idea that drove Manifest Destiny, that we were meant to rule the world.

Huh? The first use of "American exceptionalism" was 1929, by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Manifest Destiny was coined by democrat John O Sullivan, in 1845, regarding the annexation of Texas during the prelude to the Mexican-American war. Maybe we were meant to rule Texas... ... or maybe Texas will rule us.

We love flaunting our hegemonic wings in front of the rest of the world.

Yet another different concept... We've experienced many hegemonies, from those thrust upon us, to those we've thrust upon others. Blue jeans, Rock-n-Roll, and Coca-cola are a type of pop-culture hegemony. Wings... I never really liked them, they were too fluffy, and Linda was not all that talented if you ask me. They were more of a Beatles hegemony -- the British invasion, taking over our blues music and making it popular with white folks. But see, we went with that, turned it into Metallica, and now we rule the world... ... although, I always liked ACDC, and Iron Maiden is pretty good too.

But I have a bit of disheartening news: the world sux, and we are not an exception to that rule, lol.

Black holes suck. We don't really have it all that bad. Like I said, earlier, who here has a dirt floor, and is worried about the drought wiping out the potato crop?

There is no reforming this system, since both Washington and corporate scumbags they subsidize have a symbiotic relationship. Us little people don't matter anymore. Only solution, is revolution. Its been 235 years or so since the last one. We are overdue.

And... that is about the dumbest things you've said yet. How many millions of lives are you willing to sacrifice doing it the hard way?

Whimsy?