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klaatu @ Mar 29th 2006 8:26PM
Bernie, the rest of the world would live EXACTLY as America does given the opportunity. They prove that every day.
You're fooling yourself if you think they "hate" us because of the amount we drive or whatever other reason you or anyone else could come up with.
The reason many non-Americans "claim" to hate America is because the elitist lefties essentially rule the world outside of America (though they seem to rule the world on the left and right coasts pretty well IN the US too) and "tell" the people of the rest of the world what to think via their state-owned mass media. Look at the BBC some time and you'll see a little of what I mean. The lefties hate the US because we actually (once had) a culture based upon freeom, equality and law derived from the ultimate law of God as seen by Judeo-Christian civilization. And it has been the most successful 250 or so years of any civilization on earth, bar none.
What I'm trying to say is people who are ENVIOUS are liable to hate for no other reason that that.
In addition to that, there is the world of (Insane) Islam where people are taught from birth, the religion of "pieces" (as in blowing up everyone who does not agree exactly as you do) and controlled by their own "elite" mullahs.
The bottom line is this: look at a documentary about communist China or India and you'll see people aspiring to live JUST LIKE YOU AND I DO. Like, homes, electronics, good roads, services, money, opportunities for our future, CARS.
So, get a grip you all lefties and stop being so self-loathing. Stop peeing in the pool for the rest of us.