QUOTE (dchaosblade @ Feb 18 2008, 02:35 AM) About the comment about Americans being blind to how bad our country is, I deny that wholeheartedly. If anything, Americans are the WORST critics of our own country. These days, its hard to walk down the street and not hear people complaining about Bush doing this, that or the other thing, about how our healthcare is wrong, about how this is messed up, that is messed up, and the other thing is messed up.
Oh we most certainly are that. Heck, even newscasters bitch about Bush constantly. Just gotta watch a little Keith Olbermann to see that. Then you can listen to a little punk music and realize that every single band has at LEAST 5 songs dedicated to how shitty this administration really is. Then take a little looksie around the internet and find all the American run sites complaining with a fury as to how bad things have been becoming. And lo and behold folks, there's a good reason you don't see this place as being as bad as it is. It's called media manipulation. I can't even TELL you how many time's I've had to go to the BBC's website to find news out about issues HERE in America because none of the US based news sites will touch it.
Oh we most certainly are that. Heck, even newscasters bitch about Bush constantly. Just gotta watch a little Keith Olbermann to see that. Then you can listen to a little punk music and realize that every single band has at LEAST 5 songs dedicated to how shitty this administration really is. Then take a little looksie around the internet and find all the American run sites complaining with a fury as to how bad things have been becoming. And lo and behold folks, there's a good reason you don't see this place as being as bad as it is. It's called media manipulation. I can't even TELL you how many time's I've had to go to the BBC's website to find news out about issues HERE in America because none of the US based news sites will touch it.