tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post3766584293730365923..comments2023-09-10T21:53:41.949+10:00Comments on "SEEKING UTOPIA!": IS THE WORLD IN DEBT TO AMERICA?Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-60630362063179226542007-08-02T08:58:00.000+10:002007-08-02T08:58:00.000+10:00Groveling to America, Renegade, has been turned in...Groveling to America, Renegade, has been turned into an art form.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately a few nations don't which creates an important balance!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-48377891722805340602007-07-31T14:31:00.000+10:002007-07-31T14:31:00.000+10:00Lynn: I really think you'll like my blog.I don't f...Lynn: I really think you'll like my blog.<BR/><BR/>I don't find Brown's views or behavior a shock. From blogs based in the UK, they seemed to have been saying he'd be like Blair.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-22755063489974011412007-07-31T10:35:00.000+10:002007-07-31T10:35:00.000+10:00Gordon Brown, the new British Prime Minister, has ...<I>Gordon Brown, the new British Prime Minister, has announced on the eve of his meeting with Bush that the world is in debt to America for its fight against terrorism.</I><BR/><BR/>"What? You wish to thank us for creating a international climate arguably 10X more favorable for terrorists than before we botched Afganistan and invaded Iraq? Very well...I accept."<BR/><BR/>(Bonus points if you can guess the movei the line was paraphrased from.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-75498641045815593902007-07-31T10:16:00.000+10:002007-07-31T10:16:00.000+10:00Great to have you call, Detain This. I'll put your...Great to have you call, Detain This. I'll put your blog, which I visited the other day, on my Special Links.<BR/><BR/>Folk like us who believe in peace should stick together, work for the good of mankind!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-89415747059878346622007-07-31T09:54:00.000+10:002007-07-31T09:54:00.000+10:00Great blog site, Daniel—especially the p.s. and p....Great blog site, Daniel—especially the p.s. and p.p.s. of this particular entry. (That'll be the day when mainstream media discuss the irrefutable <A HREF="http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/topTenReasons.html" REL="nofollow">illegality</A> of the U.S.' aid to Israel, S. Arabia, and other rogue states, eh?)<BR/><BR/>Looking at your mission statement ("anti 1-10"), you and I have just about everything in common in the disposition of our social/political activism. (Others whom we have discussed over the last couple of days may incorporate their faith's teachings into their work, but I wouldn't call it <I>fanaticism</I>, per se. That might be the only area where you and I part. Either way, it's nothing huge, IMO.)<BR/><BR/>Again: Great blog. Hard-hitting issues. Solid factual material. Very nice. I hope you don't mind if I link to it once in a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-31852696812861241242007-07-31T08:28:00.000+10:002007-07-31T08:28:00.000+10:00I was quite surprised at Brown, especially as he h...I was quite surprised at Brown, especially as he has assembled a very pro-European cabinet who have made some less than flattering remarks about American foreign policy.<BR/>I have no idea what he hoped to get from such sycophancy, he is more than aware of the feeling of his own country towards Bush.<BR/>As for us being in debt to America,<BR/>he must live on a very different planet to the rest of the world.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-36719437387842389342007-07-31T07:06:00.000+10:002007-07-31T07:06:00.000+10:00That's how I am, Lynn! Welcome to my blog. I'll vi...That's how I am, Lynn! Welcome to my blog. I'll visit yours today. <BR/><BR/>Of course I want to make it clear that I do not include the average man or woman in the street when I talk about America doing this or that. They are fine people and many of them visit my blog.<BR/><BR/>My target is those in America who manipulate American citizens and much of the world for their own selfish ends.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-45536753692819864322007-07-31T06:49:00.000+10:002007-07-31T06:49:00.000+10:00Hi, Daniel. I came over because I read The Peace T...Hi, Daniel. I came over because I read The Peace Train and read your post there but I don't believe we have "met" or at least not that I know of!<BR/><BR/>I think that in some ways we want the world to "owe us" just as we want to be valuable as a market. As more countries develop their economies and can buy the cheap imports we are obsessed with- things will change. Especially with China. But we have a long twisted history with Britain, its a different relationship. <BR/><BR/>I think you have presented your info very clearly, and I think that we are in agreement about a lot of things.<BR/><BR/>Even if we were not- thats ok too. I just read your earlier post about blogging and popularity. Feh! <BR/><BR/>For the most part, and people can get peaved but I'll say it- most blogs I see have what is called reciprocity traffic. They are visited mostly by people who agree, in many cases already know or share the opinions, and visit because of an unwritten kind of mutual support rule. I comment, you come over. Very few people remain loyal to a blog if you never visit unless you are a big shot and people hope to entice other readers with their remarks. <BR/><BR/>There are just too many blogs, not enough hours in the day for most people with limited access to information- its just not feasible for most blogs to get popular even if they post great things. But everyone covets this "traffic" thing. We do best when we let that go, and think of ourselves as communities. <BR/><BR/>This exchanging goes on until a regular gets their feathers ruffled. Then perhaps they go find one of the other BILLION blogs.<BR/><BR/>Reciprocity is not enough though if we want dialogue and discussion, I prefer to find people who will TALK. Discuss. <BR/><BR/>If thats how you are, we'll get along fine.Lynn@ZelleBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570016709288721240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-39853919739305667602007-07-30T20:33:00.000+10:002007-07-30T20:33:00.000+10:00Brown is a real disappointment, Anony. How come th...Brown is a real disappointment, Anony. How come the British have sold out to the Americans on so many issues? Is it mutual greed or does Britain think by supporting the U.S. that, by association, it can capture some of its glory days?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-90113363803723956842007-07-30T20:14:00.000+10:002007-07-30T20:14:00.000+10:00Only a complete fool could possibly make such a st...<I>Only a complete fool could possibly make such a statement.</I><BR/><BR/>And that is possibly the truest statement you have made on this blog. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com