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Anotehr moron "czar"...
"HOLDREN: There has been a strain of what many people call “US
exceptionalism” in the United States, the notion that the United States is so big, so important, so powerful, so technologically advanced that it can and should do what it wants. I think this strain is misguided. Q: Will Americans need to reduce their living standards? HOLDREN: I think ultimately that the rate of growth of material consumption is going to have to come down, and there’s going to have to be a degree of redistribution of how much we consume, in terms of energy and material resources, in order to leave room for people who are poor to become more prosperous." http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=Gd8zSUSU6U One can oppose America’s role on the world stage from either the Right or the Left, and challenge the notion of American exceptionalism itself — but it helps to start off by knowing what it is. American exceptionalism has nothing to do with our size or our technological prowess. Exceptionalism springs from the nature of our nation’s birth, historical leadership in personal freedom (notable exceptions: slavery and post-Civil War Jim Crow) and especially the role America inherited in the 20th century as the guarantor of Western security and international shipping. Moron. |
Anotehr moron "czar"...
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Anotehr moron "czar"...
BAR wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:41:46 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Q: Will Americans need to reduce their living standards? HOLDREN: I think ultimately that the rate of growth of material consumption is going to have to come down, and there’s going to have to be a degree of redistribution of how much we consume, in terms of energy and material resources, in order to leave room for people who are poor to become more prosperous." As distasteful as it is, the harsh reality of the limited resources of the planet will eventually make that decision for us. We are explorers we will not stay on this planet unless some idiot in the White House decides to cut NASA's budget. Oh wait, he already decided to cut NASA's budget. I've often thought we should ship nuclear waste and **** into space... There's probably room for you on the first rocket... -- Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger: Idiots All |
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