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Mike,
Yes, the US is ‘superior’ to many countries
around the world in many important ways, but also inferior to many countries in
other important ways. That this is a fact isn’t much in doubt but
what is is that this ‘superiority’ has created worldwide envy that has
manifested itself in harsh criticism, or worse, for your country. In fact, I
would suggest it is you who is angry at most of the world, probably because
you’re too damn proud and don’t want to recognize that things aren’t going so well for your country, so you conveniently, and cowardly, blame the rest of the world for all your
countries problems, nice.
Candace, I’m hoping your fellow Americans
are as angry as you are when the head to the polling booth.