Without addressing the anti-American sentiment that is growing so rapidly around the world, we will not find security or peace creating an endless state of war. American leaders say we are fighting for freedom and democracy while many other people and nations would say America is fighting for the control by the McCorporations. Americans do not see themselves as a global empire while most people and nation around the world do. Yesterday’s weapons of protection are today’s threats of destruction and annihilation of the world, as we know it today. Many of the strengths of yesterday become the weakness of tomorrow in an evolving society.

The American society has greatly profited from the economic exploitation of the indigenous people of the world. America can win the military war while losing the economic. and political battles weakening our nation. The American government’s domestic and foreign policies are so out of whack many foreign leaders are losing confidence in our leadership. Today nations are so inter-dependent on one and another economically while being so divided political on a national and international level. The fate of the American’s security today is in the hands of banks in China and Japan.

To all of those people who say “God Bless America” God has blessed America and America has abused that blessing. Many of the world’s great innovative advancements have been made by Americans people from all over the world bring great wealth. It is how America has used her great wealth and power that is in question. Leading by example and not through military strength will bring peace and security. Only by American addressing their problems at home can they help those in need around the world. The problems we face as a nation are only a snapshot of those we face as a world. While trying to demilitarize the world we are militarizing our nation. The hypocrisy between what we say and what we do is at the roots to many of our problems.

If the Americans want to be a strong leader in the world that people and nations look up too with respect and dignity, we will have to overhaul our domestic and foreign policies. The health and security of our nation influences the condition of the people in the world. Too often disputes between nation arise from a lack of understanding of history bring us to this point. Only by bring our political and economic policies into balance will we begin to address the real problem we face. Whether it is the war in Iraq, Palestine-Israel or the poppy fields in Afghanistan or our national debt the American people are going to pay for the mistakes.
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Hear hear!

1) God have very much blessed America!

2) America will never live up to it's potential or it's original design
untill we get rid of the REP-DEM Monopoly and get SMART, GOOD,
HONEST, and FAIR people in office.

3) A few ways to get #2 started are"

1) Eliminate the Electoral College. (Make your vote count)
2) Have Immediate Runoff Elections. (Make it accurate.)
3) Vote any non-Dem/Rep party. (Let them know we will make
change! Shape up or ship out!)
This way every vote counts, and every politician
will be judged by the "PEOPLE" Directly!!!!

Remember it's the REP&DEMS who put us in to the mess we are in now!

YEAH!

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“We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.---George W. Bush

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"War is the public agenda for the hidden desires of a private elite" ~ Bodazey

Fist of all, Global, Great Post!!! welcome to the boards. I looked at your blog; some good stuff in there!
I think the biggest insult to the American People is the Administration knows the public is not happy with their preformance! The anti American sentiment you speak of world wide is, unfourtunately, being heard right here in the ranks of Americans too. This forum and most of the blogs in this country, show this to be true. 52% of Americans now think Bush should be impeached, yet the Senate just voted to not investigate Bush's Domestic Spying Program.
Other countries would have overthrown their government by now. Our System allows us to change leaders in a more civilized way. As long as we can get everyone off their asses to vote! Unfourtunately I will have to say that the American Public is pretty lame when it come to getting involved. Voter turn out has been an embarassment.
I know most of the people here on this forum probably vote or you wouldn't be involved with this site to start with. I think we all need to start spreading the word now! Tell people if they blow off voting there will be hell to pay later. Getting the control of the Senate away from Bush is, I think, really a matter of life and death. Continually telling people you know, about the need to vote in November, from now until then, may get through to some of the 'I don't cares'.
Vote out the Republican Senators this November, voting Green and filling in the rest with democrats. Help restore the checks and balances that this government has proven it needs!
Then we should all get involved with hands on projects to change our voting system for 2008 to get rid of the monopoly.
To start with, both the Democratic and Republican parties should be disbanded.
I totally agree on ditching the electoral college. Run off voting should be implimented.
Also key will be getting rid off all the lobbyists. None! The real cozy senators and other lawmakers need to be looked over very carefully also. Laws should never be about who is paying the lawmakers the most.
I also think we should do away with political parties all together. Make it so a candidate must get 10,000 recent, legit, signatures with verifiable addresses and telephone numbers, to be a candidate. This should make the number of candidates managable. It will also weed out nut jobs and half asses.
I think we should make the Senators and the Reps jobs be lower paying. Make the job a $25,000 a year gig. No other 'payments' allowed. Unless of course it is because the man or woman chooses to take a second job!
This will get the people into office that are living the laws not putting them on a pedistal above them. Not to mention putting some one in office that will make the laws for all the people, not just the rich!
We need to change the rules about campaigning too. No multi-million dollars campaigns. No smear jobs. Put who ever has the signatures through a background check and then publish this check. You only push why you would be good for the job and what your background and abilities are.
Vote on who is best educated and able to do the job. Not on which party he's part of.
Of course this is just an Idea. It would need fine tuning I am sure.