As a Non-American I want to congratulate the USA

hitler was an awesome public speaker and rabble-rouser, in fact most dictators are. Humans have a penchant for falling in line behind a good speaker
 
Another thanks here from the UK.

As I said in another thread recently, I hope the US can repair its image and can lead by good example. Rather than being the loud, bullying and unpopular country, be the country which leads by example and that other countries aspire to be like. America's public image to the rest of the world is laughable.. hopefully tonight will be a turning point.

You now need to earn the respect of the rest of the world after the damage tha Bush has done. You should realise how important that is.. you can't just live in a sealed bubble in isolation with the "with us or against us" mentality.

Because personally I quite like the USA and I feel sorry for you all with the shit you've had to put up with over the last 8 years. But I also feel a bit pissed off that your shit has turned into OUR shit. Again,, hopefully that can change.
 
The only examples I need to give are the people who are being held without being charged, without a fair trial, without anything resembling justice. Just because I am not one of them, doesn't mean some day myself or someone I care about might not be.
 
well put.

the % in prison point is particularly interesting, given that our justice system is supposed to be based on protecting the individual rights and making sure they aren't guilty before throwing them into jail. So instead we've criminalized everything.
 
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