Hey U.S., welcome to the Third World! - Democratic Underground

Liberal_in_LA

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Thu Sep-18-08 04:50 PM
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Hey U.S., welcome to the Third World!

Hey U.S., welcome to the Third World!

It's been a quick slide from economic superpower to economic basket case.

Rosa Brooks
September 18, 2008

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We thus want to acknowledge the progress you have made in your evolution from economic superpower to economic basket case. Normally, such a process might take 100 years or more. With your oscillation between free-market extremism and nationalization of private companies, however, you have successfully achieved, in a few short years, many of the key hallmarks of Third World economies.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brooks18-2008sep18,0,6908905.column

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tjwash

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Thu Sep-18-08 04:53 PM
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1. Nice...a third world country with the largest stockpile of active nukes

This bodes well for the rest of the world.

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readmoreoften

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Thu Sep-18-08 04:53 PM
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2. Thank you. Thank you very much. I feel so loved. /nt

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Redstone

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Thu Sep-18-08 04:54 PM
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3. Oh, ballocks. America is NOT going to "become a third-world country."

Redstone

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The Blue Flower

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Thu Sep-18-08 05:13 PM
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4. Yes it is. No it isn't. Yes it IS. No it ISN'T. YES IT IS. NO IT ISN'T.

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tjwash

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Thu Sep-18-08 05:41 PM
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5. Then I said no...fuck you, and then he said no..FUCK YOU!, and I said...

...NO FUCK YOU! then he said NO FUCK YOU!! and I said NO...FUCK YOU

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