7 February 2012, 2:07 pm
This country could learn a lot from foreign countries if it chose to set aside its xenophobic stupidity, narcissism and fear of learning from others. Canada has a much financial regulatory system that protects citizens from the criminal banksters. Canada, England and Japan all have much better rational healthcare systems. Canada prohibits political bribery while America institutionalizes it. Germany - a much smaller country than the US - produces six times the solar electricity than the USA does. Average fuel economy in Europe and Japan is much higher than in the USA. Organized religion has little or no influence in the politics of almost all industrialized politics, except for the United States. Guns are severely restricted in most countries, except for the United States of Ballistics. No other country equates money with speech. No other country has an electoral college allows 18th century geographic math to supersede majority votes. No other country affords disproportionate political power to hillbilly Senators who tend to have special personal relationships with the Lord and Savior. Our Constitution is broken. We should listen to Thomas Jefferson; a new American constitution is at least 19 years overdue.... Read More »