- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Part II / The Daily Reckoning - - Elli -, 29.05.2003, 12:31
- in 4 Absätzen alles gesagt, was es zu Amerika noch zu sagen gibt.... - Palstek, 29.05.2003, 13:20
- die Parallelen zum Spanien des 16. Jh sind bemerkenswert - kingsolomon, 29.05.2003, 13:33
- in 4 Absätzen alles gesagt, was es zu Amerika noch zu sagen gibt.... - Palstek, 29.05.2003, 13:20
in 4 Absätzen alles gesagt, was es zu Amerika noch zu sagen gibt....
-->***"The world's only superpower is turning into a banana
republic," wrote the New York Times' economist, Paul Krugman,
recently. He was referring to the enormous debts and
deficits being run up by the current administration.
Krugman has come to a conclusion about the Bush
administration:
"The people now running America aren't conservatives, they're
radicals who want to do away with the social and economic
system we have..."
We don't know if the Bush team want to change the system
radically, but they are certainly the most activist bunch of
conservatives we have ever seen. They seem to think they
really know what is best for the world and are going to make
sure we get it, good and hard.
But the more often we visit Nicaragua the more we begin to
think that turning into a banana republic wouldn't be so bad.
The weather is nice. The fruit is fresh. And the cost of
living is low. Besides, people take their politicians less
serious; they seem to expect them to act like clowns, crooks
and desperadoes. They suffer few disappointments.
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