Comments on: Beyond satire http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/ Guru = Pahlawan Tanpa Tanda Jasa Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Kieran http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5926 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:16:18 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5926 I can never quite get over the eerie parallels between the US and British empires. Yeah ok, so one of them is an 'unofficial' empire and the other was not. But otherwise, the sense of exceptionalism and the moral humbug is very similar. All things pass. Britain ended up in hock to the USA and the USA in turn will overreach. Thing is, losing its empire seemed to do Britain a world of good, as a little old country. I hope the US manages a similar trick, as the years progress - because I too like a lot of things about that very diverse country. Just not its administration. I can never quite get over the eerie parallels between the US and British empires. Yeah ok, so one of them is an ‘unofficial’ empire and the other was not. But otherwise, the sense of exceptionalism and the moral humbug is very similar.

All things pass. Britain ended up in hock to the USA and the USA in turn will overreach. Thing is, losing its empire seemed to do Britain a world of good, as a little old country. I hope the US manages a similar trick, as the years progress - because I too like a lot of things about that very diverse country. Just not its administration.

]]> by: Damian Doyle http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5904 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:50:33 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5904 Condi is a good one for this kind of unknowing satire thing. I heard her the other day talking about how the US had been building freedom and liberty in Central America since the very first days of the republic. She was suggesting that CAFTA was the latest form of this US benevolence and so all those Central American nations should stop debating and get on board. More directly related to this issue, though, I recall Ecuador's hunky president being asked by US journos why he wanted to concentrate so much damn power in the executive. He replied along the lines of, "we're just doing the same thing you do in the US, we need a strong executive so we can get things done". The journalist didn't grasp the point. Condi is a good one for this kind of unknowing satire thing. I heard her the other day talking about how the US had been building freedom and liberty in Central America since the very first days of the republic. She was suggesting that CAFTA was the latest form of this US benevolence and so all those Central American nations should stop debating and get on board.

More directly related to this issue, though, I recall Ecuador’s hunky president being asked by US journos why he wanted to concentrate so much damn power in the executive. He replied along the lines of, “we’re just doing the same thing you do in the US, we need a strong executive so we can get things done”. The journalist didn’t grasp the point.

]]> by: Russia » Blog Archives » Moscow Kremlin http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5903 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:33:04 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/10/14/beyond-satire/#comment-5903 [...] Beyond satire One of the most common observations made about the Bush Administration is the extent to which it has concentrated power in the executive government … there is too much concentration of power in the Kremlin. I have told the Russians that. Everybody [...] […] Beyond satire One of the most common observations made about the Bush Administration is the extent to which it has concentrated power in the executive government … there is too much concentration of power in the Kremlin. I have told the Russians that. Everybody […]

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