[OGD] America is the world?

[Harvey Brenneise]

I try to avoid political discussion on this list, but I can't let this pass. 
I believe that most of the world would find this notion offensive.  Indeed, 
perhaps it is this notion that has gotten the US government in trouble 
recently on a number of fronts.  In my experience, most citizens of the 
world love their countries and don't want to leave them, although they may 
want to improve conditions there if possible.  In my own travels, I have 
often been quite amazed at how much about the US and American politics taxi 
drivers know (much more, I might add, than the average American voter), and 
I've had some interesting and enlightening conversations with them.  
(Perhaps they listen to the BBC while waiting for "rides".)  They, of 
course, have no voice in political decisions made half a world away from 
them that have the potential of greatlyl impacting their lives for good or 
ill. 

Sincerely,
Harvey Brenneise
In a grey and rainy Seattle 


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