Comments on: America’s Dirtiest Open Secrets

By: darkwingedangel

darkwingedangel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:06:25 +0000

You do make several great arguments, and I’m sure you can tell by the comments that many of them create quite a heated discussion. Americans (myself included) on the whole may know these things, but I’ve always considered them the past. While I don’t agree with…well, a damn thing that this “country” has decided in the last 4-6 years, I’ll still try to get my voice heard in order to make the changes that I feel are right. I hope that you continue your work- I love your writings.

Eternally…

By: Niyaz PK

Niyaz PK — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:06:09 +0000

“Everything that has a beginning has an end”

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Blog Challenge: Write a Political Post « Lorelle on WordPress — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:58:10 +0000

[...] My Scribbles’ “American’s Dirtiest Open Secret” is a good example of clean, clear, and specific political writing, pointing out the facts very plainly. [...]

By: mdhillison

mdhillison — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:33:02 +0000

growler has a lot of great comments and I agree with a lot of that. I don’t want to see anyone suffer and I wish the world could take care of its own problems. But the world never stops to seem to call on America to take care of situations, be it military or aid. Before you condemn us unilaterally, consider the aid doled out by the US all over the world. There will always be a need for someone to be the

I do think some misteps have happened in the middle east but I think many of them could have been avoided if the middle eastern countries had been able to manage their problems in their area.

Many people have posted accurate rebuttals so I don’t need to as well but I do have a few things to say.

If you feel this way My scribbler, why do you want to come here for of all things – an education?

When it comes right down to it, a good measure of the freedom and opportunity a country offers is whether people want to leave this country or people want to move there. The US has a HUGE backlog of people who want to come, HUGE.

Some poster above talked about no freedom – are you kidding me? YOu clearly haven’t been here and are just buying some party line. America is the land of opportunity.

Poverty in the US is very different than poverty in many places in the world. Fanatic religions? Uh ok, whatever dude.

I’ll tell you what – anyone who actually buys the original post and some of the comments, come live here and then post it.

And look at the people who even partially agree with the OP and are Americans – that’s just another great part of being American. You can talk all you want and disagree all you want. People here love to voice their opinions! It’s a good thing to here people disagree and I love that about our country.

No I’m not oblivous to everything else as I pursue the American Dream – you know why? Because the American dream isn’t that hard to achieve. Life isn’t hard here, opportunities, jobs and education abound. I do look outside myself to see what good I can contribute. I’m sorry for the pain in the world but the life we live here in pretty darn fantastic and I wish that for all of you, in whatever form you find fantastic. I’ve got a degree in political science and was in grad school in a journalism program, so I don’t consider myself oblivious.

The literacy rate here is very high, colleges are everywhere – loans are easy to get and there is a spot for everyone somewhere in the collegiate system here.

I’m proud to be an American. Say what you will but people are still willing to risk their lives to move here every day.

Peace be with you all.

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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:25:42 +0000

[...] Some of the “values” America already exported to the Iraq and the rest of the world [thanks to “My Scribbles“]: [...]

By: Yaser

Yaser — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:38:09 +0000

Absurd. By the way, I just realized you were afghan (I didn’t know if that was always your title sorry ). Anyways, so am I. I look forward to forward posts. Sorry for the redundancy, I’m tired and I have an exam early in the morning.

By: drhaisook

drhaisook — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:04:50 +0000

I’m a Muslim Arab, and I confess from the bottom of my heart that the USA is the most freedom-giving and helpful country in the world. If not for America, we would die right away. America keeps us living. America protects the Gulf. America gives helpful donations every year to my country Egypt; otherwise, millions of citizen would have died. America gives and in turn takes. Many countries take but not give. Millions of people from around the globe apply each year for the American lottery for a permanent residency. America has cultivates the majority of creative minds, giving them a change to innovate, while in their own countries they live and die without being known. There’s no country in the world that has given that much to humanity as has the US. There’s no doubt about it, and statistics say it all. America, if not the fairest of all, it’s still the best of all.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:31:40 +0000

#1, that’s correct–socialized to think about the daily stresses of work and bills, and paid well enough to afford distraction during the small amount of the time we’re not working.

And Rogue Jew, the “love it or leave it” argument is crap. “Love it, leave it or try to make it better” is the way I look at it.

By: Bala de Lumey

Bala de Lumey — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:16:14 +0000

America is a capitalist nation, but ther is no freedom.
Gay people can’t marry like in Belgium for example.
You suffer from all those fanatic religions.
45.000.000 americans live in poverty.
Americans are the worst informed people in the world. All your info on TV is coloured and manipulated.
We feel pitty for your lack of knowledge.
And can you tell me why the US forced my country and others to store nuclear missiles? to use them against whom?

By: Rogue Jew

Rogue Jew — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:04:01 +0000

Too bad your post is filled with anti American hate filled garbage and lies. America is not the only country to use WMDs against civilians, your buddy Saddam has also but you leftist hippy freaks of nature like to forget that fact. If America hadn’t used the bomb in 1945, millions of American soldiers would have died invading Japan so that we could win the war, but then once again you freaks don’t like it when America wins. If you don’t like the fact that America is a capitolist nation with more freedoms then anywhere else in the world, you are more then welcome to get out and find your socialist dream elsewhere.