BossTamsin (imported) wrote: Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:47 pm
Seriously here. Then again, you want him out of that embassy and on US soil without caring about his rights? Don't charge him with any secrecy violations. Charge him with copyright violations. Worked for the persecution of Kim Dotcom....
America the good the bad and the ugly.
Who are we, really?
We are a people who come from every corner of the earth, we came here speaking every language known to man and within a generation only speak English, not British English or the Queens English but American English and we also speak bad English.
We don't have a monarch nor do we have titles, everybody is equal.
We are the most generous people on the planet bar none, we give from our heart to a cause at a drop of a hat and not ask why. We make a very loyal friend, but don't piss us off.
We have the biggest military in the world, we are in over 150 countries and several we are their only military.
We are the good cop on the beat, but we can be the bad cop just as easy.
We are fair and just to everybody and always have been, except for the way we treated our own native American, the Blacks we brought over from Africa as slaves, the indentured servants we brought from Europe, every group of people who came to this country looking for freedom had to pay their dues, by being on the very bottom of society for a generation and then some, and don't forget that we locked up Americans in WWII who's only crime was that they were of Japanese heritage and even today we are displacing Native Americans in Alaska because the dollar is more important then them.
But we are fair, we treat everybody the same.
We are the bully of the world, its part of who we are. We can be your best friend or worst enemy at the flip of a coin.
We are at our very best when we are doing all the things I have stated above to include arguing with each other, because put two Americans together in a room and the argument will start, its who we are.
We argue about everything, sports, states rights over federal rights, the environment of business, regulations of free enterprise, we see the world from the Far Right to the Far Left and everything in between.
We are at our very best when we are doing all of these things, when you need to duck and cover and make sure your not in our line of sight is when were all on the same page. That is when we are at our most dangerous, right and wrong no longer matters, we no longer care what the law says, we act as one and let the chips fall were they may and we have no regret for our actions.
We are a complex people for sure, but this is who we are for good or bad we are Americans.
Julian Assange is in our cross hairs we have him in our sights.
To my two friends from the wonderful country to the north of us, I can only add this. What you both have said above is totally correct, and I believe most of us agree with you on this, but right now on this issue, Americans are all on the same page. (see above) sorry.
River