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Major Tom
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| Arc Tempest wrote: | | What's bizarre is that it pops up in poor folks too (they always exclude themselves of course). |
i believe that's what they call american exceptionalism |
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Usagi Miyamoto
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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It ought to be called American Exemptionalism. International Criminal Court? Oh, we're exempt. Landmine treaty? Sorry, exempt. You know that Article 2.7 of the UN Charter about not interfering in internal affairs that China is always citing? We put it there, our own little exemption clause, lest the segregation and Jim Crow laws of the day be cited as human rights violations. American Exemptionalism, the lingering legacy of the less enlightened, now Made in China.
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ShadowCell
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| man, do i wanna be in the room when some staffer reminds Mitch McConnell that he's still the minority leader |
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