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November 08, 2004

From a surreal landscape 

May I simply quote the following. With historical antecedents like these there is still hope for us.

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt. If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."
Thomas Jefferson (in 1798, after passage of Sedition Act)
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No- can't wait a whole life time for you lot to change- the simplest thing is for the world to work out what it wants without your nation, and then ask if you'd like to join our way forward  
Stanley, I'd have to agree with you and have a rare public disagreement with Chris. If the American public is divided, then it already implies that many have already joined the way forward for a richer, more substantial twenty-first century.
   However, I wonder whether the United States is as divided as the media make out; I'm not one to go for the huge gulf. None of the election issues, as far as I know, were viewed in such apocalyptic terms as American, or for that matter, international, media communicated, by the average person in the street.
   And while America has her faults, the world would be a worse place without her. I cannot imagine how harmful a power vacuum might be; engagement with America for change is more powerful than isolation from the nation. In that engagement and good relations, Jefferson's hope may well come true in this century.  
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