Fixing Uncle Sam’s Image Problem

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  • Posted By: stsmith1511 @ 12/31/2008 3:33:55 AM

    In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home . On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth.

    Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France or maybe China

    I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France , Germany , and Russia Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well. Bonne chance, mez amies.

    I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York

    A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.

    Mexico is also on List 2 its president and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple extra thousand tanks and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put 'em? Yep, border security.

    Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty - starting now.

    We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling for oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country's oil needs for decades to come. If you're an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there.

    It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, 'darn tootin.'

    Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America It is time to eliminate home lessness in America . To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thank you guys. We owe you and we won't forget.

    To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic.

    God bless America Thank you and good night.

  • Posted By: iseecar @ 12/31/2008 3:18:51 AM

    Perhaps the world would think differently if the United States of America stopped sending so many of them money, food, clothing, medicine volunteers, etc. America doesn't have an image problem, America has some stupid politicians, always have had, and always will. Just the fact that the US will allow anyone around the world to criticize them or give feedback on any number of things goes to show that the US truly lives with democracy. And, any country that criticizes the US had better make sure that their own closets are very, very clean. It is childish to think in such simplistic terms. Is the US in existence for the sole purpose of a popularity contest?

  • Posted By: wpeters49 @ 12/30/2008 10:47:43 PM

    First we need to clean up our own country image by doing to our congress what President Reagen did to the Air Traffic controllers and remove all of them from office and replace them with people who will do what the majority of the peo;le vote for not what the congress people think is best. Then we need to reduce welfare and other programs to only support the physically and mentally handicapped, The lazy need to go back to work and the baby factories need to support their own. Then we need to stop supporting countries who do not support our overall idea of freedom. Start placing tarriffs on incoming products equal to the tarriff percentages placed on products leaving out country. All products to include cars, trucks, vehicle parts, cameras, toys etc all imports and exports. Once we occomlish this then maybe other countries will prespcet us, if not who cares!

  • Posted By: wpeters49 @ 12/30/2008 10:33:43 PM

    To start we need to clean up out own country, I recommend we do to congress the same way President Reagan did to the Air Traffic Controllers, fire all of them and start over. Stop giving out welfare to the people physically and mentally capable of working even if they have fifteen children. Stop pooring money and food to foreign countries who do not support us. Start charging foreign companies the same percent tarriffs of incoming products as they do us on products we ship to them. (oiil, cars and car parts, cameras, etc) and then we can reduce the tax burden that our present congress has placed upon us. Then maybe the other countries will start to respect us and if they don't, who cares.

  • Posted By: whatisreal? @ 12/30/2008 4:06:20 PM

    Here's another: If you are going to invade a country for WMDs, or country's that are suppossed threats, don't go for the ones that 'may' have WMD's when others such as North Korea are proclaimiing openly they are working toward them or have them. Otherwise you appear to not be sticking to your principles, and in the case of Iraq appear to be looking for any excuse to plop yourself down into oil country.

  • Posted By: whatisreal? @ 12/30/2008 3:34:20 PM

    Maturing and thinking and acting like adults in the world community will help. A punk bully kid with a gun and a badge is probably not an image we need to promote any longer.

    Don't think the axis of evil thing works so well either. With that sort of rhetoric you only add to the problem and it results in all the justifications needed for the nuts in N. Korea and Iran to speed up their nuclear arms aims. Good and evil puts it in a religious context which is not something we want to do. That is sort of like America being refered to as "The great Satan". It is stupid and only creates more issues, puts people on the defense, and in the very least provides major incentives to produce a nuclear deterent to defend against Amercan aggression, and it is really not a good thing for Iraq and North Korea to have nukes for obvious reasons.

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