* keeps saying this nation can handle everything--

[Skidmore]

2 active wars in specific nations (Iraq & Afghanistan), a nebulous war against "terrorism" (which may or may not be linked to the first two wars mentioned, potential wars with Korea and Iran (this one is being started as we speak, respond to all national internal disasters (natural and manmade), national debt AND have tax cuts, shop till we drop, drive big cars, party till we poop....

This delusion and propaganda has to be broken. The American people need to hear some ugly truths. They can't have it all. If they want ugly wars and to spend their times crushing the peoples of the world, it costs money. What are they going to give up? If that's the route they want to take, then they should expect people to fight back with whatever they can. If they try to rob others' treasures, they might find themselves with none at all. This truth needs to be driven home.

[linazelle]

1. Yep. Anybody heard anything about Iraq lately? What's the death toll? nt

[lectrobyte]

2. 1895 Americans. Many many more Iraqis.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[hardrainfallin]

3. This nation and its people can handle everything BUT

the TRUTH.

And that truth begins with the fact that is a country based on genocide, land-grab schemes, forced re-locations of large groups of "ingidenous" peoples, setting up absolutely intolerable living conditions for the "undesirables" in the hope that they will "take care of themselves...."

YEah, it's a long, long history of some very unsavory facts about America, American history and Americans in general.
It's gonna be a helluva hard truth to swallow if anyone ever manages to connect the dots.