For one thing, ‘America’ isn’t just the U.S.A.. Traveling the America’s, and the world, one thing I’ve noticed is how arrogant the citizens of the U.S.A. appear when they refer to the States as America. This is especially evident when watching speeches by the President. And it is built in the U.S.A.’s name: virtually all other countries have a name that can call themselves by, that no other country can– the British are the British, the French the French, Mexicans the Mexicans, Peruvians are Peruvians. Not so with citizens of the U.S.A.. We are forced, in a way, to call ourselves Americans. The truth is the population of the U.S.A. is about half of the population of the rest of the Americas.
So, in name alone, the ‘Voice of America’ is slanted. Unfortunately, it the slant does stay a slant. It becomes more of a cliff of perspective, if you can call it that. An ideology is more like it. A neoconservative ideology, to be more precise. Take a look for yourself. Compare the headlines from ‘The Voice of America’ website and headlines from other papers. I know, it’s hard to find a paper that isn’t contaminated with the party line of our fascist regime (yeah, yeah, ‘fascism’ is a little strong or just the popular word for our government these days; but read Robert O. Paxton’s book, The Anatomy of Fascism. He puts forth a convincing argument that fascism was born and bred in the U.S.A.: the Klu Klux Klan. This is only news to those waking up from a long, long sleep– probably induced by some pharmaceutical prescribed to us by a loving doctor…).
My point isn’t to complain. I feel responsible. We have people speaking for us. Are they saying what you believe. Are they promoting principles that you want promoted in your name. The rest of the Americas are very clear about the fact that they don’t want to be associated with the land of the free, home of the brave. AND IF THIS IS WHAT BEING FREE AND BRAVE IS, I’M NOT SO SURE I UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE WORDS.
POPULATION OF THE U.S.A= 298,44,215
POPULATION OF THE REST OF THE AMERICAS= 442,814,200
here’s the link to the VOICE OF AMERICA website: http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
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