To be fair, much of this is backed up by the USA's own media:
> ...you can get out on bail. > Charged with double homicide, but able to walk free because he had $2M: http://usa.greekreporter.com/2010/03/14/nicholas-kiriakakis-accused-of-double-murder-free-on-bail/ > ...you can get treated for your illness. > Michael Moore, 'nuff said! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/ > > ...you can hire attorneys and win most any case. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case> > > ...you can win on smearing your opponent rather than actually > > marketing yourself. > > > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/d-s-hube/2008/07/18/dan-rather-refers-obama-osama-bin-laden-will-media-notice <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/d-s-hube/2008/07/18/dan-rather-refers-obama-osama-bin-laden-will-media-notice> > I am amazed at your anti-American, anti-capitalism, false over > generalizations. > > It's true that the plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence", but these examples do seem typical of how the US is reported worldwide, enough that they seem representative. More disturbing is the suggestion that all this is unique to the USA, corruption and the unjust influence of wealth is pretty much a global phenomenon. Possibly the only thing that the United States could reasonably be singled out for in that list is their approach to healthcare. -- Kevin Wright gtalk / msn : [email protected] <[email protected]>mail: [email protected] vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
