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Yes? No? Why?
Yes? No? Why?
I believe we are Exceptionally non exceptional except when exceptionality is expected by those more exceptional then ourselves.
Holy S*#t, pass the Tylenol !!
Jcleppe, I take acception to your dizzying comment.
I used to. Seems we pissed it away.
Now, what time does American Idol start?
I couldn't STAND Newsroom. A liberal show pretending like the main character is conservative.... but the REAL reason I could stand it was the way it painted the media. Sorry folks, it isn't that ethical. Each night isn't a confrontation of good and evil (and in a real news room there's much more cursing).
Agreed. My mother and father spent decades in the newspaper business. My dad was always bristle when people would say "The news media has a duty to..X Y Z."
The media has one duty: to make money. It's a business.
Now, I liked Newsroom. I just suspended all belief because I like Daniels. You should, however, watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwnUeIIqABo
Is the United States great? Sure. Is it exceptional? I think right now it is. Does this exceptionalism extend into the future?
In agreement with much of what LITS and MemberLG have stated. Some of the reasons we were exceptional are:
1. The difficulty of getting here, which has diminished over time to where it's no longer a barrier, meant that only the determined could get here. That alone meant they brought something special with them.
These things have diminished over time. It's no longer difficult to get here.
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It originally took months to get here by ship back in the 1600s. Improves to weeks over time. Now it a plane or train ride and you're here the next day. Or did you mean something else?
Ah, I thought you meant our immigration process was somehow simpler now, or were alluding to "them damn illegals." Yes, your points are quite valid.