"Americans' Narrow View of the World" - Tariq Ali

Word.

I'd have to say that someone like Abbott may well be a very popular US president. I mean look at George Bush FFS. The world copped his father and then him. Sixteen years of bullshit. And look at the dumbass people the Republicans are putting up for president now; a bunch of religious looney tunes pandering to the religious looney tunes. All saying it's the gays fault that the US is in decline. People actually believe that shit over there. They believe the US is blessed by god above all other countries because god's word bla. 

In Australia with the advent of the internet we sit here in Australia in total disbelief at the maniacal Orwellian machine that convinces people over there. The lies, the outright bullshit being fed to the population.....

Abbott's trying the same thing here, but he's become a laughing stock over it. It's to the credit of the Australian democracy that we as a people can see through the lies, the doublespeak, the sheer stupidity of being in the hands of corporations. This is what I was referring to in another post today, that it just amazes me that Abbott will come out with the crap he does thinking that we're all so dumb that we'll believe it. Hey Tone, this is not America.