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# US of A
The basic thinking behind all of this has been explained quite lucidly on a number of occasions. (This is a very open society and if one wants to learn what's going on, you can do it; it takes a little work, but the documents are there and the history is also there.) One of the clearest and most lucid accounts of the planning behind this was by George Kennan, who was one of the most thoughtful, humane, and liberal of the planners, and in fact was eliminated from the State Depatment largely for that reason. Kennan was the head of the State Department policy planning staff in the late 1940s. In the following document, PPS23, February 1948, he outlined the basic thinking:


We have about 50 percent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 percent of its population... . In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity... . We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction... . We should cease to talk about vague and ..., unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.
(domthebomb, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:07, archived)
# That's very logical thinking
and it would seem to be borne out by recent history.
(Indole Ring, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:09, archived)
# but
nothing what so ever about kittens....or midgets....
(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:09, archived)
# Ermmm.....
Excuse me Mr Doodle-Dandy, but I'm considerably richer than you.

Btw is it wrong to fancy the girlmouse in the Levi's advert?
(GroomyGroomerGroomsGroomingly (but only if you're a baby badger), Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:14, archived)
# not wrong
but certainly ill-advised.
(martian, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 3:16, archived)
# cats
cats are nice

"We have about 50 percent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 percent of its population....and 98% of the worlds fat bastards"
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:11, archived)
# At the risk of further stereotyping americans...
...I once went to Edinburgh on the train and as I was ascending the stairs from the station to Princes Street, an American tourist in front of me saw the castle for the first time and said,

"That's the castle? It looks more like a building"

Oh how we laughed.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:18, archived)
# Joke:
Q) How do you spot the American tourist in Edinburgh?

A) He's the only one wearing tartan.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:20, archived)
# haha
visions of trainspotting..
(was that set in Edinburgh?)
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:23, archived)
# And that was 50 years ago.
Now they have like 80% of the wealth, and all the fat bastards.
(Monkeypuppet, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:19, archived)
# Nawww
Fat Bastard is from Scotland. Didn't you see "The Spy Who Shagged Me"?
(Kimbo, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 4:33, archived)
# Huh???


Could you go over that just one more time
(Sheng-ji, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:11, archived)
# yay
Brak
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:15, archived)
# night
everyone
(I helped save b3ta! mozza, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:13, archived)
# "When all you have is a hammer
every problem looks like a nail."

On the other hand, taking Iraq will keep OPEC in line...
(Monkeypuppet, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:15, archived)
# Even kittens?
???
(GroomyGroomerGroomsGroomingly (but only if you're a baby badger), Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:28, archived)
# Personally, I handle
all my kitten problems with a hammer.
And I'm sure someone has posted the ani to prove it.
(Monkeypuppet, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:33, archived)
# You're not gonna hate
cuz I'm in USA, are ya?
/meek voice
(techsmurf, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:18, archived)
# Yepper
Just you watch it sonny, we're watching you
(GroomyGroomerGroomsGroomingly (but only if you're a baby badger), Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:26, archived)
# *whimper*
(techsmurf, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:46, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:23, archived)
# there's alot of this about at the moment
isn't there?
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 1:51, archived)