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On the eve of the year 2007, Dennis Prager writes, it is evident to anyone with the fortitude to see reality that the world is not getting better, nor even staying the same, but getting worse...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=the_world_in_2007&ns=DennisPrager&dt=12/19/2006&page=1

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I like the way he ignore's the West in the article.

It's not like we've done any good in 2004, 2005, 2006.

Maybe we can do something positive in 2007 (getting rid of Blair)

And 2008 (Get rid of the other muppet Bush).

After this comedy duo leave the world stage, maybe the world can start moving forward again

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Myself, friends and family are still enjoying our lives. The ones that are miserable are the ones that are worrying terrorist attacks, killer viruses, plane crashes etc.

Yes, we can all contribute to making the world better, but once you have done your bit, what more can you do?

The media (which we have a lot more of these days) doesn't help by fuelling paranoia.

The world is as bad as you see it.

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Originally posted by millerman
I like the way he ignore's the West in the article.
Well yeah,

There have been medical and technology developments for the wealthy west, that the rest of the world won't enjoy it ever for lack of money.

You can't really comment about the fact the the West is getting richer every year, because then you will have to explain WHY 3 million people have died in Congo.

The rest of the world is getting worst because companies steal, kill to make West world richer.

A journalist is paid to add a coat of sweetness to it so you can swallow it with your turkey.

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Originally posted by Jee
Well yeah,

There have been medical and technology developments for the wealthy west, that the rest of the world won't enjoy it ever for lack of money.

You can't really comment about the fact the the West is getting richer every year, because then you will have to explain WHY 3 million people have died in Congo.

The rest of the world is getting worst bec ...[text shortened]...
A journalist is paid to add a coat of sweetness to it so you can swallow it with your turkey.
Of courae the future will continue to see the survival of the fitttest as in the past.

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Originally posted by Jee
Well yeah,

There have been medical and technology developments for the wealthy west, that the rest of the world won't enjoy it ever for lack of money.

You can't really comment about the fact the the West is getting richer every year, because then you will have to explain WHY 3 million people have died in Congo.

The rest of the world is getting worst bec ...[text shortened]...
A journalist is paid to add a coat of sweetness to it so you can swallow it with your turkey.
The reason Africa continues to slide into the ditch is because of bad governance. It has absolutely nothing to do with the amount of foreign aid the West sends or doesn't send. As Prager rightly states in his article, some Africans are begging the West to suspend foreign aid so that the corrupt regimes of the kleptocrats will collapse.

As to your other remark about poor countries never being able to enjoy the technological advances of the West, I shouldn't even have to comment on such an ill-informed opinion. Even Third World countries like Bangladesh, Viet Nam and France now have indoor plumbing, central heat and air, and clean water.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
On the eve of the year 2007, Dennis Prager writes, it is evident to anyone with the fortitude to see reality that the world is not getting better, nor even staying the same, but getting worse...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=the_world_in_2007&ns=DennisPrager&dt=12/19/2006&page=1
well, what does he expect with the US and Britain bombing anything that doesn't wear a cross or pay financial tribute to the great whore capitalism?

Sweet Jesus, if it goes on like this the US will end up with no friends at all.
Well, okay, less than no friends then...

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
On the eve of the year 2007, Dennis Prager writes, it is evident to anyone with the fortitude to see reality that the world is not getting better, nor even staying the same, but getting worse...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=the_world_in_2007&ns=DennisPrager&dt=12/19/2006&page=1
You take this article seriously?

It is difficult to imagine any other future scenario for Western Europe than its becoming Islamicized or having a civil war.

Now I live in western Europe, and I don't see society oving towards civil war or Islam.

Maybe this Prager guy is just a raving Islamophic?

It is also interesting to see him saying the US founding values were judeo-christian- when I thought the constution was secular.

And the way he see secularisation as more backwards than a belief that some being created the universe in a week- what a guy! 🙄

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter

As to your other remark about poor countries never being able to enjoy the technological advances of the West, I shouldn't even have to comment on such an ill-informed opinion. Even Third World countries like Bangladesh, Viet Nam and France now have indoor plumbing, central heat and air, and clean water.
Are you saying everyone in these countries has these things?

Your opinions all come from the ncpa or some other neo-con source- not exactly unbiased.

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more and more cell phones with the latest technology and you must buy every six months !
! agree with the MTV animation " Simon says " !

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
. Even Third World countries like Bangladesh, Viet Nam and France now have indoor plumbing, central heat and air, and clean water.
France? How are your Freedom Fries

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Originally posted by wedgehead2
Are you saying everyone in these countries has these things?

Your opinions all come from the ncpa or some other neo-con source- not exactly unbiased.
From Wedgie:

"I didnt look at something off a website with the words free market on because I think it might have a slight ideological bias."

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Originally posted by Wajoma
From Wedgie:

"I didnt look at something off a website with the words free market on because I think it might have a slight ideological bias."
That suggests I'm consistent, doesn't it? 😕