Actually, I find this to fall in the 1% of Pissy's posts that actually have some ring of truth to it. Yes, the presentation is sensationalistic but we Americans are extremely ethnocentric.

Take what we consider to be basic human rights for example. Singapore and China are both well known for what we consider to be human rights violations. (We like Singapore so you don't hear too much about them though ) They did a poll in Singapore a while back asking if the people there wanted more rights. Not surprisingly the majority of those polled said "yes". When asked , however, if they should have the same laws and rights as we have here in the U.S. nearly as many said "no way". Yes, they wanted some more rigths but they didn't want to be taken over by crime which is how they percieve the U.S.. I lived in China for a while and know the situation is pretty much the same there. I also found that one of the big questions all my Chinese friends had was "Why does the U.S. want us, and everyone else, to be just like them and why does the U.S think it has the right to tell other countries what to do?"


So yeah, maybe his highness doesn't have every country under his thumb....but I'll bet you an 1/8th of really nice weed that he'd like to.
Fengzi Reviewed by Fengzi on . Hegemonic Tyrant Courts Doom Hegemonic Tyrant Courts DoomPaul Craig Roberts | July 7 2006 Finding itself in Republican sights and with no Democratic power center to offer protection, National Public Radio is turning into an upscale version of Fox "News." Nevertheless, information still gets out if the listener is sufficiently attentive. On July 5, NPRâ??s "All Things Considered" interviewed two warmongers for their views on the North Korean missile test. One was Ashton Carter, a Clinton administration Assistant Rating: 5