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"To the rest of the world, the United States looks insane right now." -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Oct 14 '13, 09:20

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Not just the rest fo the world, Ezra... (www.washingtonpost.com)

Responses:

OMGWTF? -- nm - Greece si Oct 14, 09:36
They could have picked a better spokesperson for the article than the OECD. - spamlet Oct 14, 09:29 1
- I don't think anyone actually expects Congress to pay attention to the rest of the world, regardless of spokesperson. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 09:32
most of them dont understand our political system though, as it is nothing like the more popular form of two houses used everywhere else. -- nm - Truman Oct 14, 09:26 13
- I don't think this is true - lots of countries have some sort of separation of powers, a bicameral parliament, a federal system, etc -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:42
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  - It's political theatre that doesn't really mean anything -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:37 3
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    - *shrug* if you're going to have political theater, might as well make it entertaining. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:38 1
      - As though the American version "what dumb things have politicians said today?" isnt entertaining enough -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:40
  - will your first question be about matt cassell? -- nm - Truman Oct 14, 09:28 6
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      - *flex* -- nm - Logan Thomas si Oct 14, 09:39 2
        
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        Don't forget Aaron Murray. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 09:45
      - I am glad that he is your problem now, not ours. - Truman Oct 14, 09:34 1
        
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"right now" -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 09:24
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- what've they ever done for anyone anyway? -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 09:37
- Yeah, fuck those sane level-headed people -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 09:25 2
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    - I am not naive about the existence of problems elsewhere but I am also not so insular to think other countries don't sometimes have a point. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 09:31
Has the answer to this changed from "so what?" -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:23
Not to mention incredibly stupid. -- nm - GregW Oct 14, 09:23

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