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10. The Devolution of America!
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 02:28 PM
Aug 2013

I spent 2 weeks in China this summer and was mightily impressed. My view of China is FOREVER changed, and changed favorably.

At the hotel in Beijing, the people were welcoming, gracious and bi- or tri-lingual! Visited a grade school where the children were learning Mandarin and English. They are organized and smart; and instead of maligning them and thinking the US is better because of its big guns... lazy, dumb and fat (Chinese are generally teeny tiny!) Americans better learn to clean up their own act and nation.

As for those Apache helicopters... its figures, America is the biggest purveyor of WMDs in one form or another.

Speaking of which, I never felt afraid in China and a large part of that was because of no FUCKING guns! Going through airport security -- entering, leaving and within China -- was less onerous as well. First thing that struck me upon returning stateside was all the sidearms on the hips of American security personnel in customs.

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