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Uniquely American

Thu, 12/25/2008 - 5:22pm — vastleft

Perhaps it's time to consign the phrase "uniquely American solution" to the dustbin of history.

Or perhaps not.

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one of the countries missing from that list altogether:

By hipparchia on Thu, 12/25/2008 - 9:56pm

somalia.

so, nominally, we're in the same class as the pirates. repeatedly. damn, can't even be unique in our meanness.

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What a waste of a UN ambassadorship

By Damon on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 1:27am

Check this out from the text:

After the vote, the representative of the United States said he was unable to support the text because he believed the attainment of the right to adequate food was a goal that should be realized progressively. In his view, the draft contained inaccurate textual descriptions of underlying rights.

Could Zalmay Khalilzad be any less useful? Bush can't even get behind a damned largely symbolic resolution choosing to bullshit, instead. So, they voted against it on a g%d$mned technicality.

Really, Bush & Co. can't leave soon enough.

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But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

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