The Flip Flop Girl

Brazilian women carry sugarcane stalks while holding a
'Bush Go Home' banner during a protest against the
visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, scheduled to
arrive later in the day for the first leg of a tour of
five Latin American countries, along Sao Paulo's
Paulista Avenue March 8, 2007. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL)

Random Nation, Part 3

America, that big bad superpower, is a random nation, a dysfunctional nation with a virtual monopoly on spreading a toxic notion of how we see the world and how the world sees "us," the United States, and how the world sees itself.

Can a world leader help? Nelson Mandela comes to mind. I like the idea of Barak Obama, if we're talking potential "leader of the free world" sort of thing. It's still hard to say if he'll rise to the challenge and, if so, if he'll be given a chance. Will reality and idealism share enough common ground?

To live in such a fractured world is definitely a challenge in so many ways.

Of course, much of what makes the world go around can be cast in a more hopeful light, not just spin for special interests.

Some reality is what it is. Can you say, global warming?

What nation contributes the most to global warming? That would be the last superpower in this endgame.

So, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the starts as was said over radio waves for too many years.

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