tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post2642439273223822615..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Circular@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-11748034353777691532008-12-22T09:52:00.000-05:002008-12-22T09:52:00.000-05:00Agreed. I've always said that this country's vibr...Agreed. I've always said that this country's vibrancy stems from the fact that its was populated by the people who had the get-up-and-go to get up and go.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-20009375347100746662008-12-21T20:25:00.000-05:002008-12-21T20:25:00.000-05:00It's something that educated Americans just don't ...It's something that educated Americans just don't get about Europe: they talk pretty, but don't ante up. Our Euro-centric education system, stressing the descent of American ideas from European ones, causes the better educated to overestimate how much they are like us. They aren't. There were good reasons that our ancestors left there to come here.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com