America Falls Out Of Top Ten Best Countries To Live
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American & French politicians
well, americans are certainly regaining some international glory and stature, especially compared to their immorally-superior european friends.
today mr. obama has been awarded the nobel peace prize after only a few months in office and not much longer in the public consciousness. while many may feel obama does not deserve it - yet - it is a reflection of how highly regarded he is internationally.
and then from france we have revealed this dirty little secret (okay it was not a secret to the french people, but i think to most of the rest of the west) - that fredric mitterand, the french minister of culture and steadfast defender of soul-mate roman polanski, is a nasty **** of thai boys who brags (and writes) openly in his 2005 autobiography the bad life, "i got into the habit of paying for boys ... all these rituals of the market for youths, the slave market excite me enormously."
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the breathtaking thing is that mitterand admitted and wrote about these things a few years ago - that he frequented boy brothels in thailand and loved the power of buying sex slaves, but he still got appointed to be culture minister in a "conservative" government (on the recommendation of the president's mistress)!! only in france!
ok, well not only in france, because our friend silvio berlusconi is also in deep do-do regarding various affairs, including with minors, and consorting with prostitutes.
now most of us have affairs or consort with prostitutes also, but i think we recognize that this limits (or should limit) some of our career options - like becoming a catholic bishop or cabinet secretary or prime minister.
so, our american friends can hold their heads high on the world stage.
mr. obama is certainly standing head and shoulders above his european peers.