banking services chronicle may 2020
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services chronicle may 2020 Published this article page no Americans need to get used to the idea that
no matter what The United States Of America does the rest of the world will
never like us. Ours is a unique society. We are made up of people from almost
every other nationality in the world. We were originaly formed by immigrants
seeking religious and other freedoms. Our ethics and moral codes were formed
mainly from JudeoChristian ideals ie The Old And New Testaments The Ten
Commandments and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Our form of government is
mainly secular but our way of living our body of law and our way of thinking is
for the most part JudeoChristian. Ours is not an insular society. All Americans
with the possible exception of Native American Indians are decended from
immigrants. These immigrants have come from all over the world. These
immigrants brought with them differing ideas customs and ways of doing things.
Many of these ideas customs and ways of doing things have been melded into our
way of life. The foregoing has made us completely different than any other
country in the world and people due to the nature of humans dont always like
other people who are different. Ours is a wealthy country not only in resources
and land but also in our varied citizenry and our freedoms. This makes other
people jealous or envious. They dont have what we have so they say that they
dont like us or that they hate us. Some of those same people however cant wait
to immigrate to this country in order to have what we have. Our people for the
most part are loving caring and generous. This may very well be one of our
biggest problems. We want to give to and help others. Many people think of our
giving and help as pure interference while others feel that no one would give
or help without expecting something in return. No other country in the world is
guided by JudeoChristain principles so no other country in the world thinks or
believes as we do. We cant understand how they think and they cant understand
how we think. We deal with other countries and their people as we deal with
each other. We dont understand that in most parts of the world fear and hatered
are more powerful than love greed and envy are more powerful than kindness and
generosity wanting to win is more powerful than a sense of fair play and that
all of the foregoing are considered by many people to be weaknesses. When
France helped us during the Revolutionary War the facts that the were already at
war with England in the Caribbean that we had to pay them for their help and
that they did not come to our assistance untill they were sure that we had
already won the war did not stop us from being grateful. When During the Civil
War and The War of 1812 a few French helped the Union again for pay and again
after they believed that the Union had won or would win the war we were
grateful. We we helped the French during their Civil War and in the First and
Second World Wars a few French were grateful but many more hated us. After all
we had humiliated them by helping them. We had shown them that they could not
succeed with out our assistance. When the French believed that Saddam Hussein
did have weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to the world they refused
to help us or to join with us because their profits were more important than
the lives of others. They believed that they were safe because they were
trading partners with Hussein. In addition they feel that we have too much
power so they oppose us every chance they get Dont tell me about Desert Storm
the French did and contributed very little. The main thing they did was to help
talk us out of going into Bagdad and ending the problem in Iraq thereby saving
their trading partner Saddam Hussein.. On the other hand they want our money
from tourism and trade so they invite our citizens to visit and to buy their
goods. The French do not do anything unless it is in their own best intrest By
the way I hate to admit this but I have been told that much to my regret I am
part French.. I know that the foregoing paragraph makes it sound as if I am a
biggot. I am not a biggot I just do not like being used abused and lied to and
I feel that that is what has been happening ever since the French Indian War or
as it is also called The Seven Years War which took place before we were even a
country. Russia hates us for causing the breakup of the Soviet Union. The
governments of Russia Mainland China North Korea most Moslim countries many
African countries some Central and South American countries and certain other
countries hate us because they are afraid that their citizens might try to
emulate us and rise up and take away their power over those citizens.
Additionally most Moslim countries hate us because our country does not follow
Islam the one true religion. According to them we are Satanists for not
following the one true God. Since all of these governments control in large
part the information sources in those countries the majority of the people of
those countries believe the lies and propaganda that are reported about us.
Notice however how when many not all of those citizens make it into this
country they learn about us and they become not only good citizens but assets
to our country. Some of our most contributing citizens came from countries that
hated or fought against us at one time or another. People that can recieve or
hear news about our country listen to our loudest and most strident voices.
Voices from people like Howard Dean Ted Kennedy Nancy Pelosi Alec Baldwin Susan
Sarandon Jane Fonda Whoopi Goldberg Al Sharpton etc.. Since many people in
other countries dont understand the true meaning of freedom of speech they
think that these people are speaking for all of us. They think that all of us
hate President Bush they think that our country is filled with prejudice and
hatred they think that crime is out of controll and they think that every one
of us carries guns and shoot each other for no reason they think that we all
feel that the war in Iraq is immoral or already lost they think that all
Republicans and most whites hate minorities and all non Jewish or Christian
religions. These people in other countries dont understand that the voices that
they are hearing come from a very loud and vocal minority of hard line left
wing zealots and that those voices do not speak for all of us. These people
also hear from a few loud and vocal far right wing zealots however the right
wing zealots are not celebrities so these people dont pay as much attention to
them. What the people in other countries dont understand is that the majority
of people in this country are moderate to slightly left or right wing and dont
really agree with either the far left or the far right. The majority of people
in this country are hard working kind caring and generous people. However
moderate views are not exciting and therefore do not sell a lot of newspapers
or garner a lot of television viewers so moderate views do not get much
coverage here or in any of the free or fairly free foriegn press. Finally most
of the people in the world dont like each other many Chinese consider anyone
not Chinese to be a barbarian and less than human Indians and Pakastanis hate
each other Russia and all of the old Soviet Union members fight or feud with
each other many Muslims hate Jews and Christians most Arab countries seem to
hate Isreal Muslim sects hate and kill each other the French think that
everyone else is beneath them some Irish hate the British in Ireland Catholics
and Protestants fight each other many Chinese and Koreans hate the Japanese and
many Japanese hate the Chinese and the Koreans Africans hate and kill other
Africans Argentines feel superior to citizens of other South American contries
etc etc.. If so many people in the world hate or dislike each other how can we
expect them to like or love us Isnt it about time that we quite worrying about
being liked and instead started worrying about being respected or even a little
feared. Fear usually generates a certain amount of respect. Im not suggesting that
we become another Soviet Union or a China. I am saying that perhaps we should
stop worrying what the world thinks of us and instead stand up for ourselves.
Use our financial clout sacrifice a little or a lot by not buying oil and goods
from our enemies cancell free trade agreements with our detractors etc.. Sure
many things will cost us more but arent our way of life and our dignity worth
something. And if we do need to use military force maybe we should use it
without first trying to get everyone elses permission. Help from countries like
France Germany Russia and China would cost us more than it would help us. Help
from the United Nations always seems to cost us more in money and problems than
it helps us. There are a few countries Australia England Israel Taipei and a
few others that usually stick by us however we may not always be able to count
on them. Even now many people in England are trying to have Tony Blair removed
from office and if we dont start doing a better job of helping our friend and ally
Israel they may someday cease to exist. banking
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