[lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>World stunned as US struggles with Katrina
>By Andrew Gray
>
>LONDON (Reuters) - The world has watched amazed as the planet's only 
>superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some 
>saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American 
>society....

Wow, blink your eye and the imperium is over.  In less than 1 1/2 terms of 
GWB, we've gone from hegemon to global laughingstock.

So here's to you, USA -- sic transit gloria.  And as for you, GWB -- sic 
semper tyrannis.

Carl