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Re: The Post American World

Megiddo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:13:44 -0000

Where's is his Birth Certificate...One where the document examiners can determine the validity?

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fredwilson — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:33:00 -0000

Whoa. That's a racist comment and I don't like it at all

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Name — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:49:12 -0000

What does a muslim know about America? It wasn't his ancestors that fought and died for this country to make it free. He's just like Obama a stinken communist that would like nothing better than to destroy the very fiber of our country, and to bring us into socialisim.

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Dan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:02:24 -0000

Obama is reading up on how he will continue to use us and the world for his own selfish gain.

Obama knows it is all about religion. But he can not say that in the USA. His life has been all about religion. But he can not say this in the United states. It will be the countries that openly say they are all about Atheism, Islam, etc. that will have the passion of their people behind them. Christians are persecuted throughout the world because they are the only threat to China and all other countries but the USA won't tell about it. The USA has become the harlet for the world to use to gain wealth because it's leaders won't stand for anything. Thats right we are the slut of the world that other countries use. Enter Barack Obama the biggest user of them all. Right in our face using every personality at his disposal to get what he wants power and control. We will all feel very used when it is all said and done if you don't already feel this way. He has used the Christian Faith to get where he is because it is powerful. It will be a slow boil but eventually we are going to be the biggest losers. It will never feel so good to be so abused. Obama the ACORN THUG has " done" us all. Just smile and enjoy it.

Re: The Post American World

G. Smith — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:34:41 -0000

Some one sent me this photo with the following:

See what Obama reads: The Post American World
(It is the Muslim/Islamic view to destroy America)

Just more fear tactics

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gmikep — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:13:52 -0000

Since "diversity" is of paramount importance, how does American culture preserve and ultimately protect diversity without some cultural segregation? One cannot honestly propose the importance of diversity without some conjecture of the task of ultimately preserving it. Until the last century world-wide segregation protected diversity well. Through human migrations already though, genetic-archeology suffers from compromised diversity and yields diminished returns for anthropology. Integration ultimately leads to the destruction of diversity.

Re: The Post American World

fredwilson — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:55:23 -0000

That's horseshit to be frank and the kind of awful misinformation and hate that idiots are spewing on the net right now

This an amazing book written by an very bright and smart man who loves america very much. Its about the best thing I've read all year

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Wendy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:46:15 -0000

I have not read the book, however I received an email with this exact picture with a quote saying the book is about when the Muslims take over America from within. Is there any referance to this in the book or is it just political mantra?

Thank you

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cmp036 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:04:51 -0000

i think this would be the perfect book for obama to read. he does, after all, say in his book that if he had to chose between muslim or american that he would chose muslim. he would drestroy this country. i blame bill clinton for the economic disaster, not bush. he screwed it up with fannie mae and freddie mac. look it up yourself. get educated.

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lynn — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:35:58 -0000

What was it about the photo that made you want to read the book? Was it because Obama appeared to have been reading it? What was your original thought on the photo?

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fredwilson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:28:14 -0000

I hope that's a joke

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Ken — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:05:55 -0000

With people named Fareed and Obama we should be very scared. These people are a dangerous threat to our society.

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Hayk — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:15:21 -0000

According to Plato any state undergoes the following stages - 1. Timocracy, 2. Oligarchy, 3. Democracy, 4. Tyranny. This view was elaborated based on what was back then one of cradles of civilization and considering that Plato himself was witnessing Athens turning from totalitarian to democratic rule - the development he came to hate and which conditioned him for his "Republic."

Democracy in my view is not what all the world is moving towards. Admittedly, most of the Western cultures tend to get more and more democratic, but we must not forget that governance must be aligned with culture and tradition of a society. How society is governed must stem from the society's cultural and demographic aspects - at least in the modern world. One cannot readily - America is vocally but unsuccessfully trying to do that - introduce democracy in the Arab world for their mentality is quite different.

One size fits all is not a solution and democracy is conceived in the eyes of the modern world as such, which IMO is wrong.

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fredwilson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:40:14 -0000

Multi-culturism is the greatest thing about the US

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iggy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:22:11 -0000

A nation of brainless muts,thanks to multi culturism.The U.S is no more.

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fredwilson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:44:14 -0000

I hope they do

It's a great book

A ³must read²

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Ellen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:36:37 -0000

Amazing that this picture was sent to me as a ploy to say "don't vote for this guy - look at what he is READING!" - If the blog is true I see no "...is reading 'The Post-American World' -- IT IS THE MUSLIM/ISLAMIC VIEW TO DESTROY AMERICA FROM WITHIN." - I am the type who read the book just to see which is the true interpretation - Even if it is an Islamic view to destroy America it doesn't mean that is why he is reading it - If that is what the book is truly about then it could be just as true he is studying "the enemy" - Also why would he have it open for a photo op if it was a subversive message - Do you think the library has it?

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jason — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:41:14 -0000

Central planning doesn't always produce negative results. The Soviet Union, for example, utilized central planning and was able to industrialize within a period of 10 years....pretty impressive and all the more so considering that the world was experiencing an economic depression at the time. However, central planning does not work all that well with an economy that is already modernized...too many things to factor in...usu. leading to stagnation and in the case of the Soviet Union complete economic meltdown....Conclusion: central planning can have positive results with under-developed economies (like the USSR in the 1920's) but usu. leads to stagnation and collapse with more mature economies.

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antje — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:29:57 -0000

higher education - maybe. But on the lower education rungs, the US is slipping and slipping badly. I have dual US-EU citizenship and have been working in the US (even did a short stint as a substitute teacher in an inner city school district), Germany, Czech, Russia and compare notes with my friends around the world. The US needs to get its act together on public education on the K-12....(I could write a book on this but I'm too lazy!)

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pg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:40:01 -0000

How would having a president of mixed racial heritage show that we, as a country, are "not intolerant?" How is the color of someone's skin subject to tolerance? Shouldn't it be treated with indifference, more like a non-issue? The premise would be laughable if it weren't so sad because unfortunately there are many smarmy, know it all, white folks who think along the same lines. TiVoing The Wire on HBO and reading a few books are not qualifiers for social clairvoyance. The belief that having a black president (who happens to be just as much white as he is black) is a panacea for our country's ills is reckless. Like putting lipstick on a pig. I don't like either candidate - I'm voting for Chuck Norris.

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fredwilson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:09:03 -0000

That is true

But what is also interesting is that this blog and many other places are
pseudo ³power lunch tables² where indians and americans and many other
nationalities can come together to share ideas and build a global economy

fred

Re: The Post American World

SK — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:19:11 -0000

Great post Fred. I have been reading the book myself albeit slowly over the past few months because I am in the middle of moving myself and my familty to India! After 20 years in the US, including the past few years as a venture capitalist, I am moving. And that for purely economic reasons: I am making more money here (in absolute terms and not by PPP). I also like the growth opportunities for the future here. And every day I run into several of my ex-Sand Hill Road and Boston colleagues at power-lunch tables in Mumbai and Bangalore and Delhi. And expats/repats from Silicon Valley and New York. I also meet smart b-school graduates and engineers who grew up here in India who would never consider moving to the US now regardless of how open our immigration policies get. The US will no doubt continue to attract scrappy entrepreneurs but alternative destinations for the same migrants are now real.

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tpurves — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:56:56 -0000

heh, when do you figure was the last time the cameras caught GW reading a book?

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Martin Owen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:35:35 -0000

Was that George III of the House of Hanover you are referring too.... or are other George's like that?

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Lumberg — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:22:06 -0000

Fact:

Saddam Hussein had Chemical Weapons (WMD). In fact he used WMD 15 times during his reign. he used it during the Iran / Iraq War, and he used it against his own people.

Here are the Location, Weapon Used, Date, Number of Casualties

- Haij Umran Mustard August 1983 fewer than 100 Iranian/Kurdish

- Panjwin Mustard October-November 1983 3,001 Iranian/Kurdish

- Majnoon Island Mustard February-March 1984 2,500 Iranians

- al-Basrah Tabun March 1984 50-100 Iranians

- Hawizah Marsh Mustard & Tabun March 1985 3,000 Iranians

- al-Faw Mustard & Tabun February 1986 8,000 to 10,000 Iranians

- Um ar-Rasas Mustard December 1986 1,000s Iranians

- al-Basrah Mustard & Tabun April 1987 5,000 Iranians

- Sumar/Mehran Mustard & nerve agent October 1987 3,000 Iranians

- Halabjah Mustard & nerve agent March 1988 7,000s Kurdish/Iranian

- al-Faw Mustard & nerve agent April 1988 1,000s Iranians

- Fish Lake Mustard & nerve agent May 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians

- Majnoon Islands Mustard & nerve agent June 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians

- South-central border Mustard & nerve agent July 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians

- an-Najaf -Karbala area Nerve agent & CS March 1991 Shi’a casualties not known