RIGHTWINGSPARKLE

The 'sorry' (and I do mean sorry) pictures that have been going around the net of the misguided people who are taking pictures of themselves holding signs apologizing for America to the world, have provided much fun for some conservative bloggers to umm.. change the words on their signs a bit. One example from Mudville here......Heh.

Well the whole 'sorry' thing seems to have started here, with Mr. Sorry apologizing even for us who think that the U.S. apologizing to the world is like parents saying "I'm sorry" to their children for their presents at Christmas. Here is what Mr. Sorry states on his site:

"Some of us -- hopefully most of us -- are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us -- hopefully most of us -- are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't."

*will pause so that you may go puke*


The following is a list of a few things that maybe people of the world should be saying "thank you" to America for. (noting that many many do) And also something Mr. Sorry might think about before he starts a self righteous campaign of smug false enlightenment.


Since World War II, the U.S. government has given well in excess of $500 billion (not adjusted for inflation) in foreign aid. Last year, our government distributed more than $20 billion to 130 countries.

We are the most powerful country in the world, yet we never invade to take more land or impose imperialism. Instead, we have used our military might to liberate. Nazi Germany, North Korea, Soviet Russia, Hussein's Iraq, and Communist Vietnam are among the nefarious states we sought to prevent from increasing their totalitarian control over others. The world is a better place because America, and not some other country, is the sole superpower.

The impact on modern medicine from America is incredible. This year, like 45 of the last 60, an American won a share of the Nobel Prize in the field of medicine. Americans cured polio and tuberculosis, developed vaccines for hepatitis B and yellow fever, pioneered modern chemotherapy, and produced the CAT scan and MRI. Our generosity in fighting AIDS worldwide cannot be matched.


Americans have given the world movies, the telephone, the television, the computer, the Internet, the airplane, the VCR, and a host of other machines and devices that have vastly improved the quality of life on the planet.


How many hundreds of other things have I missed that America has given to the world? The billions of dollars in private charity donations? The millions of volunteers that give their time to other countries to educate and help? Come on guys...I am sure you could give me several other examples.
These aren't just small gifts we give to the world either. These are historical, life changing, and world changing gifts that last generations into the future of our world.

So Mr. Sorry and his ragtag band of left wing sorry sign holders can cry me a river. This world, by any measure, is a better, safer, more humane world because of America.

This is my sign to the world"

"GOD BLESS AMERICA,
because God knows, it blesses you."