Re: Isn't sewing for ridiculous amounts damn ridiculous?
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And -for you- that's yet another reason to rant and rave against the U.S.!
You're correct in this. What I'm interested in why he does this. Of course there are problems in the US, for instance squalid slums in Detroit and inexcusable lack of leadership that allowed this to happen. But those issues are not uniquely American and exist in the UK as well. If you recall, some years ago I pulled some up data about Glasgow and many of the negative statistics were remarkably similar to the American city and in some cases even worse*(although Glasgow does have far less homicide.) Given what we know about Howie, the conclusion that I draw is that he's resentful of America's position in the world, one formerly occupied by the British Empire. Sadly, ranting and raving about the US does nothing to improve his own country and will not bring his empire back.
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Although we see a slight uptick in population since 2001, the overall downward trajectory of Glasgow's population does not indicate a healthy city. Why did all those people leave? Was for the same reasons Detroit's shedding residents? Yet we don't see Howie expressing concern over the state of his city, only troubled American ones.
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