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'Newsweek' Editor Declares Era of 'American Exceptionalism is Over'
News Busters. ^ | May 5, 2008 | Geoffrey Dickens

Posted on 05/05/2008 11:50:22 AM PDT by george76

NBC's "Today" show invited on "Newsweek International" editor Fareed Zakaria to promote his book "The Post-American World," on Monday's show and during his segment the author depicted the United States as a nation in decline as he declared the "era" of "'American exceptionalism' is over."

As examples of America's declining standing in the world the "Newsweek" editor cited such facts as China now having the "Largest ferris wheel in the world," Minneapolis' "Mall of America" no longer being the largest in the world and Macau having surpassed Las Vegas in the size of their casinos.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fareed; fareedzakaria; media; msm; newsweek; oldmedia; zakaria
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To: george76

Has America lost a step? Without a doubt, and much of that decline can be directly attributed to leftist policies. Having said that, Newsweak, along with leftists simply cannot grasp that this great experiment called the United States is foremost about liberty and freedom. The United States is truly “the shining city on the hill”.

Leftists and their allies around the globe do indeed hate us, but we are the first ones they call in their time of need. As Ann Coulter has said, “The natural state of the world is Darfur. The freakish aberration is America...”


41 posted on 05/05/2008 12:07:30 PM PDT by Obadiah (I dream of the day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned!)
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To: kcvl

Looks like a DINOSAUR to me.


42 posted on 05/05/2008 12:08:08 PM PDT by rod1 (uestion)
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To: MrB

I’m sure it’s a generation thing for her—probaly has been reading it since its inception, along with newspapers.


43 posted on 05/05/2008 12:08:24 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: rod1

Let’s take up a collection to keep Newsweek alive...


44 posted on 05/05/2008 12:11:22 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: george76

IF and IF that is true we have the lefties and spineless “conservatives” to thank for it.


45 posted on 05/05/2008 12:12:37 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: gridlock
LOL...

You are right, plus the Metric system just sounds lame. I mean watching football and hearing “it's 3rd down and 3 meters to go” or “hey kids it's just 6 more kilometers to Grandma's house” or “Hell man I shot that dear from 75 meters away” would make me want to pull a yuppie from a Volvo and punch them...

No telling how I would feel if someone asked me to pick up a “liter” of Jack Daniels on the way over to a party, that's just not right...

46 posted on 05/05/2008 12:14:02 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: Obadiah
As Ann Coulter has said, “The natural state of the world is Darfur. The freakish aberration is America...”

That's good!

47 posted on 05/05/2008 12:15:47 PM PDT by gridlock (“The natural state of the world is Darfur. The freakish aberration is America - - Ann Coulter)
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To: RinaseaofDs

What about the largest frying pan???? “Michael.” :)


48 posted on 05/05/2008 12:17:21 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Thx for the post! I have some faith in McCain, but, otherwise, I agree.
49 posted on 05/05/2008 12:19:47 PM PDT by utahagen
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To: Recovering_Democrat

When I was in graduate school in 1980, the rage was “the zero-sum society” a concept championed by Lester Thurow. His thesis was that America’s decline wa inevtable as the rest of the underdeveloped world improved, as there were only so many esources to go around. It may have seemed that way when Jimmy Carter was president, LoL.


50 posted on 05/05/2008 12:19:48 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Another non-bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I’d be happy to donate if it went back to what it was 30 years ago.


51 posted on 05/05/2008 12:21:09 PM PDT by Melinda
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To: george76

I have to agree. Unless you mean in comparison to other countries.


52 posted on 05/05/2008 12:24:45 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ejonesie22
No telling how I would feel if someone asked me to pick up a “liter” of Jack Daniels on the way over to a party, that's just not right...

You could just be like me. Nobody tells me to pick up a bottle of anything on the way to a party if they want me to arrive safely...

53 posted on 05/05/2008 12:25:42 PM PDT by gridlock (“The natural state of the world is Darfur. The freakish aberration is America - - Ann Coulter)
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To: gridlock

That’s what I thought. I’ve always thought that quote would make a great tag...line. Er, never mind.


54 posted on 05/05/2008 12:26:12 PM PDT by Obadiah (I dream of the day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned!)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

re: Thurow

Yes, I was undergrad around the same time and another favorite author for some of my lefty profs was “The Social Limits to Growth” by Fred Hirsch..... looking back now, it seems that according to that book much of the past 27 years consisted of performing “impossible” tasks of growth because we were already pressing up against the “limits” of all possible growth in the late ‘70s (the book was published around ‘78, IIRC).

We should be nearly out of all important resources by now and so blighted by declining quality of life that contemporary life is simply unbearable.


55 posted on 05/05/2008 12:28:43 PM PDT by Enchante (Obama: My 1930s Foreign Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Social Policy!)
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To: gridlock

LOL..

Yeah, you may get a 1/2 of a fifth at best by the time I get there...

If I get there, home is closer...


56 posted on 05/05/2008 12:30:15 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: george76

What’s a ‘Newsweek’?


57 posted on 05/05/2008 12:30:22 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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To: george76

We can still kick ANYBODY’S ass.


58 posted on 05/05/2008 12:30:30 PM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: jpl

Yes we are in decline. The best students in our math and science programs at universities are all asians and indians. How many White Americans would you see enrolled in such programs nowadays?


59 posted on 05/05/2008 12:33:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: george76

I am comfortable with the US being considered second-rate or beyond our prime. Let’s just be sure to hold onto all that foreign aid and assistance other nations, including the United Nations since we aren’t “exceptional” anymore.


60 posted on 05/05/2008 12:37:09 PM PDT by NCLaw441
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