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Which you say, quote, a nation of passive observers watching others make decisions is a nation that will succumb to anger and resentment. witness the united states. the american system of government functions properly only when embedded in a culture deeply committed to democracy. that culture sustains the constitution, in tnot the other around. tell me the argument you re making, we re not engaged in athenian style democracy so we re feeling less connected with it? pretty much. for two centuries, it was pretty much one of the really weird things about the united states. people would come here from elsewhere, they say, wherever these americans have a problem, they hold a meeting, they write a charter, they elect their officers, what are they doing? that s really strange. and americans really did that at remarkable rates. so it s not just in politics, it was in all facets of their life, americans turned to democratic forms to solve their problems. and we ve seen a fairly precipitous de ....
Senator mccain s 2008 presidential campaign. thank you. ed: good morning, oliver. what are your reflections on that campaign? we heard the senator there talking about bringing together a divided nation. boy, that was ten years ago. it sounds like make we re even more divided now. oh, absolutely. i, first of all, wanted to give my condolence ares for cindy and meghan and the mccain family. my heart goes out for them today. john mccain, the maverick, was really solom the contrarian, and that was an athenian lawmaker who is really trying to deal with the chaos in athens, and that s similar to what we re dealing with in the political chaos and the divide today. i often, what i m thinking of the one word that reminds me of john mccain is he s a uniter. and what his campaign was doing in 2008 was country first. and he was really trying to really heal and unite the nation ....
Of fifteen billion euros and then it s over for solidarity from the euro area for greece in exchange for the reforms an adjustment is unprecedented it s a biggest solidarity the world has ever seen and who doesn t want to believe in this tale of athenian success after all there s no shortage of other problems confronting the e.u. . in retaliation for u.s. tariffs on steel elementary and the european union has slapped new duties on billions of dollars worth of imports coming into effect today that is on imports valued at close to three billion dollars include iconic u.s. goods such as the holly. perhaps it s fishing that in this new era of un free trade it is the harley davidson the symbol of personal freedom that s going to be hard hit the e.u. ....
And i.m.f. bailouts will have worked their magic after eight long years greece will finally be graduating from its financial assistance to greece giant. spain cyprus in my own country portugal in the ranks of euro area countries that turned around their economies and once again stand on their own feet one last instalment of fifteen billion euros and then it s over for solidarity from the euro area for greece in exchange for the reforms and adjustment on president that it s the biggest solidarity the world has ever seen and who doesn t want to believe in this tale of athenian success after all there s no shortage of other problems confronting the e.u. . that s it from me of the saddam bone of the whole ....