Quote from itotrader:
europe wnats to do Now what americans did 200 years ago.. and we did it the wrong way (everything!! )
I agree the EU is a burocratic monster and I'm all for it to dismantle it, at least to some rudimentary level.
The US is doing what the europeans have tried many times before, starting with the Romans, the Turks, Napoleon and Hitler, they all built, or tried to build an empire, and the higher the ambitions, the sooner it fell.
The only unique thing about the US is the Consitution that was meant to keep checks and balances, and the strong respect for basic human rights like freedom of speech and privacy of information. These rights, although slowly eroded by Cheney and gang may still save the US from ultimate disaster, but it's getting tight. Prepare for desparate measures by the neocons to stay in power in the next election. Nothing would suprise me anymore.
Like you I'm a citizen of the EU. You should know that these kinds of 'new era' experiments have been tried before and have failed terribly, costing millions and millions of human liives.
I agree with you that this is the start of a new age and era, but I thnk it will have a totally different look than you and many expect.
Ursa..