You Know It's Bad When...

Vladimir Putin accuses the Bush Administration/America of "undermining global stability."


In other news, I was recently discussing with a (Japanese) friend America and Japan's respective talents in the global economy and my friend said something really interesting. She said that the Japanese can take an idea from 1 to 100 but they can't go from 0 to 1; Americans, however, can create something from nothing.

That really encouraged me because I've grown increasingly frustrated with American policy in almost every sector (foreign, environmental, education), so I feel like hey - if nothing else, we still got ideas! at least that is something.