<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post3256221952939063878..comments</id><updated>2008-05-01T07:34:21.751+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Emirates Economist: How dumb is the American public?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://emirateseconomist.blogspot.com/feeds/3256221952939063878/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10549832/3256221952939063878/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://emirateseconomist.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-dumb-is-american-public.html'/><author><name>John B. Chilton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18208312356775869565</uri><email>uaeeconomist@hotmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-4030063832498120763</id><published>2008-05-01T07:34:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T07:34:00.000+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is she hypocritical, stupid or ignorant?Do I have ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;Is she hypocritical, stupid or ignorant?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do I have to choose just one?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would add that she is also "dangerous" because her position allows her a large audience that doesn't analyse what they are seeing or hearing anymore.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Better to head over to watch mindless video of Britney being chased down a freeway than to work out if what the politicians are saying can actually be done.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It got worse post-9/11.  Serious, analytical debate gave way to sensationalism and mindless drivel because a lot of the population couldn't find a way to separate the non-fiction from the fiction - they went into sensory overload.  Kind of like a mass brainwashing where logical brain cells were killed  off.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have grave concerns for some members of the UAE Community blog too!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10549832/3256221952939063878/comments/default/4030063832498120763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10549832/3256221952939063878/comments/default/4030063832498120763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://emirateseconomist.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-dumb-is-american-public.html?showComment=1209612840000#c4030063832498120763' title=''/><author><name>nzm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://emirateseconomist.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-dumb-is-american-public.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-3256221952939063878' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10549832/posts/default/3256221952939063878' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>