The time has come that we recognize that the various governments that rule the multiple peoples of the world are not all equal. Although it will certainly be a statement that will cause no little distress, it is nevertheless important for all Americans to cease referring to the other state-like entities of the world as nations. If one is to truly look around the globe, one will recognize that while many other sovereign statelike bodies may have positive qualities, it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of “Nation” could possibly be attributed to them. Consequently, continued use of the term “Nation” to describe these entities will only lead to confusion.

For example, there are many non-national entities that have shared cultures, guarded borders and stable governments. Many may provide for the common good, even with luxuries like education and healthcare. But only the One True Nation can make the claim of being one nation under God, having the quality of undeniable indivisibility, and offering liberty and justice for all, etc.

This assertion, while obviously true, should not be interpreted as an argument against constructive dialogue through diplomacy. While these other statelike regions may not currently ackowledge our singular status, nor yet wish to follow the one true President, we are committed to peaceful coexistence with the many peoples of the world.

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No, no. Daddy Democrat has gone off the jingoistic deep end. Just having an intensely sarcastic reaction to Pope Benedicts latest. (That guy sure knows how to keep himself in the news, doesn’t he?)

Some things, even if one believes them, are better left unsaid. I don’t really have a horse in the race on the whole Catholic vs. Protestant debate, but just when we’re starting to get a little peace in Ireland, and while we have unstability in the Middle East, maybe Pope Benedict XVI and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith could just lay off the rhetoric for a decade or two? I know there’s Ratzinger’s own God-granted authority to assert, but we could all use a little peace on earth, and it would be great to not have the world’s prominent religious figures stirring the drink George and Dick pour.