AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE
“There once were two superpowers, now obviously there is only one superpower. Now that we’ve won the Gulf war, suppressed a tyrant, and made it perfectly clear that we’re not going to tolerate that kind of thing in this world… It’s obvious. We are now number one in the whole world. We are number one in the world in percentage of children living below the poverty level. We are number one in the world in teen pregnancy. We are number one in the world in murders of young males between the ages of 15 and 24. We are number one in the world in murder by handguns of people of all ages. We are number one in the world in the percentage of population in prisons. We are number one in the world in the per capita consumption of energy. We are number one in the world in polluting the earth.” From Context, 23:12, June 15, 1991, pg. 5, quoted…
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