Reality check is like a slap in the face

I am not going to make a substantial blog post about today's readings, but wanted to copy and paste this part of "It's a Flat World After All" by Fiedman for future reference.

"Americans and Western Europeans would be better off thinking about how you can raise your bar and raise yourselves into doing something better. Americans have consistently led in innovation over the last century. Americans whining -- we have never seen that before.''

There is no harsher truth than these words; quit crying and step up America.