Say No to Sycophantism

"A few weeks ago, my wife and I flew from New York's Kennedy Airport to
Singapore. In J.F.K.'s waiting lounge we could barely find a place to sit.
Eighteen hours later, we landed at Singapore's ultramodern airport, with
free Internet portals and children's play zones throughout. We felt, as we
have before, like we had just flown from the Flintstones to the Jetsons. If
all Americans could compare Berlin's luxurious central train station today
with the grimy, decrepit Penn Station in New York City, they would swear we
were the ones who lost World War II"

src: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04friedman.html?hp