Not sure I'm following, Felix. Are you saying there isn't cultural support for true entrepreneurs, government/legal support? 

Facebook itself is creating scores of new jobs directly, the money saved from outsourcing some labor allows them to spend more on talent/experience and hire more at a higher level. Furthermore, those "winning" from this IPO and getting employed by FB will have enough discretionary spending to power a nice sized town, if not a small city. It's hard to look at this, or even the outsourcing element, as bad for the U.S. economy. 

Lots of interesting comments here, and I don't disagree with any one of them, necessarily. It is easy to paint U.S. foreign policy as sanctimonious. However, I think "James of England" gets it right; at the end of the day, the U.S. has a duty to ensure that governments around the world are founded under the premise that all people are free. That may be "better than thou" but it's important. Now, how we achieve that via diplomacy and foreign policy can be argued and we won't come to consensus here, but I believe that it's important for children to understand that the role the U.S. government and our military plays abroad is to give other children and other lands the same freedoms we enjoy here at home. 

Mama Toad, I do agree that entertainment as a stand in for education is bad. However, I also believe that there is a huge opportunity to reach children in new ways. Like any technology, it can be used for good or for bad. In regards to talking dinosaurs... We're going to have to agree to disagree on that one; Tex is like a son to me. 

"Natal Conservatism"... I hope that isn't trademarked because we may start using it.