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Mon Feb-21-05 05:35 PM
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| 17. America is one of the worst countries in the world. |
| -America - Greatest Country in the World? |
bixente |
Feb-21-05 05:02 PM |
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It was, it could be, but it's not right now... n/t |
mwb970 |
Feb-21-05 05:04 PM |
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No. And the BFEE is ensuring that we won't have anything to be proud of |
BrklynLiberal |
Feb-21-05 05:05 PM |
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bush* has lowered the rent considerably. |
spanone |
Feb-21-05 05:06 PM |
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Examples of 'freedom': |
HypnoToad |
Feb-21-05 05:08 PM |
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So, Bush is over here in Europe, |
mr blur |
Feb-21-05 05:47 PM |
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The ideal of America is a great one ... |
marmar |
Feb-21-05 05:08 PM |
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it depends |
Bill McBlueState |
Feb-21-05 05:10 PM |
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We have high ideals, but don't even begin to live up to them.... |
Webster Green |
Feb-21-05 05:11 PM |
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"Greatest" usually means "could beat other countries in a 1 vs. 1 war" |
DireStrike |
Feb-21-05 05:14 PM |
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if i say no, then i hate america |
maxsolomon |
Feb-21-05 05:15 PM |
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We used to be. |
cornermouse |
Feb-21-05 05:15 PM |
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I think not. |
Dangerman |
Feb-21-05 05:20 PM |
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Why |
michael_1166 |
Feb-21-05 05:21 PM |
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If you asked me this a few years ago |
FreedomAngel82 |
Feb-21-05 05:24 PM |
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Not according to several Human Development Indicators. |
JanMichael |
Feb-21-05 05:28 PM |
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I don't understand the best/greatest thing anyway... |
prairierose |
Feb-21-05 05:30 PM |
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Without a doubt - Yes n/t |
3lefts |
Feb-21-05 05:34 PM |
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What criteria? Infant Mortality? Literacy? |
JanMichael |
Feb-21-05 06:04 PM |
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By the number of people that want to come here. n/t |
3lefts |
Feb-21-05 06:14 PM |
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This isn't 1890....people aren't travelling across oceans to get here |
cire4 |
Feb-21-05 06:27 PM |
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Interesting, I point out some qualitative indicators, you point... |
JanMichael |
Feb-21-05 08:16 PM |
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What about the number of immigrants to Europe? |
Kathy in Cambridge |
Feb-21-05 08:33 PM |
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You should see how many people want to go to Australia |
gollygee |
Feb-22-05 11:29 AM |
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Care to elaborate??? |
cire4 |
Feb-21-05 06:14 PM |
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America is one of the worst countries in the world. |
Stop_the_War |
Feb-21-05 05:35 PM |
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Maybe in around 1963 we were at our peak and one of the freest countries. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 05:42 PM |
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In '63 it was better?... |
misanthrope |
Feb-21-05 06:05 PM |
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Yes. It was better for the white majority. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 07:16 PM |
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I don't quite know why but your post just creeped me out. |
JanMichael |
Feb-21-05 08:14 PM |
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Really? So you're glad that the working class has been decimated? |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 08:29 PM |
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Nice. Real nice. Poverty is irrelevant to me. |
JanMichael |
Feb-21-05 08:31 PM |
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Well, I resent the implication you're making. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 08:35 PM |
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THere seems to be an attitude among many afffluent liberals... |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 08:34 PM |
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You are kidding yourself dear |
Thtwudbeme |
Feb-21-05 08:40 PM |
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Yes, there were serious problems. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 08:47 PM |
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Are you complaining because a family can't live off one income? |
Thtwudbeme |
Feb-21-05 08:49 PM |
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Of course I am. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 09:18 PM |
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This is Thtwudbeme on my husband's screenname |
JanMichael |
Feb-22-05 08:31 AM |
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Some of us are in that trap merely as a function of where we live. |
UdoKier |
Feb-22-05 10:54 AM |
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OK, so you say it's not about "lifestyle" then go on to |
JanMichael |
Feb-22-05 11:21 AM |
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What lifestyle? |
UdoKier |
Feb-22-05 11:27 AM |
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Oh yeah - and the tax code was MUCH more progressive than today. |
UdoKier |
Feb-21-05 09:23 PM |
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or asking to go to bathroom while at work? |
datasuspect |
Feb-24-05 04:13 PM |
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You should review your history |
HamdenRice |
Feb-22-05 11:47 AM |
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I think the point they are making is ... 1975 |
HamdenRice |
Feb-22-05 11:39 AM |
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isn't that when kennedy got shot? |
datasuspect |
Feb-24-05 04:16 PM |
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Only to those who've never crossed the county line and have NO idea |
radwriter0555 |
Feb-21-05 05:54 PM |
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Greatness is a direction, not a destination. We're moving away from,.. |
Just Me |
Feb-21-05 06:08 PM |
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Most livable? |
bixente |
Feb-21-05 06:12 PM |
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Here's the list |
aneerkoinos |
Feb-21-05 07:49 PM |
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Something odd about a list... |
idlisambar |
Feb-21-05 08:05 PM |
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Hi bixente!! |
newyawker99 |
Feb-22-05 07:46 AM |
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Ha Ha! |
Megahurtz |
Feb-24-05 04:05 PM |
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We still have the greatest potential....... |
annabanana |
Feb-21-05 06:17 PM |
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We've got a World Series that only we play in... |
porphyrian |
Feb-21-05 07:20 PM |
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Toronto won it twice**** |
Egalitariat |
Feb-21-05 07:59 PM |
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No, Not even close imho. n/t |
ArcRabbit |
Feb-21-05 08:06 PM |
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Do the Facts Lie? |
chlamor |
Feb-21-05 08:18 PM |
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Greatest militarily, perhaps. Not socially and economically though. |
Massacure |
Feb-21-05 08:33 PM |
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It still is barely (that's not saying much), but after four more years... |
LSdemocrat |
Feb-21-05 08:50 PM |
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Feb-22-05 12:10 AM |
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in the greatest country in the world |
PST |
Feb-22-05 08:25 AM |
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If I'm candid, I'd have to say "no". |
Crankie Avalon |
Feb-22-05 08:46 AM |
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we are way down the list |
Ironpost |
Feb-22-05 08:53 AM |
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Not any more: neocons have made sure of this |
indepat |
Feb-22-05 08:56 AM |
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It was the best of countries and it was the worst of countries... |
twenty2strings |
Feb-22-05 09:21 AM |
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America, for all it's faults and flaws, was...Amerika is NOT |
tom_paine |
Feb-22-05 11:24 AM |
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PT Barnum's coinage |
PATRICK |
Feb-22-05 11:26 AM |
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America is a pretty good country - but so are a bunch of other countries |
gollygee |
Feb-22-05 11:31 AM |
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Yes |
underpants |
Feb-22-05 11:40 AM |
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The whole concept of a "great country" is a bunch of bullshit. |
Goldmund |
Feb-22-05 11:41 AM |
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Yes it is |
NCN007 |
Feb-22-05 12:21 PM |
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I find this kind of thinking bizarre and unfortunate. |
Minstrel Boy |
Feb-22-05 12:33 PM |
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A-fucking-men. |
Goldmund |
Feb-22-05 12:46 PM |
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True |
chlamor |
Feb-22-05 08:31 PM |
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Don't know, but it's my country |
monobrau |
Feb-22-05 08:49 PM |
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Just about every country on earth is better. |
DivinBreuvage |
Feb-22-05 10:28 PM |
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fat, greedy cornfed obese morons |
natrat |
Feb-22-05 10:47 PM |
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No. |
Megahurtz |
Feb-24-05 04:07 PM |
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It originally wasn't. Then started on the right path. Then got off it. |
HypnoToad |
Feb-24-05 04:10 PM |
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