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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-18-06 03:30 PM
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23. do you travel much out of country?
they seem to hammer on it to the point where our usa state dept. is considered a figure of fun by other nations, who considers the warnings and advisories highly exaggerated

i have to admit i feel the same way, i read the advisories and then i say pfffftttt
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  -State Dept.:Alive or dead-No Free Evacuations For Americans kpete  Jul-18-06 02:59 PM   #0 
  - Now there's compassionate conservatism all over the place.  spanone   Jul-18-06 03:01 PM   #1 
  - Attack of the Compassionate Conservatives! Remember when  FSogol   Jul-18-06 03:02 PM   #2 
  - our gov't NEVER gave free evacuations to usa citizens  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:05 PM   #6 
     - Guess the ignorants like myself are not aware of such worldly things.  spanone   Jul-18-06 03:09 PM   #7 
     - do you travel much out of country?  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:30 PM   #23 
     - I've never changed a trip because of the State Department  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:37 PM   #32 
        - never changed a trip either  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:43 PM   #34 
     - well, before travelling to a country  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:33 PM   #27 
     - I'm pretty sure the medical students in Grenada did not pay ... -n/t  lapfog_1   Jul-18-06 03:11 PM   #8 
     - that was a different situation  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:24 PM   #17 
     - CNN just reported that this is from a bill Bush* signed in 2003  spanone   Jul-18-06 03:27 PM   # 
     - dupe  spanone   Jul-18-06 03:27 PM   #21 
     - That only applies to tourists  benddem   Jul-18-06 03:12 PM   #9 
     - and the embassy doesn't charge employees  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:23 PM   #16 
     - excatly! I don't know where people get the idea that if something  RGBolen   Jul-18-06 03:13 PM   #10 
     - i don't know either  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:32 PM   #26 
     - Are you saying that when our army heroically swept into Grenada  NCevilDUer   Jul-18-06 03:19 PM   #13 
     - well, let's see  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:29 PM   #22 
        - exactly right  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:33 PM   #28 
           - it's not even mandatory to evacuate  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:35 PM   #30 
     - So Reagan charged those students he "rescued" in Grenada?  FSogol   Jul-18-06 03:51 PM   #35 
        - the Grenada incident was a different story  northzax   Jul-20-06 09:35 AM   #44 
  - War profiteering  C_U_L8R   Jul-18-06 03:02 PM   #3 
  - Get real  malaise   Jul-18-06 03:02 PM   #4 
  - We'll evacuate you for a FEE???  magellan   Jul-18-06 03:03 PM   #5 
  - No, it's the beauty of free enterprise and capitalism....didn't you get  sinkingfeeling   Jul-18-06 03:14 PM   #11 
     - Lucky me  magellan   Jul-18-06 03:20 PM   #14 
  - As said elsewhere  The Deacon   Jul-18-06 03:15 PM   #12 
  - Why would anyone from this country think they'd treated as  Benhurst   Jul-18-06 03:20 PM   #15 
  - you think the French pay for citizens to be evaced?  northzax   Jul-18-06 03:25 PM   #20 
     - I sure do. And now even third world BushAmerica has been  Benhurst   Jul-19-06 11:00 AM   #37 
        - you would, of course  northzax   Jul-19-06 11:41 AM   #38 
           - Getting the people to safety is what counts, not a free trip home.  Benhurst   Jul-19-06 01:20 PM   #39 
              - but this has been US government policy  northzax   Jul-19-06 10:46 PM   #40 
                 - The White House attempted to justify its charging for evacuations  Benhurst   Jul-20-06 07:47 AM   #42 
                    - I can base it on personal experience, if you'd like  northzax   Jul-20-06 09:34 AM   #43 
                       - It's strange then that the White House, always so quick to  Benhurst   Jul-20-06 10:19 AM   #45 
  - Ownership society.  mmonk   Jul-18-06 03:24 PM   #18 
  - I guess that explains Katrina, too.  NCevilDUer   Jul-18-06 03:30 PM   #24 
  - Absolutely despicable....  truebrit71   Jul-18-06 03:25 PM   #19 
  - I would think that signing a promisary note to pay airfare to Cyprus  Generator   Jul-18-06 03:32 PM   #25 
  - yeah really  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:37 PM   #31 
  - How is that less government thing working out  DanCa   Jul-18-06 03:35 PM   #29 
  - there are no nonkerry voters here  pitohui   Jul-18-06 03:40 PM   #33 
     - Oh come on  DanCa   Jul-18-06 03:52 PM   #36 
  - I'd love to know what previous administrations have done  LittleClarkie   Jul-19-06 10:48 PM   #41 
 

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