| 160. Well you're the one condemning /the whole country/. |
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I could see it being "love it or leave it" if you were criticizing this or that aspect of it and had some sort of plan to improve it, but you're just like "blah". If it really is that bad then why stay?
|
| -Someone please remind me why America is so great. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 04:59 PM |
#0 |
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the difference: they say "have a nice day" as they kick you in the teeth |
ixion |
Feb-05-09 05:02 PM |
#1 |
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thank you for shopping WalMart. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-07-09 03:08 PM |
#169 |
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And the rightwing answer is: "If you don't like it, then you can leave." n/t |
antigop |
Feb-05-09 05:04 PM |
#2 |
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it's not only the RW saying this lately n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Feb-05-09 05:15 PM |
#13 |
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do it, leave, I did, I am far happier in France than I was in the USA |
reggie the dog |
Feb-06-09 05:47 AM |
#70 |
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How did you leave? |
EstimatedProphet |
Feb-06-09 09:07 AM |
#90 |
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oops, wrong place |
Greyhound |
Feb-06-09 10:04 AM |
#98 |
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I was lucky |
reggie the dog |
Feb-06-09 12:25 PM |
#101 |
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Yes, please give up the information. |
Greyhound |
Feb-06-09 10:05 AM |
#99 |
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I have a couple of friends |
reggie the dog |
Feb-06-09 12:26 PM |
#102 |
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Aren't they rioting and striking |
leftynyc |
Feb-06-09 03:39 PM |
#115 |
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we went on strike in France |
reggie the dog |
Feb-06-09 05:46 PM |
#152 |
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because we can fix all of this |
Fleshdancer |
Feb-05-09 05:04 PM |
#3 |
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Yup. Our system of government allows for non-violent "civil wars". (nt) |
w4rma |
Feb-05-09 05:07 PM |
#4 |
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You sure the beaten, neutralized, bushified System is still capable of such? |
tom_paine |
Feb-05-09 05:11 PM |
#10 |
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Yeah. I think we're improving things. Big business still has way too much power over the government. |
w4rma |
Feb-05-09 07:07 PM |
#47 |
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Who won the last presidential election? |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:34 PM |
#141 |
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The Pritzker/Crown nominee. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-07-09 03:13 AM |
#162 |
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Explain how we have been through worse? |
blues90 |
Feb-05-09 05:32 PM |
#17 |
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the Civil War and the Great Depression were probably worse, yes. |
Fleshdancer |
Feb-05-09 05:47 PM |
#26 |
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yes, my life will be a wonderful bed of roses and delicious elixirs, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:49 PM |
#28 |
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I'm hurting too |
Fleshdancer |
Feb-05-09 06:07 PM |
#41 |
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"Our immediate needs are being met" really? I can't even afford a cancer |
Lorien |
Feb-05-09 11:07 PM |
#62 |
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I'm sorry to hear about the lump |
Fleshdancer |
Feb-05-09 11:23 PM |
#68 |
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Great points but the part about the caste system... |
misanthrope |
Feb-08-09 05:41 PM |
#177 |
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How does it get better? |
nichomachus |
Feb-05-09 05:55 PM |
#33 |
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"gone now" |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:57 PM |
#35 |
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alternative energy, education, technology, and universal health care |
Fleshdancer |
Feb-05-09 06:12 PM |
#43 |
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there comes a point when "fixing" is not viable |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 07:40 PM |
#48 |
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Our workforce before the Depression was not well educated. |
Zynx |
Feb-05-09 11:10 PM |
#64 |
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Where's the bread lines? |
Dappleganger |
Feb-06-09 04:05 PM |
#129 |
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Not exactly... |
misanthrope |
Feb-08-09 06:13 PM |
#178 |
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Most american's? |
blues90 |
Feb-05-09 06:07 PM |
#40 |
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If you honestly think the Great Depression was not objectively "worse" than our current economic |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 02:42 PM |
#104 |
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in 1930 ue = 8%, kinda like now. it took a couple more years to get to 25%. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-08-09 05:37 PM |
#176 |
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Well, it's like you just got hired to run a big-ass farm, |
stopbush |
Feb-05-09 05:07 PM |
#5 |
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We are 'great' because we are ignorant |
tblue |
Feb-05-09 05:08 PM |
#6 |
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Seeing old ironsides wheeled out while a real champion works full court |
Life Long Dem |
Feb-05-09 05:09 PM |
#7 |
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When the bosses in the 1300's shafted the people they didn't telll them it was for their own good. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Feb-05-09 05:09 PM |
#8 |
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It depends on who you compare us to - ie what part of Africa do you prefer? |
stray cat |
Feb-05-09 05:10 PM |
#9 |
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True. Next to our fellow Third World Nations, we are KING! |
tom_paine |
Feb-05-09 05:12 PM |
#12 |
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"We're Number One!" |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:48 PM |
#27 |
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. |
stuntcat |
Feb-06-09 07:32 AM |
#80 |
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What nation as a whole has better economic prosperity, culture, and civil liberties? |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:24 PM |
#109 |
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You know very little about Canada if you think they are USA "lite". |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 03:59 PM |
#126 |
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This magical land of "Canada" you speak of sounds like a paradise. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:07 PM |
#130 |
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Wake up and smell the corruption and the bullshit. |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 04:16 PM |
#132 |
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Corruption and bullshit? I thought that was maple syrup! |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:19 PM |
#134 |
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Have you ever lived on the edge? Almost lost your home? Lived paycheck to paycheck? |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 04:23 PM |
#135 |
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Poverty, corruption, injustice, and general douchebaggery are unfortunately human conditions |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:28 PM |
#139 |
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I think the toilets are much better. |
Starry Messenger |
Feb-05-09 05:12 PM |
#11 |
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if you are homeless, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:42 PM |
#19 |
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Fair enough. |
Starry Messenger |
Feb-05-09 05:45 PM |
#23 |
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modern technology is indeed superior, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:51 PM |
#30 |
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LOL. |
Starry Messenger |
Feb-05-09 05:57 PM |
#34 |
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If you were a *slave* in the US today, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 06:06 PM |
#38 |
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Good thing I didn't say that. n/t |
Starry Messenger |
Feb-05-09 06:07 PM |
#39 |
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Being a female now is better than being a female even 70 years ago. |
crimsonblue |
Feb-06-09 03:13 PM |
#108 |
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"We've basically regressed to a point prior to the Magna Carta" |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:28 PM |
#111 |
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In Madison they just use the bathroom at Taco Bell. |
Zynx |
Feb-05-09 11:07 PM |
#61 |
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It's candied apples and ponies with dapples... |
slackmaster |
Feb-05-09 05:16 PM |
#14 |
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No difference do I see.! |
Lost4words |
Feb-05-09 05:18 PM |
#15 |
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we have running water? |
leftchick |
Feb-05-09 05:19 PM |
#16 |
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yeah, but for how much longer? |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:43 PM |
#20 |
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I live here |
TlalocW |
Feb-05-09 05:38 PM |
#18 |
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yes, by jingo! |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:44 PM |
#21 |
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In Dumberica, you'd better be willing to . . . |
HughBeaumont |
Feb-05-09 05:44 PM |
#22 |
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dont forget our 2 expensive bullshit wars for no reason. nt |
Mari333 |
Feb-05-09 05:46 PM |
#24 |
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when it comes to killing innocent brown-skinned civilians, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:52 PM |
#31 |
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We would have to try pretty hard to get within sight of Britain on that account. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:53 PM |
#124 |
| -
We're not perfect... |
Bolo Boffin |
Feb-05-09 05:47 PM |
#25 |
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It's very different from the Soviet Union... |
MellowDem |
Feb-05-09 05:50 PM |
#29 |
| -
Considering where we were ten, or thirty, years ago, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 05:53 PM |
#32 |
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Easy |
MellowDem |
Feb-05-09 06:03 PM |
#37 |
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Who is the "we" you keep referring to? |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 06:08 PM |
#42 |
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"We" Americans, of course. |
MellowDem |
Feb-05-09 07:51 PM |
#50 |
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I'm just saying that all evidence I see points to the conclusion |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 07:54 PM |
#51 |
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Because one can make a boatload of money here |
many a good man |
Feb-05-09 05:58 PM |
#36 |
| -
Hamberger ? |
Sandrine for you |
Feb-05-09 06:49 PM |
#44 |
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We have guns. |
anonymous171 |
Feb-05-09 06:50 PM |
#45 |
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and lots of 'em |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 06:54 PM |
#46 |
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Compare to most other countries, it is. That is why ... |
SergeyDovlatov |
Feb-05-09 07:43 PM |
#49 |
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and so it will be as long as one doomed soul |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 07:55 PM |
#52 |
| -
who knows, may be China or other country will become ... |
SergeyDovlatov |
Feb-05-09 09:26 PM |
#59 |
| -
We have football! |
Political Heretic |
Feb-05-09 08:00 PM |
#53 |
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No you don't. You have a sad mockery of the real thing. |
Eryemil |
Feb-05-09 08:16 PM |
#54 |
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Ok fine... we have something that should be named something other than football! |
Political Heretic |
Feb-05-09 08:30 PM |
#55 |
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... |
Eryemil |
Feb-05-09 08:43 PM |
#57 |
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Twelve-inch ball? |
Lance_Boyle |
Feb-06-09 04:24 PM |
#136 |
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Let's see.. tough questions there at the end. I'm guessing it's the deodorant? nt |
Flying Dream Blues |
Feb-05-09 08:38 PM |
#56 |
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And the haircuts. No one has better hair care than the USA! USA! USA! |
tom_paine |
Feb-05-09 08:47 PM |
#58 |
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I like cake. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 11:01 PM |
#60 |
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One huge difference: if you criticize the government, you aren't shot. |
Zynx |
Feb-05-09 11:08 PM |
#63 |
| -
good difference. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-05-09 11:13 PM |
#66 |
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Compared to much of the world we have it pretty damn good. |
Marrah_G |
Feb-05-09 11:12 PM |
#65 |
| -
no doubt most of the world is even worse off |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:25 AM |
#75 |
| -
Go to Venezuela. |
LoZoccolo |
Feb-05-09 11:13 PM |
#67 |
| -
love it or leave it. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:26 AM |
#77 |
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Well you're the one condemning /the whole country/. |
LoZoccolo |
Feb-07-09 02:24 AM |
#160 |
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criticism is not condemnation. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-07-09 03:04 PM |
#168 |
| -
not so |
Two Americas |
Feb-07-09 04:52 PM |
#170 |
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Because... uh... the great myth lives on? |
Zhade |
Feb-05-09 11:25 PM |
#69 |
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Live outside awhile the States and you will understand... |
JCMach1 |
Feb-06-09 06:01 AM |
#71 |
| -
I have. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:26 AM |
#78 |
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That's a given... now they have destroyed the economy of the whole world |
JCMach1 |
Feb-06-09 08:18 AM |
#85 |
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Because you Americans say so! |
irislake |
Feb-06-09 06:08 AM |
#72 |
| -
yeah, but we could kick your ass if we really wanted to.... |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:37 AM |
#82 |
| -
U.S. meme, "I'M THE GREATEST FUCKER HERE AND WITHOUT |
Fire1 |
Feb-06-09 03:44 PM |
#119 |
| -
Because it's a land of immense beauty and potential |
taterguy |
Feb-06-09 06:46 AM |
#73 |
| -
not to the point. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:28 AM |
#79 |
| -
You could soak up the natural beauty and let it inspire you to do something great |
taterguy |
Feb-06-09 08:12 AM |
#84 |
| -
dood, I'm like totally gonna mellow out |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 08:57 AM |
#87 |
| -
Fortunately, we got to the leases |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-08-09 06:59 PM |
#180 |
| -
Other countries have worse problems |
treestar |
Feb-06-09 07:23 AM |
#74 |
| -
"we" didn't change government in 2000. The George HW Bush Supreme Court did. |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 07:35 AM |
#81 |
| -
Healthcare stats |
maryf |
Feb-07-09 09:50 PM |
#171 |
| -
Not only is our country probably the worst in the industrialized world, |
Romulox |
Feb-06-09 07:25 AM |
#76 |
| -
We are a waning nation. The heyday sure didnt last long. |
OwnedByFerrets |
Feb-06-09 07:45 AM |
#83 |
| -
America just has |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Feb-06-09 08:21 AM |
#86 |
| -
when the lords of our realm run out of "free" resources to exploit, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 09:07 AM |
#89 |
| -
Preach brother!!! |
Fire1 |
Feb-06-09 03:49 PM |
#123 |
| -
Can you name a nation whose founding is not similarly marred? n/t |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:55 PM |
#125 |
| -
In 3000 years, India has never cultivated the practice of slavery. |
Fire1 |
Feb-06-09 05:25 PM |
#148 |
| -
That is far too negative... |
anaxarchos |
Feb-06-09 06:26 PM |
#154 |
| -
I'll kick up that post |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Feb-06-09 08:13 PM |
#155 |
| -
And to you... |
anaxarchos |
Feb-06-09 10:22 PM |
#159 |
| -
Hmmm.... |
blindpig |
Feb-07-09 07:31 AM |
#165 |
| -
Sure does sound like a plan... |
maryf |
Feb-07-09 10:03 PM |
#172 |
| -
but, but, but |
Two Americas |
Feb-08-09 03:54 PM |
#174 |
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That is TOO close... |
anaxarchos |
Feb-08-09 06:29 PM |
#179 |
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closecasm |
Two Americas |
Feb-08-09 07:51 PM |
#181 |
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We're One Of The Greatest Nations In The World. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Feb-06-09 09:03 AM |
#88 |
| -
dude, your entire life, at least as expressed here, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 09:08 AM |
#91 |
| -
My Life Is Quite Good, Actually. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Feb-06-09 09:26 AM |
#93 |
| -
life is good! |
leftofthedial |
Feb-06-09 02:34 PM |
#103 |
| -
sure you do |
Two Americas |
Feb-07-09 02:55 AM |
#161 |
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I agree. n/t |
U4ikLefty |
Feb-07-09 03:14 AM |
#163 |
| -
How could you be so mean to a dog? I guess you don't like blue ones |
mitchum |
Feb-06-09 04:35 PM |
#142 |
| -
The only greatness the US has are it's armed forces. |
blindpig |
Feb-06-09 09:22 AM |
#92 |
| -
Blind Indeed. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Feb-06-09 09:26 AM |
#94 |
| -
Really? Is that why so many millions of people want to come here to make a better life |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:01 PM |
#106 |
| -
Yes, millions of Canadians, Germans, Brits are flooding our borders |
leftstreet |
Feb-06-09 03:26 PM |
#110 |
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I didn't claim that they were. Do you deny that tens of millions of people from around the world |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:32 PM |
#112 |
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You're arguing America is "great" by implying everyone wants to come here |
leftstreet |
Feb-06-09 03:38 PM |
#114 |
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I didn't say "everyone wants to come here." I said that tens of millions |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:40 PM |
#116 |
| -
If they wait long enough, no doubt the US will bring democracy to them |
leftstreet |
Feb-06-09 03:46 PM |
#121 |
| -
That's a cop-out response, and a cheap way to blow up the discussion. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:47 PM |
#122 |
| -
Nice pun! |
leftstreet |
Feb-06-09 05:30 PM |
#149 |
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so as long as our TV shows make America look slightly better than the worst place on earth |
leftofthedial |
Feb-07-09 02:55 PM |
#166 |
| -
Minimum wage as opposed to no work hardly makes for great.- |
blindpig |
Feb-06-09 03:36 PM |
#113 |
| -
The hell it doesn't. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:43 PM |
#118 |
| -
Even without a military, I bet I'd still be able to get a gallon of ice cream, some whipped cream, |
cherokeeprogressive |
Feb-06-09 04:18 PM |
#133 |
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That ice cream was churned on the backs of wage-slaves that are no better off |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:25 PM |
#137 |
| -
Yes but is it a product of Happy Cows like the sort we have here in California? n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Feb-06-09 05:45 PM |
#151 |
| -
Although it's all relative and subjective... |
LanternWaste |
Feb-06-09 09:27 AM |
#95 |
| -
the IDEA of America is great . . . but we have a ways to go to fully achieve that greatness . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Feb-06-09 09:56 AM |
#96 |
| -
in the words of Frederick Douglass, |
leftofthedial |
Feb-07-09 03:02 PM |
#167 |
| -
Because we can correct ourselves. We elected OBAMA. |
Cardiff |
Feb-06-09 09:59 AM |
#97 |
| -
That a Black American got elected president is a great thing. |
blindpig |
Feb-06-09 10:07 AM |
#100 |
| -
Nonsense. If you can't (or won't) see the progress that has been made, you aren't being honest. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 02:47 PM |
#105 |
| -
Because we have the eternal desire to improve ourselves |
crimsonblue |
Feb-06-09 03:08 PM |
#107 |
| -
It's been a race to the bottom for years-all so the greedy rich bastards can profit forever |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 03:40 PM |
#117 |
| -
Yet you have an Al Gore icon. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 03:45 PM |
#120 |
| -
Gore would have made a helluva better president than Obama I have no doubt. |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 04:04 PM |
#128 |
| -
No need to be quite so unpleasant. |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:12 PM |
#131 |
| -
Only freepers hate Gore. |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 04:27 PM |
#138 |
| -
Who the hell said anything about hating Al Gore? You're the one railing against the rich |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:30 PM |
#140 |
| -
Why does it matter to you if Gore is rich? |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 04:44 PM |
#144 |
| -
Oy--it doesn't matter to me at all--YOU are the one that brought up "the rich and powerful" |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 04:49 PM |
#145 |
| -
What's the point of saying anything to me in the first place? |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 05:18 PM |
#147 |
| -
I'm starting to wonder. n/t |
Raskolnik |
Feb-06-09 06:02 PM |
#153 |
| -
Buh Bye! |
earth mom |
Feb-06-09 10:15 PM |
#158 |
| -
I have lived here my whole life and I'm still trying to figure out what makes this country so great. |
Lucian |
Feb-06-09 04:02 PM |
#127 |
| -
Because it's the bestest ever country ever in the whole wide world... |
mitchum |
Feb-06-09 04:37 PM |
#143 |
| -
I'm glad most of you love your country. |
irislake |
Feb-06-09 04:55 PM |
#146 |
| -
Because we say so. |
mmonk |
Feb-06-09 05:35 PM |
#150 |
| -
Maybe america is not so great . |
blues90 |
Feb-06-09 08:40 PM |
#156 |
| -
Well, I'm here...thats gotta count for something |
NeedleCast |
Feb-06-09 08:41 PM |
#157 |
| -
WHY (?) ... President Barack Obama |
Raine |
Feb-07-09 03:38 AM |
#164 |
| -
"How is this all that different from, say, the Soviet Union" - BWAHAHAHAAH!!!!! |
BlooInBloo |
Feb-07-09 10:06 PM |
#173 |
| -
You seem like a glass half empty kind of person. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Feb-08-09 03:59 PM |
#175 |
| -
*half* empty!? |
leftofthedial |
Feb-10-09 05:45 PM |
#184 |
| -
I'm sorry but this post is entirely too negative. |
Brgotn |
Feb-09-09 10:02 PM |
#182 |
| -
the beatings will continue until morale improves! |
leftofthedial |
Feb-10-09 05:55 PM |
#185 |
| -
because of our large middle class |
citizen snips |
Feb-09-09 10:42 PM |
#183 |
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rights, quality of life in all respects not technological |
leftofthedial |
Feb-10-09 05:59 PM |
#187 |
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cause we pump the Greatest amount of pollutants into the atmosphere |
stuntcat |
Feb-10-09 05:58 PM |
#186 |
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