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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:20 AM Original message |
Is the U.S. unique and is it the 'greatest country in the world'? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. All empires have this sense of Exceptionalism. |
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alex cross (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't know if it's so much empire as it is human nature for people |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Exceptionalism is part and parcel of imperial behavior |
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alex cross (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I was only replying to the results of the poll not as to whether |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No they would not |
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alex cross (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh, I think you under estimate the nationalism and pride of |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I did not grow up in the us |
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alex cross (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. But I'm sure you retain a certain amount of pride and patriotic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I retain pride for the humanitarian work I dd |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. That's not what American exceptionalism is about... |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I've been lucky enough |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Of course in Yemen it is illegal to be gay. So the irony factor |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. We didn't discuss it much, as it didn't seem to interest him. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. Greatest country? Hell no. Our infrastructure is crumbling. We have laughable or no |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. There may be some validity to the "unique" aspect. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. The Constition and our ideas |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. We did the pax romana already |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I wouldn't |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Pax romana didn't mean peace either |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I thought |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. No they have not |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. The answer is no |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. If your responding to me |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. Unfortunately... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's a stupid question, stupidly framed as a yes or no opinion. The results are meaningless. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. 6TH? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. It is what it is. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
26. No and No. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. OFGS, not even CLOSE to "greatest," for liveability! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
28. If this "poll" was in regards of an election it would be push poll. it's a BS question. nt |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yes and Yes |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. ............ |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Care to explain |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I'll explain this to you, which you will not like by the way |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I actually agree with much you say |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You are telling me we are not an empire in decline? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Right-wing ignorance much? |
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Cutatious (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not as much as it used to be |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. We are unique in the way "we the people" seem to accept our mediocraty |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. No. It's another country that morphed into an empire that's now in decline. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. Greatest at pulling the wool over peoples eyes? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. No and no. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. There is nothing exceptional about the United States other than |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. Unique: Yes. Greatest: Who knows? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. What country is not unique? And what's the measure for "greatnes"? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes , but then so is every other country |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. It has become a 'great oligarchy'! n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. No. Just another in a long line of washed up has-beens on it's way to Palookaville. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. Too soon to tell. |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Makes me think of a billboard I noticed today |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. We built the most nuclear weapons first... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes |
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