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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:46 AM Original message |
United States is NOT the best country in the world! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I sent my sons overseas on purpose |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That's another thing - so few Americans travel abroad. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Insularity--And It's Getting WORSE |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't forget the highest percentage of it's people in jail, |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Where does the net flow of immigrants go between the US and Europe? |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think the U.S is much more open than Europe, so it's easier, |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Good points |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Your impressions are outdated |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I said net flow |
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Fixated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. .....I still think it's the best |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. When I was overseas I felt like I was at home |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I too feel more at home in my own culture, but that isn't the point. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I feel at home in Europe. it's so civilized. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Response to #5 "felt very uncomfortable". |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. Standard of Living and Arguing With Liars |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. It is easier to keep a better standard of living |
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Mikimouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. We cast ourselves in that role, nobody to blame but us... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Not true |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. please do all of us DUers a favor and .... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I have read Chomsky |
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JailForBush (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. LOL! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. If I were Education Czarina |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. In defense of my son, he's only 16. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. In the current climate, be careful about what you say to young people |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why are we in more debt, fatter, and die earlier than NW Europeans? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. show him this |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. LOL. I will. n/t |
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Athame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Okay, I have to print this map |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. heh I printed it out a couple years ago |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
17. Everything you say is true, however.... |
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usrbs (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's true, but I was comparing just to the West. |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. jeez...talk about a strawman! Are you comparing America to Africa? |
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Leados (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. The IDEA of America, |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. A goodly portion of what's most wrong with America, IMHO, stems solely |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sorry, but DUH! eom |
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