EPTI feel like most Americans are so America-centric because they don't know what goes on in the rest of the developed world.
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Souma
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
I feel like most Americans are so America-centric because they don't know what goes on in the rest of the developed world. | ||
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BluePanther
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:23 Defacer wrote: Yes, the US would be lucky to have Canada's healthcare system and unemployment rate. I hope you're not being sarcastic, because as a current student, I would much rather be under the Canadian healthcare system and Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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farvacola
United States18826 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:25 Stratos_speAr wrote: I hope you're not being sarcastic, because as a current student, I would much rather be under the Canadian healthcare system and Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. He is most definitely not being sarcastic lol. I for one am enjoying these speeches quite a bit, although it saddens me to see Eastwood up there. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:25 Stratos_speAr wrote: I hope you're not being sarcastic, because as a current student, I would much rather be under the Canadian healthcare system and Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. I was NOT being sarcastic. You're just used to thinking everyone is being sarcastic from being on TL! Yes, the US would be lucky to have Canada's healthcare system and unemployment rate. I'm being sincere, dummy. They would be lucky. | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:26 Defacer wrote: If you are willing to give your child $400,000 in stock options to live off of during college ... With all due respect, I'm an average person who hasn't gotten significant financial support from my parents and I'm doing just fine... You're exaggerating. | ||
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TotalBalanceSC2
Canada475 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:28 BluePanther wrote: With all due respect, I'm an average person who hasn't gotten significant financial support from my parents and I'm doing just fine... You're exaggerating. I know ... it's always weird to hear a politician share his personal story of success to promote another guy ...you can't pass off the virtues gained from living in poverty by magical association. | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:30 xDaunt wrote: This Rubio speech is kinda meh. Condi/Christie 2016. One can hope. | ||
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screamingpalm
United States1527 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:28 Defacer wrote: I was NOT being sarcastic. You're just used to thinking everyone is being sarcastic from being on TL! Yes, the US would be lucky to have Canada's healthcare system and unemployment rate. I'm being sincere, dummy. They would be lucky. They didn't call Tommy Douglas "The Greatest Canadian" for nothing! Too bad we only get Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland) down here.  | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:30 xDaunt wrote: This Rubio speech is kinda meh. Actually, I think it's solid. He's done a good job boosting Romney (as well as positioning himself for 2016). | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
Nah, Romney is going to win this one. | ||
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farvacola
United States18826 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:28 BluePanther wrote: With all due respect, I'm an average person who hasn't gotten significant financial support from my parents and I'm doing just fine... You're exaggerating. No, he is expounding on the meager conditions Ann and Mitt Romney experienced while slaving their way through college. Sort of like when I needed to buy books for a required chemistry class and liquidated my assets in gold to pay for them. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:32 Defacer wrote: Actually, I think it's solid. He's done a good job boosting Romney (as well as positioning himself for 2016). Compared to what Paul Ryan did last night, it's a pretty lightweight speech. | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
I'd still want Condi/Christie 2016. | ||
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RCMDVA
United States708 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:33 Stratos_speAr wrote: I also don't understand why so many Americans have a reverence for the Founding Fathers and the Constitution that is comparable to how Christians revere the Bible. Obviously the Constitution is very important; you need to have something to lay the foundation for a country's laws and policies, but the damn thing was written by people and was written several hundred years ago. Not only that, the Founding Fathers were incredibly flawed people as well. If you don't belive in something higher (constitution, bible, or whaterver your beliefs are) the one thing that is certain is that man will always fail you at some point. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
It's going well so far. It's actually a good strategy -- to focus on the positives of Romney and personalize him. | ||
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