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MrsHobieJoe
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:50am |
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islander wrote:Not to mention the deplorable way you treated the colonists back in the 1700s.... yes.........sorry if I'm a bit grouchy everyone- I'll come back after I've had something to eat!!
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:49am |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote: cc_rider wrote: Note my reference below to some other US military involvements that, uh, did not go so well.
Maybe I was a bit shoot from the hip there. I was actually thinking largely about middle and central America amongst others where I don't think "right in the end" is really plausible. I speak from the country that invented the concentration camp in SOuth Africa and spent decades and centuries messing up other countries. Not to mention the deplorable way you treated the colonists back in the 1700s....
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NoEnzLefttoSplit
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:48am |
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Oh grief, two world powers navel gazing... this could get depressing.
Anyone know any jokes?
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MrsHobieJoe
Location: somewhere in Europe Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:46am |
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cc_rider wrote: Note my reference below to some other US military involvements that, uh, did not go so well.
Maybe I was a bit shoot from the hip there. I was actually thinking largely about South and central America amongst others where I don't think "right in the end" is really plausible. I speak from the country that invented the concentration camp in SOuth Africa and spent decades and centuries messing up other countries.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:43am |
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MrsHobieJoe wrote:Made me a feel a bit unconfortable (and not in a complementary way about the US). Think about some of your ill-founded military expeditions in other parts of the world. We have plenty of examples of when we got it wrong too.
Humility is what I reckon most large and wealthy countries could do with a dose of.
Note my reference below to some other US military involvements that, uh, did not go so well.
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MrsHobieJoe
Location: somewhere in Europe Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:41am |
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cc_rider wrote: Outstanding. I'm saving those. Thanks.
Made me a feel a bit uncomfortable (and not in a complementary way about the US). Think about some of your ill-founded military expeditions in other parts of the world. We have plenty of examples of when we got it wrong too. Humility is what I reckon most large and wealthy countries could do with a dose of. Looking externally as well- being aware of what other people are doing beyond your borders and learning from the ways in which others have done things well and badly.
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NoEnzLefttoSplit
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:33am |
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oldviolin wrote:Independent thinking, collective impetus, freedom from corrupt and/or incompetent government meddling and endless waste of money and resources in every area of life.. Fair international trade policies. Reinstate U.S. Manufacturing . Conscious efforts in ignoring salacious media saturation and celebrity preoccupation. Social policies that actually help those in chronic need w/o enabling the further perpetuation of a welfare state. Accountability on every level of governmental and civic responsibility. Individual accountibility left up to individuals, thereby spreading to previous suggestion Honesty Quality Music Anti-materialistic motives Balanced budgets Retail in black before Christmas morass Balloons Free nut assortments to the first 100 callers ... Tip of the iceberg...
and not just the USA, the whole world is kind of stuffed at the moment.
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:31am |
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cc_rider wrote: Outstanding. I'm saving those. Thanks.
All true, but don't forget there have been several occasions where the French (and many others as well) have put a lot on the table to save our bacon as well. All in all, it's been a pretty good relationship for everyone.
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JrzyTmata
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:30am |
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what he said.
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 11:27am |
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Independent thinking, collective impetus, freedom from corrupt and/or incompetent government meddling and endless waste of money and resources in every area of life.. Fair international trade policies. Reinstate U.S. Manufacturing . Conscious efforts in ignoring salacious media saturation and celebrity preoccupation. Social policies that actually help those in chronic need w/o enabling the further perpetuation of a welfare state. Accountability on every level of governmental and civic responsibility. Individual accountibility left up to individuals, thereby spreading to previous suggestion Honesty Quality Music Anti-materialistic motives Balanced budgets Retail in black before Christmas morass Balloons Free nut assortments to the first 100 callers ... Tip of the iceberg...
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 10:56am |
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Education, employment, empowerment
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 10:49am |
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lunar1963 wrote:Yes, beautiful stories, and we have every reason to be thankful to those who liberated Europe in WW2. However, Iraq and Afghanistan have a slightly different background I would think.
Quite true, but maybe the point is, Americans WILL ultimately do the right thing. I think Iraq was a HUGE mistake from the git-go, but I also think we will find the right way, eventually. Sadly, the proud legacy of WW II gave way to the debacles of Korea and Vietnam, among others.
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lunar1963
Location: Netherlands Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 9:52am |
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Yes, beautiful stories, and we have every reason to be thankful to those who liberated Europe in WW2. However, Iraq and Afghanistan have a slightly different background I would think.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 9:37am |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:You could have heard a pin drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outstanding. I'm saving those. Thanks.
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Dec 4, 2009 - 8:38am |
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JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?" DeGuale did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."
You could have heard a pin drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?" A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"
You could have heard a pin drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."
You could have heard a pin drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !" The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.
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Alchemist
Location: San Jose, CA Gender:
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Jan 18, 2009 - 11:58pm |
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kurtster wrote: I sense you are afraid of true free enterprise, the kind that finds a way to prosper on its own, without help and protection from the government. What I propose supports that. Do you believe that it would be impossible to find a niche that would not support itself, free from government support ?
From everything I've ever seen him post, Lazy8 is clearly in favor of free enterprise! But adding regulations capping salaries is just the opposite. You can't blame a company for taking free money. But you can blame the government for taking it from its citizens and picking and choosing where to reallocate it. And don't confuse malinvestment of resources (something the government is pretty much uniquely suited for) with large differences in salary between employees. The latter is a matter between the governance of a company and its shareholders. The most egregious recent cases involve seriously mismanaged companies paying huge bonuses to executive management, but this is possible only because these companies successfully lobbied for federal bailouts. One could even argue that these executives earned their bonuses by tapping into billions of free money! If there were no bailouts, these companies would be forced to reorganize and the management would likely be out on their ear.
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AliGator
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Jan 18, 2009 - 10:34pm |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:Just don't swim in it. I'm not small enough to swim in my toilet bowl. Wouldn't it be fun if I was, though?
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basketcase
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Jan 18, 2009 - 10:28pm |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:Thoughtful Suggestions for Improving America... Flush the toilet.
Aim for the bowl
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Jan 18, 2009 - 9:19pm |
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AliGator wrote: If it's yellow, let it mellow If it's brown, flush it down
/has saved countless gallons of water with this method
Just don't swim in it.
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