Top 3 List - Like Most about the U.S. - Page 3

garinda · 28-11-2006, 18:55

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Originally Posted by Sparkologist

Calm down, Rindy. Don't get all excited.

'You'd better shut that preddy lil mouth o' your's boy, or I'll be makin' you a squealin' like a pig next.'

Ianto.W. · 28-11-2006, 19:15

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I told you so! Aliens have taken over his body. Who are you and what has happened to the real Ianto

Old age Wynonie.

Ianto.W. · 28-11-2006, 22:44

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Originally Posted by chav1

he was abducted by an american cult that brainwashed him

note i said cuLt

Do you you know chav1,I swore blind to my probation officer that I would not involve myself in matters controversial, ignore them be a 'nice' guy, well I tried ,now all bets are off!

mani · 29-11-2006, 02:49

1 - the tv shows - obsolutly love them - i hate it when htey get it b4 we do

2 - middle america - i went for a fly drive holiday a few yrs back and drove around the mid-states in some obscure towns - teh folk were awesome! much better than the ppl we met in NY

3 - the state of canada

steeljack · 29-11-2006, 04:20

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Originally Posted by mani

1 - the tv shows - obsolutly love them - i hate it when htey get it b4 we do

2 - middle america - i went for a fly drive holiday a few yrs back and drove around the mid-states in some obscure towns - teh folk were awesome! much better than the ppl we met in NY

3 - the state of canada

Mani .........I hope you are being humorous with your #3 choice

bullseyebarb · 03-12-2006, 16:50

1. The opportunities.
2. This wonderful nation of immigrants.
3. Driving coast to coast, south to north - and back again.

mani · 03-12-2006, 17:33

whats wrong with having canada as the 51st state of america?

steeljack · 03-12-2006, 19:55

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Originally Posted by mani

whats wrong with having canada as the 51st state of america?

come on Mani , everyone knows Israel is the 51 state

bullseyebarb · 03-12-2006, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

Hate:

1. The way a president can do what he likes and have to answer to nobody as long as he acts within the US consitution (which we all know has 1000loopholes because of how vague it is. e.g. He cant arrest "terrorists" without charge ... yet he does it in cuba off american soil.
2. A lot of the people (note I didnt say all) in the country are ignorant towards the rest of the world.
3. The american political system is about as corrupt as you can get

What I like
1. Jack Daniels.
2. Ben & Jerrys
3. Subway

No president can do what he likes. We have divided government here. I check the Constitution often and it seems pretty darn clear to me. POW's, (or terrorists if you prefer), are held until hostilities cease. It's always been done that way. Those who are American citizens get their day in a U.S. court, (and have). The rest don't qualify for Constitutional rights. The political system itself isn't corrupt - but we certainly have politicians who can be corrupted - and are. We have the Rule of Law - and it must be followed. Sooner or later these people get flushed out......but not soon enough for yours truly.

Ianto.W. · 04-12-2006, 00:29

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, bullseyebarb, Those who are American citizens get their day in a U.S. court, (and have). The rest don't qualify for Constitutional rights.

"WHY NOT"? bulleyebarb, this I can not understand!

Billcat · 04-12-2006, 02:02

I have one thing that folks from the UK should like about America - the pound to dollar exchange rate just now. Sure helps make visiting the USA a better value!

bullseyebarb · 06-12-2006, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

"WHY NOT"? bulleyebarb, this I can not understand!

Perhaps this article, which appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will help you. www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed100406b.cfm

SPUGGIE J · 06-12-2006, 19:15

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Originally Posted by Billcat

I have one thing that folks from the UK should like about America - the pound to dollar exchange rate just now. Sure helps make visiting the USA a better value!

True but not much fun the other way round.

To think people could be crimbo shopping in the Big Apple with the same list as for London and even with airfare it could be cheaper.

steeljack · 06-12-2006, 19:24

Bullseyebarb , sorry but I find it a bit disingenous to use comments from a conservative/right wing group to justify your arguments, the same folks who are responsible for the current mess we now find ourselves in.

bullseyebarb · 06-12-2006, 20:14

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Bullseyebarb , sorry but I find it a bit disingenous to use comments from a conservative/right wing group to justify your arguments, the same folks who are responsible for the current mess we now find ourselves in.

As opposed to a socialist/left wing group - which I am sure you would prefer. If I could find one that made any sense to me, I might post a link occasionally. I assume the "mess" you are referring to is the war against Islamic extremism and Iraq in particular. Let us not forget that it was President Clinton's policy that there should be regime change in Iraq. Every major intelligence agency in the world thought Saddam had WMD. Both Democrats and Republicans were in agreement. If you read speeches and comments made by Democrats prior to 9/11 and for some time thereafter, they are exactly the same as those being said by Republicans and President Bush. Convenient to forget these things, I guess, when the road gets a little rocky.