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When the country becomes f***ed up beyond repair, we can always move ;). Always have hope. It can only get better or else people would leave just like in the past when we came to America.Quote:
Originally Posted by ecojeanne [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Lesa, I am not saying he will **** up, but we all make mistakes one way or the other. One slip up from Obama, like a bad call on something or whatever, and you'd hear about it like crazy. As for him dying, I mean it's already being plotted to have the man killed. Do you really think this man will live throughout his full term as a president? Call me a pessimist but seriously. Some people just cant deal with having a black man run the country they live in. I honestly wish him the best, but after how McCain's supporters acted at his last speech I dont think Obama will get the respect he deserves. He definitely deserves a chance, but him getting what he deserves will happen when I'm no longer a huge coca cola fan, and I definitely do not see that happening in this lifetime. The U.S. is already ****ed up....look at the current president for Christ's sake?! All I can do is hope Obama makes the change he says he will make and hope for a better future, but that is just my hopes. In reality, I'm expecting a dead president, honestly.
You are a bunch of pessimists. Obama will be fine.
Everything else aside, after having had a look around I found another reason why Obama's election was significant. Which other country with a white majority population has or will most likely in a near future elect a black person (or at least some other representative of a minority outside of white) in the highest position of power? Not Britain, not Germany, nowhere else is Europe (that I know of) not Canada, not Australia. When you think about it this way, how likely it is this could have happened in any other white dominated country you see another dimension why this is a historic moment and how this sets an example for others to follow. It's very inspiring.
Were you inspired by Margaret Thatcher, Mish?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mishanya [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I wasn't born yet
Though I'm sure it was a historic moment as well (if anything she was the inspiration for Iron Maiden and that's perfect)
God, I'm old. :P
Yes, Maggie was impressive. Pretty sure she chewed rocks for breakfast & could give Hillary tips on being a bitch. Prob does.
For DM: might be interested to know she was trained as a chemist. ;)
I said SOME black people, not ALL black people, thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadieNisha4u2nv [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Some, SOME black people their favorite quote is 'just cuz I'm black'.
no self respecting black man will vote mccain
See, now here's a telling statement. What does your being black have to do with it? Are you saying that if Obama & McCain switched ability & intellect that you still wouldn't have voted for him? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Off2College [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
But how can your country be superior like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by vashti [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I don't know. We are just cool that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
The US had everything. Even when the US and USSR were neck and neck until around 1990, people here had a standard of living around 1,000 times higher than in the USSR
We still are the only country of this level of international influence to have such a high standard of living
The US has influence everywhere and admittedly is the most powerful country in the world. when you say high standard of living- that might be true, do you have a higher standard of living compared to Europe? if so technically what does standard of living mean..or does it matter? how high would you think the quality of life is compared to Europe for instance?Quote:
Originally Posted by DoesntMatter [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
USA is just sucking on those who are a few steps back, developing countries. Oil, sweatshops, etc. You make me sick.
boobaa its not the average american but the corporations that are from america and the UK too. corporations that are richer than some countries in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Hey, I need to make a buck or two somehow. Don't hate.Quote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Are you kidding, the middle eastern countries with oil are getting fat with our cash. It's going to be great when they run out of oil and we are energy independent
Can you not read? You just wanted to jump down my throat huh? Learn to read before trying to jump down my throat.Quote:
Originally Posted by pythongrace [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
That depends by what measure. For a rich to middle class person US was much better than USSR becaue they had a lot more investment opportunities and could afford a lot more. For poor to lower middle class person though USSR had free education (a very advanced education), free healthcare, a very good maternity leave and other types of leave, free vacations paid for by work and very good pensions. If you had to compare a poor US person and a poor person from USSR I would go for USSR having a better standard of living for these people.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoesntMatter [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Well then you're living in a fantasy world if you think our poor and their poor can compare. Their healthcare SUCKED, at least according to my uncle (a surgeon) who went to Moscow in the 90s to help them upgrade. No comparison at ALL can be made. Education is likewise free in the US up until grade 12, and getting a free education at college level wasn't hard if you went to a state school. Our poor and their poor doesn't equate at all. Describing a person in the US as poor wouldn't be the same adjective used to describe the person of same living arrangements in USSR. People had to wait in line for 12 hours for a stick of butter
What if all this shit was a spoof, lol
The US has some of the best health care in the world!
I wouldn't really know though...
Maybe for high end stuff there were shortages, but for most low to medium health problems there were free health clinics near by that fixed most problems in that category.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoesntMatter [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
In USSR there were free schools, free colledges and free universities. Some of the places were quite competative so you needed good grades to get in ofcourse.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoesntMatter [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
You must be thinking about 1991 and onwards the time of inflation, that was when USSR collapsed and didn't exist anymore. Yeh there were food shortages and huge lines back then. But 70s to mid 80s shops were full and there were little shortages that I know of. Most people I know from that time lived quite comfortably.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoesntMatter [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
All in all, if you were poor to low middle class and didn't want to get any higher USSR looked after your needs quite well.
You can conquer racism in the view of the Public, but you shall never conquer racism in the individual soul.
........ok :surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jade Altair [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
And I thought I played too many videogames.
Dude, that's preposterous.Quote:
Originally Posted by pythongrace [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Why?____________________Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackWater [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]