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• At 2009.12.15 10:29, christopher said:
  

  as long as they practice diversity and stop blindly supporting the Roman Catholic Church.joining the 21st century.

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• At 2009.12.15 10:35, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  moron

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• At 2009.12.15 10:49, christopher said:
  

  i want to live in a country-where there isnt a fast food outlet on every street-where people actually eat a meal cooked at home.fruit veggies meat fish and poultry-and where everyone had a body like Davey Wavey.

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• At 2009.12.15 10:59, DocTgo5 said:
  

  I want to live in THIS country…with every person trying their best… each and every day… to treat others and the world around them with dignity and caring respect.

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• At 2009.12.15 11:00, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  BRAVO!!! SMARTEST THING I HEARD ALL DAY!!!

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• At 2009.12.15 11:08, christopher said:
  

  thats not true-all major cities in u.s.a.-have illegal alien problem coming from Latin America.name a major u.s. city-you will find it everywhere.

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• At 2009.12.15 11:10, christopher said:
  

  ah-you should have bought a GE-Microwave.so sorry.

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• At 2009.12.15 11:32, Tom said:
  

  Then you want to live in France where the food is excellent, the language beautiful, the countryside incredible, healthcare available to all at nominal rates, where war is abhorred, and life and family appreciated. I am hoping to be there in full retirement within three years.

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• At 2009.12.15 12:00, Luc said:
  

  Yes, but th eonly problem is that it is full of the French

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• At 2009.12.15 12:36, Vance said:
  

  Very well spoken Davey, I think putting the world into perspective where it’s a much better place when the individual is valued for more than what they have to offer, showing respect and dignity for all is most commonly said between the posts.

  Happy Holidays!

  Vance.

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• At 2009.12.15 13:21, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  my point is that there are more Canadians in the the US than Mexicans. Ofcourse its harder to see cause Canadians look like white America. Mexicans do not. I guess if Canadians had a maple leaf tattooed to their foreheads we would see more clearly. I am a immigrant also. My family moved the United States when I was 14. And I became a US citizen at 20. My family came to American cause my father and mother wanted a “better” life for their 7 children. The only difference being they had to jump thru fire, red tape, but they did it legally. And I think they are glad they did. I know I am. Even though I have dual citizenship Italy/US and i travel to Italy at least once a year. I consider myself an American and feel Blessed and grateful that I can do so. America will always have issues with “illegal aliens” (hate that term), till these poorer countries have decent wages and living conditions for their citizens, no wall or fence will stop it. It is basic human nature to want the best for your family.The need for education, freedom, good living conditions, food and sanitation do not stop at the borders.

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• At 2009.12.15 13:32, Jean-Claude said:
  

  I want to live in a country where…people weren’t scared to do follow their heart.

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• At 2009.12.15 13:35, Jim Martin, Sr. said:
  

  Canada maybe good for Gay marriage,and health care but sorry they are bad for the environment case in point the Tar pits are a big environment issue

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• At 2009.12.15 13:47, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  My friend, Canada is not “good” for healthcare. Both of my parents are physicians in Ohio and they can tell personal stories of Canadians dying each year waiting on medical treatment or the thousands who cross the border each year in search of health care. As of most of europe, (Italy my birthplace) Canada, where healthcare “is free” it is failing or has failed. Just because something is “free” doesnt mean it is good. Socialized medicine is a mess and does not work, and literally thousands each year on this rock we call earth die from it.

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• At 2009.12.15 14:07, KMED said:
  

  Um, Can I live in all your countries? Sounds pretty awesome not gonna lie.

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• At 2009.12.15 14:12, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  LOL Luc yes true!!!

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• At 2009.12.15 14:13, eric said:
  

  You are welcome Tom!

  Too good to be entirely true. I’m sorry to disappoint you, our current president is trying to imitate the american model. He even tries to jog each morning like certain presidents.
  I remember having read that last time he jogged, he had run out of breath and an ambulance had to drive him to hospital. I think that he should slow down a bit on joggings and also on the reforms he imposes in an overbearing manner to France like the monarch he think he has become.
  Don’t worry, I’m quite sure that nobody will choose him again! I think he really has best chances to be elected on the other side of the Atlantic. The Americans might love his glitzy/flashy side! (lol)

  bye,

  bye,

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• At 2009.12.15 14:32, joseph said:
  

  . . . . all its citizens think, speak and act out of . . . . LOVE. <3

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• At 2009.12.15 14:35, eric said:
  

  The police rounded up in a preventive action 968 mouses
  in Copenhagen on last Saturday!
  Aggressively!
  An unexpected effect of the climate change on the policemen?

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• At 2009.12.15 14:40, peter abbott said:
  

  I only read the top introduction by Keri. Austria is that country.
  Pete

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• At 2009.12.15 14:41, eric said:
  

  I spent 3 summers in Den Haag!

  bye,

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• At 2009.12.15 14:50, eric said:
  

  Netherland like many other countries in Europe has now to
  submit to laws edicted for Europe.
  Free circulation goods and people,etc….

  bye,

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• At 2009.12.15 15:17, Jim said:
  

  One word “Canada”

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• At 2009.12.15 15:30, eric said:
  

  “mouses” : pl mice!

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• At 2009.12.15 15:35, gnjen said:
  

  But, gosh, who could complain on Netherlands?
  It is sooo great country…:)

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• At 2009.12.15 15:38, gnjen said:
  

  <3

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• At 2009.12.15 16:19, Rory O'Callaghan said:
  

  A country that prefers reason to ideology is a good start.

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• At 2009.12.15 16:26, Greg said:
  

  As one who lives in French right here in Montréal, Québec.
  I am surprised that someone in this blog space would say such a mindless thing. I might also add that if it weren’t for the French you would still be a subject of the British Queen. (We are and it feels so quaint.) You would have no restaurants. No wine!. No fashion (oh my god!!! what would we do without fashion?) You would be running around in skins, no doubt. The French were smart enough to say “No merci” to Bush as was the French speaking Prime Minister of Canada. The smartest thing I ever did was to leave the USA and learn French while living amonst some of the most brilliant, remarkable, sexy people on this planet.

  Now, take that back!

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• At 2009.12.15 16:41, Rob said:
  

  Joey I love you and want to live with you and hold you and hope you would hold me and love me. Love Robby

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• At 2009.12.15 16:43, Greg said:
  

  As a Canadian, I say David M-D is totally delusional. Ask any Canadian if she or he would trade places with the US ‘health careless’ system and you will get a 100% resounding NO WAY! The US is in the stone ages when it comes to realizing that they are not the “most bestest” country on Earth, nor have they ever been.

  We have bus loads of US women coming here for therapeutic abortions that your system refuses them depending on which state they are unlucky enough to live in. Our health care ID cards are counterfeited by people from every country in the world. Any emergency gets treated immediately (my son’s appendectomy done within an hour of walking into the emergency room, and no one said a word about how we would pay for it.) When you need it done now, it is done now. If it can wait, you wait. Yes we do have some (richer) folks who don’t like to wait for their turn, so they jump the line by going to your mom and dad’s for profit clinic in the States. Ain’t choice wonderful. As for folks dying because of refused service, that’s more Glen Beck crap than reality.

  While I’m on a rant, I want to live right where I am, in the kinder, gentler country called Canada! Hey, even we gays can marry here!

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• At 2009.12.15 16:44, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  Greg my friend i believe it was all in good fun…besides want it american blood that saved the french in world war II? was it not the american people who bailed out France’s public transportation in the 1950s. BTW us Italians are the sexiest people on the planet. And our language of the angels. But my friend I do apologized if I have offended you while agreeing with Luc. please forgive me Amico! Grazie

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• At 2009.12.15 16:52, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  therapeutic abortions thats something Canada can be proud of..as for the rest my friend i have nothing else to add. I love Canada, one of the cleanest countries on earth. The people there are awesome and polite. I apologize if my “opinion” has made you angry. Never my intention to offend you or your home. I just do not agree with the health care your country provides for its citizens. Amico u do understand that I am sincerely apologizing to you. Davide

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• At 2009.12.15 16:58, Greg said:
  

  Peace and blessings be upon you too, brother Leland, and all others here as well.

  Solstice, the time of renewal, the return toward the light.

  A sacred moment.

  Be well,

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• At 2009.12.15 17:18, Greg said:
  

  O CANADA!

  And my home and beloved land of Quebec.
  Where we can agree to disagree and still respect one another.

  Where politeness is respected and expected.

  Where the content of your character is more respected than the thickness of your wallet.

  Where we celebrate our Diversity and not require that one melts into sameness.

  Where we look out for one another and ask no thanks.

  Where our breathtaking natural beauty inspires our profound respect, and exceptions to this are not the rule.

  Where we are ready to improve on what we have done.

  Where our soldiers help us out of catastrophes and not cause them.

  Welcome.

  Be well,

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• At 2009.12.15 18:54, Todd in VA said:
  

  Leland,

  Thanx for your post and for changing the word country to the word planet.

  And thanx for including the lyrics to “Imagine”, they pretty much say it all.

  Here are few more:

  I want to live on a planet where people are more important than profit.

  I want to live on a planet where ALL Life is sacred and is respected as such.

  I want to live on a planet where THE TRUTH is more important than the fear based nonsense that the religious belief systems use to sustain their own power and to control billions of people.

  I want to live on a planet where hatred, cruelty, and intolerance are replaced with love, kindness, and respect for individual uniqueness.

  I want to live on a planet where violence is NOT glorified by the mass entertainment media, but is considered repugnant and unnecessary.

  Peace, Love, and Truth,

  Todd in VA

  PS. Congrats to the Wash DC City Counsel for joining the new age of enlightenment by voting to legalize same sex marriage.

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• At 2009.12.15 19:35, Bob said:
  

  I am glad I actually read all the comments today! Leland said it better than I would have!

  I want to live in the world where borders and boundaries do not divide people but hint and suggest to people that interesting and fascinating `other` people are waiting to be met!

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• At 2009.12.15 20:24, christopher said:
  

  yes David M-D—is delusional.everytime im in Michigan near the Canada Border-i see busloads of U.S.residents making their every few months trip into Canada-to purchase pharmaceutical prescriptions at a lower cost than in the States.Hospital Dieux Grace in Windsor has an orderly operation-in the registration area-there are no signs indicating that they take Visa-Mastercard-Amex-Credit Cards-for payment.ive a friend in London,Ontario-who works for Health and Welfare Canada.his Mother-is mesmerized that public opinion in the States believes what Glenn Beck and Fox Network speak of-as it was Gospel truth.anywhere you go there are pros and cons.but afair just society seems to resound with me.when i travel-i always do comparisons-i weigh those pros and cons.then-i decide for myself.Both my Mother and Niece are in the Health Profession.Its the health insurance and Big Pharma-that are to blame.depending on where in Ohio Davide is from matters-and i know Ohio very well.Toledo and Cleveland are OK.Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus-they have a very right-wing-Appalachian-outlook on life.John Boehner-from SW-Ohio-comes to mind.i could get into the politics of the region-thats a different matter altogether.

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• At 2009.12.15 20:36, christopher said:
  

  Davide-fair enough-you speak well of this.i have experience of this not only in the U.S.-but Canada and Germany-as well-precisely what you speak of.no dissagrement on your above mentioned entry above.BTW-can you elaborate exactly what happened in Milan-to President Silvio Berlusconi-ive heard he had a run-in with a citizen.

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• At 2009.12.15 20:38, christopher said:
  

  Hooray-just this evening D.C.passed Gay Marriage.Oh-Happy Day.

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• At 2009.12.15 20:52, christopher said:
  

  i want to live in a country-made up entirely of DW-Blogbuddies-and only DW-Blogbuddies-wait-that Nation-is right here-right now.we all should take up professions such as mediators-Ambassadors-Consular Directors-negotiators-im convinced-The World would be in a better place.

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• At 2009.12.15 21:06, christopher said:
  

  Greg-i read this book-Towards A Just Society-The Trudeau Years-i couldnt put this book down.Canada-a distinct society in Quebec-and harmony throughout the Nation-can be achieved-if you work hard at it.Its always a work in progress.And it is.On all Quebec Auto Licence plates-it reads-Je Me Souviens-Oui-how could i ever forget?

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• At 2009.12.15 23:15, Dan said:
  

  “war is abhorred.” You are correct, so much so that that America had to come in and
  fight the German’s in France to keep the Nazi’s from taking over France. No thanks- would
  never live in France- the French are WAY too stuck up for me

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• At 2009.12.16 01:44, Elandi Dua'Dean said:
  

  I want to live in a country in complete balance with nature.
  I want to live in a country with equality for all and reverence for every life form.
  I want to live in a country where war is settled in game rather than with fire.
  I want to live in a country whose genius to non ratio is 10^1000 to one.
  I want to live in a country whose people make even their most far fetched dreams come true.

  Here people either scoff at my ideas or stare at me blankly confounded.
  Here logic seems a rare gift and brilliance a burden.
  Here violence is coveted for entertainment of all ages.
  Here your worth is measured by your species, your race, your gender, your family and your wealth.
  Here we battle, we burn, we tear and crumble nature to our own twisted wills.

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• At 2009.12.16 02:00, Elandi Dua'Dean said:
  

  Stove top is always better.

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• At 2009.12.16 06:12, Doc said:
  

  He he. Thanks gnjen.

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• At 2009.12.16 06:13, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  my friend Christopher my home is Cincinnati…however i dont believe it can be called “appalachian” considering that is in the south east of the state, I live in the south west. my political views i am kinda middle of the road guy…a moderate i guess. Not to far left, or right..i guess on most social issues i am to the left..except abortion…

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• At 2009.12.16 06:17, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  Christopher, I only know what I heard on the news about the PM..i was in Rome at the time heading to San Marino when all this happened. I am currently in Venice. I will be heading to Milan here in about an hour. Milan is my home town.. but i will say Italy has been in a political mess for years….Grazie, davide

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• At 2009.12.16 06:25, GaryJ said:
  

  There are no countries like that anymore.
  They (countries) are all owned by European bankers.

  The only thing you can do is to make a stand where you are and make the country the way you want it.

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• At 2009.12.16 06:42, nessa said:
  

  I want to live in a country where we arent judged by the grades we get,but the effort.

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• At 2009.12.16 08:01, eric said:
  

  It was not really to help us that Americans decided to fight in Europe the Nazis, but most probably because they were afraid that the next step of Hitler might be on the other side of Atlantic! And sorry, but they had also the idea to stay in France. Happily, we didn’t allow them to stay! ….I can’t simply imagine a Mc Donald’s at each corner of a street!
  bye,

  ps: I won’t pass judgment on a nation; it’s absurd to do so!

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• At 2009.12.16 08:05, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  oh my friend there are plenty of Mcdonalds in France

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• At 2009.12.16 08:37, eric said:
  

  Oh my friend, it could have been worse!

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• At 2009.12.16 09:00, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  What about Cristiania, does that still exist?

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• At 2009.12.16 09:24, christopher said:
  

  Davide-fair enough.i shouldve elaborated.so sorry.i recently have been to Cincinnati-and i did experience good things during my stay there.i shouldnt make hasty stereotypical accusations.i learned early in life there is good and bad.but it is true-as you travel southeast from Cincy sliding through Ohio into Kentucky things change.for bad and for good.Even Pittsburgh Steelers Football Fans were treated nicely downtown-in Ft.Wright-Covington and Newport.p.s.i beleive abortion-to be wrong as well.

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• At 2009.12.16 09:26, Davide Mancinelli-D'incerti said:
  

  Christopher all is well my friend, u have not offended me. Grazie!!! Davide

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• At 2009.12.16 11:55, Greg said:
  

  Merci.

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• At 2009.12.17 09:51, Thomas said:
  

  Hey!!
  Move to Norway…!! I’m Norwegian, and pretty proud to say so!!
  Just say the word, and I’ll give you a list of pro’s!!! Check out Michael Moore’s “Sicko” by the way…it’s all true!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4L6-0WRfSA

  Peace out.. Th.

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• At 2009.12.17 16:42, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Yeah, Norway’s pretty cool, and a model country in many ways. A bit too quiet, though… (that has been improving lately, I hear).

  One thing bothers me, though, the relatively high suicide rate (it’s one of the highest among politically stable countries).

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• At 2009.12.17 16:43, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  where’s here?

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• At 2009.12.18 03:39, Jack said:
  

  Thomas if you think Michael Moron has produced anything truthful, you have your head up your ass.. Go take a slow boat to Cuba.. Just try not to run over any of the Cuban citizens.. You can’t miss them.. they will be on flimsy rafts.. risking death by drowning or sharks.. or imprisonment by the Cuban military. Fleeing Cuba.. hoping to make it to America.. the same ones Michael Moron forgot to mention in SICKO.. desperately trying to escape just one more of the many, many failed examples of a Marxist Workers Paradise.. Risking their lives and imprisonment in order to escape the enlightened Socialism that you think Cuba is.. And they are risking it all.. while leaving behind Free Universal Healthcare!! Go figure. The good news is, that if the Cuban Military catch them before the Sharks eat them.. they will STILL enjoy Guaranteed Free Universal Health Care as will be provided by the Cuban Prison System.. Don’t be jealous Thomas, go commit a crime, get arrested and you too will be blessed with what you seek.. Your Utopia! Right here in America.. as a Prisoner in a Federal Prison.. Guaranteed Free Universal Health Care.. For Life!! depending on your sentence.. Isn’t it a beautiful thing? All that free health care.. with free meals and free clothing and free housing to boot!! Seriously Thomas, the problem with all socialized medicine and systems, is that the government ALWAYS ends up looking at it’s citizens not as humans.. but as “Budget Items”.. because governments don’t do anything efficiently.. which of course means rationing, delays, cost cutting, and favoritism toward the young while discarding the old.. you know.. those dad gum death panels.. that’s how governments always deal with those irritating and costly old “budget items”.. formally known as your Grandmother.. And if you think that For Profit Providers are evil.. then you need to get your head out of your ass once again and discover the obvious.. it’s the FOR-Profit entities that discover, create, produce and make available new medications, procedures and cures.. Costly? Maybe. Worthwhile? Hell Yes. Plus, For-Profit entities, ALWAYS have to be Polite.. Where-as, the NOT-For-Profit entities.. could care less.. and as a rule are NEVER Polite. Don’t believe it? Next time you deal with a bureaucrat at the DMV. or the SS administration.. take note. Compare their behavior to the Nurses in a Doctor Owned hospital, (which btw, will all be shut down if the ‘TelePrompTer’ has his way with us. Or compare their “could care less” attitude to pretty much any business that Must make a profit. By definition they Must be ‘Polite’. Unconvinced? Just go to Cuba next time you get SICKO.. But don’t expect to see Michael Moron there, even if his fat ugly ass gets SICKO.. He Will NOT Go There for his health care. Are you kidding? He IS as stupid as he looks..
  But even He knows better.

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• At 2009.12.18 04:16, Davide Mancinelli said:
  

  michael moore is a moron…he just pushes is left wing Ideas…thats right Im gay and a moderate…i know you thinking how can this be?

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• At 2009.12.18 06:42, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  You haven’t refuted his example about Norway.
  Many countries have a much better healthcare system than the US, where you’re only worth as much as you make.

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• At 2009.12.18 06:57, Davide Mancinelli said:
  

  lack of sun, what i always heard…if i am correct suicide rates highest during the winter?

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• At 2009.12.18 07:13, Jack said:
  

  I want to live in a world where there is no racism, discrimination and hunger – shame that aint gunna happen then

  Love and Peace
  Jack

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• At 2009.12.18 15:58, Quiero vivir en un país en el que... [EN] said:
  

  [...] Quiero vivir en un país en el que… [EN] http://www.breaktheillusion.com/?p=1969&nbsp; por Nirgal el 20:58 UTC [...]

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• At 2009.12.18 19:29, Kenneth Livingston said:
  

  I want to live in a country where anyone who wants to pursue and education can pursue it for free.

  I want to live in a country where learning about life and eachother is more important than money or government.

  I want to live in a country that expresses the values of fulling the need of all in residence and fundamentally helps all people reach their full potential.

  I want to live in a country where success is defined by a person using their personal innate qualities to improve the lives of the people around them.

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• At 2009.12.19 02:23, Jack said:
  

  Well Jack, I hate to argue with myself. And while it may appear to be Jack talking to Jack, it’s really nothing more than two of us sharing the same member name. Anyway, If you really wish to encourage, cultivate, promote and live in a country without Racism or discrimination.. do this: study the history of the differences between the Democrats vs the Republicans in America.. and do so objectively without falling for the generally accepted false premise portrays Republicans as the racist while giving the Democrats a pass. You’ll discover many facts and to just mention a few: It was the first Republican President, Mr. Abe Lincoln, that went to war with the “Slave States”.. ALL of which were 100% Democratic. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was opposed strongly by the Democrats.. even filibustered by a former high ranking member of the KKK, and known today as the longest living Senator in Senate History.. the one and only Robert Byrd.. A Democrat. You’ll find men such Bull Conner, William Fullbright, (The mentor of the young William Jefferson Clinton), were not just famous Segregationist.. but Democrats and Dixiecrats.. including Al Gore Sr.. the daddy of the one and only Chicken little, the sky is falling High Priest of the Global Alarmist movement.. Little Al Gore Jr. Both Democrats. It was the Republicans you can thank for the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill and it was done in spite of the Democratic opposition. Check the historic recorded votes and note how many “D”’s vs “R”’s voted pro or con.. (Hint.. Republicans made it possible.. Democrats resisted it.) If wiping out “Hunger” is truly what you seek, then take note that wherever you find third world poor, and starving masses, you will also find that without fail.. ALL of those Third World Country’s are 100% Socialist Countries. The evidence is abundant, (as abundant in proof as the supermarkets of America are abundant in food..) It’s a fact: the cause of world wide starvation.. is the un-equal distribution of CAPITALISM!! If you truly and honestly wish to reduce starvation.. then don’t be afraid to discover that the fruits of plenty have, and will always be found where men are Free.. in Capitalist Countries.. When it comes to higher living standards providing more of everything from food to Freedom.. “It’s Capitalism Stupid”..
  Merry Christmas Jack– Jack

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• At 2009.12.19 08:30, joey by the bay said:
  

  I want to live in a country where people are more important than power, politics, money, or prestige.

  And if you’re really talking about the ideal, a country free of lawyers (where truth and justice is more important than working and beating the system).

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• At 2009.12.19 10:00, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Uhm…

  “higher living standards and providing everything from food to freedom… ” Nice fairy tale… (just to show how imposed ignorance in the form of “patriotism” is a very effective control mechanism)

  … “third world” countries are SOOOOOOOOOOOO not 100% socialist. Most of them, actually, have a – yes- 100% CAPITALISTIC system.

  Capitalistic countries, where capitalism is unleashed and has no boundaries do not thrive. They do much worse, in fact, than communistic countries, as explotiation and inequality become the rule. What are rights in other countries (education, healthcare) become privileges.
  No extremes are good, and rejecting any form of socialistic organization because it’s “communism” is well… ignorant.

  Again, A great example: Norway. A social democracy, “capitalistic”, yet socialistic in nature, where capitalism and money-making, while present, do not prevail over the interests and rights of the people. Where the word “per-capita income” comes as close to “per capita” as it gets.

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• At 2009.12.19 12:11, Davide M. said:
  

  why are you so negative?

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• At 2009.12.19 12:35, Thomas said:
  

  Hey!!
  First of all, I’m NOT a fan of Michael Moore….!! Just wanted to say that in his example of Norwegian health care and social benefits, he is right!! I live in this country, so I think I should know!!
  We don’t have to have any form of health insurance to get treated in the best hospitals in the country, every citicen is treated equal, no matter your income or social status you will get the best doctors if you are in need of it, we have a full year paid maternity leave, farmers get subsidized to produce ecological food, if you are in some way debilitated you will get free services for the rest of your life, for example cars, lifts and equipment…we pay our taxes, and everybody can rest assured that the roads are paved! hehe We have grammar schools with enough teachers, which by the way in general are happy with their income…on average a teacher makes 75.000 USD a year…just wanted to mention it! Of course there are drawbacks, as you say we have a high suicide-rate…mostly during winter. It might be because we have long periods of cold weather….some people can’t take that I guess..!! I have never thought of Norway as utopia if that was how it came across….

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• At 2009.12.22 01:23, Jack said:
  

  Super Amazing Carlos.. your name alone speaks volumes about your delusional state. You are neither super nor amazing.. Let me illustrate: You claim the existence of Third World Capitalist Countries. Really? Pray tell, Where exactly are they and by what name do they go by? Keep in mind now, that the ESSENCE of Capitalism is the “MUTUALLY agreed upon free exchange of goods or services”. The point of a gun does not count, so don’t try that simple-minded lefty trick of using countries like Somalia where Anarchy is the rule, and War Lords do nothing MUTUALLY.. That dog won’t hunt.
  Anyway, I accepted your challenge and explored the wonderful world of Norway.. Glad I did. All data I found, can be confirmed thru Wikipedia or most any other source should you care to verify. Norway is a country with a very small population of approximately 4.5 million. A unique position compared to the greedy and messy Capitalist countries like America with over 300 million people where UNLIKE Norway, are NOT unified in such things as race, (96% to 98% Caucasian in Norway,) creed, religion, social strata, language, education, historical traditions and values.. Differences not found in Norway that otherwise tend to slow or impede the progress of any civilization.. It can be messy at times.. but in overcoming those barriers the results can be very rewarding..(like ending Slavery) is something that your fantastic Norway will never know, nor appreciate. Comparatively, Norway is more like a small family hidden away from the world rather than existing as a large diverse dynamic force in the real world.. and it is NOT a good example of the beauty of Socialism as it is often portrayed by Socialist apologist.. Still I’m willing to use it for that perfect example of Socialism, if you wish. After all you Socialist are always looking for that perfect Marxist example, (which btw can be found in any Ant Colony, complete with “Worker Ants”)
  What Socialism has wrought on the citizens of Norway shines thru and I think it should be acknowledged.. given that all leftist are ignorant of human nature and the negative effects Socialism has on it.. It’s your lucky day.. I’m about to educate you.
  Norway has a very aggressive Progressive income tax, designed to punish success and reward failure.. an objective you will surely deny, so I only ask.. given the results. how would you know the difference? Norway’s oppressive tax policy places it at or near the top of the list of countries that practice Slavery Taxation, compared to the tax rates of others. Add the horrendous and disgusting socialist dream of punishing the producers, the creators, the innovators, the individual, the inventors, the risk takers, the small business owners.. and essentially all of those that create jobs or provide the things that make life easier and better for us all.. a Tax they like to call the VAT Tax. (aka Value Added Tax), which is an especially hideous tax that makes all Leftist giddy.. because it allows them to “stick it to the capitalist producers”. (And for the record being planned America by HE-WHO-READS-FROM-THE-TELEPROPTER-)
  Socialism destroys the human spirit while claiming that ‘it’s for the people”.. Saving your money in Norway is pointless due to the “Net Worth” tax, and the Confiscatory “Death Tax”, by which the government seizes what you would otherwise pass on to your children or spouse.. Yep, snatches it right out of the hands your kids, when you die. The goal of redistribution of wealth in order to impose “Equality” on us all, insures that all are condemned to an “AVERAGE” existence where citizens can only dream of being anything other than COMMON. Insuring that NONE excel.. That None will Create, NONE will invent, NONE will SHINE.. NONE will discover new drugs or cures for diseases.. Don’t believe it? Check out Wikipedia’s list for famous Norwegian INVENTIONS.. You will find ONE INVENTION!! ONE!! The Freaking Cheese Slicer is ALL THERE IS. Or how about all those FAMOUS Norwegians? ZERO! Famous Accomplishments of anything significant.. ZERO. Most of Norway’s wealth is based on it’s OIL EXPORTS.. providing a little cushion if you will, to subsidize it’s Slave Tax.. which of course is like real Slavery, given that each steal the fruits of a persons labor by taking that labor without equal or full payment in return.. and done thru the use of force, or government imposition. Everything Norway enjoys that keeps it out of the dark ages came, from a Capitalist Country.. from the discovery of electricity, to the techniques and machines it uses to find and harvest it’s oil reserves.. to the miracle medicines and the MRI’s you find in your Socialist hospitals.. and of course don’t forget the internet and the computer you are using right now to read these most excellent words.. from half a world away in Capitalist America.. In fact, one could easily say that if Norway existed all alone on this planet and the Capitalist countries never existed.. Norway would be still living in darkness with nothing but fishing, trapping and farming to show for it.. rather than what it is today.. a Socialist country enjoying the benefits of Capitalism without even knowing or acknowledging it, suspicious of the profit motive like some Ingrate.. as it goes about killing the Human Spirit of it’s citizens.. which of course is probably what accounts for it’s obscenely high suicide rate.. a fact even more significant than it’s Cheese Slicer.

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• At 2009.12.22 08:00, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Jackie, dear, you speak with the zeal of a religious convert.
  …there’s so many flaws with what you just stated, it would take me half the day to point them out, and unfortunately, being as super amazing as I am, I am rather busy.

  I will say this: An economic system thrives when the middle class is strong, when medium-sized companies actually have a shot, and not super large corporations. Many Norwegians have businesses, and several of them are rich by any standards, yet for THEM, they are middle class. Yet they abstain from “capitalistic” policies, such as free trade.

  (Oh and there’s thousands of famous and accomplished Norwegians, dude, which is remarkable for such a small country, that is by no means so homogenous as you describe. Being in Oslo is like taking a walk through the UN. goodness… READ).

  The US has a system that only favors the SUPER rich, and if you think about it, EVERYBODY ELSE works for them, at the expense of their health and personal life.

  And by the way, PLEASE, give me some examples of third-world socialistic countries.

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• At 2009.12.22 14:31, Jonas said:
  

  Hey don’t promote Norway! I don’t wanna share the secret of this piece of paradise :-9

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• At 2009.12.23 03:24, Jack said:
  

  Let me get this straight.. you are so super and amazing, but just too busy to respond? Hmmm. That sounds like the excuse one would expect of the lazy.. especially knowing full well that the facts you could refute my points with are no where to be found.. those damn pesky facts would most certainly expose your false premises.. thus the “I’m too busy” excuse.. but just a little too convenient super duper.. and at the same time, totally expected. You will never know what inspiration and conviction are as you like all lefties never know what you don’t know.. and faced with honest passion it scares the hell out of you.. making you recoil at the”zeal of a religious convert”.. damn you really aren’t too swift you?
  So let me educate you again super pooper.. what you think of as Zeal is nothing more than a thoughtful, researched passionate exercise in what is known as “Poetic Justice”.. the pure pleasure rubbing your nose in the crap of your false believes and hatred for liberty and individualism.. using nothing more than verifiable truth.. sort of like watching a terrorist blow himself up before he gets to take out the innocent lives he WAS targeting.. Injuring or killing nobody but his sorry ass. Lots of fun to watch!! Squirm on dude. As for your claim of successful Norwegian business men abstaining from Capitalistic policies such as Free Trade.. OMG! Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea whatsoever what Capitalism is about? Here is a small hint: FREE TRADE!! The opposite of what you find in the third world Socialist country of North Korea.. No free trade there you moron.. nor do you find it in any of these additional examples of Third World Socialist Countries.. a short list here due to space limits but you get the idea.. More are available for the asking..
  Timor-Leste Malawi Somalia Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania Yemen Burundi Afghanistan Guinea-Bissau Ethiopia Niger Liberia Sierra Leone Madagascar Zambia, Eritrea
  For the record the average per capita income in each of these countries is BELOW ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR! How much Free Trade do you
  think goes on in those Third World Socialist Countries? Let’s see a thousand a year.. Hmmm, I’m guessing about as close to Zero as you can get.
  Oh and your pride at being able to walk the streets of Oslo? Dude you have no idea how much we would gladly let you take that den of tyrants.. that country club of Dictators.. That useless nest of evil power hungry Socialist and enjoy the hell out of them all in Oslo.. Every one of them.. Please be my guest. But you know what, I don’t think they want to leave this Capitalist country.. We’d have to force them out.. if it could only be.. Now get a grip dude.. Take a few moments out of your Non Super Non Amazing day and just start a list for us to see.. even a short list.. of the famous People, Accomplishments, Concepts, Ideas and Inventions you say exist by the thousands from Norway.. (Not counting the Cheese Slicer, as we have already covered that fantastic invention..) Remember the key word is “Famous”..you know like Ford, Bill Gates, Apple, Hollywood, McDonalds, Chevy, The Colt Revolver, The Artificial Heart, Toilet Paper, The Wright Brothers.. etc. etc.. Come on now Super Pooper, give us a name.. someone or something your Socialism has inspired.. Thousands you say? Then it should be easy for you to do. Hmmm. Tick.. Tock.. Tick freaking Tock..
  I’m waiting..

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• At 2009.12.23 05:58, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  *sigh*

  …is the system in the US really so ideal? then how come its people are always so wound up and so miserable?

  What you fail to see in your praise for your Capitalistic system is that the luxuries you receive, the pleasures you can attain, come from the exploitation and suffering of others. Why does Wallmart produce its clothes in China? Why do you think Dove gets its oil from Africa? Those people making less than 4 dollars a day are subsided by American companies and their products end up in the American market. That 50 cent sweater you bought in your precious Capitalist world is stained with the sweat and blood of several modern slaves. Your system is one that needs and creates the misery of the Third World you criticize so easily.

  And now, let’s see… famous Norwegians:

  off the top of my head:

  Edvard Grieg
  Johan Halvorsen
  Henrik Ibsen
  Aleksander Kjelland
  Edvard Munch
  Roald Dahl
  Jostein Gaarder
  Theodor Kittelsen
  Odd Nerdrum
  Theodor Kittelsen…

  ..the guys from A-ha, several metal bands (the chick from Sirenia, Leaves’ Eyes, …), one of the chicks from Abba…
  Home of the “Freia” chocolates…

  There’s countless others…

  You probably haven’t heard of them in your little farm in Idaho where you were home-schooled and taught to praise the big mac and the wonders of coca cola. Dude, seriously, step out of the US for at least 5 minutes. There’s a whole world out there.

  and why this obsession for “grandeur” and glory anyway? Are those your indicators of success? How does personal glory contribute to making this world a better place? Being the US responsible for 25% of the entire world’s atmospheric carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, why can’t the US commit to lowering carbon emissions? Why is healthcare so expensive in the US? the answer… (hint: starts with a C…)

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• At 2009.12.23 15:30, the sorry indian said:
  

  i want to live in a country where a doctor need not work continuous 72 hours just because there aren’t any .

  i want to live ia country where a doctor gets paid more than a sweeper in the municipal council

  i want to live in a country where just one doctor does not manages 100 patients on a night shift.

  i want to live in a country where doctors won’t be beaten up by villagemen just because the patient died for the lack of ventilator

  i want to live in aa country where antibiotics are not prescribed at the whims and fancies of pharmaceutical companies for the want of a free trip to europe as a gift

  i want to live in a country where a police gets not just 6 months prison and $450 fine for molesting a girl – after 15 years of committing the shameful act

  i want to live in a country where medical education does not cost 50 times the average salary of parents

  i want to live not in a country where rise of few IT companies is considered as the nations progress

  i want to live not in a country where inter – nation racism is so high and yet which calls itself the most culturally tolerant.

  i want to live in a country where kids dont get bitten and sometimes eaten by street dogs

  i want to live in a country where the drinking water is so toxic with full of industrial effluents!

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

  I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN INDIA

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• At 2009.12.23 16:06, Thom said:
  

  Thanks for this post. I used the idea for a lesson with my students today! They generated ideas for what kind of country they wanted to live in.

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• At 2009.12.23 16:07, Daniel said:
  

  Nice blog Mr. Kery, I like everthink, expectualy you, your voice, your smyle, your face, your body

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• At 2009.12.23 16:48, Jack said:
  

  The problem with India is that it’s Socialized medicine that has enabled all of the evil things you speak of.. done in the name of “concern”, “fairness” “equality” and other such crap, that the lemmings and useful idiots always fall for.. in spite of it’s predictable results. I don’t see much chance of it changing because those useful idiots will always demand more and more.. of the same, in their never ending search for utopia.. and power. To Them, free medical care is a “Right”. But not knowing what they don’t know prevents them from asking the simple questions like: Rights, according to whom? At the expense of Whom? At the point of a gun for the doctor? Suppose he does not recognize his obligation to service any that walk thru his doors? Does he not have the right to say No Thanks? The Socialist will never address that question.. it’s just one more element of truth that they just don’t want to know the answer to, nor hear the question. They must remain willfully ignorant in order to remain a socialist.. There is no other way a true Socialist can remain true to his sad, evil willingness to stamp out the human spirit.. without stamping out his awareness of it’s history.

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• At 2009.12.23 18:23, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  So…healthcare is a privilege?

  When you talk about privileges you are defining a sector as superior and another inferior. Based on what? Money? So a person is worth as much as his/her income? That is your idea of an ideal society? A civilized society takes care of its people, of its pregnant women, of its children. Under a civilized society the law of the jungle is not what applies, the strongest one is not the only one who gets to survive.

  The problem with India is not AT ALL socialized medicine. (What are those evils you mention, BTW?)

  Nearly all of India’s modern problems have their root in, yes, CAPITALISM.

  A capitalistic system, quoting Naomi Klein, does not learn from its mistakes. Very much like a crack addict, it fixes on greed and money making, always wanting more and more and not thinking about the consequences or who it will hurt. It screws up, it doesn’t change. All that matters is money. Pollution, global warming, the environment, workers’ basic rights, all of those are not important when it comes to making money. THAT is capitalism …

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• At 2009.12.25 01:25, Jack said:
  

  The very idea that you think that by taking a bunch of names out of the Norwegian phone book, to produce a list of “famous” Norwegians is so Ludicrous that it leaves me breathless. Are you ten years old? So in order to demonstrate that Socialism allows for Creative expression, rather than The Killer of Inspiration.. The Killer of Initiative.. The Killer of Creativeness.. The Killer of Individuality.. The Killer of the Human Spirit, (and in most cases throughout the history of the world the Killer of actual Human’s).. that it is.. is NOT proved by your pitiful list. Listen up Super Pooper, when the government does NOT stand in the way of the individual and the potential of the individual.. is allowed to thrive.. you end up with a list of truly famous people, Icons, Inventions, Ideas, systems, devices and concepts Not because “Glory or Grandeur” or sought but because the benefits to ALL of mankind are so enormous.. that fame becomes the natural result. The benefits and usefulness that that result when Freedom is encouraged.. and cultivated. When Freedom is not smothered by Socialist Tyranny.. because the actual results of Capitalism, when put in a list, would look something like this: Thousands of medical procedures, miracle drugs, devices, procedures or gadgets like the MRI, the Cat Scan and Laser Eye Surgery, to the unlocking of Molecular Genealogy and Human Genome Project.. to name a few just in the field of medicine.. And add to that, the Computer, the internet, the Blackberry, the Iphone, Nuclear Energy, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Elvis Presley, Rupert Murdoch, Google, You-tube, Hollywood, Television, Radio, Air Conditioning, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Digital Technology, Henry Ford, John Galt, Superman, Spider man, Batman, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, The American GI, Rush Limbaugh, The Bill of Rights, (stipulating what the government CANNOT do to individuals).. just to name a few. And take note Super Pooper, no one has to scratch their head and wonder what or who is on this list.. as they do with the list provided by you as examples of how great Socialism is!! (ROTFLMAO).. What your list does, is prove that the creative nature of man is killed when compared to Capitalism.. Put Socialism and Capitalism in a test tube. Perform a scientific experiment, in order to either prove the virtues of Capitalism vs. the evils of Socialism, or vice-a-versa.. Lets call that test tube,The Berlin Wall.
  Before Ronald Reagan said “Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall”.. do you have any idea of the misery the citizens on the Eastern Socialist side of the wall suffered.. compared to the Western, Capitalist side? The side where Capitalism prevailed, (like in America), and while not “Pure” Capitalism.. it was far more Capitalistic than the Eastern Socialist side.. where the Western side benefited immensely.. because Freedom is always morally superior to Tyranny. Any honest observer can see the STARK difference in that perfect, test tube experiment illustrated by the Berlin Wall.. where EVERY measurement of what is good or bad for mankind.. Capitalism wins the argument. The imprisoned citizens of the SOCIALIST side.. testified to that with every attempted escape, as they risked being shot in the back by some Socialist guard with standing orders to do so.. orders that came from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.. The USSR.
  For the record Super Pooper, I live in The Republic of Texas, not Idaho.. and I’m proud to say so. I’ve been to Europe at least 25 times, have lived in, not just passed thru.. but lived in places like Egypt and Vietnam, and can tell you that the bread basket of the world comes from places like Idaho, are received with joy as a rule, especially from the starving masses suffering under the oppression of third world Socialist governments. And if you think Americans are miserable and wound up, you should ask the millions of third world citizens in their never ending dream to cross America’s borders.. in their never ending attempts to escape the Socialist Tyranny’s found in their homelands.. Ask them, why they never try to escape FROM America.. back to the Utopia, you call Socialism. Now go on now you fool.. Take a stroll down any street in Oslo. Seek out the UN commission that has fools like you believing that the element that ALL plant life requires, in order to survive.. and the green house gas Humans must exhale in order to remain alive.. the so called evil green house gas you call.. Carbon Dioxide.. along with the Farts of Cattle.. are causing the HOAX known as Global Warming, melting the Ice caps and killing the Polar bears.. Do you have any idea how absurd it is for you to believe that? Of course you don’t.. but it does show the insanity of your delusions, and explains how you could possibly think you are Super or Amazing in any way, what-so-ever. Nope you’re Not.
  You’re just another Common.. brain dead, Useful Idiot, Mr. Pooper Scooper..

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• At 2009.12.25 03:27, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Jack, if you are a true American, then your posts, filled with bad vibes, are the epitome of how miserable Americans are.

  Your are no doubt old school, you learned to see the world in black and white, the old struggle of good vs. evil, true great capitalism vs. evil perverse communism. You must fight the bad ol’commies at all cost. That’s what Vietnam was for. Anything even remotely similar to a commie deserves your scorn. Those beliefs are too hard-wired in your mentality to ever change. You get your bread on the table, a roof over your head. You should be faithful to the system that makes that possible, shouldn’t you? You were taught to hate and attack something you do not fully understand, and to defend -at all costs- something, the reaches of which you do not fully comprehend.

  …That, my friend, is the real tragedy.

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• At 2009.12.25 03:31, Jack said:
  

  To quote from a very wise American Capitalist, Mr. Rush Limbaugh, “To know what the left is up to, simply listen to what they are accusing the Conservatives of doing.” And by you quoting that idiot and Wealth Bigot, Naomi Klein, You’ve proven once more the wisdom of Rush. You see Super Pooper, it is Communism and Socialism that never learn from it’s mistakes.. repeated over and over in places like NAZI (NATIONAL SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY) GERMANY, North Korea, China, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Cambodia, (The Killing Fields), and North Vietnam.. just to name a few.. the Socialist always use the same play book.. Utterly UN-changed in spite of it’s history Several HUNDRED MILLION Dead Humans, killed by their OWN GOVERNMENTS IN TIME OF PEACE.. left in a trail of misery un-rivaled in history.. yet in spite of that, you and the other useful idiots of the world like Naomi Klein, continue to give it cover.. enable it, cultivate it, support it, and make it possible for it’s continued Tyranny over mankind.. and you have the gall to claim Capitalism never learns from it’s mistakes.. Your ignorance leaves me breathless. Your willingness to excuse those that kill ALL that do not submit.. is sub-human. Your lack of observational skills is beyond comprehension.. Your idiotic question where you state, “The problem with India is not AT ALL socialized medicine. (What are those evils you mention, BTW?)” Well Super Dumb Ass, look to the comment to which you responded, and posted by the “the sorry indian”.. for the evils you so casually and easily fail to see.. and refuse to see. Oh and you should also check out Wikipedia and pretty much any source in the world and you will find that The United States of America is the “ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE PLAN” Not India.. It’s America.. Meaning India is using the Socialized Medicine you praise, while it’s actual Horrific day to day real world operations are described in the Post you obviously commented on without reading.. otherwise you would not have asked “What are those evils you mentioned?” His entire post is free to read and makes clear what those Evils are.
  The next time you feel the urge to expose your low IQ.. by replying to the Post of another.. Read it First! Prove you have at least the Super power of being able to read.. and the Amazing ability to understand that to refute a point, it helps to know what the point is.. Come on.. give it a shot. You know, just to demonstrate you’re actually able to walk upright.

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• At 2009.12.25 03:57, Jack said:
  

  Ha Ha Ha!! Bad Vibes? You mean because you are proven wrong on every single count, you get bad vibes? HARDY HAR HAR!! I can’t help but notice that with your super amazing powers, you are never actually able to refute and specifics… Hmmm. You may wish that I am miserable.. to explain your losing every argument.. but it is actually you projecting onto me.. your miserable state of mind.. I’m so Happy it’s probably illegal.. In fact in most of the Socialist countries you love, like North Korea, my Happiness would be. Communism and what it has always done to Humans is the perversity, only rivaled by your inability and UN-willingness to see it.. thereby prolonging and enabling the misery it brings. You wouldn’t know Evil if it bit your head off.. which has always been a major problem with leftist.
  And brother you are so right.. ANYTHING REMOTELY SIMILAR TO THE BLOOD THIRSTY POWER HUNGRY COMMUNISM, you love.. must be defeated.. And it will be defeated, btw.
  Oh Yeh, Super Pooper.. I understand fully who and what the enemy is.. You being the Useful Idiots of the likes of Stalin and Hitler and Mao.. are the one failing that class.
  And you can carve in stone, none of this was taught to me.. IT WAS ALL EXCLUSIVELY, NOTHING BUT A MATTER OF SIMPLE OBSERVATIONS.. It’s hard to ignore the murder of hundreds of millions of humans, done in the name of mankind..
  Those are the things that only the Willfully Ignorant like you.. can ignore.

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• At 2009.12.27 09:24, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Jack,
  Open your mind and your heart.

  Consider, even as a very slight possibility, that part of what you believe, and part of what they have taught you is maybe, just maybe, not entirley correct. Just think about it.

  I know I’m not in your top ten list of favorite people or anything, (and my abilities to carry my point across are so often hindered with my ever-present need to prove I’m right), but given that, in this season, we should all be thinking about what drives us together, and not what sets us apart, please regard my current post as a good intention on my behalf, a token of my respect for you. I am not at all against capitalism, just against people manipulating it to their evil ends.

  A friend shared this link with me. In it, there’s a video in which a copatriot of yours, Annie Leonard, very coherently and wisely explains something I hadn’t thought about or seen in that light, “the history of stuff”.

  http://www.storyofstuff.com/

  It explains what I mean (when I;m sensible and rational), far better than I ever could.

  Peace, Jack

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• At 2009.12.28 01:45, Jack said:
  

  You want me to open my mind and my heart Carlos?
  How about we both do that? First, you should consider reading everything I posted to you, and open your mind to the possibility that everything I stated can be verified.. and assuming you either verify or refute the evidence, the question has to be asked exactly how serious you are about the question of whom is and whom is not open minded?
  Yes I will state un-equivocally, that my mind is open.. and to prove it, I state to you that “I will convert to the socialist viewpoint, and any form of Marxism you can throw at me”.. IF and only IF you use reason, verifiable facts, history and science.. to convince me. Absolutely, I will convert. But make no mistake, you better have your story straight. Your premises better be able to pass close scrutiny.. Do Not expect me to “just get along” or “go along” with false premises because it’s Politically Correct or that it’s the hottest Trend.. If you are serious about me “opening my mind” to Socialism, then you must be able to give me ONE single good reason to believe that Socialism, with it’s history of murdering hundreds of millions of humans because they would Not “get along” with their dear leaders.. and that in spite of that history, I should give them one more chance.. OK. Convince me. Show me. Tell me what I’m missing here.
  Can you say you are as open minded as that? Can you be convinced with true history that wherever the Freedom of man has Not been hindered or squashed by Tyrants.. that the outcome for mankind has always been better? Can you open your mind to the fact that what you think Capitalism is.. is a false premise.. and a lie.. that has made you suspicious of the “profit motive”.. that robbery is not capitalism.. can you understand that capitalism is the mutually agreed upon free exchange of goods or services.. nothing more.. can you understand that rather than fearing Liberty.. you should celebrate it, because Freedom is simply Morally Superior over the methods that Socialist must use in restricting it.. you do not understand nor grasp the value of, or the principles of Freedom.. Sure you give it lip service.. Not by saying you are in favor of Capitalism, but that you are Not against it.. and then, with disclaimers.. like: “I am not at all against capitalism, just against people manipulating it to their evil ends.” Hell Carlos I could say that about anything.. but can you say that about Socialism? And mean it? Because I am here to tell you that Socialism is the Perfect Mechanism for the thugs of the world to manipulate toward their evil ends.. Nothing works better.. Absolutely Nothing! Intended or not, it is a Made-To-Order mechanism that will always enable the ascension of the Thugs of the world.. to the highest reigns of power.. And all they have to do to, in order to clamp down on it’s citizens in order to steal their property, liberty and life.. is to claim that it’s for the poor, for the sick.. for needy.. for the good of all, for the underprivileged, the whales, the climate, the earth.. and then throw in the element of “if we can all just hate the Rich enough.. we will all be OK!”.. and then like magic, all of useful idiots of the world, swing open the doors to power and invite them in.. They always have.. and they always will.
  Can you be convinced to open your mind to these facts? None of this is hard to discover Carlos.. but will you? Would you be willing to challenge that hoax of man made global warming? Have you ever noticed that that the support for that hoax always comes from exclusively from The Left? Have you listened to the thousands of Notable scientist that dis-agree strongly.. with the absurd scare tactics of the Global Warming enthusiast, Al Gore? the UN? and the phony science and false premises? Or have you also called them “deniers” or refused to debate them? (again like Al Gore). Go ahead and prove to me your open mindedness Carlos, before you demand it of me. And for the record, everything I believe in, that you find offensive was not taught to me by anyone.. it was learned in spite of what my public school and university tried to force down my throat.. What I learned came from my own research and travels and experiences. You should read from the people that have actually lived under the Tyranny of Socialism.. people like Ayn Rand.. born, raised and escaped from the USSR..
  Rest assured, that what I seek is Freedom and Truth.. Nothing else.. The Truth shall set you free and I am willing to accept the pain of Truth, because it is always less painful than living a lie.. Socialist never learn that lesson. Do you know what that lesson is? It has to do with Trust in Man vs. Trust in The State..
  OK, I”m frankly suspicious Carlos, and I have very little hope that you mean it or that you are willing to be the open minded person you wish to chide me into being. Still, I’m going to delve deeply into the link and all that I can find on “the story of stuff” that you sent me.. in the meantime you need to truly consider the facts and observations I’ve presented to you.. carefully research and consider my evidence.. if you do, you will discover things that make you feel comfortable. Just Prove it or disprove them.. but if you simply discard them.. then you will have proven my point..
  It would be great if your “token” for my respect were real and if your good intentions were really serious. But, I’ve never ever, ever, ever met an open minded leftist.. The facts always screw them up. And as much as this reply to your “peace” gesture, may appear to be hard or cold.. it is only because I have very little patience for those that will steal my liberty, or their supporters.. A support that always comes from the left.. from people that are utterly oblivious to what they have wrought.. and always deny the destruction they leave in their wake..

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• At 2009.12.28 09:50, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  

  Check it out then, my token for your respect. It’s a short video (see the one called “the story of stuff”). If you find it offensive in any way (don’t see how you could), you just stop watching it.

  Cheers

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• At 2009.12.28 21:56, marc (aka el pillo) said:
  

  Yay! well .. Ive got news for Keri … I think my homecountry kinda counts … CR has no army … ranked on top of the US for healthcare, there are more farmers than lawyers and to be a pop artist all you need is to play a gig …

  awesomeness! (Except for the fact that the deeply rooted catholicism will stop marriage rights for the gays for a while)

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• At 2009.12.28 21:56, marc (aka el pillo) said:
  

  whoops! By CR I meant Costa Rica … pura vida!

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• At 2009.12.28 23:19, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Costa Rica is fantastic in many ways, Marc, but beware, it is copying the US in several things and healthcare is probably next on that list [many countries top the US there, BTW]. Currently, as a small commercial elite seems to be making the big decisions there, it follows the lead of conservative pre-Obama US, something that was clearly evident with the approval of CAFTA…

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• At 2009.12.29 23:49, Lukas said:
  

  Then you should move to Rapture, lol. XD

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• At 2009.12.30 12:41, Jack said:
  

  Like Costa Rica, Disney World’s number one source of income is Tourism. Neither has a military.. Disneyland has more “actors”, (employees).. than lawyers in America, Costa Rica has more farmers.. As is the case there (or anywhere in the world), you can play a gig and you may call yourself a pop artist.. but the true “Art” of your performance is objective and has a bit to do with quality of performance far more than the simple act of showing up.. even if you insist on calling yourself a pop artist. Self deception does not a pop artist make.. Disney and Costa Rica can spend more on things like health care.. rather than on a military.. in order to defend itself from it’s (historical) tyrannical neighbors.. (Such as Hugo Chavez, Castro, Noriega and Manuel Zelaya) and the ever present threat that nearby tyrants always pose toward it’s weaker neighbors.. (Nothing is as provocative as weakness).. because both know that when their smiling happy faces are confronted with the next goose stepping invasion.. America, as it has always done, will come to their rescue and bitch slap the bad guys.. and if Costa Rica is never invaded, it can thank the fact of America’s simple Presence in the hemisphere.. that prevents it’s hood of tyrants from even considering it.. It is in fact, the reason you need no military, because America is the source of the security you enjoy.. To ignore that fact is about as logical as claiming you are a Pop Artist.. just because you got a gig.

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• At 2009.12.30 13:07, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Jack…
  you are so eager to lose the respect I, due to consideration, had awarded you.

  …So, other countries with a better healthcare system than the US (nearly all developed countries and many underdeveloped countries, such as Costa Rica) have no army? Wait a minute… only 2 countries have no army: Costa Rica and Switzerland ( I wonder if the Swiss pray to the Americans for their defense every night). Maybe those countries that actually think of their people and have armies have better healthcare because they can afford it, as they’re not busy invading other countries or setting up naval bases.
  Nobody can deny the important role the US armed forces played during WWI and WWII (not taking into account Nagasaki and Hiroshima), …but that’s it. Since then, the US established gun trade as one of its main sources of income. All the battles in Eastern Europe, the MIddle East, the ones fought by your “war lords in third-world countries” were fought with American weapons. The weapon industry in America is private, yet the military is not… however, in order to keep the weapon industry happy, the military has to buy the guns, and of course use them. Why is there a major war every 10 years?…

  Costa Rica has no army, because, like the recent experience in Honduras showed, it is futile and counter-productive for a small country to have an army. Costa Ricans gambled on education, and that has paid off monumentally.

  (BTW,”it’s”= it is, “its”=pertaining to it)

  [Oh and yes, as Marc said, in Costa Rica you play a gig, people like you, you start selling and they start playing you on the radio. You don't need to sleep with a record executive or show your boobs, or "have a look" to make it, as you often do in the US...]

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• At 2010.01.01 03:16, Jack said:
  

  OMG are you saying I may lose the false respect you pretended for me? Losing the respect of a Useful Idiot? Say it ain’t so.. How can I survive the pain? Well since you asked, I’ll tell you. Here’s my plan: You see, It’s clear that you don’t respect anything truly deserving of respect.. beginning with the Truth. I’ve provided you with tons of historical data and verifiable history proving the blood thirsty nature of Socialism.. and it’s negative effects on humanity.. on individual liberty, on the creative spirit of man.. to the actual historical records of the bloody slaughter of hundreds of millions of humans.. left in a bloody trail of misery.. only to be ignored, distorted and discounted by you.. never once offering a simple acknowledgment or respect for that history. With so much Hard Core historical evidence proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that you stand on the side of misery and mediocrity.. you demonstrate over and over, that what you DON’T respect is Humanity.. nor will you acknowledge the Harm your Super Socialism always lays at it’s feet.
  I’m in pretty good company frankly. If you were to truly respect me.. I would get seriously depressed given the values and lack of values you demonstrate. Your never ending technique for distortion is common fair for the common lefty and while you may think your slick tricks, are clever.. don’t celebrate too soon my little dumb friend.. For example I never said, “other countries with a better health care system than the US… have no army” Yet those are the words you put in my mouth.. in order to make your moronic points..how Un-Clever can you be? I know you are really adverse to facts, but it does nothing to promote you as super nor amazing when your mis-quotes are but a few paragraphs below the actual quotes.. yet you go about changing them to suit your bankrupt ideas, oblivious to that reality. Read my words again dummy.. Get it straight now.. Let me Splain.. Here is the idea: Costa Rica and Disney World have benefited from America’s Awesome Presence and therefore enjoyed a High level of security without having to finance an Army.. thereby having extra disposable income to do whatever they wish..including health care expenditures.. Got it? In addition, the premise you attribute to me..that there are ANY countries with a “better health care” system is once again a Super and complete disregard for the truth. It may be more expensive here.. But so far, not (Yet), provided as a “Free service” by the state.. Thank God!! 80% of all Americans are completely satisfied with the QUALITY and delivery of the greatest medical health care system in the entire world.. it’s UNMATCHED IN QUALITY.. a direct result of the morally superior, and Ethical PROFIT MOTIVE.. which rewards QUALITY.. Nothing is free you idiot. What we know in America is that nothing will cost more than a ‘Free’ medical system.. You want Free? Go to any Prison.. Go to any animal clinic.. Go to any third world socialist “not for profit” hospital.. go on to Cuba, Haiti, Angola, Uganda, China, Vietnam, Egypt.. take you pick.. just stop pretending that “Free” means “better”.. because it doesn’t you fool. In fact, “Free” by definition means you must dumb down and reduce the quality in order to increase the quantity.. Anything dispersed to Everyone.. can only diminish in quality.. Full coverage for “ALL” cannot and will never translate into “Better” treatment for all.. the sheer numbers prohibit it.. Hard to swallow, but a fact of life.. You may not like it, but that’s the way it is… The Good news is that “For-profit” medical always translates into better medical.. and is Always delivered TO MORE.. than your dumb-downed minimum delivery system of Rationed and limited “Free” care for all. Are you old enough to grasp that concept? I truly wonder if you are 10 or 12 years old.. which would fit with your delusional self description of “Super and Amazing”. It sounds like a teenager’s Face Book description of himself. You may be 15, but not much more.. emotionally anyway. Another example of your juvenile, not-so-subtle Trick of twisting and mis-quoting others to make a point.. Marc stated exactly these words: “to be a pop artist all you need is to play a gig …” to which I properly and accurately replied that simply playing a gig, does not make you a pop artist.. an unarguable fact. You decided however, in spite of his quote being as visible as the history of your amazing bloody socialism is.. and only a few paragraphs above you.. you still said: ["Oh and yes, as Marc said, in Costa Rica you play a gig, people like you, you start selling and they start playing you on the radio. You don't need to sleep with a record executive or show your boobs, or "have a look" to make it, as you often do in the US...] Really? ? That quote must have been hidden in disappearing ink.. I can’t seem to find it. I have to admit that disappearing Ink trick is Truly Amazing Carlos!! And it’s SUPER Proof of the AMAZING level of Delusions you suffer under. I mean damn.. the very idea that you think, (although projecting it ONTO Marc), that in the world of music or entertainment, things like Sex Appeal, (“showing your boobs”) or having “a look”, (meaning an “appeal” to an audience..) or Talent.. are concepts that only the Mediocre Un-inspired mind of a socialist could possibly imagine or believe.. is.. is. Hell I am at a loss for words to suggest how stupid you sound.. Or that things like sex appeal or talent only matter in America.. DAYUM.. Just DAYUM.. I guess you really are nothing but the common socialist Wealth Bigot you yearn to be. No wonder you have Zero understanding of the nature of Mankind.. You’re incapable of it.. Your understanding of world history and America’s role is so distorted, twisted and ignorant of the truth that once again, you’ve demonstrates that by God you are going to believe what you want to believe and you are not going to let any facts stand in your way. It must really grate on you to begrudgingly give lip service to America’s Capitalist Armies, Navy and Marines.. for saving your sorry mediocre Euro-Whimp-Asses in WW1 and WW2.. against the Socialist Thugs you idolize and apologize for.. to which you demonstrated by immediately minimizing that whispered praise with “but that’s it”.. Go look up the word “Ingrate”.. Then put Super in front of it.. because if anything about you is “Super”.. ; it’s being the SUPER INGRATE that you clearly are. And while you’re looking up things, see if you can verify your claim that “the U.S. established the gun trade as one of it’s main sources of income” I’m having a little trouble with that loose “fact”.. and I hate to break it to you.. but actually it’s the AK-47 that By Far is THE most available, THE most used, THE most sought after.. by all of the thugs of the Socialist Third World Utopia’s that you praise.. and it has been since 1946.. between 30 and 50 million at last count. BTW, the AK-47 is Russian Made.. born in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.. And while the Russian made AK-47’s makes that socialist country the leader of the world as the largest source of weapons, (making wars everywhere.. possible.) Russia also shares the lead with the Chinese Commies (another Socialist Paradise) in building, selling, and providing well over 100 million land mines world wide, used primarily by the thugs in your Third World Utopias.. indiscriminately killing around 25,000 innocent civilians a year.. most of them children. But wait, there’s more!! NOT an insignificant number of those land mines are built and sold by.. are you ready? France, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland!! Wow! Pretty impressive isn’t it Super Duper Dummy? Got that Super fact? Sweden and Switzerland.. UN figures btw. Such beautiful Snow Cone Socialist Countries.. not as innocent as you thought.. or more accurately.. ignored.
  And for the record, all of my truly Amazing Facts are verifiable.. because when I present a fact, or use a quote, It’s researched and presented.. without embellishment. Capitalist by default must deal with the real world, because living in a world of lies never pays off. We don’t need to bend the truth, as do all Socialist.. You see, long ago we discovered that (unlike you), The Truth really is Super.. and really is Amazing..

  p.s. Here is where I would normally wish a friend a Happy and Prosperous New Year.. but the idea of having such a shallow, uninspiring and mediocre friend.. makes me cringe. And knowing how you frown on the concept of Individual Prosperity..
  I’ll just withhold that wish out of my respect for your mediocre dreams..

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• At 2010.01.01 10:08, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  So much spam… by now you surely have written more than you have read.

  …sigh…

  As much as I pity you for being a close-minded “conservative”, it is one thing to lash out your stupid trash against me, but when you insult an entire culture, you’re crossing the line.

  How in the world has the US protected Costa Rica? Who has it protected it from? Why has it “protected” Costa Rica and not the other countries? Your comparing a country to a stupid theme park speaks very clearly of your limited world view and your respect for other cultures.

  You don’t know anything, about Costa Rica, about Norway, not even about the US. Clearly, some people are satisfied with the quality of healthcare in the US (all brainwashed Republicans, surely)… I’m sure in the consumist-driven society they think if it’s THAT expensive, it’s GOT to be good! But frankly, if you can’t get access to the good part of healthcare (there’s A LOT of crappy healthcare in the US, mind you), what’s the point? It all seems like a market-driven illusion, to get people to spend more on their insurance.

  And you keep talking about freedom??? But come on!
  You do know that in Bush’s time, in a city where he would visit, there would be designated areas for freedom of speech (i.e. protesting), the only place people holding banners against the president could be because they could pose an alleged thread to the president… in light of all the terrorism and stuff. Yet people holding banners FOR the president could be anywhere they wantes. And then there’s the “Patriot ACt”…
  you think you are free, but your freedom is just about as restricted as in “Commie” China (where, BTW, nearly ALL the manufactured products YOU buy nowadays come from!!! Now, …why is that?)

  Americans and their guns have been mmore responsible for death and devastation in the world than any other nation. Any other nation. And I’m not anti-American. Truly not. There’s great things in that country of yours too (like Obama, for example, or Tofurkey).

  …And you never answered,… how does life suck in a SOCIAL DEMOCRACY such as Norway? Where healthcare is good in both QUALITY and QUANTITY, and everyone has access to it, both the rich and the poor?. Where higher, prestigious education is nearly FREE???

  —

  And don’t come back with any more stupid insults, they speak poorly of you and your culture. Either come back with an intelligent response or go back to your trailer and fry something.

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• At 2010.01.04 01:25, Jack said:
  

  My God you are such an idiot! What ever possessed you to even dream that there is anything super.. or amazing about yourself? Talk about self delusional! I’m left breathless at your inability to grasp simple concepts presented in plain English.. But I do know It’s part of your lefty playbook.. just keep pretending that you don’t get it.. but in the process you illustrate the absence of the comprehensive skills needed for conceptualizing simple ideas. Poor Super Carlos.. Poor Super Poop.. I’ll help you out, one more time.. It’s hard for you I know, but try to focus.. a few paragraphs above your last post you will find the answer to your question.. clearly laid out, properly formatted, and for even the village idiot, easily understood.. although not too easily understood by the useful idiots.. Still, the reason why countries like Costa Rica benefit militarily.. without having a military.. is the mere Presence of an ally.. it’s Super Power buddy.. it’s Awesome Military.. that tends to make it’s otherwise tyrannical power hungry neighbors.. think twice about invading it.. Because the consequences of having their socialist despotic asses whipped by the Strongest country in the history of the world.. is just too much for them to risk.. so being the cowards that all socialist are.. keep their distance, and just like magic.. Peace breaks out.. Bad guys like Hugo Chavez, Castro, Noriega and other tin horn dictators in the Narco-Socialist-states of the region.. actually grasp the concept.. even if poor super amazing carlos.. doesn’t. You see super poop, nothing is as Provocative to tyrants.. encouraging them to war.. as weakness. Weakness is the Red flag that entices the bulls and the bullies.. because they know how easily weakness can be conquered.. and in no time at all the Red flag will be replaced with the white flag of surrender.. kinda like France did when Hitler paid her a visit.. Were the Super Power you know as America, to suddenly disappear.. nothing would stop those tyrants from doing what all tyrants have always done.. invade and conquer their weaker neighbors.. It’s the Norm of the world.. America has saved the world countless times and in spite of the super ingrates like you.. will do so again and again. You’re Welcome!! There will always be fools like Saddam Hussein willing to ignore that lesson.. invade it’s neighbor, (Kuwait), and end up swinging on a rope like a dope.. And for the most part that lesson is learned well by the cowards and thugs of the socialist world.. allowing allies like Costa Rica and Sweden to sleep easier at night.. knowing they don’t need a military, because their friend will do the heavy lifting and shed it’s blood for them when needed. Peace always follows victory..
  Never being able to ‘connect the dots’ is one hell of a handicap super poop. I bet you have a “handicap” sticker on your little midget fiat. if you ever did learn that simple process, you’d then be able to discern and conceptualize the ‘big picture’.. But since it’s the common denominator and basic minimum requirement to be in the Useful Idiot pool.. I doubt it will ever occur.. Maybe you should just take a nap and not strain too hard. When you wake up, I’ll explain to you what you don’t know.. which is: Why you (or anyone) could be in love with the most hideous Evil known to man.. You see carla It’s just a little too convenient for you to pretend not to grasp it’s bloody history, or to understand it’s evil nature and it’s insatiable appetite for power. Your convenience factor holds true for the flip side of that coin as well. It’s just a bit too suspicious when one looks at the benefits you think will come your way, as long as you can pretend to ignore that what you oppose, are all things that promote and cultivate healthy and happy societies. The element of Freedom is The thing you fear. Freedom demands personal responsibility. But the benefits that Freedom shower upon civilization, must be denied by you. While you may think your character flaw of remaining willfully ignorant, gives you an out.. and cleverly disguises your true Zeal for the Gospel of the State. It doesn’t. In reality your willingness to toss all logic aside, ignore all evidence, discount all facts.. and more than anything else, close your eyes when presented with the ugly results of your power hungry socialism.. can be nothing except.. faith based.
  Get that?
  Since the evidence is overwhelming.. that your faith is what sustains you.. Your fanaticism is exposed.. to be totally faith based.. it’s a religion. It’s your religion. And the dirty little secret, is that when all is said and done, what you really are promoting and protecting, is your selfish desire to have the government provide you with all the comforts of life.. relieving you of those inconvenient responsibilities of an adult.. for which you are willing to exchange everyone Else’s freedom.. for your security.. the pain, the trail of blood, the ovens of death, the gulags, the concentration camps, the torture, the invading armies and the killing fields.. All brought about and made possible by the lazy, self centered, sell outs.. like you.. the Socialist apologist.. the Useful Idiots of the world. What you illustrate to the world, is an Amazing capacity for Laziness.. and in spite of the evil you help to inflict on mankind, it’s your willingness to enable that evil.. that makes it possible.. that brings it to life, even as you excuse it and discount it. At the end of the day Super Poop.. you have blood on your hands.. and pretending otherwise is just one more example of how far and how advanced your self delusion has diminished your Soul. Even in the Snow Ball Socialist countries you pose as advanced.. your willing acceptance of things such as the “death panels” that deny treatment to it’s citizens because they are too old or too handicapped.. in favor of the younger and healthier citizens.. is perfectly acceptable to you. Allowing your God.. Your State.. to view it’s citizens as ‘budget items” rather than “Humans” says more about you than your willingness to explain away and discount the Socialist Tyrants and their Killing Fields.. The term “death panels” will be denied by you.. as you must do with everything you espouse.. because speaking the truth always means exposure to condemnation from those you seek to control.. so you never, ever speak of yourself or your dreams or your systems in truthful terms.. Oh no.. you don’t dare. You’re not a Liberal or a Communist.. you’re a “progressive”.. You don’t kill babies.. you’re just “Pro Choice”.. You don’t seize property.. you just “redistribute the wealth”.. Anyone that dares to expose you and your socialism is a blasphemer.. and it must not be permitted or tolerated. It is your mission to insure that no blaspheming be tolerated against your almighty God.. your almighty State.
  Understand this: I just absolutely love rubbing your nose in the crap of your small minded faith based, hateful, mean spirited worship of the State.. The Poetic Justice of exposing you for the village idiot and useful idiot that you are..
  Is pure joy for me..
  I should pay you for the pleasure and entertainment..
  But then again.. Nah..
  Your turn.. Hardy, Har, Har, Har..

  p.s. Obama is the Tofurkey.. How does it feel to live in the socialist country so confused and in denial, that gave the Nobel Peace Prize to a terrorist like Yasser Arafat and a Tofurkey like Barry Hussein Nobama?

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• At 2010.01.04 06:29, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  hahahahahaha

  OMG

  A very funny way to start the day. Thanks, dude.

  Who wants to invade what?
  What countries want to invade and take over Costa Rica? Narco commies? Noriega? (how many countries without a military are there?)
  and…who wants to invade …Sweden (of all places)?

  (Uh… the US did nothing when the USSR took over Czechoslovakia)

  Imperialism is not territorial, but commercial nowadays. Countries don’t invade each other for stuff like, I dunno, oil…, wait… why did the US invade Irak again?

  …

  (I don’t live in Norway, BTW)

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• At 2010.01.05 19:33, Super Amazing Carlos said:
  

  Oh…
  BTW…
  checking a little history, Costa Rica HAS actually been invaded before.
  In the mid-nineteenth century its freedom and sovereignity was threatened, no less than by…who?

  —drum roll—-

  ………AMERICANS!!!!

  Yes, the country known as United States of America was invading Central America to increase their work force in plantations(i.e., take up slaves). However, the American militia, led by a guy called William Walker, was defeated by none other than Costa Rican FARMERS… simple peasants who took up arms to defend what was theirs.

  Interesting, isn’t it? For slaves, or oil… it would seem like it’s not actually “others” doing the invading and it’s not “others” some people need protection from…

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• At 2010.01.09 17:56, Jack said:
  

  I guess I should feel a bit guilty by having so much fun at your expense.. but I don’t. It’s just that you make it so damn easy.. with your lack of intellectual honesty.. void of any desire to learn, understand or value the lessons that history always provides.. on how to break the cycle of misery, wars, poverty, tyranny and oppression. Lessons that are presented with the clarity of hind-sight.. requiring only that the historical record be observed, and Never Ignored. But the ‘Victim Mentality’, as demonstrated by you and enshrined within the foundations of Socialism.. have no desire to learn those lessons and in fact, work tirelessly to insure those lessons are not learned by others. The marching orders of the Left are designed to ensure that the misery of mankind continues unabated, producing unlimited victims, brainwashed into thinking the government is their friend.. thus guaranteeing eternal power for the thugs and bureaucrats as they administer and provide for the bare minimum required by the masses.. and only demanding that the masses join them in spreading the holy gospel of wealth re-distribution.. to be suspicious of the profit motive, by hating the rich.. and in essence to become Wealth Bigots. The masses are trained to accept mediocrity in everything, and few complain, (in public at least..) when they are asked to surrender their liberty in exchange for the ’security’ of The State. The concept of the “Thought Police” is a manifestation of the Left.. applied to virtually everything in Life, but it starts with it’s demands to ignore or distort History.. because true history is deemed not to be Politically Correct..
  It must be devastating to have to live inside your head or to have to face yourself in the mirror everyday Super Amazing Carlos.. I can’t imagine the pain of such a confused mind, muddled and blurred by the never ending denial of reality. Allowing yourself to face only certain selected Truth(s).. and quickly turning away when it doesn’t fit your template.. to deny it, ignore it, or think you can change it.. and that no one will notice when you do!! Just DAYUM.. I mean you really are not as clever as you think you are Carl-loser. I guess your daddy never told you that just because your have a pre-existing template that makes you feel all warm inside, (like your love affair with socialism), that to ignore contrary evidence to any template, because facing it.. is painful.. can only have a negative effect on your character. It should have been a lesson someone taught you or you yourself discovered. You see a false reality will never become truth.. just because it is Politically Correct doesn’t make it so.. Consensus, does not make Truth. Life is Hard, but it’s much Harder if you’re Stupid. Your willingness to ignore history or facts, is frankly not flattering on you or on anyone that engages in such foolish practice.
  You can thank me later, but for now I’m about to educate you regarding your latest feeble attempt to prove how Evil America is.. (This is going to be so much fun!)
  And now, at this moment and once again.. with great pleasure, I present to you the facts, proving that The Real Truth is nothing even remotely similar to your phony, twisted spin on History.
  You are officially exposed.
  (Drum Roll..)
  Here is the True history of a fella that got the excitable carlos..
  sooo Super Excited.. a guy named William Walker. Keep in mind that what I’m about to lay out is 100% verifiable, and can be done with any basic research:
  William Walker was born in America. But he was Not America.. That’s KEY.. Remember that. He represented America about as much as Jack the Ripper represented Great Britain or could be used to demonstrate the official governmental positions and actions were one and the same as.. Jack the Ripper.
  In fact Walker was more of an enemy of America than anything else. He was delusional, like Carl-loser, and in his folly of self deception, with an army of 45 men, Walker invaded the capital of Baja California, La Paz.. declaring it to be the capital of a new country he named “The Republic of Lower California”.. and promptly named himself the President of his new country. The invasion of Baja California, (and other invasions conducted by Walker) were done with a private army consisting primarily of an odd conglomeration of European Mercenaries, Thugs and supporters of Slavery in the South.. As a side note those southern Democrats, (the Slavery Enthusiast), later took up arms against America.. And against the First Republican President of America, a guy you may have heard of.. a Mr. Abraham Lincoln. As a Republican, President Lincoln understood that all Freedom begins with Economic Freedom. You own the fruits of your own labor. Slavery was in essence the stealing of the fruits of a man’s labor, done without his consent or repayment for his services. The chains worn by slaves, were the natural outcome of that economic recipe to steal the fruits of mens labor.. and since no man would be agreeable to such an economic arrangement, chains had to be used to insure cooperation. Anyway, understanding that principle was contrary to Capitalism, (which is the Mutually agreed upon exchange of goods or services), Lincoln insisted on making slavery Illegal.. The Southern Democrats, unwilling to live without their free slave labor, went to war over the issue. They lost. The Republicans won and slavery was outlawed. (Yet even today, Leftist insist on portraying the Republicans as the supporters of Slavery, thus demonstrating just one more lost history lesson..) The pro-slavery democrats of that era, are essentially of the same philosophical mind-set as the modern day democratic party, led by B. Hussein Obama.. ALL demonstrating thru their never ending lust for Power.. for the sake of Power.. a Power to be used to enslave Americans. An inheritance from which the only difference from then, is that today they don’t call it Slavery.. they call it socialism.. The recipe is the same however.. forced labor without mutually agreed upon repayment for services rendered.. Confiscatory Taxation and Redistribution of Wealth, are but a few of the Newspeak terms they employ today. But essentially it’s the same principle that defines Slavery.. and it is in fact, the natural evolution of slavery.. Anyway, back to Walker. After invading Baja California he was arrested and put on trial in California for “conducting an illegal war”.. but getting all lawyer-ed up, he was able play a jury, and was acquitted. However the delusional Walker was just getting warmed up. Later, since he considered himself to be so Super, (like you).. and so amazing, that he actually got himself inaugurated as the legitimate president of Nicaragua. America of course, withdraw it’s recognition of Nicaragua with him as it’s president, and Costa Rica declared war on Walker, (not on Nicaragua..). In response to the Declaration of War on him.. Walker decided on a pre-emptive invasion of Costa Rica. He did not go, but he sent a small force that was easily repelled by the Costa Rican Army.. doing what armies are supposed to do.. protect the country from invasions.. (and btw, Carl-loser, no farmers were involved). Later with the financial backing of a former business partner of Walker’s.. one he no doubt back-stabbed.. a Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, urged the president of Costa Rica to go after Walker. In April 1856, Costa Rican troops and American mercenaries supported by Vanderbilt penetrated into Nicaraguan territory and inflicted a defeat on Walker’s men. No farmers were involved this time either..
  In fact, in both battles, Walker himself never actually invaded CR, only his small band of dis-organized thugs did that for him.. a minor point but another point that proves your claim that Walker himself invaded.. is false And that doesn’t even count your spin describing Walker as.. “The United States of America”.. a spin that again leaves me simply breathless.. as to how it must feel to be inside your head… Uggh. Now that’s a nasty thought!
  The American government on two additional occasions had the U.S. Navy arrest him. But in all three times, Walker was able to get himself lawyer-ed up and beat the charges. Finally colluding with the British the Americans made it possible for him to be hunted down, captured and arrested in Honduras by the Brits.. But this time, the British handed Walker over to the Honduran authorities (with a wink and a nod from America..) at which point Walker was immediately executed by a Honduran firing squad.
  Now, back to the Super Gleeful “presentation” of Carl-loser in an amazingly sophomoric attempt to portray Walker as “America”, demonstrates once again, that the easily excitable carl-less is either amazingly and woefully ignorant of history in virtually every possible way that one could conceivably be.. and/or you knowingly think nothing of making up, out of thin air whatever strikes your fancy, in order to justify your false premises. Not by using “Truth”.. But by using what you wish the truth to be.. and I quote verbatim the words of Super Doper Amazingly Ignorant Carlos:

  (Begin Quote): “Oh…BTW…checking a little  history, Costa Rica HAS actually been invaded before.In the mid-nineteenth century its freedom and sovereignity was threatened, no less than by…who?—drum roll—-………AMERICANS!!!! Yes, the country known as United States of America was invading Central America to increase their work force in plantations(i.e., take up slaves). However, the American militia, led by a guy called William Walker, was defeated by none other than Costa Rican FARMERS… simple peasants who took up arms to defend what was theirs. Interesting, isn’t it? For slaves, or oil… it would seem like it’s not actually “others” doing the invading and it’s not “others” some people need protection from… ” (end of quote)

  WOW! Carlos, did you think no one would notice? Methinks Careless Car-lows the loser, is so allergic to truth, and fearful of Facts.. that it never dawns on you that your moronic statements, can be checked.. and proven or disproved. And given that it has happened so many times in this running thread, that you simply cannot grasp the idea that words mean things.. that truth is not something to be ignored, at least not without consequence.. nor are you capable of shame or embarrassment when proven to be the faker you are. Never having seen you, it’s my guess that apparently what throws people off, is your ability to walk upright.. otherwise you would not be deemed responsible enough posses the skills required to breath or know not to touch a hot stove top… You really should seek some help for that obvious declining mental capacity of yours. which is most likely the cause of your sad, mediocre and average existence. It does explain why you are so zealous and mindless in your faith based worship of the state.. Somebody has to take care of you and even though you are willing to sacrifice all of those you claim to speak for.. on the alter of socialism.. ignoring your participation in the army of useful idiots.. an army that is the most significant and required element to make way for the Socialist Thugs to inflict pain and insure crushing poverty for ALL.. equally on both the poor and the rich.. And for what? So you can experience a life free of personal responsibility, a life in which all doctors can be told at the point of gun, that they must treat you.. because you are entitled to their labor.. And when all is said and done and the damage to society is complete.. you are still left confused and never knowing that your suspension of truth and denial of reality, are actually the root causes of your depression, confusion, sorrow and pain.
  Good luck with that..
  Remember, that every time you look in the mirror.. you are looking at just one person in an army of easily manipulated Useful Idiots.. that the Thugs of the world need and can Always count on.. as they go about inflicting misery on the people that you claim to speak for.
  The lessons of History will never benefit those that Willfully Ignore them.
  and ignoring them is what you do so well.
  That really is Amazing!

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