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Originally posted by Figjam
We're not called the Lucky Country for nothing. AND we are as advanced as any western society on this planet......
Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
... but you keep electing a Bush brown-nosing bespectacled lying weasel for when people say "Take me to your leader"... how advanced is that?
Originally posted by Majic
Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
... but you keep electing a Bush brown-nosing bespectacled lying weasel for when people say "Take me to your leader"... how advanced is that?
You may want to consider the possibility that you are being deceived.
The cults that either worship Bush or bash him are just that: cults. They are not based in fact.
Originally posted by LostSailor
What is it that makes aussies so bitter and resentful of the US?
Hey I'm sure Oz is a great place to live... what makes it better to you is your opinion. Can't a guy be happy and proud of his country without being mocked or ridiculed?
Originally posted by Figjam
this is way too funny! You guys THINK that the USof A os the best place to live, but us Aussies know better. Of all the places I've been & lived, I have to say honestly that nothing compares to the Land Down-under....Australia!!
Originally posted by cargo
Funny how Americans admire a man who employs tactics such as reducing citizens rights, specifically the right to self defence. Maybe you'd like to come and liberate us when you have a spare weekend?
Originally posted by General Zapata
We have radio 'personalities' that think it is clever and informative to label all gays as 'pillow-biters' and 'poofs'. Then, when the anti-defamation wing of the gay rights movement in australia protests, they refuse to apologise! I'm talking about Alan Jones, John Laws and Stan Zemanek here people, if anyone knows them.
77% of aussies are racist, apparently, since it is that many that accepted Howard's way of dealing with the Tampa crisis (that is, send in the navy to bully the captain of a vessel trying to save innocent people from certain drowning).
I am the first to point to these things and say 'I am ashamed'. However, like most countries, some things make me glad that I live here.
Originally posted by Corinthas
Oh it doesn't ? Well then I must enter one of there green card lotteries i suppose...
It looks like the marketing department is still trying to sucker people into emigrating to the new (stolen) world.
Do i get to shoot an indian when i come over?
Originally posted by General Zapata
*waves the flag* oh say can you see.....
tell me, oh enlightened one, what is it about capitalism that you don't like? Because obviously sweatshops, worker exploitation and environmental destruction doesn't bother you. How about visiting some of those countries where the products bound for consumption in the US are made? Do you think the people there are just as happy?
[edit on 30-11-2004 by General Zapata]
Originally posted by Nox
It takes a strong man to admit that he loves the United States of America these days. Way too much hate.
Originally posted by Nox
It takes a strong man to admit that he loves the United States of America these days. Way too much hate.
How sad.
Originally posted by sleeper
Originally posted by RedOctober90
Sleeper obvisouly has never read any of the writings of Karl Marx or looks at anything besides the USSR or Cuba, or North Korea.
Another one who points as socialism and then points at those countries.. none of them practicing any socialism or communism at all! A usual propaganda tactic to make hard-capitalism and corporate controlled government look like the best thing there can be.
It is true that blatant nationalism keeps things from progressing.
I don't "love" any country, what I do love is the globe itself. You can tell me to move to the UK or Canada but I won't.. since I feel it is my duty to defeat the conservative evangelists who pose a clear danger to progression and society.
[edit on 1-12-2004 by RedOctober90]
Stalin and Castro read Karl Marx. Castro is still the slave master, the USSR finally collapsed under the weight of leftist oppression.
People have a choice, left-wing oppression or Democracy, there is very little in-between.
Socialism is left-wing and cannot fly without the engine of Capitalism and democracy. Many despots have tried it and their slaves paid the price.
Why reinvent the wheel when Capitalism works very well?
Originally posted by Figjam
this is way too funny! You guys THINK that the USof A os the best place to live, but us Aussies know better. Of all the places I've been & lived, I have to say honestly that nothing compares to the Land Down-under....Australia!! We're not called the Lucky Country for nothing. AND we are as advanced as any western society on this planet......even more so in some cases. But don't let me shatter your illusions, you keep on thinking USA is the best place to be & we'll keep our little piece of heaven to ourselves!
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Frankly, I admire Australians, but you messed up big time on the firearms issue.
Originally posted by RedOctober90
Democracy is intended to work under communism/socialism. "Democracy" in the USA is now something like "Halliburton VS Microsoft" or some thing like that.. with no chance for other parties to actually make it into the elections. So if you dislike both the republicans and the democrats.... you have little say. There is never any common men in office anymore.. it's all big business owners with interests only in big business.
Yeha capitalism works.. but mostly for the rich. It's the same system which gives big business near unlimited power.. as you can see it puts profits before people and ultimately begun the Iraq War... people made much money off the deaths of people who barely have any money. Under capitalism.. in reality.. Capitalism only suceeds in making a small minority of the population rich.. the rest end up poor... some not even knowing when there next meal comes from.
It is capitalism which is incompatible with democracy.. for big business always gets into office over the man who actually has interests in helping the people.
[edit on 2-12-2004 by RedOctober90]
[edit on 2-12-2004 by RedOctober90]