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11-16-2009, 04:14 PM
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I am being constructive, by noting that I don't give two ****s about what the Brits think of our system. When my great-great-grandfather left England in the mid-1800's to come to North America, my concern for what the Brits feel about America's internal issues ended.
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This is why much of the rest of the world dislikes the US.
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11-16-2009, 04:20 PM
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This is why much of the rest of the world dislikes the US.
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And you think that is a bad thing. Which is why so much of the world quietly laughs at us.
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11-16-2009, 04:54 PM
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The reason I brought this up in that I have been told by many people, opposed to the public option, that the health care in the UK is terrible and that are system is so superior in every way. I asked for an opinion from someone who lives under their system .
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The problem being is you're getting an opinion of living under one system but not the other, so you're left with their impression of what the system is, and its commonly positioned as "show your credit card to the ambulance driver or be abandoned" by defenders of the NHS.
I bet they had health insurance for their US visit!
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11-16-2009, 05:03 PM
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The problem being is you're getting an opinion of living under one system but not the other, so you're left with their impression of what the system is, and its commonly positioned as "show your credit card to the ambulance driver or be abandoned" by defenders of the NHS.
I bet they had health insurance for their US visit!
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Absolutely. They are not stupid people, they can afford private insurance in the UK and they have it for when they want to get elective procedures or special care.
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11-16-2009, 05:11 PM
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This is why much of the rest of the world dislikes the US.
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Yet bunches of them want to come here.
Besides, wasn't tMessiah supposed to change all of that?
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11-16-2009, 05:39 PM
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11%? Is that all?
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11-16-2009, 05:44 PM
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11%? Is that all?
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no
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11-16-2009, 06:24 PM
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Zakath and SBSpartan, you two are amazing. The OP just related his story from someone who actually lives in Great Britain and all you can do is pile on hate and racist language. At least try to be constructive. Otherwise why even post if you have nothing to add?
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It's interesting. A few months ago, I posted a story about my experiences from people who actually live in GB and the thread got deleted. It's interesting how some threads survive and others don't, despite their apparent similarities 
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11-16-2009, 06:28 PM
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It's interesting. A few months ago, I posted a story about my experiences from people who actually live in GB and the thread got deleted. It's interesting how some threads survive and others don't, despite their apparent similarities |
Then quit posting.
Damn all you do is whine. Do you do this at work too?
What a freakin ' crybaby.
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11-16-2009, 06:32 PM
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Then quit posting.
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Nah, I think I'll continue posting.
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Damn all you do is whine. Do you do this at work too?
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As a general rule of thumb, I'd have to say yes.
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What a freakin ' crybaby.
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I guess you haven't read your own posts 
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11-17-2009, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Zakath
I am being constructive, by noting that I don't give two ****s about what the Brits think of our system. When my great-great-grandfather left England in the mid-1800's to come to North America, my concern for what the Brits feel about America's internal issues ended.
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This is so Republican. We aren't a community of nations, we are 'know-it-all's' trying to go it alone. That was the Bush administration in a nutshell.
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11-17-2009, 03:29 PM
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missing the point, obviously.
people who hated on Bush shouldn't wonder why people are hating on Obama  |
Difference is that Bush didn't start with the hatred that Obama did. Bush brought it on himself.
I truthfully think that guys like you bob hate on Obama simply because people hated on Bush.
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11-17-2009, 06:21 PM
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This is so Republican. We aren't a community of nations, we are 'know-it-all's' trying to go it alone. That was the Bush administration in a nutshell.
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Wow, are you a putz.
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11-17-2009, 06:27 PM
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tuffbob doesn't like Obama because he is part of the Chicago machine. I think 
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11-17-2009, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Fla. Spartan 79
and they asked me why there is so much hate spewed by the people who voted against Obama. They went out earlier in the week with some other people who were so angry about Obama's presidency that they were perplexed with that type of attitude. I explained that the health care issue was hotly debated and I asked them about the National Health Care in their country and if they want to go to a system similar to ours. The answer was no thank you. Wayne's take on our system was it is good for those who have money but not for the average guy. He said health care cost about 11% of their gross income but there are no additional fees or deductables. They like their system better even with the flaws.
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So you went out to dinner with a couple of British libs. And they were shocked about Obama's treatment.
Did you ever stop to point out that the venom against George W. Bush was just as bad, if not worse, than what Obama was facing?
Probably not, otherwise you wouldn't have started this moronic thread.
All things being equal, of course.
My, I love lefty circle-jerks! 
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11-17-2009, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Booyah
This is so Republican. We aren't a community of nations, we are 'know-it-all's' trying to go it alone. That was the Bush administration in a nutshell.
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EXACTLY...We're currently not a "community of nations".
We are individual nations that may or may not have cultural, ethnic, ideological or religious similarities.
While we've shared strong civilizational ties over the past two to three centuries, the past seventy odd years have demonstrated a particular zenith in our collective relations...
I'm guessing that changes in the not too distant future (10-15 years). And NOT because our erstwhile NATO aliies choose to disassociate with US, but because WE realize that said allies are no longer allies regarding culture, ethnicity or religion. And therefore, most importantly, about ideology.
Amsterdam in 2030 is a totally different place than today. Ditto Rotterdam, Brussels, Marseilles, Strasburg, Paris, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg, Sheffield, Birmingham, London and whatnot.
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(In Europe) The coming decade will witness the war between the values of Islam and the secular “values” of the decadent, hedonistic post-Marxist Left. We have seen the assassinations of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh, last November’s prelude to the French civil war, the Danish cartoon case. This is just the beginning of the beginning. I do not consider myself a pessimist, merely a realist. It is quite clear who is going to lose – and whose fault that will be. - Paul Belien 022206
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