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Thank you for the clarification. It seems that I was not doing a very good job of making the point. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

Did you miss the part of my post where I wrote or did you intentionally ignore it?And, yes he is, he is calling every 'American' including himself stupid for having voted for a stupid President. When former President Clinton was in office, I disliked him very much but I never insulted him while he was in office, and I never allowed people, I knew, to insult him around me. He was our President after all and if nothing else the Office he represented deserved respect. I might, when angry, insult him now, but he no longer sits in that office. If I did insult him now I would of course be guilty of the same bad manners that I have complained about in others. On the other hand, Canada has had several leaders that I didn't like or respect, however I have never insulted any of those leaders nor will I insult any of those leaders. To do so would be to insult the people of Canada. This has nothing to do with "for us or against us", it has to do with manners and civility, which it seems that nowdays many people don't believe in. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

I think you are comparing apples to oranges. Hitler was our enemy and I find nothing wrong with insulting our enemies and the countries that support them. I see nothing wrong with insulting the leaders of countries like North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Syria and others of their ilk. Their people have allowed them to take power or maintain power and any reflected insult on them is fine with me. It was, however, my belief that Canada and the United States are friends and to a certain point allies. Perhaps you feel that they are not. The people of the United States elected President Bush to office just like the people of Canada elected their Prime Minister to office. It's one thing for 'Americans' to insult their President or for Canadians to insult their Prime Minister, but something else entirely for so called friends to insult the others leaders. When a Canadian calls President Bush stupid that Canadian is also calling every 'American' who voted for him stupid for having voted for him. I may not like a friend's mother but I am not going to insult her, especiually to that friend's face. It would be extremely impolite and it might end the friendship. I never got along with my mother but if a friend had insulted her I would have felt it my duty to make that ex friend regret it. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

1. The British left the city of Basra not the area. They have not called back their troups and can be back in Basra, if needed, withing hours if not minutes. 2. A Senator, who if innocent, that is dumb enough to plead guilty to a lessor charge hoping everything will go away is too dumb to be one of anyone's own. If he was guilty then he does not deserve to call himself a Republican. Either way he proved that he is not worthy of representing the Republican Party. Republican voters have higher standards than Democrats and we expect our representatives to maintain those standards. If they don't we don't try to cover for them. 3. John Edwards is one of the mistakes I was writing about earlier. He has moved so far to the left that he is alienating the entire center and right of the United States. He may make the Democratic party far left base happy, but what about everyone else. I don't believe that you can win an election appealing to only one section of the population. The odds of Edwards winning a national election are about the same as the odds of Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo winning. Edwards is too far to the left and Duncan and Tancredo are both too far to the right. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

We speak American in the United States. People still call it English but it has morphed into American. We are no longer a part of the British Commonwealth. The United States is an independent country with its own language and it's own spelling. Additionally, even the English (British) don't spell words the same as they did in the past. I apologize for my ignorance but don't some Canadians also speak French and don't many Canadians also speak a combination of French, English and American? If that is true and since you say you don't have your own language, wouldn't the spelling of the word be based on the country it comes from.

Posted by gc1765 Just because others do it does not make it right or proper. Many people use bad manners due to a lack of education (I'm not talking about scolastic education). If I read a post where the Prime Minister of Canada was insulted, by a poster from the United States, I would say the same thing. When you insult the leaders of a country you are insulting the country itself. Additionally those of you that took debate or public speaking in school should have learned that the use of insults does not make a winning argument. Posted by jbg I never complain about spelling because I am such a bad speller. Additionally, since I have only one hand to type with I make numerous errors, but I think I get your drift. In fact I have made a reply to your linked topic. As far as a book goes. I am and always have been a talker and not a writer, even writing posts to forums is difficult for me. My forte is and was guestion and answer. A short introduction (15 to 20 minutes) to the topic and a long question and answer period. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

It's funny how some citizens of other countries make fun of the President of the United States. If people in the United States made fun of leaders of other countries those same people would be screaming their heads off over the insult. By the way the United States is a country of 300 plus million. I have heard nuclear pronounced at least six different ways. I mispronounced that word wrong for years and I still goof it every once in a while. Before I retired I made a large amount of money giving lectures and seminars to attorneys and businesspeople, however I grew up in a part of the country where nuclear was pronounced nuclier and realtor was pronounced realitor, etc.. I guess everyone in Canada pronounces every word the same way and they always pronounce everything perfectly. That's why some of you feel that you can insult our President. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

I doubt it. There is much that can happen before the elections and some people may not get what they wish for. The Democrats are making too many mistakes, the economy is going well and many people will end up being suprised when the war in Iraq starts turning around. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com

Lucky for the United States, only United States citizens registered to vote in the United States can vote in our elections. I doubt that the United States will see Barack Obama or Ron Paul as our next President. Mike Richardson forums.resourcesforattorneys.com