jbg Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Britain was hardly s little guy In WWI it was head of the largest empire in history.My point is that the American people, the base of the democracy pyramid, are directly accessible to be lobbied. The North Koreans and residents of ISIS not so much. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Wilber Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 My point is that the American people, the base of the democracy pyramid, are directly accessible to be lobbied. The North Koreans and residents of ISIS not so much. Do you really believe the small countries of this world have the resources to do that? Get real. Why should they have to lobby Americans in the first place? Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
jbg Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Do you really believe the small countries of this world have the resources to do that? Get real. Why should they have to lobby Americans in the first place?The point is that they can. The U.S. is not about to be bound by the U.N., period. We need to be done with that cesspool of corruption, waste and hypocrisy. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Wilber Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 The point is that they can. The U.S. is not about to be bound by the U.N., period. We need to be done with that cesspool of corruption, waste and hypocrisy. You answer to no one. Others answer to you. Got it. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
jbg Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 You answer to no one. Others answer to you. Got it.If that's how you want to view it that's fine with me. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Wilber Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 If that's how you want to view it that's fine with me. I think that's the way you view it. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 You answer to no one. Others answer to you. Got it. Sure...and Haiti answers to Canada. Big fish...little fish. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Sure...and Haiti answers to Canada. Big fish...little fish. Is all you got this ridiculous Haiti issue you keep on flogging over and over. I guess you like a Haiti circle jerk for some strange reason. Quote
Wilber Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Sure...and Haiti answers to Canada. Big fish...little fish. Canada's only involvement in Haiti outside of the UN has been humanitarian aid. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Canada's only involvement in Haiti outside of the UN has been humanitarian aid. I think you really believe that. That's OK. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Canada's only involvement in Haiti outside of the UN has been humanitarian aid. He seems to have issues with the fact his namesakes are war criminals so we get a lot of spurious lashing out. I see they have just opened up a new school in Haiti which is named after a Canadian police office who died while on a humanitarian project when the earthquake hit. Quote
jbg Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 He seems to have issues with the fact his namesakes are war criminals so we get a lot of spurious lashing out. I see they have just opened up a new school in Haiti which is named after a Canadian police office who died while on a humanitarian project when the earthquake hit.I bet you don't know which country opened the first mobile hospital in Haiti, and the Philippines, after the earthquake and typhoon. Hint, it was not Canada. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
GostHacked Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 I bet you don't know which country opened the first mobile hospital in Haiti, and the Philippines, after the earthquake and typhoon. Hint, it was not Canada. Canada could not get the aide to Haiti. Mainly because the US aircraft plugged the airport when they arrived and barely anyone else could get in. Quote
dre Posted October 14, 2014 Report Posted October 14, 2014 Internal politics and the need for support by an educated, toting citizenry is a very large restraint. So is an active free press. There are also institutions such as religious and political organizations with a voice. Do any of these exist in so-called "rogue" nations such as North Korea, Iran, IS, etc? Educated citizenry? BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Would that be the 6 in 10 that cant find Iraq on a map? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wheres-iraq-young-adults-dont-know/ So is an active free press. ROFLMAO! You know what Americans heard when they tuned into the nations number one news channel prior to the invasion? "We're going to go in and we're going to liberate this country in a few weeks and it's going to be over very quickly. No, it's going to be over very quickly. And what I'm going to tell you here is, you're going to find, I predict, mass graves. We're going to open up those -- hang on, let me finish -- those gulags and those prisons and you're going to hear stories of rape and torture and misery, and then we're going to find all of the weapons of mass destruction that all of you guys on the left say don't exist." Educated Citizenry? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 1. Only 45% of Americans were able to correctly identify what the initials in GOP stood for: Grand Old Party. Other popular guesses were Government of the People and God’s Own Party. Republicans obviously scored much better than Democrats did on this answer. [source] 2. 55% of Americans believe that Christianity was written into the Constitution and that the founding fathers wanted One Nation Under Jesus. This includes 75% of Republicans and Evangelicals. [source] 3. Although a “relatively” high 40% of people were able to name all three of the United States branches of government — executive, legislative and judicial — a far lower percentage knew the length of a Senator’s term. Just 25% responded that a Senator’s term stretches for six years. Even less, 20%, knew how many Senators there were. [source] 4. Americans are known to pick recent heads of state as among the best president in history, which is why Clinton and Reagan regularly rank higher than Lincoln, FDR and Washington. However, Hoover used to routinely top polls of the worst, but today, just 43% of Americans knew who he was, according to statistics from the University of Pennsylvania. [source] 5. When asked on what year 9/11 took place, 30% of Americans were unable to answer the question correctly, even as few as five years after the attack. This was according to a Washington Post poll conducted in 2006. . [source] 6. It’s not shocking that 80% of Americans believe that there is life out there somewhere, because it’s hard to look at a vast universe and think we’re completely alone. But another 1 in 5 allege that an alien life form has abducted a friend or family member of theirs, which based on population estimates of around 300 million means that a lot of fucking people have been probed. [source] 7. When looking at a map of the world, young Americans had a difficult time correctly identifying Iraq (1 in 7) and Afghanistan (17%). This isn’t that surprising, but only a slim majority (51%) knew where New York was. According to Forbes and National Geographic, an alarming 29% couldn’t point to the Pacific Ocean. [source] 8. 25% of Americans were unable to identify the country from which America gained its independence. Although 19% stated that they were unsure, Gallup findings indicated that others stated answers varying from France to China. Older folks scored much better than young people on this question, as a third of those 18-29 were unable to come up with the correct answer. [source] 9. Despite being a constant fixture in school curricula, another 30% of Americans didn’t know what the Holocaust was. Despite being some of the worst devastation in human history, Americans were unable to identify the country responsible: We were. Us. [source] 10. Even though we are a predominantly Christian country, only half of Americans knew that Judaism came before Christianity, because the words “Old Testament” are apparently very confusing in that regard. [source] 11. A surprisingly high percentage of Americans, 20%, believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth, instead of the opposite, aka. the correct answer. This is despite the fact that centuries of science have consistently proved otherwise. [source] 12. In 2011, Newsweek found that 29% of Americans were unable to correctly identify the current Vice President, Joe Biden, when asked to take a simple citizenship test. Although a relatively low 6% didn’t know when Independence Day was, a much, much higher percentage (73%) had no idea why we fought the Cold War. [source] 13. According to most polls, Americans didn’t know that Obamacare was scheduled to go into effect. Kaiser puts the number at 64%, whereas others say as few as 1 in 8. [source] 14. 2006 AP polls showed that a majority of Americans were unable to name more than one of the protections guaranteed in the first Amendment of the Constitution — which include speech, assembly, religion, press and “redress of grievance.” Just 1 in 1000 could name all of these five Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
jbg Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 Canada could not get the aide to Haiti. Mainly because the US aircraft plugged the airport when they arrived and barely anyone else could get in.The country is, of course, Israel. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
jbg Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 Educated citizenry? BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Would that be the 6 in 10 that cant find Iraq on a map? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wheres-iraq-young-adults-dont-know/ Well it was Rick Mercer telling our students that 90% of Canadian school students didn't know who their (Canada's) President was. That was a Canadian adult who didn't know his own political system. Name a Canadian province, provincial capital or major city. I bet you I'd find it on a map in less than a minute, and I am not even a Canadian. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
On Guard for Thee Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 Well it was Rick Mercer telling our students that 90% of Canadian school students didn't know who their (Canada's) President was. That was a Canadian adult who didn't know his own political system. Name a Canadian province, provincial capital or major city. I bet you I'd find it on a map in less than a minute, and I am not even a Canadian. You don't get Mercer's schtick that that's what he has always done to Americans. Believe me Rick knows the Canadian political system. OK, where is St. Jean? Quote
Bonam Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) So dre, reading through your list of American ignorances, I found this... 9. Despite being a constant fixture in school curricula, another 30% of Americans didn’t know what the Holocaust was. Despite being some of the worst devastation in human history, Americans were unable to identify the country responsible: We were. Us. [source] Not that I disagree with the general claim that the American public is ignorant on many issues, but whatever your source was seems to blame America (rather than Germany) for the Holocaust. This being obviously not correct does somewhat call into question the accuracy of the rest of the things quoted. Edited October 15, 2014 by Bonam Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 How would ignorance of an event shift blame for causing it? Quote
GostHacked Posted October 15, 2014 Report Posted October 15, 2014 The country is, of course, Israel. What does Israel have to do with Haiti? Do you have a certain Carly Simon song replaying in your head all day? Do you really think this thread is about you? Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? Quote
jbg Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 You don't get Mercer's schtick that that's what he has always done to Americans. Believe me Rick knows the Canadian political system. OK, where is St. Jean? No such major city. I would assume that Quebec has such a town or church. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
On Guard for Thee Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 No such major city. I would assume that Quebec has such a town or church. I fooled you by putting in the other official language. It's the capitol of NB. Quote
jbg Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 I fooled you by putting in the other official language. It's the capitol of NB.No. New Brunswick's capital is Frederickton. And I did not look that up. St. John may be their second city and in some twisted bi-lingual sense, NB being the only bi-lingual province maybe the city has two names. Even in twisted Quebec, largely Frenchified cities such as Sherbrooke have not been renamed. Stanstead, where I stayed overnight, would have to be rated as being truly bilingual but Sherbrooke not so much. And I did not google any of that information. And one other point. No Canadian city has a "capitol." Even Washington DC is the capital of the U.S. There is a building in Washington called the "Capitol." Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
On Guard for Thee Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 No. New Brunswick's capital is Frederickton. And I did not look that up. St. John may be their second city and in some twisted bi-lingual sense, NB being the only bi-lingual province maybe the city has two names. Even in twisted Quebec, largely Frenchified cities such as Sherbrooke have not been renamed. Stanstead, where I stayed overnight, would have to be rated as being truly bilingual but Sherbrooke not so much. And I did not google any of that information. And one other point. No Canadian city has a "capitol." Even Washington DC is the capital of the U.S. There is a building in Washington called the "Capitol." Sorry my bad, you are correct. St. John is the largest city. Quote
Smallc Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 Although Moncton has a bigger metro. Quote
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