>Hi Walter,
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>>>Keep talking, Perry. You're a poster child as to why no one with concerns for their country and it's future should ever vote leftist.
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>>Can someone please explain why all other western countries are far more leftish than even your own left wing and currently are doing far better than the US on about every front?? The US economy is bogged down under the ongoing war on terror .... (uh um), a tremendous dept to the asian express, the financial crisis on the house market, continueing outsourcing and devaluation of the dollar. The past 8 years has lost a lot of credibility on adhering human rights (ignoring the geneva convention), the lies arround starting the iraqi war. Further the milestone of having 1 percent of your citizens imprisoned and crime rates that makes some 3rd world countries jealous, the skyhigh gasprices, the 2 party political system (tight into the corporate world, rather than being independed), the media that are hardly independed (most of them are bound to a certain political party) and the overall willingness (or unability) to do anything progressive
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Haha, my daughter just returned from a 6 week excursion through Europe. She went from Amsterdam, to Spain, via Germany, Belgum, Austria, Italy, and Turkey. She said she hasd a great time, learned a lot, and would love to do it again. She also said the people over there don't bath but once a week. Dang! They don't have many of the amenities that we take for granted here in the US. Yet, I keep hearing all these people saying we should be more like Europeans. I think I'll keep my US citinship for a while longer.