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Why is it Cool to vote for Obama?

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i'm going to ask the Americans the question again.

how many have lived (as in spent more than a month) outside of America?

Charlie,

Are you ready to be shocked? One year in Jarkata and one in Doha. Each stay made me appreciate the US that much more and made me rethink my career.

J
 
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Charlie,

Again your point is not correct. If my tax money goes to it and I have the right to influence via letters to my representatives and voting on it, then yes my opininon matters. It matters much more than yours on where my tax money goes.

When you become an American, then by all means stand on your soap box in the middle of DC and spout all the socialist ideaology you want. Until then, I and many other American citizens don't care.

J

and thats the difference! other 1st world countries DO care how they affect the world. America just dosent give a danm. being a completly self centered society is not something to aspire too.
 
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and thats the difference! other 1st world countries DO care how they affect the world. America just dosent give a danm. being a completly self centered society is not something to aspire too.
Careful with the generalisations. Many American's do give a damn how they affect the world, in fact probably most. Unfortunately some see themselves as the world police who should act as they see fit without concern for the opinions of the rest of the world, however.
 
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Careful with the generalisations. Many American's do give a damn how they affect the world, in fact probably most. Unfortunately some see themselves as the world police who should act as they see fit without concern for the opinions of the rest of the world, however.

true, good point and reps for it.

but the problem the world currently faces with them acting like the world's police, is they see themselves accountable to no one. UN says no to a war? heck, lets go in anyway. The American government has spat in the face of the free world on more than one occasion in the past 8 years. But when Russia trys it!!! then there's hell to pay.
 
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nah, its just the issue(s) that the Republican supporters and members just keep comming back to time and time again in the face of more important issues, like you did. Obama said that some of you folk retreat to guns and religion (of the fundamentalist varity) because that's exactly what happens! well spoken Obama, another insightful yet obvious statement.

Obama by world standards is not far left at all, he's barely centre left. The whole sphere of american politics is shifted so far to the right

^_^^_^^_^^_^ HAHAHAHAHA!!! You crack me up Charlie..

You are the type liberal that thinks that the Left is not DEGENERATE enough.., its people like you that want to take it to a whole nother level.. pretty sure you support Obama's Sex Ed for Kindergarten dontcha?!!!

I'll tell you what, I don't think that America is without Fault at all in the world, but neither do I think America is this Evil Empire that wants to subjugate the World and convert them by the Sword. Last time I checked, it's Islamofascists and their leftist Supporters that want to do that. You know, kidnapping and cutting people's heads off and running planes into buildings killing innocent people, oh but that's right, you probably think Bush created 9-11 right... LOL
 
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^_^^_^^_^^_^ HAHAHAHAHA!!! You crack me up Charlie..

You are the type liberal that thinks that the Left is not DEGENERATE enough.., its people like you that want to take it to a whole nother level.. pretty sure you support Obama's Sex Ed for Kindergarten dontcha?!!!

I'll tell you what, I don't think that America is without Fault at all in the world, but neither do I think America is this Evil Empire that wants to subjugate the World and convert them by the Sword. Last time I checked, it's Islamofascists and their leftist Supporters that want to do that. You know, kidnapping and cutting people's heads off and running planes into buildings killing innocent people, oh but that's right, you probably think Bush created 9-11 right... LOL


a whole nother level? right, world education time. You think a basic sex ed for 6 year olds is a bad thing? heck, i wanted to know where babies came from at that age and yes they should be taught, if i can remember right, i was taught about sex at that age. Whats the concern? that the 6 year olds are going to start having sex? Palin did a great job at educating her kids about sex didnt she (low blow, but i couldnt resist :D) but anyway, to put it in perspective about where other countries fit in. I met a girl from Iceland who said that at age 14 they got taught how to masturabate as part of state school sex ed. When Obama starts proposing that type of sex ed, then come back to me.

Being in America i'm guessing you cant see the tree for the wood. you get a clearer picture of something when you take a step back. America is VERY conservative by world standards for a 1st world country. the only other countries that come close to having a moral and religious agenda as promanant and infulencial as america is Saudi Arabia and Iran. America's left wing looks like our right wing.

Kidnapping, cutting peoples heads off and bombing buildings beliving they're on a quest set by God? not much different from waterboarding, electracuting, sexually abusing and the cold blooded murdering that has been happening in the Iraq war, a quest that George Bush believes is from God. there's really no difference except the budgets involved.
 
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How much more Left do you want Obama to be? LOL

the guy votes far left in almost everything, he has no Allegiance whatsoever to America, his wife has said she only recently started being proud of America because Barry was nominated, Hillary and other people have lawsuits going against Barry because he isn't technically a U.S. Citizen, he doesn't think America is a great country at all, and he has slipped up about his "Muslim faith" on numerous occasions.. I would at least think that Hillary would be a better President than Obama because at least I know where her allegiance is, but with Barry you get no such thing, he is a Radical through and through, so are his friends, and his former Spiritual Mentor may as well have been Yusef Bey, the now deceased leader of the Your Black Muslim Bakery fame Black Supremacists.
 
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McCain wants to keep the Free Trade agreements with Mexico and Canada, eroding the middle classes ability to have good paying blue collar work.

Obama wants a para-military civilian force that is equally funded as the military to help fight the war on terror on American Soil.

Both have ideas that undermine the civil liberties of the common American and North American (except Mexico), and therefore they are just as bad and the other!

Woot, no reason to vote for either of them!
 
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McCain wants to keep the Free Trade agreements with Mexico and Canada, eroding the middle classes ability to have good paying blue collar work.

Obama wants a para-military civilian force that is equally funded as the military to help fight the war on terror on American Soil.

Both have ideas that undermine the civil liberties of the common American and North American (except Mexico), and therefore they are just as bad and the other!

Woot, no reason to vote for either of them!


But what will a vote for neither achieve? dissasociation for politics is a bad thing. the repressive forces of the world want people to stay uninvolved.
 
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Kidnapping, cutting peoples heads off and bombing buildings beliving they're on a quest set by God? not much different from waterboarding, electracuting, sexually abusing and the cold blooded murdering that has been happening in the Iraq war, a quest that George Bush believes is from God. there's really no difference except the budgets involved.
Yeah, keep smokin' that . . . whatever it is.
 
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But what will a vote for neither achieve? dissasociation for politics is a bad thing. the repressive forces of the world want people to stay uninvolved.

Luckily, as you will find out, I'm Canadian. However, the election here in Canada, I have the same situation. I have a reason why I will not vote for any of the political parties there.

Oh, but I plan on being involved in the democratic process though. I will make sure each local candidate will be held accountable for the actions and platforms of each political party.

How I wish the politicians of the land wouldn't pander to their corporate buddies, and actually make laws that make sense for our nations, instead of working against the people!
 
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Because we can't let the conservative side have a fair shake, can we?

I watched a 7 minute news story on Fox News that said that Mass Effect had turned the Xbox 360 to the XXXbox because it had a 10 second scene where the main character makes love with the love interest, in a game that takes a minimum of 30 hours, and more likely 60-100 hours to play out!

Yup, fair and balanced! LOL!
 
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I watched a 7 minute news story on Fox News that said that Mass Effect had turned the Xbox 360 to the XXXbox because it had a 10 second scene where the main character makes love with the love interest, in a game that takes a minimum of 30 hours, and more likely 60-100 hours to play out!

Yup, fair and balanced! LOL!
Yes, because stories like this are typical of their political coverage. I forgot.

Ed Rendell, John Kerry, and other prominent Democrats have attested to the fair treatment that they and candidates they support from Fox.
 
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Yes, because stories like this are typical of their political coverage. I forgot.

Ed Rendell, John Kerry, and other prominent Democrats have attested to the fair treatment that they and candidates they support from Fox.

BTW, all 90 per cent of major news channels are owned by 5 or 6 corporations. Yup, that is a fair balanced of the views for all corporate media. I'd rather read a blog from a good journalist who thinks about all the angels in a fair and balanced way than watch Corrupt News Network (CNN) or Faux News!
 
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BTW, all 90 per cent of major news channels are owned by 5 or 6 corporations. Yup, that is a fair balanced of the views for all corporate media. I'd rather read a blog from a good journalist who thinks about all the angels in a fair and balanced way than watch Corrupt News Network (CNN) or Faux News!
Let me guess, you're a GNN person. If it ain't Communist, it ain't fair and balanced!
 
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