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Asked 4 years ago
by Elven  Slovakia |
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Well i do, last time i checked it is the only country anyone can start with rags and end with riches....
In the U.S., Jammál or Tireice, up in the hood, can die as rich as Bill Gates. Think about all the rich U.S. icons, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Steve Jobs.... they all started out with shit, and look at them now...
Horatio Alger is a story.
Spoken like a (ah-hem) 17-year-old still living with mommy and daddy.
My daddy don't live with me.... He lives in Mexico and owns a business down there. And you know what, my parents are living the American Dream, the both started out in Hicklehood, Ohio [Cleveland], poorer then dirt, and know look at them, my mom be ball'n it up on the Westside, owns her own dermatology office, driving the Beemer, sporting the Master's Degree, and she did it all herself. She joined the military so she could get the fuck out of the boonies... There is no other country where every person has the ability to start with nothing and get rich....
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyThe boonies is a hickleberry place, white trash place, or blue collar place, whatever you want to call it. And the hicklehood is like Cleaveland, a mix of white trash and ghetto people....
And yep i probably will role in the money when i'm older, anyone here can get a college loan.... they'll give them to everybody and you don't have to pay them till after college.... and anyone can go to college, if you fuck up in high school or didn't get straight "A"s and "B"s, ok, brush it of and go to community college and then transfer to a state or University after community.... no one here has an excuse or any reason they can't go to college. The "i can't pay for it" or the "i don't have good grades" shit doesn't work here. It's not like Germany where only like the top 9%, or w/e, of the High School get to go on to college. Everyone can go here, the only excuse for someone who wants to go to college but doesn't go is laziness
I beg to differ. Alan Sugar for instance. All of the Beatles. Jack Cohen. I only make a couple of examples for illustative purposes, all British, all started with not very much, all doing pretty well for themselves.
But then just one more. My Gramps literally only had rags, built himself a little business, made more of himself than he ever could have imagined.
Don't belittle other countries, it's not necessary, your country speaks for itself, it doesn't need, nor should it want, people to make ignorant claims on its behalf.
ok that is one person.... in the U.S. EVERYONE can get into college, get a degree, and live a lavish life.... and by college i mean a University by U.K. standards, i know that college can be used very loosely in the U.K.... College is scene as more of a Luxury in Europe, something only for the rich and the kids who got straight "A"s
Man...that's 7 people, because I can't be bothered going through everyone. Everyone here has the opportunity to do just what they did too.
Yep, you're right, university was and to a certain degree still is for the academic elite - however we have a number of equivalent qualifications in a vast number of more vocational areas for people who probably don't want to stay in school. Also, most universities will accept students with considerably less than straight A's, some require C's, some will allow the odd D to creep in. As to it being for the rich, absolutely not. Apart from the fact that our university tuition fees are much lower (roughly around $6500 a year) there are student loans for everyone and anyone below a certain income gets free tuition anyway. In fact, it's only since 1997/98 that we had to pay tuition fees at all.
Believe me, I understand your point, and you are rightly proud of your country because there are many places where even basic schooling isn't available to all let alone the opportunities you describe, I just don't want you to be misinformed. We're pretty lucky in the UK too, if we work hard we can achieve anything.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyDonald Trump started out with nothing? His dad helped him start out with 6 million dollars. That isn't starting with shit in my opinion. Come on Cooljuno, learn a little backround on a subject before you run off at the mouth about it.
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nigga please, his daddy started as a construction worker.... and he grew up in Queens.... sounds like their just roll'n in the green.... His father and him lived the American Dream together by sell'n houses...
First of all, the word "nigga" is offensive and just shows off your immaturity. You weren't speaking of Donald Trump's father, you wrote "Donald Trump". Try and grow up or at least pretend to be an adult when you're talking to them. Perhaps the other children at your school think this kind of language makes you sound cool, but I can assure you that it makes you look like a fool on this forum.
Nigga is just a word to refer to a person.... your showing your ignorance of something you don't know.... just how the word "gay" has changed over the years, so has "nigga", time to update your mental dictionary...
Perhaps it is in junior high. But I'm not in junior high so I guess I'm not up on children's slang.
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well i don't know what their sayin' in junior high, because i as well am not in that either, but it must be a teen and young adult thing.... the 20-somethings do it too...
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[-1 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyUh ... AngnAndy are liberals. And where the HELL do you get off thinking that only right-wing neocons love their country? Pathetic.
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[2 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyOh no - ultimately we are secure as a government. And you're right - Bush has done NOTHING like what other nations have done to its citizenry. NOTHING.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyYou don't think that Bush has dragged kids out of the country and sent them to Iraq to be killed for his political views?
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyOur military is voluntary. But people volunteer believing their government will never misuse their blind loyalty. I believe this administration misused that blind loyalty for political and financial gain.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyThanks Silly. You took the words from my mouth. Once a person signs on to the military, generally under the guise that they will be serving to protect their country, they are required to do whatever the government decides with it. Those that do not agree with the government's decision are not allowed to quit. That is called desertion and is severely punishable by law.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyA conservative in UK is a left-leaning centrist in US politics. (lol) And I say that as a left-leaning centrist.
I've been attacked, to. But I've noticed when attacked by liberals I get case, point, case, point and am asked (vehemently at times) to explain, reason and defend my viewpoint. But I've noticed when I lob a leftist viewpoint I'm called names, unAmerican, and derogatory personal attacks slammed from the right.
Interesting how the sides differ in that respect, eh?
Silly, you and I both know that the name calling against anyone that disagrees with reactionary right wing political views is only a sign of weakness and a lack of able, open minded thinking.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyPlease do tell another country where there is unbendable freedom of speech. Most countries have more of a "freedom of POSITIVE speech", if i were to walk down the street with Nazi gear in Germany i would go to jail, that would not happen in the U.S. because i am entitled to unbendable freedom of speech. Many countries, including Canada, have laws against "hate speech", which doesn't seem like freedom of speech if you ask me....
I love it so much I want to see it do better.
I'm too scared to go there.
It is because of the government not the people.
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[-1 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyNow why was that necessary, I just dont understand an attack like that?????
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[-1 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyWhat is a lib ?
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[3 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI would go to China, Cuba and Russia.
Why, are you scared of freedom, would it be too much of a shock to experience it?
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[2 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI took exception to juno's comment, too. He asked of an Australian "Why, are you scared of freedom, would it be a shock to experience it?" That's sarcasm and nasty implications at its best. It was a quintessentially rude, American thing to say. And comments like that are what help spread the impression that Americans are not exactly in-touch with what's going on in other countries and the rest of the world.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI've watched them react and respond many times. When people start slamming from the right, they pretty much slam back from the left. It's just knee-jerk reactionarism at its best, and fun to watch in full force. I've rarely seen them start it unprovoked. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen them start it. And usually it starts after a conservative says something demeaning to a central or left viewpoint, and they attack in defense of the person AND the viewpoint. I've done that a few times, too.
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[2 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyThat's the fun I have, too, hanging out in the center, I mean. To the left, the center sounds right, to the right - the center sounds left. What I've found so interesting, however, is the left will give the center space, but you have to be about four ticks RIGHT of center before the right doesn't attack. (lol) Now, if you hit a center point where a LEFT is WAY left, that feels like an attack. Just don't take it personally, and recognize that most nasty words are just frustration. (lol)
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyJuno; We have freedom.
no you don't sweetie, that is just what your government tells you.... Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, look it up..... if you can't voice an opinion, you are not free.....
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyTake for instance this comment lobbed by a 17-year-old who lives with his mommy and daddy to a woman old enough to be his grandmother. This is the comment I would typically get out my razors over.
Have a look at the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 and the January 2007 amendments.(the law publication)
Are you trying to tell me that if you defame Donald Trump or Rupert Murdoch you will get away with it. Try that and you and your family will be living in boxes.
Do you remember the case of the Florida woman that was awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit.
Are you sure you can voice your opinion.
Aussie - honey, you should never, ever be afraid to come here. It's really wonderful. And our federal government has little to no power within our borders. Remember me telling you that? (lol)
Yes, maybe I've watched "Cops" too much.
lol - me too. Really, really bad export. (lol)
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyHey Aussie - I just finished watching an episode of Cops, HAD to pop back in here and tell you something. You know how it seems on every episode they will show two or three instances where there is a house that has 3 or 4 police cars in front of it and there's a big bust going down? I've only seen that once in my life. ONCE. And it was in a very small town. Turns out that the cops were all there because one of cops knew the guy who lived there, and he had just purchased a brand new plasma television. All the cops came over to see it. (lol) I could say, in all honesty, I only see the police in motion with their lights and sirens AVERAGING maybe once a week - and most of the time it's because they're trying to catch a speeder on the Interstate. (lol)
A year or so ago they filmed an episode of Cops here in Cincinnati. They spent two weeks riding around in police cruisers to get 1/2 hour of programming. And they don't just ride around with one cop. They usually have four or five camera teams riding with the same number of cruisers. And it seems every 1/2 hour only contains about three or four individual stories of something going down. I suspect the Cops camera teams spend most of their evening quite bored. (lol)
There is nothing to be afraid of Aussie--come on down..
Up.
OK
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It depends on the day, just like anywhere else.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user Replylol--must not like taters??
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[0 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplySelf-deprecating.
That's my favorite kind of humor.
I love it..
You have been isolated too long.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user Replyyou can't do that!!!! advocating hatred against any 'identifiable group' is an indictable offense under the Criminal Code of Canada.....
It hasn't been challenged properly under their highest court. The law was simply written to broadly. Happens all the time in the US, too.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI laughed my arse off! Still laughing about it. Considered getting one.
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyHe did, but the Christians think it was only because of them. (rofl) (sorry - that was tongue in cheek after reading ALL of the comments on this board)
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[1 point] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyAaron !!!! is this close to the most comments ?
After all the crap I've read above me, I just want to say that I love the USA. It's a beautiful country with many fabulous attractions, great culture and arts. I don't have to agree with the present political situation, or all of its laws to answer the question. It's a great country. All countries have some quirks. Most of the people I meet in the USA are really friendly, down to earth folks, just like in my country.
Yep. And I love Canada, too. And UK and Australia and I really, really can't think of a country I don't like. A few I'm suspicious of (lol), and a few more I wouldn't LIVE in (lol), but I really can't think of one I don't like.
I CAN however, think of a couple of states I don't like. I'm gonna HAVE to get one of those shirts ...
Yeah--me too..
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[0 points] 4 years ago by deleted user ReplyI would have never guessed all this would have developed out of a seemingly innocent question--I guess everything goes back to politics--shame!