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Originally posted by Rikard:
Well i would say
Inflexible, Conservitive, closed
The Democrats are the most socialist party the US has and they are about as Socialist as our most right-winged Big Party
Also the way election goes in the US is outdated and from a period where the rioch felt that they should have the right to overrule the peoples vote
About Bush I'm even more negative
First of all there was the accident with the Chinese Airplain which he did not want to apologise for
Second the breakin of the Kyoto treaty which is terrible
Third the Anti-Missle defence
I'm to say it mildly
Not possitive about US politics
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I almost spit my coffee out when I read this. Where are you getting your info from my friend? The way we vote is outdated? First you say our Democrats are like socialists (which sounds like you think socialism is a good thing), then you say we have an outdated method of voting? I didn't know that socialists had an opportunity to vote. I'm sure they would have loved to know they could vote about 10 years ago in russia. Moving on from that, why is our method of voting outdated? It is relatively current I assure you. They are even talking about secure internet voting next election. I am guessing you might be referring to the electoral college, but in the history of our country, the electoral college has never varied it's vote from that of the populace.
Finally why the fu*k should we apologize to china about the spy plane thing? Are you watching Iraqi news or something instead of cnn? The collision happened in international air after a hotshot chinese mig pilot flew too close to the american craft and accidentally hit it. The fault was with the chinese for hitting an american plane flying over international waters. They should reimburse us or apologise to us not vice versa.
Someone mentioned earlier how they think that Americans are not well informed about world affairs. To be honest with you, speaking for myself, that's kinda true. I honestly don't have time to watch the news every day (I hate tv), and the only things I find out about the world politics are via the internet (cnn, & msnbc), and what I find out at these sites are usually found when I go there looking for something eles and I get intrigued by something and follow it down. Our country is so big that it's easy to get sucked into what's happening here and forget about everything else. Thats the honest truth. It's not that we don't care, but I think a lot of people think we should fix some of the problems we have here before we try to start focusing externally. All of you in Europe and other Eastern countries are a lot closer to each other then we are over here, so it's easier for you to keep the "global community" mindset.
That thing about not knowing Asian countries I find really hard to believe. Where did you find that? All these kids would have to do is look at the back of their watch and backpack. One's probably China, the other's Korea.
In general, I think that this thread has voiced some well spoken opinions and that nobody has slammed our country so far. I'm impressed, and lets try and keep it that way.
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[This message has been edited by MILAMBER (edited 09-05-2001).]