tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post6330859777818493832..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Rights?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-41308561060797268022011-09-24T14:35:41.297+02:002011-09-24T14:35:41.297+02:00Actually, it comes from moving abroad when young.
...Actually, it comes from moving abroad when young.<br /><br />And my disappointment when I learned that the Second Amendment didn't mean that Americans were allowed to own machineguns at 11.<br /><br />That took the edge off of livingin in Britain.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-85611318430320673862011-09-24T09:10:44.736+02:002011-09-24T09:10:44.736+02:00Laci, You obviously weren't born and raised in...Laci, You obviously weren't born and raised in the U.S. of A. Back when I was a kid, and FWM too I'd imagine, we were indoctrinated with this jingoistic bullshit. It's deep in our brains and very difficult to eschew.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-48334424619535704102011-09-16T19:05:25.830+02:002011-09-16T19:05:25.830+02:00Superior in what regard?
Gun deaths? Naw, I thin...Superior in what regard?<br /><br />Gun deaths? Naw, I think either Afghanistan or Somalia tops the US right now for that, but if the Second Amendment types have their way the US will top them in that regard.<br /><br />Prison Population? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html" rel="nofollow">The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.</a> <br />Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment.<br /><br />Industrial capability? Seriously, FWM, haven't you heard that the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Chinese are manufacturing all of the steel parts for San Francisco's East Bay Bridge</a> because no US company can produce that much steel.<br /><br />Additionally, the Chinese pay their workers slave labour wages (i.e. US$8-12 a day).<br /><br />Of course, the Chinese are also building infrastructure at a level that the US can't match.<br /><br />And Solyndra? The Chinese have taken US technology and undercut the US.<br /><br />So, keep your hubris alive, FWM, the US is fast on the skids thanks to Conservative policies, it's the Only thing the US leads the world in at this time.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-44173832853156587152011-09-16T18:43:34.176+02:002011-09-16T18:43:34.176+02:00"One finds that rights are not as much of an ...<i>"One finds that rights are not as much of an issue in other countries as they are in the United States."</i><br /><br />Precisely. Which is why we stand superior to other nations.FatWhiteManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946272184958991397noreply@blogger.com