politics

localmotion34 · Post by **localmotion34** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:54 am

i am curious to hear what politics are like in other countries, from the point of view of peers in PB who are citizens of other nations. is the US the common joke out there, a joke of how divided our country is on many topics? do your freinds see the US as the world police? i just read the news and read AOL messageboards and america is horribly divided. what do you guys think of george W bush? what are the political parties like for you? are your campaigns as much mud-slinging as our US presidential campaign is? i just want to hear the opinions of citizens and not read it in a book.

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:26 am

The US is a pretty common joke where I'm from............California

localmotion34 · Post by **localmotion34** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:28 am

are you a "girlie man" or what out there. lmho.

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:30 am

*cries*

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 10:27 am

IMHO GW Bush is a person without any vision or opinion....

I'm pretty sure there's a someone else pulling his strings in the backstage.

When i see an interview with him, he looks like a bad actor reading pre-made answers.

The big picture his, someone else runs the show and he was put in power because he his controlable and is used to serve other interests.

Here in Portugal our Republic works on a diferent way, the President does not run the show, he has the power to control only the Republic Assembly and he acts has a representant of our country, he's Big Brother to all others.

It's the Republic Assembly (built with chaimans and Ministers, elected directly) that controls all.

Other than that all is the same...

We have a saying here in Portugal: "the shit is the same only the flyes change..."

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:17 pm

Well, according to US propiganda, we are the only free country in the world...*laughs*.... And, we are the 'watchdog' for the world....*ROFLMAO*... What makes me sick is we're not anywhere close to a democracy... We're just a dictatorship with the 'speed' of a pure democracy

Personally, I'm looking for a way out of the country, but try saving anything in this economy!
Anybody have a spare room for a US refugee?

Here's something fun and educational:
Play the Bush Game
Download It (and play fullscreen)

freedimension · Post by **freedimension** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:56 pm

PolyVector wrote:Well, according to US propiganda, we are the only free country in the world...*laughs*.... And, we are the 'watchdog' for the world....*ROFLMAO*... What makes me sick is we're not anywhere close to a democracy... We're just a dictatorship with the 'speed' of a pure democracy

Bush should be called in front of the war criminal tribunal in Den Haag for his sending troops to iraq. Who delivered the weapons and who trained those "enemy combatants"? The iraqi people? LOL
Well, that's only my 2ct

Personally, I'm looking for a way out of the country, but try saving anything in this economy!
Anybody have a spare room for a US refugee?

Well, I would like to say that you're welcome here in Germany but lately things develop just like in the USA. Employees get blackmailed by the industry. Longer working time and less money or we will go to Poland or Czechia (that is nearly the same as with Mexico, the USA and the NAFTA).

At the moment they are planning to trim our civil rights with DRM and Software Patents and the like. I could vomit more then I've eaten today.

Post by **Dare2** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:42 pm

This is a brave topic!

I'll be brave.

Take the most powerful nation the world has ever seen.

Add massive amounts of international sympathy, goodwill, and support (after 9/11).

Watch one administration squander the lot.

(I wonder if, in America, people realise what damage has been done to their country, tangible and intangible)?

It is a bit like having the most prestigeous restaurant prepare an absolute gourmet's delight - and then drop in some dog turds to add variety.

Fire the chef. Fire the kitchen staff.

I hope we fire our own culinary crew this election. (Even though they are usually my own preferred party). Then we should deport them to the states, because they obviously became US citizens somewhere along the way.

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 10:20 pm

All right GOD saved the world !!!

I finished the game, Bush went LA LA LAND

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:47 pm

It's amazing what can be done in flash these days

NoahPhense · Post by **NoahPhense** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:43 am

eww politics... That borders reality..

- np

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:42 am

my interest in politics has dropped below zero

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:27 am

for those who still haven't decided how to vote...

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the.weavster · Post by **the.weavster** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:36 pm

After 9/11 there were candle-lit vigils in the streets of Iran.
Did any Americans posting here know that?
I am not having a go at anyone, I just want to know if it was reported there.

When I was at school the Iran/Iraq war was going on. As the Ayatollah was using children as young as 12 to be soldiers those who could afford to sent their children out of Iran.

I went to a small Private school in Cambridge England and I would estimate approx 20% of the pupils at that time were Iranian.

Codemonger · Post by **Codemonger** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:05 am

the.weavster wrote:After 9/11 there were candle-lit vigils in the streets of Iran.
Did any Americans posting here know that?
I am not having a go at anyone, I just want to know if it was reported there.

When I was at school the Iran/Iraq war was going on. As the Ayatollah was using children as young as 12 to be soldiers those who could afford to sent their children out of Iran.

I went to a small Private school in Cambridge England and I would estimate approx 20% of the pupils at that time were Iranian.

Didn't know that. In Canada we mostly get American News (on cable) ... Anyway that's all I watch. The US is so Isolated as a world nation it's not even funny. Americans are very uneducated in World Affairs in general.

Almost 90% of Americans don't even know where Canada is, let alone that it's a country (we are the second largest land mass as a country in the world, hard to miss). Being the world leaders how could you trust a nation that wanted to pass laws to ban the name French Fries because France disagreed with their foreign policy. Then it becomes clear ... It will be the Americans to end the world, not terrorists, not crazy countries like North Korea, and not Brutal Dictators. It will be Americans. If they can't have it for themselves, then they'll blow it up (the world that is). Not Globalization, Americanization.

Oh BTW I'm not some liberal democrat type ... If I was in the states I would consider myself a Rebublican. I believe in war, death penalty, and less government. I just think most Americans are nuts, thats all.