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In reply to the discussion: So, I'm in Yosemite this week, talking to a Dutch Woman there with her family [View all]
whathehell
(30,470 posts)161. Um, yes. I think so.
Last edited Sat Aug 25, 2012, 09:02 AM - Edit history (1)
and If you think the whole country is now completely non-functional and incompetent in everything
from medicine to firefighting, because of some statistic on religion you read, you're either:
A. Living here and suffering an acute case of paranoia
B. Foreign, living elsewhere and so able to indulge in the most ludicrous anti-American fantasies.
In either case, your arrogance seems in inverse proportion to your knowledge and/or sanity. 
P.S. I acknowledged forty percent was too large a number in my first post, so "get that in your head"...duh.
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So, I'm in Yosemite this week, talking to a Dutch Woman there with her family [View all]
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Go back far enough in history and everyone has something truly despicable to account for..
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The willful ignorance in this country has become a quality too many like to brag about!
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I think there's more home ownership here, as well, at LEAST until the most recent foreclosure crisis
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It is coming - just like in about 30 years or less whites in America will be in the minority
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Thank you...Everyone but one in my immediate family has been to Europe at least once.
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Our "standard of living" is high, your are right if you mean for the 1%. Quite a lot of people
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#57
Unless you imagine racial superiority and genocide to symbolize "enlightenment".
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Thank the republican party for allowing the teavangelicas to take over their party.
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Nice try, honey, but hidden posts are only accounted for in 90 day increments.
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I think they believe in the placebo effect, and the placebo is "whatever works for the patient."
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Bullshit...They're being BRAINWASHED by those with a vested financial interest in private insurance
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To be fair, I doubt she would have said it if she knew 7000 people would read it.
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