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gateley

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45. And what most fries me is that the masses have been brainwashed into believing

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:43 AM

Jan 2013

that OUR way is the BEST way in EVERYTHING, and the entire world envies us! I sure grew up believing that! And I think most people, who aren't paying attention, still do.

To be fair, in a government for the people by the people, that's how it should be.

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We just watch what they do, then do the opposite. [View all] Scuba Jan 2013 OP

The contrarian approach is successful because USA is controlled by "morans". nt SDjack Jan 2013 #1

The country is controlled by oligarchs that have dozen of think tanks. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #6

But we're exceptional truebluegreen Jan 2013 #2

Canada is in the same boat as the US. MAD Dave Jan 2013 #3

Thats because you elected a moron just like we did multiple times. stultusporcos Jan 2013 #10

nothing to do with morans; more to do with big money & big power operating behind the scenes. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #13

Sure thing Sparky Dubya was a frigging Einstein stultusporcos Jan 2013 #25

Yep, it's a shell game tavalon Jan 2013 #27

"...they don't want the same things you do." gateley Jan 2013 #40

I know tavalon Jan 2013 #26

As one from Scandinavian descent... longship Jan 2013 #4

Right on. :>) pangaia Jan 2013 #9

Yank yooo bery mouch WCGreen Jan 2013 #11

I can't get my car out of the garatts. longship Jan 2013 #12

in finland it's sa-oo-na. not in the US. loan words are almost nowhere pronounced exactly HiPointDem Jan 2013 #14

Fine. longship Jan 2013 #16

as i said, finnish has borrowed lots of words from other languages, and the finns pronounce them HiPointDem Jan 2013 #17

Some people in the US, who have no clue, pronounce it SAWnah Thor_MN Jan 2013 #18

some people make a big deal out of nothing. language isn't a fixed thing. the finns have borrowed HiPointDem Jan 2013 #20

What's with the personal insult? Thor_MN Jan 2013 #36

you lived in an area with finnish immigrants. that's why they pronounce it in the finnish way. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #37

I think I understand that you have some sort of bee up your bonnet Thor_MN Jan 2013 #41

the american pronunciation is the pronunciation of most americans. which is 'sawna'. pronouncing HiPointDem Jan 2013 #43

Who says that most americans prounouce it SAWnah? You? Maybe around you they do. Thor_MN Jan 2013 #44

I can attest to the Finish love of education. zeemike Jan 2013 #19

Suomalainens are mostly trilingual. longship Jan 2013 #21

Greeks and Hungarians also are often multilingual. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #35

And note that all of those failed American strategies are cornerstones of Conservativism. Squinch Jan 2013 #5

Endemically failed strategies are the prices we gladly pay for the joys of living in a right-wing- indepat Jan 2013 #7

with lots and lots and lots of 'weapons' pangaia Jan 2013 #8

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2013 #22

The one that most infuriates me is the last one. We send thieves to prison unless.. BlueJazz Jan 2013 #15

K&R woo me with science Jan 2013 #23

it's almost comical the way this country choses the exactly wrong solutions to its problems KG Jan 2013 #24

See my sig line IDemo Jan 2013 #28

Anyone actually know anyone in Washington DC to.. 99Forever Jan 2013 #29

Those countries are smaller and more cohesive treestar Jan 2013 #30

Doing the right thing is usually more difficult than not. Scuba Jan 2013 #31

It's more difficult here treestar Jan 2013 #46

Peculiar that we find certain things far easier than some other nations Fumesucker Jan 2013 #33

That's completely different treestar Jan 2013 #47

Yeah, cuz itz European Communist Socialist Nazis over there CanonRay Jan 2013 #32

Americans have become slaves to the bankers fascisthunter Jan 2013 #34

Kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #38

We refuse to learn from others who have successfully attempted what we're facing. gateley Jan 2013 #39

Health care and gun control come to mind. moondust Jan 2013 #42

And what most fries me is that the masses have been brainwashed into believing gateley Jan 2013 #45