TOTALLY GEEKED!

I don't think she ever said that.

flan

Lawyerlady wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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In any case. "the world is litigious" isn't American vernacular. It's an exaggeration.
For example we're not particularly litigious up here. If you win, you don't win much. If you lose, you have to pay for a large part of the other parties court costs.
So again...speak for yourself.

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America is the world - isn't that what everyone else accuses us of thinking? 

 

And you think that doctors being able to screw up without and redress available to patients is somehow better?  Yeah - you can have that. 

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Yes, dear. You are absolutely correct.

(Am I doing it right?) 

Well. Since America gives more than $50 billion in aid world wide.

More than any other country, including Canada.

Yeah. America pretty much is the world.

And that is not counting the emergency situations that come up and money and supplis are sent by the millions.

So maybe America and our way of doing things ain't so bad.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Wow. Do you really think you be so rudely condescending to LL?

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 Honestly, I don't think she knows how to be anything else.

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Wow. Do you really think you be so rudely condescending to LL?

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 Honestly, I don't think she knows how to be anything else.

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It's like dripping sarcasm of "oh, I am so much smarter than you' while simultaneously trying to play the victim. It's an art really.

What does that have to do with the pie in the sky????

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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I enjoy message boards where grown ups are capable of handling themselves and don't morph into 2 yr olds when they don't like the conversation.

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 Oh, you mean like "Oh, barf!"

That's a human reflex. A natural reaction to much of what you say.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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I enjoy message boards where grown ups are capable of handling themselves and don't morph into 2 yr olds when they don't like the conversation.

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 Oh, you mean like "Oh, barf!"

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Unlike you I don't run off crying to mods about how other posters are "mean". I can handle myself, thanks.

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Really? Which mean posters did I cry about? 

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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To say America is the world and it is a fact because we give billions of dollars to other countries is stupid. We are trillions of dollars in debt. We are giving away what we don't have. This line of thought is brilliant.

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 Did you ever stop to think something fishy is going on? 

If all that money and aid is going out annually,  perhaps things aren't as terrible as some would like us to think.

AMERICA keeps the world funded.

Yet so many want to complain about it.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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To say America is the world and it is a fact because we give billions of dollars to other countries is stupid. We are trillions of dollars in debt. We are giving away what we don't have. This line of thought is brilliant.

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 Did you ever stop to think something fishy is going on? 

If all that money and aid is going out annually,  perhaps things aren't as terrible as some would like us to think.

AMERICA keeps the world funded.

Yet so many want to complain about it.

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Yup. We should pull every DIME out of the UN and stop all the foreign Aid across the globe. Today.

Why does Canada take money from the US?

weltschmerz wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Why does Canada take money from the US?

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Kindly explain which money you're talking about. I know you still owe US money. When are we going to get it back? No cheques, please.

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The U.S. Government gave a total of $23,255,200 to Canada in 2012:

The aid was broken down in the following manner:
Economic

• Economic Support Fund/Security Support Assistance: $273,389
• Other Active Grant Programs: $22,979,511
• Other USDA Assistance: $2,300

 

weltschmerz wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Why does Canada take money from the US?

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Kindly explain which money you're talking about. I know you still owe US money. When are we going to get it back? No cheques, please.

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The U.S. Government gave a total of $23,255,200 to Canada in 2012:

The aid was broken down in the following manner:
Economic

• Economic Support Fund/Security Support Assistance: $273,389
• Other Active Grant Programs: $22,979,511
• Other USDA Assistance: $2,300

 

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Link, please.  

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http://us-foreign-aid.insidegov.com/q/30/1590/How-much-money-does-the-U-S-give-to-Canada 

Your $23,255,200 in 2012 was just a drop in the bucket. When are we getting the rest of it back?

weltschmerz wrote:

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Your $23,255,200 in 2012 was just a drop in the bucket. When are we getting the rest of it back?

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You're not... 

flan327 wrote:

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The problem is when Americans get SO defensive. It's a good country, but not a perfect one.

flan

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 Move to Canada. America would appreciate that.

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The world wants America when they need us. We save them from themselves and then they cry because they had to ask us in the first place. If we just stopped tomorrow what do you think will happen?

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Lol! Who is always there when you have a natural disaster? Who rescued your hostages? Who gave your planes a place to go, and welcomed you with open arms, food and lodging? Who brought your Apollo 13 astronauts back to earth?

 

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Well, Canada did get our hostages home. I know that for a fact.

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 When an in-flight explosion damaged NASA’s Apollo 13 spacecraft en route to the Moon, the manufacturer of the craft’s lunar module turned to  the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) for critical advice. 

“A group of us at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) were having a routine staff meeting when a telephone call came from the company that manufactured the lunar module,” recalls Ben Etkin, a now-retired UTIAS professor. “The company needed to tell NASA how to safely detach the lunar module from the command module and they wanted our help.”e University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) for critical advice.

http://www.aiac.ca/success-stories/utias-bringing-apollo-13-home.aspx

 

The way some people talk, you'd think the US is the only country which ever helps anyone, ever.

 

 

 

 

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I just remember watching the hostage thing on tv with my parents. I remember it very clearly.

Tinydancer wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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The world wants America when they need us. We save them from themselves and then they cry because they had to ask us in the first place. If we just stopped tomorrow what do you think will happen?

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Lol! Who is always there when you have a natural disaster? Who rescued your hostages? Who gave your planes a place to go, and welcomed you with open arms, food and lodging? Who brought your Apollo 13 astronauts back to earth?

 

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 Sure. I'll give you props for the hostage rescue but lets be honest. The world really doesn't expect much from you guys. It's easy to be loved when you're just an afterthought...lol

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We're happy, healthy, well-educated, with the strongest banking system, longer lifespans, wealthiest middle class and a budget surplus. 

If that's an afterthought, we'll take it. 

weltschmerz wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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The world wants America when they need us. We save them from themselves and then they cry because they had to ask us in the first place. If we just stopped tomorrow what do you think will happen?

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Lol! Who is always there when you have a natural disaster? Who rescued your hostages? Who gave your planes a place to go, and welcomed you with open arms, food and lodging? Who brought your Apollo 13 astronauts back to earth?

 

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 Sure. I'll give you props for the hostage rescue but lets be honest. The world really doesn't expect much from you guys. It's easy to be loved when you're just an afterthought...lol

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We're happy, healthy, well-educated, with the strongest banking system, longer lifespans, wealthiest middle class and a budget surplus. 

If that's an afterthought, we'll take it. 

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 But do you have carrot cake?

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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The world wants America when they need us. We save them from themselves and then they cry because they had to ask us in the first place. If we just stopped tomorrow what do you think will happen?

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Lol! Who is always there when you have a natural disaster? Who rescued your hostages? Who gave your planes a place to go, and welcomed you with open arms, food and lodging? Who brought your Apollo 13 astronauts back to earth?

 

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 Sure. I'll give you props for the hostage rescue but lets be honest. The world really doesn't expect much from you guys. It's easy to be loved when you're just an afterthought...lol

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We're happy, healthy, well-educated, with the strongest banking system, longer lifespans, wealthiest middle class and a budget surplus. 

If that's an afterthought, we'll take it. 

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 But do you have carrot cake?

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Mais oui, but we call it  Gâteau aux carottes.

As long as there is carrot cake I'm happy.