I like how people try and pretend most of Europe is some horrible wasteland of communists, taking people’s guns away and censoring their press…
But, yet, I’ll probably be safer in the U.K…I can buy marijuana in Amsterdam…I could drink at 18…I’d have health coverage (without having to buy my own)…the BBC is much better than the majority of TV here…I could see boobies on quite a few European channels…
America certainly isn’t #1 in every category, but overall, it’s still the best place to live on Earth.
JMO
Yes, JYO.
I had a license for a few months when I was 16. Never got one again until last spring, didn’t really need one either. I turn 35 in June.
You should wait 'til after work and kick her ass.
Take it from Clint, world-traveler and polyglot extraordinaire, posting from --what is it? – Wichita, France?
Daniel
Kyla- How big is your cubicle/office? We need to know what size to send you.
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4/11 LA @ SF, 4/19, SF @ LA. I’ll have a Biersch for ya.
You could also show her a printout of that infamous “put down the damn dog Bush” salute.
Sure it is.
Oh. Is now when you tell me to love it or leave it?
Yutz.
Well, I like where I live, and no, the US doesn’t suck as a place to live. But then, I think it would be neat to visit other countries too.
Continuing the hijack:
I’m moving to Chicago, and the Giants are playing the Cubs at Wrigley on my birthday! Feel like making a roadtrip in July?
Funny, Clint in Wichita said in another thread that he’s never actually left the USA.
His authority on this subject is therefore entirely worthless.
Agreed.
As an American who has lived and worked around the world, I find America to be the best place on earth to live for me, but that may not be so for someone else. Every country has its attractions and annoyances, and it’s arrogant for Americans, especially know-nothing clodhoppers like Clint, to assume that our nation is necessarily superior to others. (I think it is, but that’s just me).
It’s called reading, dickheads…and I made it clear that I was simply stating my opinion. If you don’t like it, go fuck yourself.
Judging by the tone and content of your posts, you must have gotten your opinions from “Rush Limbaugh’s Guide to Them Danged Furriners.”
Reading is important, but it is no substitute for travel. A book can never make up for having boozy conversations with folks from other countries at a youth hostel in London or show you how to bargain with a tuk-tuk driver in Bangkok. A book can not convey the smell of incense at a Buddhist temple in Japan or the noise of an open-air market in Guatemala.
Look assknuckle, reading about the Eiffel Tower is nothing compared to actually standing at the observation deck on top of it. Reading about The Louvre is nothing compared to actually walking through it’s halls and actually catching a glimpse of Mona Lisa.
Reading about anything is utterly insignificant comapred to actually seeing/experiencing it.*
*Reading about what it’s like to get shot is of course an acceptable exception.
And simply traveling is not the same as living somewhere for an extended period of time.
BTW, I’m no conservative. Well, I guess I would be on this BB. I’ve never seen so many anti-American bleeding hearts in my life.
Since I spent 1993-1999 living and working in Asia, I’ll agree. You have neither traveled nor lived abroad, so that puts you well behind those of us who have.
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BTW, I’m no conservative. Well, I guess I would be on this BB. I’ve never seen so many anti-American bleeding hearts in my life.
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I don’t know what that has to do with your lack of knowledge about the rest of the world. If you’re calling ME an “anti-American bleeding heart,” BWAHAHAHA!
Well, for those of us who can’t afford to travel (hopefully SOMEDAY), all I can give my opinion on is the US.
Hell, I’ve barely left Pennsylvania!
I think using the phrase “anti-American bleeding heart” automatically qualifies you as a conservative.