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I m sick of America, Where should i move.
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scorpNZ
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2. January 2007 @ 08:15 |
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Originally posted by mgrace47:
Excuse me, but I just have to respond to the person who says studies show that people who live in the Sunbelt are the happiest. What studies "prove" that claim?
Divorce rates are higher in Sunbelt states compared nationally, alcolohism & drug abuse are higher, wages are lower, living standards are lower, education levels are lower and the gap between rich & poor is among the highest in the nation. We won't even go down the road of intolerance. Just check out the numbers from the US Census report.
Sorry, but its a myth that life is somehow "better" in the Sunbelt states.
The poster is most probably referring to a study done last year on depression your more likley to suffer from it in winter than in summer something to do with daylight hours or whatever,as for the south being poorer,drug abuse etc,that would be more what concentration of race is there i would think,the underprivalaged are always over represented in one race or another the world over and us westeners like to think of ourselves civilised...lol...
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3. January 2007 @ 06:02 |
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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
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3. January 2007 @ 12:11 |
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Originally posted by lonernz:
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
true that..:)lol agree to this here.
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5. January 2007 @ 22:02 |
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Thats true but extremely off topic. Another country to look into would be Egypt,theres allot of history in that country.plus Anubis is just plain cool ^_~
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6. January 2007 @ 06:52 |
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screw leaving america... i'm in pennsylvania for the week, and this place is frickin' awesome...
...then again, maybe that's because the lady friend is here. ^.~
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6. January 2007 @ 15:13 |
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Yep. Thats the reason :P lol. I my self would actually like to visit the city Cynopolis (means City Of Dogs)in Egypt, it's the place where they worshiped Anpu (more commonly known as Anubis).
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6. January 2007 @ 15:42 |
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Canada is a great place, free health care too.
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23. January 2007 @ 06:07 |
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Oh well. Im done searching. I decided to live in Puerto Rico. It's the closest thing to America without certain things y'know?
I love it here! Thanks for all ur suggestions! I really appreciate it!!!
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23. January 2007 @ 06:15 |
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if everyone there is anything like my high school spanish teacher (puerto rico native), i'd never set foot there.
hope you enjoy, then. buena suerte.
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23. January 2007 @ 08:13 |
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Quote:
Oh well. Im done searching. I decided to live in Puerto Rico.
hell half of everyone there has come to the USA and the of half is trying to get here lol
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23. January 2007 @ 08:17 |
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they don't have to try. Puerto Ricans are American citizens. they don't vote and they don't pay taxes, but they get all the other perks.
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23. January 2007 @ 08:45 |
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Originally posted by Auslander:
they don't have to try. Puerto Ricans are American citizens. they don't vote and they don't pay taxes, but they get all the other perks.
Sounds alright to me. Not that I'd want to live there, though. I'm going to leave the UK when I'm older; I don't really like it here. Well... maybe. That's what I'd like; I may end up staying put. :-P
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23. January 2007 @ 10:35 |
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come to canada!!!
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23. January 2007 @ 10:39 |
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Maybe =P
Lol~
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23. January 2007 @ 12:04 |
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I know that when I retire we will go somewhere warm, that does not have all this blasted white stuff, we plan to move south.
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29. January 2007 @ 17:42 |
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When you leave, take MGrace with you. There's a reason people are moving out of California, New York, etc. to the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. The South is a great place to live; the people are hospitable, the landscape beautiful, and it is one of the most expansive areas for new jobs in the nation. Try expanding your search beyond an article or census report and actually go and visit these places before you copy pages of statistics in an effort to impress.
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3. April 2007 @ 00:57 |
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Geez, I hate when people say these boys didnt get drafted,they enlisted, like they deserve to be there cause of it, 98% joined cause they needed a job and or extra money, and the same percentage never knew they were gonna be sent there, think before you speak for christ sake.
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4. April 2007 @ 19:45 |
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5. April 2007 @ 05:57 |
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FredBun- Your logic is clouded & wrong ! By Definition The military's Job is To break-Shit and Kill people ! Period ! anything you learn above and beyond is gravy ! What you are saying is like saying I wanna be a policeman ! but I don't want to Fight criminals , Get shot at !, Deliver babies ! Enforce laws or anything else a police officers job entails in the real world !
You just wanna pull guard duty at the mall Chase Women & eat Doughnuts ! Anyone Enlisting in the service takes an oath They know whats going on ! I have the utmost respect for our Troops & firemen & policeman ! & whether you think that defending ones country is stupid or inane whether as a Soldier, sailor, Marine ,cop or whateverisd irelevant! They are doing what they do for you ! whether George W. Bush is YOUR president Or not ! They deserve your respect & support ! You can hate the war disagree with whoever you want ! protest Peacefully if you want ! I would respect that ! That's The american way ! freedoms of Speech ,assembly ect.. That Theese Men & women and their fathers & Forefathers died for or are still dying for ! So don't belittle our Proud fighting men and women by saying they did'nt know what's going on ? They deserve more rspect than that ! America is a Great Country !!! Not perfect But not that bad either ! Might I suggest if you don't like it here that you move to another Country Like Iran , China , North Korea Where I'm sure your opinions about America will be welcomed ! Hell ! you'll probably be the most popular guy in the Forced labor camps too!
FeetZ Up ! Head Down !
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5. April 2007 @ 07:12 |
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@BIGTOXY69...I was a Marine Corps medic during the viet nam war. Fortunately for me, I wasn't in combat but served in the Naval Hospital catering to the second marines ... the patients we got were those who managed to survive the initial stages of medical care and were sent to either experience a long slow recovery or suffer a long slow death; it was about 50/50. I saw some truly horrible stuff and saw a lot of kids die slowly ... many of whom I became friends with even though one tries not to. All the while, people called us "baby-killers", the spit at us, ganged up on us and best us up ... while in transit in Philly for a couple of weeks, we were forbidden from leaving the base because the problem was so bad. Even in the best of areas, no one dared leave the base in uniform and a lot of guys went to the length of buying expensive, realistic wigs so their haircut wouldn't give them away as military. Even after all these years, it still pisses me off when I think about it.
The thing is, I don't know a single veteran who approves of what's going on. "I was only following orders" was the single most common excuse of nazi soldiers after the second world war. One cannot always condone blind obedience even if their actions are for their country though I certainly understand it. After what I went through, not to mention the countless thousands like me, I have enormous respect for our troops and I pray that public support never turns on them as it did with us. Its more disheartening and hurtful than most people can imagine to have your fellow citizens slap you in the face for doing your duty.
I agree that it is a marine's or soldiers job to defend the country but that commitment MUST exist on both sides of the fence; the soldiers are doing their part but the disregard for their lives is inexcusable.
The United States has pulled a complete 180 in this regard. It use to be that war was only acceptable in the event of a well defined and very specific imminent danger to our land. The Brits and the continental Europeans were furious with us because we would not get involved in the second world war; we didn't get involved until we were damned certain that Hitler was a direct threat to us after what seemed to be the certain conquest of Europe. That is the way it should be; its the government's responsibility to its military ... a resposibility which wasn't met in Korea, Viet Nam and now Iraq.
That Iraq was no immenent danger to us isn't a matter of opinion but rather a certain and provable lie. That 9/11 was an unspeakable act isn't an arguable matter but neither is the fact that Iraq had nothing to do with it nor did Iraq have anything to do with Al Qaeda ... Al Qaeda was a greater threat to Iraq; Hussaine hated them and they hated him as they hated all secular government and committed acts of terrorism throughout all secular mid-east governments ... hundreds and hundreds of them. While Hussain was a tyrant of extraordinary proportion, he kept Al Qaeda under his thumb because they were a huge threat to him and his secular government. Al Qaeda wan't in Iraq until we opened the flood gates. In short, we have given Bin Laden the best Christmas gift he could have asked for and that isn't speculation BIGTOXY, its simple and provable fact.
My point is that our government has ignored their responsibility to the troops ... fortunately, the populace hasn't and for that, having been through it myself, I'm more grateful than you can imagine. But our government has put our troop in harms way in a country that posed no threat to us. That's inexcusable. We never should have gone there but now that we have, we owe something to those people for having turned their country upside down. The UN estimates that around 150,000 Iraqi's have been killed...guess who the mid east is going to hold responsible for that? Does anyone really believe that this will stop attacks here at home? Like president Ford said before he died ... this has been a huge mistake.
Edit: Kindly forgive the rant!
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5. April 2007 @ 07:49 |
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i'm giving you a bit chocolate chip cookie at some point in the future, ger.
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5. April 2007 @ 07:57 |
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Instead of moving out of america see if ye qualify to move to the State of Arkansas
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5. April 2007 @ 08:13 |
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@Ireland...lol that was pretty good! I had a friend in the service who fit that profile perfectly although he was from West Virginia. His nickname was "Hillbilly" for obvious reason. One of my roommates was wearing aftershave and he said in his quaint drawl "You smell like the northbound end of a southbound skunk".
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5. April 2007 @ 08:19 |
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5. April 2007 @ 08:30 |
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Originally posted by Auslander:
screw leaving america... i'm in pennsylvania for the week, and this place is frickin' awesome...
...then again, maybe that's because the lady friend is here. ^.~
I also have a lady friend in Philly, I met her on an AOL chat room, we traded pictures and became buddies, we IM every day for 3 months then started speaking on the phone everyday for a month on so?We felt we knew each other well enough and mutually decided to meet in person, she wanted to visit NYC since she?d never been to the big apple. On our first date I took her to one of my favorite hang outs, the WTC and she loved it! We had a nice and romantic dinner afterwards. After putting all our doubts and fears aside and just enjoying each others company, we became really hooked and fond of one another, after 3 other dates we stated dating on 4/12/01. It was hard at first, we lived 2 hours apart, and we?d see each other on every giving chance, I proposed to her 4 years later. I wanted to propose where we had our first date but the God damn effin terrorists took the WTC away from me and the world, may they burn in hell for 9/11/01..
We were married on 7/16/06 and we now live in Philadelphia, Pa... I like Philly and I miss the NY life, thought traffic in Philly is a lot better then that of Manhattan or NYC per se. The only draw back about Philly that comes to mind, lack of experienced drivers on Philly streets, and most are just lousy drivers. The Police force in Philly is also slow or almost non existent ?My wife and I were in a fender bender 3 months back where this dude cut us off and sideswiped our car with $1500 damage, we called 911 and the dispatcher said 10 to 15 minutes, after 4 hours and 3 more 911 calls the cops never showed.? What?s with the beef with Philadelphians against New Yorkers Anyway? Like I said, I like Philly and enjoy it but my wife and I are now thinking of moving to Florida, cheers?
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