Thanks MIchael for taking up for us. I think most of the world doesn't like us too much except when they need us for something. Of course I've been saying this since the early 60s since I lived in France and saw how most of the French felt about most Americans.

But something else I've also noticed -- in the past few years we've been hit hard with major disasters (Katrina, Gustov, and Ike) and no one offered any help to US. We were left to take care of our own. Guess I'm just old fashioned but I thought someone we'd helped in the past would at least call up and say, "Hey we're sending some supplies to help out those poor people who were put out by the hurricaines." That's what good neighbors do for each other.

Don't pay any attention to me -- my stocks fell to rock bottom yesterday... but my garden is doing good so I'll eat this winter and maybe my son will get a deer and we'll have meat for the freezer. I've been thru hard times before and will survive this one...

Hugs BD

BarbaraD wrote on Sep 30^th, 2008 at 1:55pm:


I don’t stand up for "you" ( yes I do)....  I do it for my wife (she is a Texan native) and my 2 boys.... how are proud Americans!

And I believe I the American way of life…..


Michael

Oh, and Michael, my thinking is along the same line as yours, but, albeit crude, it goes like this:

Don't sh*t where you eat!

Cathi

Charlie wrote on Sep 30^th, 2008 at 2:59pm:


HOLY SHIT!!!  

I agree with, Charlie!....someone stick a fork in hell and see if its frozen!!!.....LMMFAO

Again, I would recommend the book, In Defense of America by Bronwyn Maddox, so people can understand the reasons other countries dislike us so much.  Believe it or not, some have valid reasons for disliking the US.  We always talk about isolationism (if Japan had not bombed Pearl Harbor, our *isolationsim* would have allowed Hitler to take over Eurpoe) and we don't need other countries.  That's a bunch of claptrap.  In 2007, the US produced $13.8 trillion worth of goods and services. Of this total, $1.64 trillion — 11.7 percent, or a bit more than one in nine dollars’ worth of production — went overseas. The figure is a modern-era record, eclipsing the old 11.2 percent mark set in 2000 and reflecting a $175 billion jump in goods and services exports. This was the largest increase ever — in real-dollar as well as current-dollar terms — and was the main factor keeping the United States out of recession in the autumn and winter.

BarbaraD wrote on Sep 30^th, 2008 at 1:55pm:


Barb,
I hate to disagree with you, but in the wake of Katrina more than 20 countries, including Israel, Mexico, China, England, and the Dominican Republic offered humaniatrian and monetary assistance. 

Cuba, which has one of the best health care and disaster response systems in the world, offered substantial medical supplies and 1,600 physicians, most of them specialists. Rejected.

Venezuela offered $1 million, in addition to oil and humanitarian supplies. Rejected. Russia offered medical supplies, evacuation equipment, a water cleansing system, a rescue helicopter, and 60 persons specially trained in search and rescue operations. Rejected.

Germany sent a military plane carrying 15 tons of emergency provisions. The United States denied it landing rights.

You can thank Presidnet Bush for that.  The above information was taken from the following article (and there are numerous articles that back this one up).  About a week after Katrina hit, the U.S. began accepting humanitarian aid, but only from countries it determined were its allies.

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Seems to be the world wide think about Americans on many subjects.

Thanks for getting our back Michael
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Stupid idiots we put in charge of our country are ruining it.  We will have to change it with the power of our votes on Nov. 4th, all across the board.

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wildhaus wrote on Sep 30^th, 2008 at 1:34pm:


In the land of opportunity, wanting and buying more than a person can afford, and selling more than there is actual available funds for to profit is short-sighted.  Greed is pretty universal and doesn't consider others much, many in our country included.
  Whatever it may contribute to our own present economy, the bailout seems to say we need to continue lending credit fluidly despite these lenders doing extremely well but going under now and taxpayers will have to pay 700 billion of capital now to do so for a lot of business continuation, selling the deal though as security for the American families (Mr. Paulson). 

If one is looking for security at this point, it would be a word to use with an influencial fear, the unemployment rate is pretty uneasy now and not an easy fix.  Pretty certain changing a dozen votes in the House is being worked on with small additions to the package, so far being, raising FDIC insurance from $100,000 to $250,000 and a tax break for alternative energy. 

How these changes increase security more for struggling American families is not within comprehension much with the coming increase in natural gas this winter although the crude oil price has dropped. 

Just throw money at the problem, big problem, big money.  So it all makes sense when using other people's money.

Thanks Michael

I am Canadian and the USA is our neighbour and they are the best neighbour any country could ask for.

to the USA

Melissa wrote on Sep 30^th, 2008 at 9:28pm:


Really?  Is there a candidate running in the general election that has the best interest of the American people at heart?  I hadn't heard of such a person.

Agostino Leyre wrote on Oct 1^st, 2008 at 9:03am:

Didn't know you had to vote on one of the 2 partys.... Hell, Ron Paul withdrew but I'm going to write him in anyway.  Isn't that our right?

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