Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[MDS]

its 41 pages but heres poll data on tea party people

http://documents.nytimes.com/new-york-timescbs-news-poll-national-survey-of-tea-party-supporters

they scare me

[rjs246]

European socialism!

I'm just posting this to stir the pot a little.  Enjoy.

A few years ago, an American acquaintance of mine who lives in Sweden told me that, quite by chance, he and his Swedish wife were in New York City and ended up sharing a limousine to the theater district with a southern senator and his wife. This senator, a conservative, anti-tax Democrat, asked my acquaintance about Sweden and swaggeringly commented about "all those taxes the Swedes pay."

To which this American replied, "The problem with Americans and their taxes is that we get nothing for them." He then told the senator about the comprehensive services and benefits that Swedes receive.

"If Americans knew what Swedes receive for their taxes, we would probably riot," he told the senator. The rest of the ride to the theater district was unsurprisingly quiet.

The fact is, in return for their taxes, Europeans are receiving a generous support system for families and individuals for which Americans must pay exorbitantly, out-of-pocket, if we are to receive it at all. That includes quality health care for every single person, the average cost of which is about half of what Americans pay, even as various studies show that Europeans achieve healthier results.

That's not all. In return for their taxes, Europeans also receive affordable child care, a decent retirement pension, free or inexpensive university education, job retraining, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, ample vacations, affordable housing, senior care, efficient mass transportation and more.

[Diomedes]

Sure, that all sounds great, but they don't have freedom.

They don't have freedom of speech.  They are not allowed to worship freely.  They are required to carry ID cards and present them at all times to various committee officials.  It's a nightmare over there.

Here, we have FREEDOM, Obama's efforts notwithstanding.

[rjs246]

I know you're being facetious, but I feel it's worth stating anyway.

[Diomedes]

tea party like it's 1999

[reese125]

good thing she spelled "the" right

[Rome]

Dio with a pun?

* Faints... *

[ice grillin you]

all hail the confederacy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ohsvJHkbY&feature=player_embedded

[Seabiscuit36]

that little pause at the end is great

[Diomedes]

I agree that if you want to live in the U.S., you should learn to speak English.  I would tell any immigrant as much in person.

I do not however support making English the law of the State.  This is America afterall.

[ice grillin you]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042805335.html

[MDS]

every time you want to make fun of me for living in mexico, remember that you live 15 minutes from that

and lol @ that pic, hes also parked in a handicapped space

[Seabiscuit36]

and a firefighter

[ice grillin you]

this part is just awesome

He says he doesn't know who took the photo of his truck, in a handicapped parking spot, that became a viral sensation on the Web. "Probably someone who obviously has a soft spot for Islam," he said, pronouncing the word "I-slam," "because if you pronounce it 'Ih-slahm,' it's not disparaging enough."

[SD]

Where do you get those confederate flags for your back truck window?