Do you want to retract that statement before being made a fool of?  Perhaps you meant "First world country", in which case you are just displaying a snobbish contempt for the other 3/4 of the world's population.

Oh, you are poor?  All your neighbors, friends and relatives are destitute?  Wow.  Did you really lose everything with bad investments, stupid decisions, and irresponsible living?  I can see why you want a nanny to take care of you then.  Would a 6 o'clock pacifier be ok with you?  DO you need your soiled diapers changed?

A reflection of the MSM and their propaganda, a lackof understanding on what America is, and lack of information on what is going on.  I am glad you posted that.  It refutes all the rhetoric that we hear daily about how the rest of the world is so much more informed about America.  They are not.  They are just as ignorant (perhaps more so) than Americans.  They just dont know enough to know they are ignorant.

No, but it does demonstrate you dont know your history.  YOu jump to an erroneous conclusion based in part on ignorance I am sure, and a failure to understand the point being made.  And a prejudicial hate of probably one of only  presidents you have ever lived under.  For you, the sad part is going to be growing up and realizing how immature and foolish your rantings are, especially when you look at the early 21st century as "the good old days".  Lack of freedom tends to do that to people.

IN answer to the previous question about why only American lives count, I think this poster just made the statement of why. Either that, or he loves Brutal and deadly dictators.

Some people can lie convincingly.  Others are bad at it, just like you.  I doubt you are over 30, or you would know that Nixon ended the war that Kennedy and Johnson started.  But then from your rantings, you seem to have a lot of hate, and no real facts.  Carter, 30 years later, is still regarded by many historians, as one of the worst presidents of the 20th century.  History has a way of removing the firery rhetoric of the day and replacing it with calm analysis and reasoning.  And Carter still fails.

Um, no we did not.  Why do you spout talking points instead of facts?  Truth:  The soviets were the power behind Saddam.  The US gave him nothing except intel during the Iraq-Iran war. And then not a lot.  DO you even think before repeating talking points?

The real difference here is not whether you think Bush is wrong or right or whether you think McCain is going to cut your taxes more than Obama, or if Obama is better suited to correct our world image.  The foundation of our convictions come from a belief of what role do you want government to play in your life.  It goes back to Locke and Hobbs and their theories of what government should do what it does and how we should react to it.  Hobbes believed that the state of nature is chaotic, and in it life is “nasty, brutish, and short.” In a state of nature, everyone is afraid of everyone else and people are very uncooperative in communal efforts. He believed that the state of nature is so crazy because human nature is to be greedy, selfish, and vain. Hobbes thought men are motivated toward war out of competition and mistrust of other people, but at the same time, desire peace and hope for safety.  The reason we want to leave this state of nature, Hobbes would say, is out of a fear of a violent death and a desire for security. Once we leave the state of nature, the only way to ensure security is to give lots of power to a sovereign. This sovereign keeps things peaceful by making people too afraid of repercussions of disrupting the peace to start any conflicts, and not only by a physical threat but by guilt and self pity.  It shows by the having the need to have the government manage and guide the people.

John Locke is much more optimistic about people than Hobbes. Locke saw the state of nature as cooperative, and saw people as interested in their own needs, but were not necessarily as war-driven as Hobbes thought. People banded together to get rid of “degenerates” and were able to mostly keep their own peace. Thus, Locke’s reasoning of why we leave the state of nature is based more around the lack of politics rather than a lack of security.  Locke thought everyone needed to form a society together where there is a system of checks and balances. The main problem in the state of nature, Locke would say, is that there aren’t any impartial judges and there’s no clear interpretation of law. Creating a society solves these problems. He also felt that the people should elect a series of representatives to keep things in order, not place all the power in the hands of one.

http://jim.com/hobbes.htm

Which side are you on?

Or maybe, Dr Guy...we actually CAN see the forest for the trees.

Much of 'the rest of the world' sees America as just as much of a threat to global peace as the USSR [was].

Might is NOT right....but it DOES throttle any argument to the contrary.

Never presume YOUR sabre-rattling is God's right...or any other form of 'right'

It isn't...and never was.

A wetback is anyone who swims across the Rio Grande river to gain illegal access to our country. In the process of swimming the river ones back gets wet. Any one coming across the boarder is known as a wetback. Granted, most swimmers are Mexicans but let's keep in mind Mexican is not a race. Mexicans come from Mexico. Mexican is a nationality. If I said I hated Englishmen would I be a racist? There are many legit Mexican/Americans in this country, since I live in the South West a lot of them are my friends and co workers. They use the 'word' as much as anyone. It is a word directed at criminals, pure and simple.  

I will not be intimidated. I will not go. Live with it.

Shatter your leg and try to get it set in the ER.  It's only stabilized there and then you are sent to an orthopedist.  Believe me, you won't get it worked on if you can't pay up front.  There were recent articles in the St. Petersburg times about a 16 year old boy who's family had no insurance and the boy was turn away.  His leg healed eventually of course but in such a way that he is now partially crippled.  This should never happen in a first world country.

Lest we forget too, campaign promises are just that.  Part intension and a lot of bullshit.  No president can get everything done that they promise.  Right or left both sides have merit and both sides are problematic.  Vote to you conscience.  That being said, I am deeply afraid of the possiblity of Sarah Palin becoming President for what ever reason.  IMHO

I have Native American family who would claim Caucasians gained access to their (our) country illegally, and that means the majority of us who live in this country are criminals, pure and simple.

Spoken like a true wetback!  

I did not assume or presume anything.  YOu just assumed I must be dissing non-americans.  I was not, just pointing out that they are people just like americans and really dont know much outside their own borders.  I made no statement about global peace or might is right.  You just assumed those things.  And of course assumed that the perception (note the word please) must be the reality.  It is not and actually rarely is.

You only see the trees.  Just as most Americans do.  But in seeing the trees, you have no comprehension of the forest, so you dont see you are not seeing the forest.

So what are you reason for supporting him other than the fact that he's a cool guy.  Is this the right light you speak of? Coolness?  

So I guess seeing the fact that my taxes are going to skyrocket and interest rates will end up making a hole in the proverbial roof is the wrong kind of light?  I not trying to be cynical here, but your statement say nothing other than the fact that he's a cool dude.

Yeah, that’s exactly what I am afraid of.

I remember him and Hillary both said they promised that everyone was going to have a national health care card.  I remember the word promise being used a lot during his campaign.

But guess what.  She has more executive experience than any of the other candidates.  But I do understand your concern on this issue.  But I have enough confidence in John McCain to provide the necessary tools and to have in company the right people to make the transition if the need were to ever arise.  

agreed...

If you are as passionate about the condition of the Native American as I am then put your money where you mouth is.

Like I do, every month. I could give more if the mob didn't take their cut out of my paycheck.

In case you didn't already fine out, that is an illegal word here, using it could get you an unpleasant PM.

If we had stopped the HMO lobby from killing Health Care reform in the 90's, we wouldn't be so ultra-screwed in HAVING NO CHOICE but to fix it ten years later.

Problems like this don't just go away.  They get worse and worse and worse.

Most politicians hope to get out of office and into their cushie private sector jobs before they are called to account for failing to act.   And that inherently short-sighted, selfish thinking is the reason the country is so utterly screwed today.