@Skye

I support the death penalty…how many points does that get me?

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Or is it too late – am I going to be damned with the horrendous addiction to freedom of thought and reasoning forever?;)

I’ve seen no evidence of your thoughts straying from liberal doctrine.

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@Skye

So Skye – what’s the 10 step plan in becoming a good conservative? Or is it too late – am I going to be damned with the horrendous addiction to freedom of thought and reasoning forever?;)

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I reckon the English speaking countries should stick closer together – is that xenophobic?

Liberals, like addicts, don’t believe they have a problem. You can say (or type) whatever you believe to be the truth.

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@MataHarley

Cheers. At the moment I living amongst the Aussies and their a pretty friendly bunch as well. I reckon the English speaking countries should stick closer together – is that xenophobic?

As for China – it’s tricky as what do you do? As if you believe in a free market then it makes sense. However I am concerned at just how much the world relies on Chinese goods and much the West is getting itself more dependent on such countries as China and Russia for money, goods and/or resources.

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Gaffa, if you’re looking for American cotton in tees, it’s hard to find. Even made in USA jeans has been getting hard to find.

So yes, you are correct in that you are admiring American “style” trends. However, they are not necessarily American made anymore.

But it’s nice to hear that, amidst our many disagreements, you find the “colonialists” admirable in many ways. And we here, across the puddle, hope we can keep it that way.

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@MataHarley

Gaffa, mind if I do a bit of friendly editing on your “list”?? LOL

Haha – fair enough.

Optimism – well yes everyone is feeling the global doom & gloom at the moment. But I reckon Americans traditionally have more of a ‘can do’ attitude.

American Clothes – yes I guess China it’s the world’s workshop for sometime when it comes to clothes and now just about everything else. But as I’m referring to the casual style of jeans, T-shirt which is worn the world over now.

A lot of countries/people (like the French) sneer and fight at US culture/words etc. I said bring it on. Things I’m not keen on in the US is the Bible Belt, Sport, Country music, Rap and certain US foreign policy decisions. However I don’t think a genuine appreciation of US culture, geography, history & people is superficial even if I don’t agree with every American or every decsion from an elected american government – be it Republican or Democrat.

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Mata: Then cross your fingers that Iraq will not re’escalate along with Afghanistan, and our casualties and injuries rise astronomically.

This I am always crossing my fingers for.

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blast, it differs because it didn’t happen in 2005.

I would dearly love to believe that it won’t happen under Obama either, and will be overjoyed if it doesn’t. However the Bush admin wasn’t pushing for nationalized health care that could severely cramp the VA health care benefits.

Look to the Romney’s MA health care debacle to see how projecting health care costs tend to be notoriously low. Then compound it with a boomer age about to swamp social security and medicare. Then figure the economy is apt to stay on a decline for years, and tax revenues are not going to be growing. Then cross your fingers that Iraq will not re’escalate along with Afghanistan, and our casualties and injuries rise astronomically.

That’s a lot of potential “what if’s” founded around what we already know is Obama’s underfunded health care agenda. The age of Obama promises this to warrant concern because he’s more desperate for cash for his socialized medicine.

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance

Ummm…

I seem to recall caveats in health care coverage that state that the insurer will not be responsible for injuries which occur as a result of “act of war.”

Now, wouldn’t service-related injuries fall into that category?

BTW, I’m with Mike

Ummm…..

Mike, as in Mike’s America Mike?

Someone should have told me.

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