Bangkoktraveler

Hehehe, just shoot the messenger, if you don't like the message.

 

Anyway it's well known that in Scandinavia for example the education systems are ecxellent - much better than in Germany for example. They have nearly no drop outs. Kids with problems get personal support from year one. Math/language skills, e. g. are leading world wide.

 

Now look at USA where you have millions without a degree and who can't even read a newspaper. How will the USA be able to compete with countries like China where the society is obsessed with education?

IMHO that's a ticking (unemployment) time bomb.

USA falls behind the most "socialist" countries in Western Europe.

 

 

 

U.S. Prosperity Slides in Index That Ranks Norway No. 1

By Simon Kennedy - Oct 29, 2012

 

The U.S. slid from the top ten most prosperous nations for the first time in a league table which ranked three Scandinavian nations the best for wealth and wellbeing.

 

The U.S. fell to 12th position from 10th in the Legatum Institute’s annual prosperity index amid increased doubts about the health of its economy and ability of politicians. Norway, Denmark and Sweden were declared the most prosperous in the index, published in London today.

 

With the presidential election just a week away, the research group said the standing of the U.S. economy has deteriorated to beneath that of 19 rivals. The report also showed that respect for the government has fallen, fewer Americans perceive working hard gets you ahead, while companies face higher startup costs and the export of high-technology products is dropping.

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http://www.bloomberg...orway-no-1.html

 

 

mitt or borak, which is the most daft name for the leadr of the free world?!!!!

mormons believe blacks are children of the devil.....not a reason to hate them but laugh at them. oh and the special underpants they wear are kind of humerous!

I bet you know a stack of people that do not pay INCOME tax.

 

Catholics expect the same.

 

 

Why do you hate Mormons?

 

I don't hate Mormons

I just do not 'swallow' their ideaolgies.

 

Hard to believe Republicans would put a man on a pedestal

who believes

the Devil and Jesus are brothers.

You know that's BS right? You want soldiers, elderly and students to pay income tax?

 

Anyway, most US citizens pay taxes, it's just not income tax.

 

• these figures cover only the federal income tax and ignore the substantial amounts of other federal taxes — especially the payroll tax — that many of these households pay. As a result, these figures greatly overstate the share of households that do not pay federal taxes. Tax Policy Center data show that only about 17 percent of households did not pay any federal income tax or payroll tax in 2009, despite the high unemployment and temporary tax cuts that marked that year.[5] In 2007, a more typical year, the figure was 14 percent. This percentage would be even lower if it reflected other federal taxes that households pay, including excise taxes on gasoline and other items.
• Most of the people who pay neither federal income tax nor payroll taxes are low-income people who are elderly, unable to work due to a serious disability, or students, most of whom subsequently become taxpayers. (In years like the last few, this group also includes a significant number of people who have been unemployed the entire year and cannot find work.)

http://www.cbpp.org/...fa=view&id=3505

"shucking and jiving"

 

She didn't really say that, did she?

 

I've never heard it outside the South, and she grew up a long way from there.

 

And the only people I ever heard say it were a lot older than I am. That goes back to my grandparents' generation.

It saddens me that a loon like Trump can get airtime to muddy the waters so close to the election:

 

My link

 

If the swing states haven't come to grips with the authenticity of Obama's status as an American citizen by now, they have bigger problems than who to vote for. So much for focusing on his record and policies - much easier to let a nutjob loose on the networks.

Another fuckwit....

 

"Republican US Senate candidate has come under fire for suggesting that pregnancies caused by rape were "something God intended to happen".

 

Richard Mourdock, standing in a key race in Indiana, made the remarks in a debate with his Democrat opponent.

 

His comments come two months after those of Missouri Republican Todd Akin, who said women's bodies had ways of preventing pregnancy after rape."

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20054737

 

What planet do these people live on? ..Sadly the same one as the people who elect them, I suppose.

 

Who will win the debate tonight?

 

And will the winner take all, i.e. win the election?

Bonjour.

 

He was doing "Gods" work in FRANCE !

 

I might have some sympathy if it was in a country such as Camaroon or Senegal or Ivory Coast. But France?

 

Tout le monde devrait vraiment aimer ce gars merveilleux.

Politics comes before religion.

 

"BILLY GRAHAM’S ASSOCIATION REMOVES MORMONISM FROM LIST OF CULTS: “The election-year embrace of Mitt Romney by some evangelical Christians now borders on a bear hug, given a series of moves by Billy Graham and his family that appear to say it’s OK to vote for a Mormon,†the Charlotte Observer’s Michael Gordon reports. “This week, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association removed Mormonism from its list of religious cults."

 

LINK

Threats to Assassinate Romney Explode After Debate

 

Despite numerous media outlets attempting to downplay the issue, Twitter exploded last night following the debate with new threats from Obama supporters to assassinate Mitt Romney if he defeats Obama in the presidential race.

 

As we reported yesterday, in addition to threats by Obama supporters to riot if Romney wins, innumerable Twitter users are also making direct death threats against Romney.

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Well, they said this was going to be a nasty election ...

Willard Romney lost it when he said over and over again

his Mantra

"Goverment doesn't create jobs!"