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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Immortalist
Date: Jul 26, 2008 22:35

On Jul 26, 12:12 pm, Langevinger66 hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 26 jul, 20:18, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 26, 2:12 am, chazwin yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> In this election it is worth mentioning an area that does not feature
>>> in the list of hot election issues, but which demonstrates to the
>>> whole world what makes American great.
>>> American is free; its citizens are free. America is the richest
>>> country in the world and best at everything. It is because each and
>>> every American is free to choose his or her own destiny, and spend
>>> their cash exactly how they wish.
>>> Thus American ranks a pitiful 42nd in terms of life expectancy, below
>>> almost every other developed country on earth. But despite this SOME
>>> Americans are longer lived than any on earth.
>>> The disparity between Connecticut, a rich state, and Mississippi for
>>> life expectancy is a staggering 30 years!
>>> 47 million Americans cannot afford health insurance.
>>> The US has dropped from second place in 1990 to 12th place in terms of
>>> human development, and has THE HIGHEST child poverty of any of the
>>> richest countries on earth (it is good to see that the US is best at
>>> some things).
>>> Some 14%%, that is 40 million Americans lack basic literacy. This is
>>> not because it has a higher standard - its standards are widely
>>> regarded on the "lite" side.
>>> The last census of 2006 shows 36 million below the poverty line.
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>>> How is it that America has the highest number of fridges and
>>> televisions, asks the US conservative think-tank "Heritage
>>> Foundation"? This is like asking why the Iraqis do not enjoy the most
>>> peaceful place on earth due to the number of "peackeepers". If you
>>> can't work out the analogy, you are part of the problem.
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>>> Gee whiz. Its great to be American!
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>>> Source for stats: Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian Weekly, International
>>> News.
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>>http://youtube.com/watch?v=3bZzM4s0Hgs-Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
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>> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -
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> proud is very suspicious your brain washed?

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