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International poll: we all want the US to vote for Obama
- Thread starter Alceste
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Would you seriously want us to vote for a president so that you guys there in america wouldn't have to take care of the less fortunate? that's sad..
Give a man a fish or teach them how to fish. Which is more productive?
Enable current failed systems? Or provide incentive through example for how to change…
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BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Teaching him, but what has that got to do with us wanting you to give money to poor people?
Besides, teaching isn't free either
Xenophobia and sociopathic fear mongering are repugnant whatever its source. To be brutally honest, I believe you share much in common with the Ahmidinijads of the world. You simply focus your vitriol differently and with far less means at your disposal.
Alceste
Vagabond
We have been trying to set a positive example for Americans for the better part of 30 years, but they are still the world's most belligerent state, and the world's top polluter in the mix.
What do you think would be the best way to "teach Americans to fish", in your view?
:clap Ouch! :clap
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Huh?
The bold part is exactly why many people are voting for Obama. We don't want a repeat of Iraq, which was us trying to solve someone else's problem with our money. Do you actually think about what you write, or do you just cut and paste from a conservative site?
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Thank you for one more reason to vote for Obama.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Do you realize you're embarrassing yourself, right? Do you ever try to invest even a little thought at all into anything you say at all?
Good thing I'm not a Christian. Otherwise I might have a soft spot for world suffering like those fools Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Because it effects us. We all share the same globe. Also, it's something Jesus would do, and if you would question him then perhaps it's time for you to give up your faith.
All those things sound nice, but I also want America to get its financial house in order. Canada's economy is directly tied to America's. If you sink, you'll drag us down with you.
The area around where I live is utterly dependent on General Motors. They already closed the truck plant in Oshawa earlier this year, and it was announced last week that another of their parts suppliers would be closing its local factory. Other companies' factories in Southern Ontario have been closing because their main market, the United States, is expected to dry up.
A booming, bustling US of A would do wonders for my community. I don't think that the gang who were calling the shots as the most recent financial crisis developed are the people to make that happen.
So... that's why I'd prefer Obama. It's not because I want the US weaker, but it's because I want it stronger.
Mojopalin
Member
Yes, I've always thought Poland and Belgium were a threat. :sarcastic
Damn commies. We should bomb them before their disease spreads to others.
Jeremy Mason
Well-Known Member
Uhh, Idea... FYI, if the US fails, it has a bad effect on those people you think want the US to fail. Talk about throwing out the babe with the bath water.
Mojopalin
Member
You can't be serious. One, the current "failed systems" in America is straight from the play book of the sick, corrupt Republican party. Where have you been? Two, nobody is teaching people how to fish with redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich. The Republicans can never, ever claim fiscal responsibility again after their vote for the Wall Street bail-out package. They can say they are thieves, which goes for the Democrats who supported the bill!
Nation building isn't teaching people how to fish, either. And that's exactly what the media has told us they've done in Iraq. "Operation Iraqi Freedom" isn't just a clever name. Whether you believe it's true or not, that is/was the PR coming from the White House during the lead up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Barack Obama isn't really a sympathetic figure in my eyes. But if he truly is for getting our troops out of Iraq then I'm voting for him.
Anyway, I haven't been here that long. Judging from many of your posts I assume I'm not speaking with a rational person who keeps up with current events.
Mojopalin
Member
I mean, those poor Iraqis aren't going to have Bush to overthrow their next dictator.
Tsarkoe Selo
Member
there happens to be alot more to the world then those select nations.
Alceste
Vagabond
OK, I'm more than willing to consider your polling data from nations that support McCain. These happen to be the only nations that participated in this particular poll. Looks like a pretty good sampling to me, but I'm open-minded.