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Forum: General Chat 26-09-2010, 02:39 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
The problem here is really not with me and my...

The problem here is really not with me and my opinions. As I've informed you numerous times, there are as many red states in America as there are blue. The crux of this is simply a smug European...
Forum: General Chat 26-09-2010, 05:55 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
Ya' know, you're absolutely right. It's a...

Ya' know, you're absolutely right.

It's a horrible country here. Bad weather, no jobs, pollution, violent street gangs, mouthy Harley riders, and the only tea worth drinking got thrown in the...
Forum: General Chat 24-09-2010, 04:02 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
Oh, just because I haven't posted doesn't mean I...

Oh, just because I haven't posted doesn't mean I haven't been an active forum member.

There has been an ongoing debate in my country with finances, taxes and foreign participation. I am quite...
Forum: General Chat 13-09-2010, 02:00 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
To be correct, 'my view' is a ground swell, you...

To be correct, 'my view' is a ground swell, you Europeans can try and spin that anyway you wish if blinders get you through the night. I find it very telling that you find the American 'cowboy'...
Forum: General Chat 13-09-2010, 05:39 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
Then stay out of America. We have enough home...

Then stay out of America. We have enough home grown apologists. The Pastor's actions are indeed freedom of speech, no matter how tightly you ball up your widdle fist and claim it isn't.

BTW, you...
Forum: General Chat 13-09-2010, 12:22 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
I suggest you research the American 1st Amendment...

I suggest you research the American 1st Amendment before you go popping off about concepts that do not apply here. And that you don't understand.

The 1A covers unpopular American speech. I do...
Forum: General Chat 12-09-2010, 04:21 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
One of my pet peeves with this forum is that in...

One of my pet peeves with this forum is that in discussing American politics your views are filtered through what I might call 'conventional media.'

As I remind you guys periodically, there are as...
Forum: General Chat 12-09-2010, 03:46 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
Oh, the liberal whiners beat their breast here,...

Oh, the liberal whiners beat their breast here, too. I live in the State of Wisconsin in the our captial city of Madison. The joke here is that we are "twenty-five square miles surrounded by...
Forum: General Chat 12-09-2010, 03:27 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
Overall, is that a good thing? The...

Overall, is that a good thing?

The restrictions on speech benefit you on this issue, because you agree with the theme.

But what would happen if you disagreed?

I can speak as I choose,...
Forum: General Chat 12-09-2010, 03:05 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
This is the part of the debate that baffles me. ...

This is the part of the debate that baffles me.

You do know that you are simply criticizing the detractor and not the murders, don't you?

Why not protest the idea of butchering the innocent? ...
Forum: General Chat 11-09-2010, 04:32 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 6,646
Posted By The Tourist
There we disagree. The true 'madmen' of this...

There we disagree.

The true 'madmen' of this tale are the idiots that burned innocent men, women and children alive with aircraft fuel. Calling a spade a spade is not the problem.

I find it...
Forum: General Chat 04-09-2010, 01:53 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,663
Posted By The Tourist
I must once again defer to my Aunt Clara. She...

I must once again defer to my Aunt Clara. She said,

"Give a man a match and he will have warmth for only a moment. But set a man on fire, and he will have warmth for the rest of his life."
Forum: General Chat 02-09-2010, 04:01 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,045
Posted By The Tourist
Here are mine: 1). I do not trust...

Here are mine:

1). I do not trust 'conventional wisdom.' It gets outdated faster than "new" computers.

2). Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs' list outlining 'rule number nine' has saved me...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 24-08-2010, 02:28 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
You have to also remember where you folks reside...

You have to also remember where you folks reside and where I live.

For example, many times when I ride on the slab, a guy in a European car will come up behind me and flick his headlights.

It...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 23-08-2010, 02:12 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
Here's an example of people's criticism when none...

Here's an example of people's criticism when none is merited.

In my lifetime I have spent somewhere around 200,000 USD on motorcycles. Off the top of my head I have also spent 75,000 USD on...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 23-08-2010, 02:03 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
I think it was for me, but who cares. ...

I think it was for me, but who cares.

Liberals like to reframe debates or parse your own words instead of offering a well thought out rebuttal.

Now granted, there are emotional aspects to...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 22-08-2010, 10:21 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
I've heard that, too. WWII was a two-front...

I've heard that, too.

WWII was a two-front war for us. Many of us, and I'm one of them, believe that the war would have been shorter for everyone had the USA fought the Pacific war, and Europe...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 22-08-2010, 04:14 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
We don't take it, we buy it. The word "take"...

We don't take it, we buy it.

The word "take" should properly be used in discussing using American assistance when you know you'll never pay it back.

I saw no French medical helicopters during...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 22-08-2010, 03:34 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
I've heard this complaint several times, and...

I've heard this complaint several times, and there's a simple answer.

Our Framers warned the country to avoid foreign entanglements, and I agree. We have problems here, like in our...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 21-08-2010, 03:42 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
It's all the same thing. A question of mindset. ...

It's all the same thing. A question of mindset.

Do you want to live *hoping* a bully will leave you alone?

We lost 3,300 people here simply because a loose-nut decided to steal our lunch...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 21-08-2010, 02:15 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,921
Posted By The Tourist
It's a great party. Tell you a little story. ...

It's a great party. Tell you a little story.

On the way into South Dakota, you find a stop called "Wall Drug." It might have started it's history as a drugstore to get free ice water, but now...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 21-08-2010, 05:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,921
Posted By The Tourist
Sturgis is, in fact, a city in South Dakota, and...

Sturgis is, in fact, a city in South Dakota, and also the site of a 70 year old racing event.

About 200,000 bikers come there in mid August, kind of like Mardi Gras or Carnival in Rio de...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 20-08-2010, 10:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,921
Posted By The Tourist
That's the basic premise of our Constitution. ...

That's the basic premise of our Constitution.

I tell the government what I want, not the other way aound. I am a citizen, not a subject.

If I want protection I'll ask for it, or find the right...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-08-2010, 04:35 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,921
Posted By The Tourist
How we define the idea of "law" here.

Many times here I might first 'explain' an American opinion. And lots of times I get the feeling that most folks in the world look at us as cowboys or that we're simply mouthy. Heck, many of our...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 19-08-2010, 03:58 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,730
Posted By The Tourist
Not if they're dead. We have the reverse...

Not if they're dead.

We have the reverse problem. Our criminals don't fear anyone.

I know we're discussed the "blue states vs. red states" idea here. Contrary to popular belief, it's half and...
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