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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 4:37:20 PM | Try living without an American film or song for a week and you will die of loneliness.
Gee I have been watching netflix foreign movies all week still here. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 4:50:26 PM | Because the envious idiots of the world subscribe to these anti-American, hostile self-destructive rhetoric. Too many African nations for example have suffered and perished due to Canadian lefty thoughts.
So much for that statement
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
Patrice Émery Lumumba, an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after he helped to win its independence from Belgium in June 1960, was deposed in a US CIA-sponsored coup during the Congo Crisis. He was subsequently imprisoned and assassinated under controversial circumstances.
[edit] Equatorial Guinea 2004
Zimbabwe has accused the United States of involvement in a 2004 attempted coup against Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, dictator of Equatorial Guinea.[21]
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 5:05:22 PM |
Just one needed Einstein. Since you were compelled to answer, I'm still waiting. Einstein I'm not, but even I know when someone is slinging bull without actually making a point.
From technology to the Moon and further. Hmmm.. lets see... our nuclear program wouldn't be where it is today if not for Oppenheimer (a Jewish German, not American), our space program wouldn't be where it is today if not for the German V-2 rockets that were confiscated and for the German scientists that developed it.
Your Computer, phone and TV alone came from us and now made all over even in Ecuador. And you need them so very much. At one point in time, I did quite well without those items, and I can do it again if need be. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 5:07:09 PM |
If not for America, you will be speaking Russian or Chinese and in servitude to them. Wait a minute, you must have lost the memo: You types usually say we'd be speaking German if it wasn't for the exited states. Besides, by the sounds of frightened right in your country, all you guys will be speaking Spanish before too long. "Push 1 for English, push 2 for Spanish". That's ok, I like Spanish.
Seriously dude, did they not offer social studies in your school? | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 5:28:16 PM | Shawhan........I cannot believe the rhetoric your spouting. I cannot even respond to your utter idiotic post. You ever take history (besides US)? Apparently not.
The TV was not invented by the US alone. Google it
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone (A scotsman living in Canada)
The computer was not invented by an American but by a Brit(He is credited in the books with this)
Canada did not destroy African nations due to its thoughts...
So......it's simple, try to do some research before spouting off garbage like the "genius" you think you come across as. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 5:49:54 PM |
And by your reasoning, think of all the jobs and money their base would bring to Florida.
Well after the construction jobs, what will they have? Ever been to Florida? It's fairly well known. Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Mickey Mouse has a resort there...fairly popular with the retired American...
Florida has just 2 million people less than the whole of Ecuador.
I doubt Ecuador Military would hire very many American citizens...more like Cuban exiles...or fellow countrymen who fled Ecuador during their economic disaster a few years ago. I think when Rafael wakes up...they'll withdraw the demand.
When the military talks of downsizing here in the US, every town outside of the base considered for shutdown goes on the offensive due to the extreme amounts of money a base brings to it. Not only the employment but the people stationed there spend their checks in the towns. The impact is always disastrous...everything from used car sales to the local pubs lay people off and shut down.
Yep, I suspect this dude will come down off of whatever he's been smoking and reverse the decision.... | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 9:12:09 PM | It's you're...short for you are. Try again in your research. You people just learn some topics in history now and not from school, ala google. Don't relay on google for all your facts. Details are left out. Such as the V-2 rockets. They were unstable but did do some damage to England. Manhattan project succeeded where the Nazis failed. Both in nuclear and rockets. Russians got a hold of the V-2 and kept it's design for decades. US discarded it for it was outdated. As for Bell, in Ontario he was discouraged as many are there. He soon moved to Boston becoming an American citizen before beginning his career as an inventor. Not in Scotland and definitely not in Ontario. All came about due to his living in the United States and working with his American fellow inventors like Thomas Watson and the deaf. He dedicated himself into studying many of Benjamin Franklin's research and inventions.
The discovery of electricity open many ideas and inventions. Bell filed his application just hours before his competitor, Elisha Gray, filed notice to soon patent a telephone himself. What's more, though neither man had actually built a working telephone, Bell made his telephone operate three weeks later using ideas outlined in Gray's Notice of Invention, methods Bell did not propose in his own patent. Bell developed new and original ideas but did so by building on older ideas and developments. Bell succeeded specifically because he understood acoustics, the study of sound, and something about electricity. Other inventors knew electricity well but little of acoustics. The telephone is a shared accomplishment among many pioneers, therefore, although the credit and rewards were not shared equally. That, too, is often the story of invention.
Computers was first invented in the US military and used shortly after WW2. The not so bright often forget the sharing of technology and inventions with others around the world. Enough said. You people crack me up often. Now go back to school. | |
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Posted: 10/25/2007 9:43:35 PM | Whatever mero....the US didn't invent everything nor are they a saviour to the world.
Do some research, not just what you learned in US "propaganda" 101.
The 1st "modern" computer was built in WW2 and it was a German who did so, Zuse was his name and a brit designed and built an electronic computer (Colossus) to crack the enigma codes. There is more out there but no need to explain it.
To quote you,
The not so bright often forget the sharing of technology and inventions with others around the world. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/25/2007 10:01:28 PM | The Internet and Transmission Control Protocols were initially developed in 1973 by American computer scientist Vinton Cerf as part of a project sponsored by the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and directed by American engineer Robert Kahn.
The Internet began as a computer network of ARPA (ARPAnet) that linked computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States.
Accept it....you made no contributions to the world. This way you can be at peace.
Ecuador is not own by it's President. The people of Ecuador will not allow a Marxist peanut brain to ruin it's relationship with the United States. That President like Hugo of Venezuela are walking on thin ice. If the people find themselves incapable of changing their leader, we will do it for them. Like Noriega of Panama and the Sandinista of Nicaragua. Hopefully his other stupid statements about Peru and Colombia will be ignored. Neighbors should not war with each other but crap happens. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/26/2007 8:16:59 AM |
Perhaps they don't see you as an Ally?
We are and have been. Check your history and area politics before you speak maybe?
And by your reasoning, think of all the jobs and money their base would bring to Florida.
By my reasoning, which you haven't bothered to logic out in your rush to get a one-liner in, the property values in Miami are such that hotels and tourism would (do) bring in much more money than a third world army base ever could.
The Pres of Equador was simply trying to make a point, but one that was fallacious since we don't need (and haven't asked for) any help in the Miami area... whereas THEY need, and have asked for, help in the past... hence our presence there.
Putting an entire base on foreign soil isn't a small thing. It costs a lot of money and isn't done lightly. We've done a lot fo good there, both for the local economy and for the intended purpose of the base (counter-narcotics). Taking that base away, simply because the President of the moment may not like it, shouldn't be done lightly either. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/26/2007 8:19:28 AM |
Not many people in the world see the US as an ally anymore...
Until your front doorstep is threatened.
*Shaking head* | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/26/2007 8:30:04 AM | Julian Glover
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian
America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.
Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US president as part of an "axis of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.
It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased global security.
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The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and leading newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto Star) and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling in each country.
It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased global security.
The finding is mirrored in America's immediate northern and southern neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US policy.
Even in Israel, which has long looked to America to guarantee national security, support for the US has slipped.
Only one in four Israeli voters say that Mr Bush has made the world safer, outweighed by the number who think he has added to the risk of international conflict, 36% to 25%. A further 30% say that at best he has made no difference.
Voters in three of the four countries surveyed also overwhelmingly reject the decision to invade Iraq, with only Israeli voters in favour, 59% to 34% against. Opinion against the war has hardened strongly since a similar survey before the US presidential election in 2004.
In Britain 71% of voters now say the invasion was unjustified, a view shared by 89% of Mexicans and 73% of Canadians. Canada is a Nato member whose troops are in action in Afghanistan. Neither do voters think America has helped advance democracy in developing countries, one of the justifications for deposing Saddam Hussein. Only 11% of Britons and 28% of Israelis think that has happened.
As a result, Mr Bush is ranked with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety. He is outranked by Osama bin Laden in all four countries, but runs the al-Qaida leader close in the eyes of UK voters: 87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75% who think this of Mr Bush.
The US leader and close ally of Tony Blair is seen in Britain as a more dangerous man than the president of Iran (62% think he is a danger), the North Korean leader (69%) and the leader of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah (65%).
Only 10% of British voters think that Mr Bush poses no danger at all. Israeli voters remain much more trusting of him, with 23% thinking he represents a serious danger and 61% thinking he does not.
Contrary to the usual expectation, older voters in Britain are slightly more hostile to the Iraq war than younger ones. Voters under 35 are also more trusting of Mr Bush, with hostility strongest among people aged 35-65.
· ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,010 adults by telephone from October 27-30. Interviews were conducted across the country and the results have been weighted to the profile of all adults. Polling was by phone in Canada (sample 1,007), Israel (1,078) and Mexico (1,010)
interesting article
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/26/2007 12:49:56 PM | It's actually a small base in Ecuador use for monitoring drug activity. It's not a large military base.
If you actually take that year old liberal article to heart....why are you still here? You should be living in another planet or at least be in some deserted island. Where you will be safe and alive from America. Lest the US Navy will find you in that island. Better off in another planet. Presently,we can't find you there.
US and EU sanctions against Iran would not be in place if that was a merited or at the least a mainstream media article. Heck, Russia and China despite it's support for Iran, support the sanctions. Two faced? Yep.
No matter how much liberals want to wish for their agendas to preside all over the world, the US with the EU rule the world. EU extends to countries outside Europe. Not a day passes where one reads of the EU extending it's weight on countries outside of Europe. With the World bank, Corporations, World trade, UN, etc., all fall under and participate with US and EU globalization. No matter who is President, liberals will always whine and criticize. Liberals do influence loose canon around the world particularly in third world countries. People like Ecuador's President, Venezuela's President and Iran's President and African states. Their speeches are very similar to the venom that comes out of the mouths of liberals in the US, Canada and portions of Europe. More so the venom that comes out of the Canadian left as a poster commented.
Zuse didn't use electronics. He just designed mechanical calculators. His machine was designed to store programs on cards, while the working unsuccessfully done by mechanical cogs and wheels. He actually copied Charles Babbage's works of calculators.
The first electronic computer was finished in 1942, when its creator at Iowa State University was called up for the war effort. Another one at the University of Pennsylvania, funded by the military, was finished in 1945. John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Iowa State.
For decades, credit for inventing the computer went to the Penn team of John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert who built the ENIAC (the Electronic Numerial Integrator and Computer).
It was used to calculate trajectories for artillery shells and was useful until the late 1950s. Most of it is now displayed at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington. The rest of ENIAC, a 20-foot bank of tubes, is displayed at Penn (University of Pennsylvania). | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 10/26/2007 1:47:35 PM | It's actually a small base in Ecuador use for monitoring drug activity. It's not a large military base.
If you actually take that year old liberal article to heart....why are you still here? You should be living in another planet or at least be in some deserted island. Where you will be safe and alive from America. Lest the US Navy will find you in that island.
Refute polls and more neocon rants.The good old america love it or leave it | |
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Posted: 10/27/2007 10:40:34 AM | windlsow..........it was about computers, not the internet as we know it today. I know it was the US that developed it. Read the posts....it's not difficult.
And do some research (you can even find sites with pictures to make it easier for you to grasp) yourself......like many, I have no problems with the average American. I am military and have worked with them many times but it's folks like you that have that same mentality as the brainwashed communist from N. Korea. We have our fair share of these one celled amobeas as do all countries....however, there seems to be alot more from the US than anywhere else. Nothing wrong with being patriotic but do not think you invented everything. But I'm sure this will go in one ear and out the other....kinda like a whiny 3 yr old... | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/25/2007 8:53:40 AM | I have to respond to this one, classic silliness-"Oppenheimer (a Jewish German, not American)", so by that, if you were not born in the states you don't count as an American? We are a country of immigrants and even if you do not like that many of them come here and do incredible things here and that we claim them as ours does not mean that they are not ours. Americanism is an ideal, plain and simple, that is why the US, Australia and maybe Canada are the only countries where you do not have to be born here and can be totally accepted as a citizen. The same cannot be said for any, including the UK, of any European Countries I have been too.
As for the other comments about the US falling as an empire, folks, we never embraced an empire and that is why we are having problems. We are not the UK who claimed that sun never set on there empire, we are not the USSR who curshed revolts of out client states, we did not control Europe or Med like the Romans did. The only thing we have in common is that we have bases on many other countries, mostly hangovers from the Cold War when, like it or not, we had to have them. Mighty Canada would have lasted a whopping 5 minutes against the USSR and yes, we did some "unpleasent" things during those times but we are also hardly alone in that area nor did we have much of a choice at times.
As for the spread of Nuclear Arms, do you truly want that? Really? I am curious?
Also, if we leave a country all it does is creat a vacum of power, one that China has already started to fill, Panama now has 100,000 + Chinese "workers" on it, are making huge military inroads and giving large amounts of money to Chavez and are attempting to make inroads in Peru, Argentina and Brazil. Do not think for a minute that if we go no one else will take our place, that will only show your stupidity, I would use another word but that is the only thing that really describes your thinking on many matters you have made comments on.
Economy?- We are still 30+ percent of the WORLD's economy
Military Might?- your comparison was both silly and ill informed, the Iraqi's are being killed mostly by Suni AQ and by militias, not Americans. You can also say that if we were not there this would not be going on, well, yeah, but since 350k + Iraqi's were killed by there last boss, do you think they would really be better off long term? Oh, and please do not bring the Lancet number into the conversation, it has been made fun of even by Iraq Body Count and AI. As for overall might, again, no one save the Russians comes close
Technology? You mean the Internet, YES-Space Travel, Microwaves, mass production, the light bulb, etc..etc..yeah, we are terrible there too huh ;-) lol!
Anyway, not sure why so many Canucks are upset with the US, can't be such a problem that it stops them from being such a huge trading partner though huh? Hmmm.....what does that say?
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/25/2007 4:38:42 PM | Oh that Ecuador.
When I was in the Navy, so long ago it was in the 19th millenium -- a thousand years ago -- I had the weekend duty at the legal services office. A call came in from a 2 star admiral, and due to some fluke of circumstance, I, a mere lieutenant, was the senior officer on board. It seems the Ecudoran navy was interferring with a naval exercise we were conducting with a battle group. The admiral wanted to know what the maritime law called for in such a situation. I responded, "Traditionally in an encounter of this nature a large naval power prevails over a lesser naval power."
There was a short pause, then he replied, "Thank you lieutenant."
Ecuador -- oh yeah, a real naval power. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/25/2007 10:20:03 PM |
What the president of Ecuador isn't taking into account is that the United States leases those bases at fair market value.
are u sure about that? the case of the base in cube negates your argument right away! | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/25/2007 10:33:23 PM | As the lone Super-power left in the world today, I really do not think we need Ecaudor's help in defending Florida. What can they staion there? A single jet fighter? Does Ecaudor have jet fighters? Is there an Ecaudorain Air Force? Does the Ecaudorian Air Force have any combat experience? If so against whom? How much Foreign Aid did the US give Ecaudor to fund its Air Force?
Can we learn any thing from their Combat experience? How many Aces does the Ecaudorian Air Force have? How many MIG's or Mirages have they shoot down?
And the most important question? How are they going to pay for a base in Miami? Do they not know the Real Estate Values in that area? What is an Acre going for these days? | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/26/2007 9:17:35 AM | The US leases bases. So does Russia and other countries. Fair market value is paid. If the host country doesn't like it, then you vacate.
We went through this with Subic Bay in the Philipines, the largest US Navy base in the Pacific. The Philipine congress rejected a negotiated extension of the lease in 1991, so the US vacated and moved their facilities to other countires.
If the Ecaudorians want to lease a base here and are willing to build roads and pump money in the local economy, I'm sure something could be arranged. | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/26/2007 7:43:47 PM | The Ecuadoran navy consists of a half dozen gunboats we gave them and a few ocean going tugs. They don't even have a destroyer.
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/26/2007 11:14:03 PM | | So let me get this straight: a country with a GDP o 41 billion, with an army of 40,000 operating T-55 tanks wants to open up a military base in the US? | |
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| Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Posted: 11/27/2007 6:24:44 AM | | No, they just want cheap political points with the voters, knowing full well that we pay rent and will leave if they ask us to. They want it both ways. | |
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Posted: 11/27/2007 11:44:33 AM | American Superpower isn't going anywhere.
We have the best Military
We have the best Economy
We have the best Technology
We have the best Infrastructure
We feed 30 percent of the world
Anyone care to refute these 5 statements?
I would,......1longbow
you have the best military?,....there are a number of militaries from other nations that are equally good if not better in some ways,....
yes you have the best and most toys,...but there is more to being a soldier than just stopping a bullet,....the Israelie mosad might take umbridge with your superior view,..
and when you go on the multi national war games exercises,....you don't always win,....
your economy is the best? It may have been before Bush,...but I dare say it sucks today,...
You have the best technology,....perhaps among the best but definately not a solo act,... The Japanese are superior in some areas and even little old Canada has had a major influence in your space program,....
You have the best infrastructure? You may have had once,...but actually your infrastructure in many of your cities, has been ignored and gone into disrepair,...you are not alone in this we too have had bridges that have fallen because we didn't fix things as we should have,....If you were to bring your country up to code as it were,...in every city and on every road surface,....you'd be bankrupted,...(so would we but then again we aren't making a claim to the contrarry,...)
Had you improved the levies for example, in N.O. when you should have,....that city might look different today,.....
and you feed 30 percent of the world?
well I'm not sure where you got your figure from , I couldn't find it,...but here is what I did find,...and it surprised the heck out of me,....
International Aid ? A Solution
Quick Summary: Almost all of the deaths from hunger and disease that you see on this site can be stopped. The cost to do this is about $195 billion a year, according to the United Nations. Twenty-two developed countries below have pledged to work towards each giving 0.7% (a little less than 1%) of their national income in international aid, which would raise the $195 billion. Some countries are slow to meet their pledge.
http://www.poverty.com/internationalaid.html
Countries Agree to 0.7% in International Aid
In the March 2002 Monterrey Conference, 22 of the world’s wealthiest countries (listed above) agreed to make “concrete efforts” towards the goal of each giving 0.7 per cent of their national income as aid to the poorest countries. This conference was attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President George Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, and many other world leaders.
In the September 2002 Johannesburg Summit, these same 22 counties re-affirmed their commitment to reach the 0.7% goal. This would provide enough money to raise the $195 billion per year.
Why the 0.7% Agreement?
The countries made this agreement because they realized that it was hard for each country on its own to give a consistent, minimum level of aid each year. Despite good intentions, a country would find that the aid it wanted to give was eaten away by competing political interests, concern about budget deficits, “problems at home,” “problems abroad,” and so on. So they agreed to a minimal, flat rate that each country could afford each year regardless of its current political or economic state.
The 0.7% figure may sound complicated, but it is actually quite simple. You take the total income earned by all the people in the country and then the government gives 0.7% (seven tenths of one percent) of that as aid. Or to look at it another way: for every $100 earned in the country, the country gives 70 cents in aid.
How are the countries doing?
As the chart above shows, five countries have already met the goal to give 0.7% of their income in international aid: Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
In 2002 and 2003, five other countries set up a schedule to give 0.7%: Belgium, Ireland, Finland, France, and Spain.
In July 2004, the United Kingdom set up a schedule to give 0.7%.
In April 2005, Germany set up a schedule to give 0.7%.
In May 2005, Austria, Greece, Italy, and Portugal set up a schedule to give 0.7%.
It was not easy for many of the countries to set up a schedule to reach the 0.7% goal. In some cases, such as Britain and Germany, it took the combined effort of many thousands of citizens writing and petitioning their government to get it done.
2006 International Aid Donated (Official Development Assistance) Aid as % of income
COUNTRY For each $100 earned Aid as % How close the country
in the country, how of income is to reaching the 0.7%
much is donated in aid goal
Sweden 103 cents 1.03 Already reached goal
Luxembourg 89 cents 0.89 Already reached goal
Norway 89 cents 0.89 Already reached goal
Netherlands 81 cents 0.81 Already reached goal
Denmark 80 cents 0.80 Already reached goal
Ireland 53 cents 0.53 Scheduled to reach in 2012
United Kingdom 52 cents 0.52 Scheduled to reach in 2013
Belgium 50 cents 0.50 Scheduled to reach in 2010
Austria 48 cents 0.48 Scheduled to reach in 2015
France 47 cents 0.47 Scheduled to reach in 2012
Switzerland 39 cents 0.39 No schedule yet
Finland 39 cents 0.39 Scheduled to reach in 2010
Germany 36 cents 0.36 Scheduled to reach in 2014
Spain 32 cents 0.32 Scheduled to reach in 2012
Canada 30 cents 0.30 No schedule yet
Australia 30 cents 0.30 No schedule yet
New Zealand 27 cents 0.27 No schedule yet
Japan 25 cents 0.25 No schedule yet
Portugal 21 cents 0.21 Scheduled to reach in 2015
Italy 20 cents 0.20 Scheduled to reach in 2015
United States 17 cents 0.17 No schedule yet
Greece 16 cents 0.16 Scheduled to reach in 2015
****Clearly the USA isn't doing as well as you might have thought, in the area of giving to the poor,...(your standing on this list actually surprised me)....and yes neither are we******
We are the only country willing to protect the free world from Islamo-fascism
Last I knew, Europe was the one that was crashing and burning. Did I read the wrong newspaper?
ISLAMO-FASCISM???? I'm not even going to touch this one,...
I believe the above list of giving nations also explaines the is Europe crashing and burning,....I', going to take a leap of faith and say probably not as much as you might think and,....oh yes,....you did read the wrong newspaper,...try getting your news from global sources not just CNN and fox,...News is presented subjectively by each country,...so if you get your facts from several different countries you get a more 3 dimential look on what is actually happening around the world,....
I personally tend to check the Canadian, American, British and German news,....
as for your taking care of your own people,....ask yourself why there are so many homeless,...why your poverty level among your own is so high,...and why you treat your vets as badly as you do and then ask that question again,....
and finally your magnanimous trreatment of illegal aliens,...is not an aberration,...
many Nations do what you do and more,....in fact some do it to your Citizens when they find themselves in need,...didn't you see the documentary that Michael Moor did on health care,...He documented Cuban doctors providing a service they could not get within their own Country of the US of A,....and even though Bush rejected Castro's offer when Katrina hit,....but he was one of the first Nations willing to send aid and doctors to the region,....go figure,....
which brings me back to the subject at hand,....
If Equador wants to build a base in Miamy,....and you have your lease renewed,...it seems to me that fair is fair,....
I do have a question though,....most countries have embasy's in other countries,....but just how many other countries have bases all over the globe,....and how many other countries have bases in the USA?
do the German's have a base in the states? and if not,...why not?
We have bases where there are other countries as well as our own are on one base,...like Goosebay, Labrador,....where American's, German's, Britts and the Dutch all have troups, doing exercises, (some together some alone),....
Not many people in the world see the US as an ally anymore...
Until your front doorstep is threatened.
*Shaking head*
at least I don't have 3 locks and a security system to feel safe,...
in fact I rarely ever even lock my door,.... | |
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Posted: 11/27/2007 4:02:26 PM | +++do the German's have a base in the states? and if not,...why not?+++
Because my grandfather kicked their grandfathers ***. Doesn't seem like much of a reason to me either. Ask a German why they tolerate such nonsense. Could be the bear. | |
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