let me just ask you a two part question.
And I'm going to try to do it carefully, because I don't want to offend the sensitive-sensibilities. Right from the start on this one, I'm not going to give people so much the benefit of the doubt on this one. It's a provocative question, that comes to me with an angry kind of tone to it. So that's reason enough, right from the start, to see if I can sort of pillow-it gently for people. I suppose I aim to provoke response, with the feeeling of the question, but, actually, I don't really want to provoke offended-feelings response. Thats not the kind of answering I'm interesed in.
If you don't like the question or feel too much like "I don't get it" with this one there's no point answering. I need you to just move on to some other question please. Thankyou.
Two part:
1. Has America ever "lost" a war? (Or anything?)
2. Are you (me and you=America) re- ?? [
2007-10-16
06:54:07
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2. Are you (me and you=America) re- ?? [
now there I'm going to try to be gentle and just say maybe-not-so-smart-as-we-like-to-think] ??
I know it's messy,
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- but I'm really tring to not be - - ..well not to step on sensitive or trivially-excitable toes here.
And I don't mean to merely evoke the menutia of historical quirks n' factiods in my question. I fully intend to call on your view of our general American MINDSET.
I could rephrase I guess like:
1. America always "wins"?
2. Do we have some kind of desperate-gambler's approach to Warfare? The
weirder the gamble, the more risky the challenge, the braver we want to be,
more want to throw our best American lives into the Hazard?
This daring-impulse what makes us American? Gumption? Go for the biggest
risk, get the biggest result, sink or swim, everything.. even in Warfare,
always?
We have to be upstarts in everything. (Do we?) It's "essence" to the-
American-Dream. Even in warfa
2007-10-16
06:56:30 ·
update #1
American-Dream. Even in warfare. (Right?) We have to be the country to
invent the next i-pod, we also have to be the country to invent the new
reasons to keep throwing young lives into war?
2007-10-16
06:57:20 ·
update #2
have some kind of desperate-gambler's approach to Warfare? The
weirder the gamble, the more risky the challenge, the braver we want to be,
more want to throw our best American lives into the Hazard?
This daring-impulse what makes us American? Gumption? Go for the biggest risk, get the biggest result, sink or swim, everything.. even in Warfare, always?
We have to be upstarts in everything. (Do we?) It's "essence" to the-American-Dream. Even in warfare. (Right?) We have to be the country to
invent the next i-pod, we also have to be the country to invent the new
reasons to keep throwing young lives into war?
2007-10-16
07:02:58 ·
update #3
Crap, sorry the last part is choppy in the line-by line. Started fixing it, just going to leave it as-is now though.
Hope it wasn't too hard to read.
Thanx.
2007-10-16
07:07:07 ·
update #4
Wow, that wash the dishes answer is really weird, but honestly,
strangely enough,
I like it. (Don't ask me why I like it, it's just fun somehow.)
Thanx.
2007-10-16
07:20:12 ·
update #5
The "yes to both" answer was very gracious. And yes, honestly, thankyou for trying to leave out the potential-offensive on this one. The truth is I'm seeing all this Americans-making-war stuff today, and it's making me angry. Like "Are we {not so bright} ?"
We're inventive, immature.
We cannot handle "not" "winning" in any kind of healthy way in our whole history. And it's gettng worse.
2007-10-16
07:28:39 ·
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I think I get it but I'm not altogether sure if my lengthy answer will not be offensive in some way to you which ,heaven forbid, I certainly would not intend to have happen. But, at risk of being reported, deported or whatever Y/A does, here goes. Yes, to both. I do hope I've been helpful.
2007-10-16 07:10:30
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Sometimes the vietnam war is washed the dishes under the road. If we all can't get along then we might as well fire our employees and retire to Finland. I don't know why the dragonflies try to eat cake. Their parents, the orange grove, should not tell me what to do. I mean, what does a beautician know?
America is and always will be a place to buy shoes in the desert. A speaker can be limited by how an ashtray acts.
My answer is this: define yourself by the nationality of your hairspray.
Otherwise, a rival will accomidate your swimming pool in the closet.
The only solution is to provide all of us with carpet and saxaphones.
2007-10-16 07:09:23
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so a strategies as i will see the financial downturn did no longer start up till the Democrats took over congress in 2007, up till then we had low unemployment, the dow hit checklist highs and the financial gadget confirmed stable enhance. the place is the cost of gas now? and characteristic you shopped for foodstuff presently? The funds "surplus" became into projected, based on the belief no longer something could ensue, 9-11 sort of stopped that. because of the fact the obama administration began we've viewed the deficit quadruple, Does that help or harm the financial gadget? What became into "pretend" approximately 9-11? And what distinction did it make the place they got here from? Medicare area D became into supported by potential of the two events. the government takes in 30 trillion money over a 10 three hundred and sixty 5 days era, the Bush tax cuts equaled 2.5% of that unfolded over a decade, maximum of it going to those that worked for a residing. Bush's prop up became into supported by potential of the democrats and became into to be paid lower back by potential of the companies that gained the money, no longer so with the bailouts Obama handed. We went from 5% unemployment to over 9%, regardless of the 787 billion dollar "stimulus" that became into assume to maintain unemployment to eight% or decrease. we don't prefer secure practices from Republicans, the democrats are the bigger danger. As a strategies a being a veteran is in touch, talk basically for your self. do no longer attempt to symbolize those that maximum in all danger do no longer believe you.
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yes. the war of 1812 ended with no one gaining anything they didn't have before the war. Vietnam, we airlifted the last of our people out as the north invaded. the war on drugs, there are more students using drugs, at a younger age than when the "war" began.
2007-10-16 07:04:02
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I had trouble making sense of this whole thing. As to your first question I would say the British spanked us pretty hard during the War of 1812. I would probably chalk that up as a loss even though we didn't lose much.........
2007-10-16 06:59:52
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answered by Brian 7
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Yes, America and Americans are the greatest on the face of the earth, haven't we proved it time and again?
2007-10-16 07:00:50
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