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If you're getting your news from either of these two people, you're hurting. They're commentators, they offer opinion and analysis. The difference is that Coulter's commentary involves much more thought and intelligence than Rhodes'. Rhodes resorts to screaming when she otherwise can't get her point across. You can't find what Coulter says from anyone other than Coulter. Rhodes usually just rattles off liberal talking points and calls it a day.
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Originally posted by Davo:
You can't find what Coulter says from anyone other than Coulter. Rhodes usually just rattles off liberal talking points and calls it a day.
So Coulter's "jokes" are what differentiates her. Gotcha.
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Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by Wien_Sean:
I have nothing more to say about her. Her, Tucker Carlson and Michael Moore can all shampoo my crotch. Anyone who buys into either parties pundits clearly has no idea about politics and what the US needs.
It probably only takes one person with one finger to shampoo your crotch, Sean. What exactly do you mean by 'buy into'? And again, remote US political experts know everything. Not sure where Tucker Carlson comes into this, but that guy is about as insignificant and puss a pundit as anyone.
Man alive you cannot let it drop that I am in a different country and still and still in touch with American politics. Really, do you think I cannot form a valid opinion based on the fact that I do not live in the US right now? I mean really, does living in Europe denounce my American citizenship or what? I am not playing any side and you refuse to see that fact. Honestly I have not said anything that anyone here can disagree with. She is just as much of an extremist as Moore; they counterbalance each other with the amount of [censored] and truth they produce, though both produce a lot less of the later than they do the former. Coulter sees Liberals as a scourge that should be eradicated from the face of the earth, Moore the same about Conservatives, what the hell happened to having different opinions? Honestly you seem think that because I have liberal ideas and because I live in Europe, that first, my opinion does not matter, and second that Liberals are the worst thing since Hitler. You treat Liberals like Communists or Nazis bent on making the world truly sh!tty; do you really think that is my goal? Do you not think we are all trying to make the world better? I really do not know what you beef is with Liberals, Europeans, and Me but it is truly uncalled for and unfounded. Davo I have met you in person and you know me, but really I don't understand where this "well you are in Europe and therefore you cannot make a logical opinion" comes from; I am puzzled.
I mentioned Carlson only because he is in the audio quote that posted.
Also the Shampoo my Crotch comment is a little personal don't you think? I mean really it was not meant to offend yoy but if you are that close to Coulter I am sorry.
BTW if would take many finger to shampoo my crotch. 
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I suspect Sean might get more unbiased news about the US there in Vienna than we get here. I haven't lived in Vienna, but I lived in Germany for two years and I was impressed with the erudite, straightforward reporting in the papers. From what I could gather, many of the papers there are written for a better-educated audience than ours. The Frankfurter Allgemeine, for example, is a pretty hard-core newspaper, not an easy read.
Also, perspective. All of us except Sean live surrounded by the noisy racket of American culture. We are bombarded with messages that are shaped to conform to American biases and preconceptions. This helps us forget that our high-consumption lifestyle is nearly unique in the world. Living in a nearly perpetual war economy has become commonplace to us, and our culture and our media treat it as a given. We truly live in a cultural bubble.
If you really want to see us as the world sees us, you have to live overseas for awhile. My wake-up call happened in London, where some locals (even those who liked the U.S.) told me that they fear the U.S. more than any other country because we seem bent on militarism and the use of force, which they think could lead to another global war or a nuclear launch. They also fear our ability to change the climate so that the gulf stream (which makes English weather like Oregon's, despite England's high latitude) disappears and English weather becomes "rather Alaskan" as one fellow put it.
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Originally posted by caltour:
If you really want to see us as the world sees us, you have to live overseas for awhile. My wake-up call happened in London, where some locals (even those who liked the U.S.) told me that they fear the U.S. more than any other country because we seem bent on militarism and the use of force, which they think could lead to another global war or a nuclear launch.
Amazing, coming from Europe. Funny how they didn't seem to mind our militarism when it kept the Soviets from taking over the European and Asian continents. If Europeans really think that we would be the instigators of a global and/or nuclear war, then they are much more stupid than I previously thought.
Originally posted by caltour:
They also fear our ability to change the climate so that the gulf stream (which makes English weather like Oregon's, despite England's high latitude) disappears and English weather becomes "rather Alaskan" as one fellow put it.
I had no reaction to this other than laughter.
caltour, I hope you're talking out of your ass here, and not offering any kind of real scope into the mentality of Europeans. God help them if they believe any of the things you've talked about here.
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Originally posted by caltour:
My wake-up call happened in London, where some locals (even those who liked the U.S.) told me that they fear the U.S. more than any other country because we seem bent on militarism and the use of force,
they sure as hell didn't mind during either world war when germany was pounding them. i see how this works now...when in physical danger befriend the u.s. and when not in physical danger poo poo the u.s. ok
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which they think could lead to...a nuclear launch.
been there, done that, not dumb enough to do that again. now, there some countries in this world who are not nearly as wise who they can spend time worrying about if that makes them feel better as people.
Originally posted by caltour:
They also fear our ability to change the climate so that the gulf stream (which makes English weather like Oregon's, despite England's high latitude) disappears and English weather becomes "rather Alaskan" as one fellow put it.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah *breathe* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
sounds like someone has spent too much time watching the day after tomorrow
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Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by caltour:
If you really want to see us as the world sees us, you have to live overseas for awhile. My wake-up call happened in London, where some locals (even those who liked the U.S.) told me that they fear the U.S. more than any other country because we seem bent on militarism and the use of force, which they think could lead to another global war or a nuclear launch.
Amazing, coming from Europe. Funny how they didn't seem to mind our militarism when it kept the Soviets from taking over the European and Asian continents. If Europeans really think that we would be the instigators of a global and/or nuclear war, then they are much more stupid than I previously thought.
I have to go to bed. Someone else tell Davo that the Cold War is over. Tell him the Euros actually appreciated the counterbalance we provided to the Soviets, but that they think the present circumstances are a little different.
Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by caltour:
They also fear our ability to change the climate so that the gulf stream (which makes English weather like Oregon's, despite England's high latitude) disappears and English weather becomes "rather Alaskan" as one fellow put it.
I had no reaction to this other than laughter.
caltour, I hope you're talking out of your ass here, and not offering any kind of real scope into the mentality of Europeans. God help them if they believe any of the things you've talked about here.
Oh, and somebody dig up one of those polls the media are forever telling us about, in which Northern Europeans express great fear about global warming, and point their fingers at us because we treat fossil fuels the way teenagers treat firewood at a bonfire.
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Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by caltour:
If you really want to see us as the world sees us, you have to live overseas for awhile. My wake-up call happened in London, where some locals (even those who liked the U.S.) told me that they fear the U.S. more than any other country because we seem bent on militarism and the use of force, which they think could lead to another global war or a nuclear launch.
Amazing, coming from Europe. Funny how they didn't seem to mind our militarism when it kept the Soviets from taking over the European and Asian continents. If Europeans really think that we would be the instigators of a global and/or nuclear war, then they are much more stupid than I previously thought.
You don't have to throw the first punch to start something Dave.
And FYI WW II ended almost 60 years ago, a lot has changed since then including a large portion of the population. They're worried about the here and now and not whether we(the US)have been thanked and patted of the fanny enough.
You feed 'em, clothe 'em and put a roof over their heads but kids still growup and develop their own opinions ya know.
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Originally posted by my csvt:
Originally posted by caltour:
They also fear our ability to change the climate so that the gulf stream (which makes English weather like Oregon's, despite England's high latitude) disappears and English weather becomes "rather Alaskan" as one fellow put it.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah *breathe* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
sounds like someone has spent too much time watching the day after tomorrow
Let me go to bed, for christsake! I want a report from you on my desk in the morning, proving that global warming is no threat to Northern Europe, and showing that the huge body of evidence that England is one of the the countries most at risk to climate change is false.
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don't let me keep you up. i will not deny the climate may possibly be getting warmer but i do deny it is entirely the fault of the united states. antartic ice sheet informationsince we are handing out assignments here i have one for you. explain how the earth has suffered through and recovered from multiple ice ages without the intervention of man and how this is totally forgotten by everyone who wants to blame the big bad mean u.s. for their troubles.
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