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Old 02-28-2013, 12:28 PM
 
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See, this is the crux. If America is such a hellhole, why are so many people literally as well as figuratively dying to immigrate there?

Anyone sneaking across the border from Arizona to Mexico? Risking a gruesome death in a seaborne cargo container to be beached on the coast of China? Sailing a skiff made of packing pallets from Florida to Cuba? Hijacking an airliner and demanding to be re-routed from LAX to Bucharest?
Over the border there lies the promised land where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand.
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Old 02-28-2013, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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The deep south IS a 3rd world nation. Its complete failure is evident to anyone with eyes.
The Northeast is a hellhole. It's infested with idiots and bigots, has terrible food and inhumane winters.

I would rather live in Mexico than the Northeast.
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Old 02-28-2013, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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I have, and I never want to go again. Like I mentioned on the first page, the biggest dumps in the nation are in the bright red deep south.
I've been to every medium and large city in the US and can assure you there is no bigger dump than Detroit. And there are several other Northern cities almost as bad.

Your politics don't allow you to see beyond red/blue, as if that color characterizes an entire state or region.

Quite juvenile.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:09 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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I've been to every medium and large city in the US and can assure you there is no bigger dump than Detroit. And there are several other Northern cities almost as bad.

Your politics don't allow you to see beyond red/blue, as if that color characterizes an entire state or region.

Quite juvenile.






Exactly. The ignorance of a few here is astounding. The only thing I can think of is they must be juveniles.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:14 PM
 
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I aways love when people say "At least the US isn't as bad as (insert name of country here)". That pretty much says it all.
RT is trying some good old propaganda to stem the flow of intellectual talent and good looking women fleeing west in large numbers.

A lot of the negative dings against the USA are really lifestyle choices.

USA isn't perfect but we sure have a lot of people trying to get here by any means neccessary.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:16 PM
 
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The biggest dumps in the nation are in the bright red states.

Just take a drive through the rootin' tootin' deep south, you would think you are in a 3rd world country.
Your racism on the matter is once again noted.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
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That is just ridiculous propaganda. Note that it is a video published by "RussiaToday."

The USA is not the best place to live, but no one with a brain would say it is the worst. If you really think so, then I invite you to move to: Russia, China, anywhere in far eastern Europe, Afghanistan, Syria, pretty much anywhere in Africa... get the picture now?
Did anybody in this thread say it was the worst? I don't think so. The point is that the US ain't the best place to live. Contrary to what the American propaganda machine keeps telling us.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:18 PM
 
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Did anybody in this thread say it was the worst? I don't think so. The point is that the US ain't the best place to live. Contrary to what the American propaganda machine keeps telling us.
Honey, that's the title of your thread---"US worst place to live?"
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
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Bottom line on a country is to compare how many are trying to get in by legal or illegal invasion compared to how many are trying to get out
Lets do the comparison. Looks like the numbers are dropping rapidly.

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Old 02-28-2013, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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The biggest dumps in the nation are in the bright red states.

Just take a drive through the rootin' tootin' deep south, you would think you are in a 3rd world country.
Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo are so bright red. Serious GOP strongholds right there.
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