Americans receive only limited and biased news

[NUKE]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." FDR

Thats right, the US was attacked.  If the US fleet had been in Russia, the US would have been attacked all the same.

[NUKE]

Originally posted by Sundiver
Now wait, Nuke..why would an attack on Alaska in the 40's be an act of war? Alaskans weren't US citizens then according to you.

we had US forces there and they were attacked.

[Holden McGroin]

PR is not a state, neither is Washington DC, but I'm pretty sure it is part of the USA.

[Pongo]

Originally posted by NUKE
I love it when someone says that Americans receive only limited news (CNN) while implying that they get the "real" news.

Americans probably have access to more news sources than any other people.

Is there a secret news source that I am not aware of ?

its no secret.

read on

[fffreeze220]

Did i allready tell u the Story of the Wal Mart Dude who asked me what part of America Germany is ?  
Hehe i couldnt resist

[Frogm4n]

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by fffreeze220
Did i allready tell u the Story of the Wal Mart Dude who asked me what part of America Germany is ?  
Hehe i couldnt resist

Germany is somewhere near Leavenworth Washington.  They have beer, pretzels, strudel, lederhosen, it gotta be close to there.

On the original thread intent...

On my cable, I have CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, MSNBC, CBC, then there is always the internet....  How many friggin' news sources does one need?

[rpm]

Originally posted by NUKE
PR is not part of of the US as much as you wish it was.  

Did'nt they call you Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

[Puke]

I disagree with the whole premise of this argument.  I personally think Americans are on the cutting edge of accurate news.  Ours being one of the richest nations on this planet combined with the fact that our news is not state-controlled like so many nations, means we have excellent access to a variety of sources around the world.  Be it an array of cable channels, satellite dishes and radio programs, I think we can do pretty well.  Heck, I get several foreign language news channels as well as specific topic news programs.  As for our seeking the truth, I think Americans do well there too and again, we have great access to a myriad of media.

And also, Puerto Rico sucks.  I was there in the mid-80's and remember being on a tour bus through a university and the students seeing us and yelling out "Americans go home!"  Yeah, they feel real American there.

[Animal]

Originally posted by Puke
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And also, Puerto Rico sucks.  I was there in the mid-80's and remember being on a tour bus through a university and the students seeing us and yelling out "Americans go home!"  Yeah, they feel real American there.

LOL, yeah, because that crappy university is representative of our whole country, right?

Just like Columbine and the rest of your public schools, and many of the colleges I have seen in California, where kids wear comunist attire and shun their own country. Back at you.

[X2Lee]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Technically speaking, everybody from Canadians to Argentines can claim to be 'American' as all live on (or near) American continents.  (The Americas)   Although the citizens of the United States of America have adopted the term 'American' due to convenience over 'United Statesian'.

Puerto Rico has been a territory of the USA (like Guam is) since the Spanish American War.  About the same time Hawaii became a territory if memory serves.

Puerto Ricans are indeed American on 2 counts.

There are Puerto Ricans lobbying for statehood, others for independance, others for continued territory status.

If we give PR statehood it would be a Huge welfare state. I hope it does not happen.

[NUKE]

Originally posted by Animal

Just like Columbine and the rest of your public schools, and many of the colleges I have seen in California, where kids wear comunist attire and shun their own country. Back at you.

I thought you were part of the US? Why would you say "your" public schools?

What is communists attire?

[Animal]

Originally posted by X2Lee
If we give PR statehood it would be a Huge welfare state. I hope it does not happen.

Have any data to back this statement? Really, I'd like to see it.

Originally posted by NUKE
I thought you were part of the US? Why would you say "your" public schools?

What is communists attire?

Even though we are part of the US, our education system is run differently and is not part of US public education. Therefore, when I say "your" I am refering to your specific school system.

Comunist attire = red stars, Che Guevara images, listening to 'Rage Against the Machine', and sporting Anti-US/Anti-Capitalism logos.

Really NUKE, keep replying. Smarter with every post.

[GRUNHERZ]

Puerto Rico is part of the USA. Puerto Ricans have US citizenship - what more is there to it? They are, whether they want it or not, americans at this time...

What an amazing thread....

[NUKE]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Puerto Rico is part of the USA. Puerto Ricans have US citizenship - what more is there to it? They are, whether they want it or not, americans at this time...

What an amazing thread....

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Yeah, Puerto Rico is the same as the US.

They just have their own constitution, don't pay federal income tax, can't vote in presidential elections, have no senators, and have their own Olympic team and compete as an independent nation.

They also voted not to become a US state. They have an internal self government.

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth and not a state in the union. To say that  Puerto Rico is controled by the US is more accurate than saying Puerto Rico is the same as a US state. There is not really a clear definition of Puerto Rico's status and it's compact with the US.

Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.