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Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: wrag on January 10, 2008, 02:09:53 PM: An opinion piece I suppose.

Here you go....

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/01/10/liberal-europeans-should-be-allowed-to-vote-in-us-elections/

What kind of country would we have if this happened?
Title: Re: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: FrodeMk3 on January 10, 2008, 02:36:16 PM: Quote
Originally posted by wrag
An opinion piece I suppose.

Here you go....

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/01/10/liberal-europeans-should-be-allowed-to-vote-in-us-elections/

What kind of country would we have if this happened?

I read the article. The writer made the assumption that the Europeans' intended to reciprocate for voting in our elections. They did not.

But you have this sort of thing in opinion pieces...
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Post by: AKIron on January 10, 2008, 02:43:28 PM: We already have that. It's called the UN.
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Post by: Viking on January 10, 2008, 03:31:35 PM: This is just silly and only proves that stupid people are everywhere. How slow does a news day have to be for that to be newsworthy? Jeez...
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Post by: Airscrew on January 10, 2008, 04:01:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by wrag
What kind of country would we have if this happened?

France?
Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: Airscrew on January 10, 2008, 04:03:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Viking
This is just silly and only proves that stupid people are everywhere. How slow does a news day have to be for that to be newsworthy? Jeez...

Mens New Daily, our motto "There's no such thing as a slow news day, everything is News to us"
Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: 68ROX on January 10, 2008, 04:18:30 PM: The folks advocating that are either as dumb as a can of rocks, or off their rocker.

What idiot would advocate being able to vote in another sovereign nation's national elections without being a citizen of that nation?

DO Americans want the French to be able to vote in our own national elections?

HE-double-hockey-sticks-NO...

I want the French standing by at the ready in France to be able to throw up their hands and white flag at a moments notice when another country says "Boo".

The next time we're not bailing them out.

68ROX
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Post by: Yossarian on January 30, 2008, 02:54:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by 68ROX
... I want the French standing by at the ready in France to be able to throw up their hands and white flag at a moments notice when another country says "Boo".

The next time we're not bailing them out.

68ROX

I'd just like to say that the French Resistance did a valiant job of resisting the Nazis, albeit after the French government had surrendered.
I think it would be more accurate to say:
I want the French government standing by at the ready in France to be able to throw up their hands and white flag at a moments notice when another country says "Boo".
In WWII, the French government surrendered, many of the French people didn't.

Also, could you please tell me what you mean by "bailing them out"?
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Post by: Coshy on January 30, 2008, 03:10:00 PM: I believe "bailing them out" equates to them being able to speak french, not german.
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Post by: gpwurzel on January 30, 2008, 03:10:21 PM: No thanks - I dont trust half the populace of the UK not to reinstate this current bunch of lying, cheating, stealing, incompetent, holier than thou half wits. I'd hate for that to happen to anywhere else in the world (and yep, that includes france (sorry, I just had to))

Wurzel (on vacation and missing dying to everyones guns)
Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: Rino on January 30, 2008, 03:31:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Yossarian
I'd just like to say that the French Resistance did a valiant job of resisting the Nazis, albeit after the French government had surrendered.
I think it would be more accurate to say:
I want the French government standing by at the ready in France to be able to throw up their hands and white flag at a moments notice when another country says "Boo".
In WWII, the French government surrendered, many of the French people didn't.

Also, could you please tell me what you mean by "bailing them out"?

As valiant as the resistance movements in Europe were, do you honestly
believe that any of them had any chance of evicting the Nazis? Heck, even
the Free French Army used US vehicles, equipment and small arms.

The resistance was also dependent on Allied supplies for things like
radios, small arms and explosives.
Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: 68ROX on January 30, 2008, 05:44:04 PM: See Rules #4, #5, #7
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Post by: AKIron on January 30, 2008, 05:52:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by 68ROX
See Rules #4, #5, #7

Don't say never. Should Hillary become the next POTUS Europe's opinion may well rule our homeland.
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Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on January 30, 2008, 07:34:37 PM: Yeah and if the french did not help us out our military would still have red coat's.

Give some... get some, WE the american people needed there help, and they gave it. They "the french people" needed help, we helped them.
What moral fiber of these bottom lines do you fail to understand?
If anything we owed them in wwII.

<~~> the french~~
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Post by: john9001 on January 30, 2008, 07:44:26 PM: the US should have never invaded France in WW2, France was a peaceful country at war with no one and being defended by their friends the Germans when the US and England invaded peaceful France killing untold numbers of innocent French.
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Post by: splitatom on January 30, 2008, 08:08:04 PM: no
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Post by: splitatom on January 30, 2008, 08:10:22 PM: See Rule #4

(bigotry, in any form, will not be tolerated)
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Post by: moot on January 30, 2008, 09:49:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by splitatom
See Rule #4
:lol You've got a lot to learn.
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Post by: straffo on January 30, 2008, 11:54:12 PM: See Rule #17
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Post by: Ouaibe on January 31, 2008, 01:17:51 AM: See Rule #17
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Post by: straffo on January 31, 2008, 02:29:43 AM: See Rule #17
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Post by: moot on January 31, 2008, 02:46:26 AM: Splitatom is barely 14 or so.
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Post by: Angus on January 31, 2008, 05:52:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Yossarian
I'd just like to say that the French Resistance did a valiant job of resisting the Nazis, albeit after the French government had surrendered.
I think it would be more accurate to say:
I want the French government standing by at the ready in France to be able to throw up their hands and white flag at a moments notice when another country says "Boo".
In WWII, the French government surrendered, many of the French people didn't.

Also, could you please tell me what you mean by "bailing them out"?

You need to brush up one some things in WW2.

1. France declared war on Germany. The USA didn't. France surrendered after loosing the fight.
2. The British also declared war on Germany. They lost the fight on the continent, but kept their feet in the air and on the seas.
3. At the time, Germany had one big Ally, -the USSR. Good, for it provided them with a lot of raw materials.
4. Many Americans thought it was pointless for the British to fight on. Remember that the British are Europeans and members of the EU today.
5. Untill 1941 Germany had open Business to the USA. But the British stopped them from shopping.
6. In 1941 the British were allowed to go shopping arms in the USA. It passed the senate by a MARGIN.
7. After Pearl Harbour, the Germans declared war on the USA.
8. To beat the Germans, you had to pass through France, Italy, or leave it to the Russians. All 3 were the case.

So, in short, France did get a beating, but the USA did not rush in just like that to save just them. It was a part of the whole mosaic.
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Post by: cpxxx on January 31, 2008, 06:23:35 AM: Quote
See Rules #4, #5, #7

The French are like that with everyone. :lol Don't take it so personally. Why is it you want to approval of the French all the time?

In any case, would someone please explain why you are all attacking the French on the basis of a daft opinion piece by a BELGIAN woman in a DUTCH language newspaper?

Europe = France France = Europe :rolleyes:
Title: Allow Europeans to vote in U.S.
Post by: 68ROX on January 31, 2008, 06:27:57 AM: See Rule #4, #5
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Post by: straffo on January 31, 2008, 06:38:38 AM: If you sir hadn't started a vehement and stupid diatribe you wouldn't have been a target for me.

You deserved it.
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Post by: TomHorn on January 31, 2008, 06:38:40 AM: See Rules #4, #5
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Post by: straffo on January 31, 2008, 06:56:22 AM: look what the cat dragged in !
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Post by: moot on January 31, 2008, 07:07:50 AM: :rofl
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Post by: thrila on January 31, 2008, 07:13:58 AM: Vote hillary!:D
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Post by: moot on January 31, 2008, 07:32:25 AM: She'll un-corrupt the young.
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Post by: Skuzzy on January 31, 2008, 08:01:19 AM: Note, a few members just got banned. There are some things that are intolerant to do on this board. A display of bigotry will get you tossed off this board very quickly. We have zero tolerance for it.