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| trancEyes22 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vero
um, im not exactly sure what you are referring to as far as this whole north south agreement. but if you are talking aobut how GW is a whipped, ultra right-wing, gay hating, environment desrtoying, economy crashing, warmongering puppet of the hummer driving soccer moms union and the oil companies, then I can speak for at least one southerner when i say "we are with ya."
so clinton lied about a blowjob, and almost got kicked out of office. bush lied about a war, does this mean we can hang him by his testicles and stone him to death? |
hahah that is so awesome! i loved every word. BUSH!!! :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| verndogs |
since we're on the topic of politics...
from a IM with a friend-
"lol.. so my roommate, he's really unfamiliar with politics.. last year, he was trying to figure out whether or not he was a democrat or a republican... so he said that he's probably a republican because they're conservative.. meaning that they conserve nature and forests, etc." |
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| mister ben |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4185205.stm
More than half of people surveyed in a BBC World Service poll say the re-election of US President George W Bush has made the world more dangerous.
Only three countries - India, Poland and the Philippines - out of 21 polled believed the world was now safer.
The survey found that 47% of the 21,953 people questioned now see US influence in the world as largely negative, and view Americans negatively as well.
None of the countries polled supported contributing their troops to Iraq.
"This is quite a grim picture for the US," said Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), which carried out the poll with GlobeScan.
There may be some underlying openness to repairing relations with the US"
Steven Kull
Bush election riles Europeans
India backs Bush
"Negative feelings about Bush are high and are generalising to the American people who re-elected him."
On average across all countries, 58% of people - and 16 out of 21 countries polled - said they believed Mr Bush's re-election to the White House made the world more dangerous.
Traditional allies
Most negative feelings were found in Western European, Latin American and Muslim countries.
They include traditional US allies such as Germany, France, Britain and Italy as well as neighbours Canada and Mexico.
Read key points and see graphs from the World Service poll.
At-a-glance
The only European country to buck the trend was Poland, one of the new members of the European Union, which gave the thumbs up to both President Bush and the US.
Turkey topped the anti-Bush list, with 82% believing his re-election would be negative for global security.
The result is bad news for the president as Turkey is a US ally and the only Muslim member of Nato, says the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels.
Other predominantly Muslim countries - Indonesia and Lebanon - were also high up the list.
But, any warmer feelings in Indonesia towards the US following its tsunami relief operations would not show up as the poll was carried out before the disaster struck, says the BBC's Dan Isaacs.
Economic boom
Anti-Bush sentiments also appeared to be strong in Latin America. Argentina, with 79%, and Brazil, with 78%, follow Turkey in the list.
This seems surprising given that the region has had less direct involvement in US foreign policy issues, says our correspondent.
Another surprise was India's support for Mr Bush. The poll found 62% believed his administration was positive for global security.
The BBC's Nick Bryant says the reason for this may be because the poll was carried out in cities where people have benefited economically from closer trade ties with the US.
Doug Miller, President of Globescan, said the findings "supports the view of some Americans that unless his administration changes its approach to world affairs in its second term, it will continue to erode America's good name, and hence its ability to effectively influence world affairs".
But Mr Kull says the results do not constitute a definitive world-wide majority, "suggesting there may be some underlying openness to repairing relations with the US".
PIPA interviewed between 500 and 1,800 people in each of the 21 countries surveyed, plus 1,000 Americans, in face-to-face or telephone interviews.
The interviews took place between 15 November 2004 and 5 January 2005.
The margin of error is between 2.5 and 4 points, depending on the country. |
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| phonk64 |
So much negativity...
Don't worry Dems, you'll get to vote for Hillary in 2008 so its all good :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| ATL_Trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
So much negativity...
Don't worry Dems, you'll get to vote for Hillary in 2008 so its all good :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
nothing wrong with being concerned about your country, it's future, and how the rest of the world views us
(keep in mind son, we're graduating college soon with ENGINEERING degrees, in a GLOBAL marketplace, and we're gonna be looking for jobs... however much you'd like to stay in a bubble where we do whatever we want to the rest of the world, we'll be paying for our country's actions one way or the other)
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and as liberal as i am, god help us if hillary runs in 2008 :nervous: if we want an end to this madness, we're gonna hafta come up with something better than that!! :wtf: |
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