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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:14 AM Original message |
what does present day American culture have to offer |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. What present day culture to me indicates that you must conform or leave |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. self-validation thru shopping? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Consumerism is civilization's first anti-depressant. n/t |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
132. Its the second antidepressent |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I am sure I will be bullied once again on this, of all forums, but I ... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. thanks |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Hi W.U.A.!!!! |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Ja, ich bin wieder da. Wo bist du gewesen? Vielleicht habe ich... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Japanese are aghast as well |
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MellowOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Most of the world is aghast as well n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. No one should bully for stating an opinion |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. It's Not Just Europeans Who Are Aghast |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
131. I can pass for Canadian |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. TROLL!!!!!! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. In other parts of the world |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Our culture doesn't have to "prove" itself to anyone |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. of course we have the right |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This is the kind of question that always leads to generalizations |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. We are a nation of ignoramuses |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. If you see ignorance, then you are ignorant |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Call me what you want |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. You are seeing what you want to see |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Raging is right in this respect: We are no longer the desired |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. That is definitely true, but that's a very different thing |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Ladies and Gentlemen |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
68. Karenina, that was about the level of discourse I expected from you |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. I totally believe both elections were stolen |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. you're confusing terms |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. And speaking of our education system |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Ever checked the statistics on other nations? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Where did I say I hate my own country? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Incendiary topics draw incendiary replies |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Tschüß! |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
106. But it all sounds so familiar |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. well, you say all Americans are ignoramuses |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I'm not suggesting you're a freeper |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. They're not blind talking points, they're personal convictions |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Yes, the U.S. is above reproach |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #111 |
127. Did you read my post or your own? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Melody, there is deadly serious "crisis of values" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Hatred finding reasons |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Your inculcated |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #140 |
146. Every point in your post above |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. actually |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #112 |
126. That's an old hillbilly saying lol |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 07:32 AM Response to Reply #63 |
100. Our students are reasonably good at problem-solving |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
87. I believe it |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Not individuals, but our mass media in general promote the idea |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. Ming fell in 17th century |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. The Ming Dynasty fell in the 17th century to be succeeded by the Qing, but |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 07:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
101. Another example is the decline of science in Islamic cultures |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
86. Just out of curiosity; have you lived outside of the US? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. yes, I have |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #86 |
99. I also depair witnessing America's |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Unfortunately, I fear we're collectively becoming more "shallow and crass" |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. What does it take to turn it around? Or is capitalism dependent upon... |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Bread and circuces for the masses: Behold the new Rome! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I'm not sure it can be changed in time |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Some people are fascinated by celebrity gossip, but others |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. this is why |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Culture isn't monolithic in the U.S. that's a good point |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
85. What is your definition of American culture? n/t |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Even so-called liberals I know |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well put! You said it! I mean can one really be a liberal ... |
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LiberalPartisan (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Zero - Zip - Nada |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Levis jeans |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. I dunno. Maybe we should ask the millions of immigrants |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Note that most of the immigrants these days are coming from |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Paris Hilton |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. Yes, it's a new Algonquin Table. Such wit, such insight. n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. And she gives a great... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. outside of the underground subcultures... nothing i can think of. |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
23. Since I became an expat |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
83. I no longer defend American anything. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. Living overseas for long periods of time and traveling is the best |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. r.e. observation #3 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. China does not care for world domination |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. the responses are fascinating. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Living outside of America |
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kywildcat (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. agreed. Though my qualifications |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. That's the result of the dumbing down of our culture |
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kywildcat (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Yes, I am a product of music lessons |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. unique view, from childhood on |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. remember that calitalism was invented by the europeans |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. I don't really even identify this media with American Culture anymore |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I don't know... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Outside of major cities |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Here's just one example of what you're talking about |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
95. I haven't done that for my area yet |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. i travel to new york, london |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I spent 18 months in Dublin and was very impressed with Ireland |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Don't get me wrong, I love many things about Europe |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. How has being able to "pass" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well, our 'culture' has Britney Spears... which sums it up nicely: |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. money over....everything |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The definitions of wealth, status and worth |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
138. Great post. nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
51. Most of all 'American Idealism' |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
92. It struck me when Rosa Parks died... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. Here are some aspects of our culture. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. We Are The New Culture |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
114. Go for it! |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. I wish people would use more math and less media... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. The fact that people risk their lives daily to come here |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Believing the myth |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. Jazz, blues, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Penn Warren, Langston Hughes |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. hot rods, blue jeans and red-eye gravy.... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. That's "present-day American culture" how, exactly? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Exactly. We are no longer the Nation that produced those luminaries |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. So McMansions have replaced Levittown. Big deal. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #94 |
139. You made some good points. nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. And, Scotty Fitzgerald saw alot of that coming..... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #90 |
98. It is in my classroom |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
81. I think America's big problem is... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #81 |
97. Very astute comment |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
137. Totally excellent comment I agree below... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #137 |
149. While you're formulating your draft |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. No. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. It's very late in the day |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #82 |
102. against the grain |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
89. By "culture," why did I think of the arts? |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
103. the most wonderful selection of gourmet junk foods |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
104. How do you define "culture"? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. good question |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. It is indeed a complex topic. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. and what seems to come across |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. Um well |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. Damn right there is |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
113. Science Fiction! |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. We only have those because they're successful in Europe |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
118. A failed experiment |
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DavidBowman (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Yeah, let's ditch the constitution |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. Yes its failed |
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DavidBowman (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Bull |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Yea, you would know |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #118 |
130. thank you for your input |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
121. Death and destruction |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. It's also domestic policy... |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
122. Sure, I guess... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. The price, I think, is way way |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
133. Plenty of art, music, literature, design. Is this a serious question? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
141. The POINT is, they are those who by |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #133 |
154. I generally agree with you... |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
135. Then move fer chrissakes |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. There are many ways |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. LOL |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
136. The Arts are not culture....that is global.... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. thank you left hander. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
147. These days our American Culture seems to spend more time "Abroad" |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. It's not DEAD yet, Koko01 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. Karenina....I so long for when America get's back to "Creative Roots" |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
151. "Back in the good ol' days...." |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
152. Some of the finest comedy in the world. |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
153. We've been too long American Dreaming |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
155. America still produces great culture; it just gets no attention. |
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Dances with Cats (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
156. Porn, Porn, tons of Porn and its FREEEE! Wheee! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
157. Just for days old fun |
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