American's to the rescue again

Pingfah

Well in fairness he's right about Football/Soccer. Bunch of cheating thugs running around pretending to fall over, oh, oh my KNEE!!!. :twisted:

g under p

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

I was always under the impression that we (as people in general) help out those who are in need out of the goodness of our hearts... not so we can pat ourselves on the backs and gloat on and on about how wonderful we are.
I always thought we do it simply because it is the right thing to do... as humans, for humans.
...
I guess I was wrong.

I didn't realize this forum was only for bashing the USA. it's a daily occurrence on here. what's wrong with pointing out what we do (have done) right over the years? I didn't say we were perfect or we don't do some shitty things in the world but sometimes I get tired of the put downs. sometimes it's good to show some of the bashers that not everything about this country sucks or is wrong. sue me for that.

It was probably your delivery. The message got lost when you went on the attack to make your point. You lost your effort on your second post when you marginalized other countries' efforts towards the great war and mocked soccer/football.

TBU just about sums it up in the above post. I'm very proud if what this country is capable of doing and does do in helping other countries when disaster strikes. At the same time we as citizens of this should not ignore or just forget about the disasters we cause around the world.

Peace

Jason P

Byrnzie wrote:

Jason P wrote:

my advice ... take a chill pill. or try developing what the romans called a sensus humor.

I think get it now; calling the french 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' was your attempt at being funny?

Don't give up the day job.

It was Groundskeeper Willy's attempt to be funny, or more directly, Simpson's staff writer Ken Keeler. And it was a veiled dig on all the pro-us / anti-us "masturbatory" chest beating that was going back in forth on this thread.

I won't give up my day job. I hope things are going well for you at the insult store. It appears that business is booming.

Good day, sir.

mickeyrat

Jason P wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

Jason P wrote:

my advice ... take a chill pill. or try developing what the romans called a sensus humor.

I think get it now; calling the french 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' was your attempt at being funny?

Don't give up the day job.

It was Groundskeeper Willy's attempt to be funny, or more directly, Simpson's staff writer Ken Keeler. And it was a veiled dig on all the pro-us / anti-us "masturbatory" chest beating that was going back in forth on this thread.

I won't give up my day job. I hope things are going well for you at the insult store. It appears that business is booming.

Good day, sir.

In my best Apu voice, "Thank You , Come Again!"

even flow - question mark

I thought that the Philippines were like Peurto Rico, just an extension of the mainland.


Oh thank you Uncle Sam for helping out the people in need. May I kiss your sandals and rub oil on your feet.

Bronx Bombers

pjhawks wrote:

when bad things happen we always step in. the haters never bring this up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/1 ... d%3D404009

where is the dude from China? what are they doing to help out?

Nope, not a typo.

According to the South China Morning Post, China has pledged just $100,000 in cash to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which authorities estimated may have killed 10,000 and left physical damage "so great that it is even hard to tally."

The U.S. has pledged 20 million. Australia has pledged $10 million. HSBC bank alone has pledged $1 million, according to The Telegraph.

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-pl ... id-2013-11

Not much :corn:

Cosmo

pjhawks wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

I was always under the impression that we (as people in general) help out those who are in need out of the goodness of our hearts... not so we can pat ourselves on the backs and gloat on and on about how wonderful we are.
I always thought we do it simply because it is the right thing to do... as humans, for humans.
...
I guess I was wrong.

I didn't realize this forum was only for bashing the USA. it's a daily occurrence on here. what's wrong with pointing out what we do (have done) right over the years? I didn't say we were perfect or we don't do some shitty things in the world but sometimes I get tired of the put downs. sometimes it's good to show some of the bashers that not everything about this country sucks or is wrong. sue me for that.

...
Read the Title of this thread... that about sums it all up.
...
And you ask, 'What's wrong with pointing out what we do (have done) right over the years?'... which is a fair question. But, that is not a stand alone question. That question has to be coupled to and weighed against pointing out everything we have done and are still doing that is wrong over the years. We have to be fair in our own assessments of ourselves... if we ask for fairness in others assesments of our character as a Nation.
...
And i'll point it out again... we do good deeds because they are the right thing to do. Like, you don't give someone who lives on the street money... so other people can see what a wonderful person you are, right? You do it whether there is a crowd around you or if there is no one there to witness it, right? Why? Because it is the good deed that matters... not what others think about it.

Byrnzie

The Philippines has long been pretty much an off-shore U.S military base. Maybe why it's relations with China have not been so cozy, due to the problem of contested territories in the South China Sea.

Read on: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_ ... 90913.html

It's not really surprising then that the U.S will use this natural disaster to expand it's influence in the Philippines by flooding the place with money and investments.

Byrnzie

Jason P wrote:

It was Groundskeeper Willy's attempt to be funny, or more directly, Simpson's staff writer Ken Keeler. And it was a veiled dig on all the pro-us / anti-us "masturbatory" chest beating that was going back in forth on this thread.

I won't give up my day job. I hope things are going well for you at the insult store. It appears that business is booming.

Good day, sir.

A veiled dig? Would be interesting to see what any French people on this board have to say about that.

You should stick to watching cartoons. You'll be on safer territory there.

catefrances

pjhawks wrote:

when bad things happen we always step in. the haters never bring this up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/1 ... d%3D404009

where is the dude from China? what are they doing to help out?

american's what to the rescue??? oh you mean americans plural? I get so confused when people fuck up the english language. :-?

and as for what's that dude from china doing... id say more than you think considering his country practically owns the US anyways. 8-)

Pingfah

I posted this the last time someone was crowing about how generous "they" are (by "they" I mean their Government of course):

http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries ... tatistics/

It's all very well to throw numbers around, but unless taken as a percentage of GDP they are utterly meaningless. As this list shows, the USA is far from being the most generous giver, per citizen Sweden gives 5 times as much, and the UK more than double. Even Greece & Spain who are mired in the worst recession in decades and have 25% unemployment give more.

The USA could and should do much more.

badbrains

Pingfah wrote:

I posted this the last time someone was crowing about how generous "they" are (by "they" I mean their Government of course):

http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries ... tatistics/

It's all very well to throw numbers around, but unless taken as a percentage of GDP they are utterly meaningless. As this list shows, the USA is far from being the most generous giver, per citizen Sweden gives 5 times as much, and the UK more than double. Even Greece & Spain who are mired in the worst recession in decades and have 25% unemployment give more.

The USA could and should do much more.

Come on ping, you know some on here dnt give a fuck about facts! 8-) . Here's my favorite lyrics from rage:

"American eyes, American eyes, view the world thru American eyes. Bury the past, rob us blind, and leave NOTHING behind!" -Zach D Rocha

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Pingfah wrote:

I posted this the last time someone was crowing about how generous "they" are (by "they" I mean their Government of course):

http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries ... tatistics/

It's all very well to throw numbers around, but unless taken as a percentage of GDP they are utterly meaningless. As this list shows, the USA is far from being the most generous giver, per citizen Sweden gives 5 times as much, and the UK more than double. Even Greece & Spain who are mired in the worst recession in decades and have 25% unemployment give more.

The USA could and should do much more.

So... you're saying with these... facts of yours... that the US's foreign aid amounts to Bill Gates tossing a quarter into the homeless man's cup?

Freaking facts.

Stupid Greece and Spain.

American's.

Godfather.

badbrains wrote:

Pingfah wrote:

I posted this the last time someone was crowing about how generous "they" are (by "they" I mean their Government of course):

http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries ... tatistics/

It's all very well to throw numbers around, but unless taken as a percentage of GDP they are utterly meaningless. As this list shows, the USA is far from being the most generous giver, per citizen Sweden gives 5 times as much, and the UK more than double. Even Greece & Spain who are mired in the worst recession in decades and have 25% unemployment give more.

The USA could and should do much more.

Come on ping, you know some on here dnt give a fuck about facts! 8-) . Here's my favorite lyrics from rage:

"American eyes, American eyes, view the world thru American eyes. Bury the past, rob us blind, and leave NOTHING behind!" -Zach D Rocha

so you base your knowledge and opinions of America by lyrics from rock bands ? well at least you listen to rock n roll.
yes I'm kidding you..

Godfather.

badbrains

Godfather. wrote:

badbrains wrote:

Pingfah wrote:

I posted this the last time someone was crowing about how generous "they" are (by "they" I mean their Government of course):

http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries ... tatistics/

It's all very well to throw numbers around, but unless taken as a percentage of GDP they are utterly meaningless. As this list shows, the USA is far from being the most generous giver, per citizen Sweden gives 5 times as much, and the UK more than double. Even Greece & Spain who are mired in the worst recession in decades and have 25% unemployment give more.

The USA could and should do much more.

Come on ping, you know some on here dnt give a fuck about facts! 8-) . Here's my favorite lyrics from rage:

"American eyes, American eyes, view the world thru American eyes. Bury the past, rob us blind, and leave NOTHING behind!" -Zach D Rocha

so you base your knowledge and opinions of America by lyrics from rock bands ? well at least you listen to rock n roll.
yes I'm kidding you..

Godfather.

I'd rather base my knowledge of America on lyrics from rage then faux news ANYDAY. And no, I'm not kidding.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Byrnzie wrote:

Oh, and it's called football, not soccer. Only Americans call it soccer, and the game that you call football is played with your hands. Go figure.

I've always found it amusing that we named it after the one body part you have to use in the game if you FAIL at it.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Byrnzie wrote:

Jason P wrote:

It was Groundskeeper Willy's attempt to be funny, or more directly, Simpson's staff writer Ken Keeler. And it was a veiled dig on all the pro-us / anti-us "masturbatory" chest beating that was going back in forth on this thread.

I won't give up my day job. I hope things are going well for you at the insult store. It appears that business is booming.

Good day, sir.

A veiled dig? Would be interesting to see what any French people on this board have to say about that.

You should stick to watching cartoons. You'll be on safer territory there.

Groundskeeper Willie is known as a chest beating buffoon on that show, Byrnzie. Posting that picture was the opposite of what you think it is.

even flow - question mark

Ooops wrong thread.