Enough of this crap!!

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

as Brick would say:

I DONT KNOW WHAT WE"RE YELLING ABOUT!!!!!!!

LOUD NOISES!!

brandon10

iamica wrote:

Dear God, this thread is hostile. Can we please get past the racist stereotypes and smug sarcasm and just talk to each other like human beings?
Not all Irish people are drunkards. That's a stereotype, just like that all Americans are dumb and racist. Yes, there are drunk people in Ireland and racist people in America, but we shouldn't paint everyone with the same brush.

Not all Americans are dumb and racist, but I see only the dumb and racist felt the need to respond so far. I swear about half of America's population are complete morons. No wonder the country is falling apart.

brandon10

To the original post.

I have traveled extensively outside of the U.S. and lived abroad and in Canada. Sometimes the view is clearer from outside. And a lot of Americans don't realize how they are seen throughout the world. And as you can tell from the responses, a lot of them don't care.

bootlegger10

brandon10 wrote:

Not all Americans are dumb and racist, but I see only the dumb and racist felt the need to respond so far. I swear about half of America's population are complete morons. No wonder the country is falling apart.

I see mocking is lost on you, which might qualify you as a moron. But again, I haven't lived outside of the USA so what do I know, right? Teach us oh wise one. Is it scary out there?

bootlegger10

MrSmith wrote:

as Brick would say:

I DONT KNOW WHAT WE"RE YELLING ABOUT!!!!!!!

LOUD NOISES!!

Ha. I need to watch that movie again.

brandon10

bootlegger10 wrote:

I see mocking is lost on you, which might qualify you as a moron. But again, I haven't lived outside of the USA so what do I know, right? Teach us oh wise one. Is it scary out there?

When you would rather mock than get to the issues at hand simply because you lack the capacity, you indeed are moronic.

brandon10

bootlegger10 wrote:

I am not a citizen of Ireland, but from everything I read and see on TV, your country is filled with nothing but abusive, drunk, potato eating red heads whose only gift to this world is the game of golf, which Americans seem to be a lot better at now (until this year when a European finally won a PGA Championship).

I would think in the year 2008 you Irish folks would give up the alcoholism and do some good in this world instead of bitching about how a country across the ocean deals with problems that Ireland is too small and inconsequential to even have to deal with.

Rant over.

P.S. Thanks for Conan. And you make awesome New York cops on Law and Order.

It wasn't just a European that won, it was an Irish man. Padraig Harrington' and he won the British open last year as well. We continually get blown out by the Europeans in the Ryder cup. If it wasn't for Tiger we wouldn't stand a chance.

Nice try with your mocking though.

bootlegger10

brandon10 wrote:

It wasn't just a European that won, it was an Irish man. Padraig Harrington' and he won the British open last year as well. We continually get blown out by the Europeans in the Ryder cup. If it wasn't for Tiger we wouldn't stand a chance.

Nice try with your mocking though.

Aren't these comments beneath you? You've spent all this time on your holier than thou posts and look at you, it only took two posts to get you in the mud. Ha!

bootlegger10

brandon10 wrote:

When you would rather mock than get to the issues at hand simply because you lack the capacity, you indeed are moronic.

What issues? This poster's view of Americans as savages because they don't think like him? Come on. This thread was a joke from the start, and that is why several people treated it like one. This is a thread on a Pearl Jam message board. We aren't changing the world.

brandon10

bootlegger10 wrote:

What issues? This poster's view of Americans as savages because they don't think like him? Come on. This thread was a joke from the start, and that is why several people treated it like one. This is a thread on a Pearl Jam message board. We aren't changing the world.

To me the issue is that people around the world are wondering what the fuck is going on here, not just him. People really are in shock, they can't fathom how we could possibly be in a dead heat in this election. Especially when we've been so fucked over by this current administration. The only thing that could possibly explain it is that Americans are voting based on fear. And I'm sorry to tell you that makes us look idiotic. This election shouldn't even be close, but because of racism and fear it is. Just look at an electoral map and you will find answers.

jeffbr

brandon10 wrote:

The only thing that could possibly explain it is that Americans are voting based on fear. And I'm sorry to tell you that makes us look idiotic.

If that is the only think they [you] can think of to explain it, then that certainly does make someone look idiotic, but probably not who you think.

brandon10

jeffbr wrote:

If that is the only think they [you] can think of to explain it, then that certainly does make someone look idiotic, but probably not who you think.

Thanks for the input Mr.Nugent.

cincybearcat

iamica wrote:

Dear God, this thread is hostile. Can we please get past the racist stereotypes and smug sarcasm and just talk to each other like human beings?
Not all Irish people are drunkards. That's a stereotype, just like that all Americans are dumb and racist. Yes, there are drunk people in Ireland and racist people in America, but we shouldn't paint everyone with the same brush.

And racist people in Irleand...and drunkards in AMerica...

cincybearcat

brandon10 wrote:

Not all Americans are dumb and racist, but I see only the dumb and racist felt the need to respond so far. I swear about half of America's population are complete morons. No wonder the country is falling apart.

Wow...you've completely missed the point.

Strangest Tribe

Moonpig wrote:

Right, let's set some things straight here, if not for my own sanity at this point. Been a member now for a few years, and on the whole I don't post a whole hell of a lot, read bucket loads of posts though. Recently I have found myself at ends with the posts I have been reading:

I am not a citizen of the USA, granted, but that can sometimes help bring some objectivity to the table. I can't believe when I read on here and see on the news that it is predicted to be a very close race come November, holy shit, guys is there any hope. Now I know that a lot of you, that post on these boards, seem like intelligent people, and I am sorry to say this, but the rest of that country must be inhabited by iliterate savages who don't know thier asses from their elbows.

This party has lied to you and the world about the dreaded WMD's so as to invade a soverign nation that never posed a threat. Allowed your black population in New Orleans literaly float past without lifting a finger. Has driven your country into the depths of an impending recession. Violated the human rights of countless people with these torture flights. Eroded completley what it is that defines the USA,namely freedom. Anyone entering your country is essentially treated to a barrage of backround searchs and have personnal information disclosed and retained. The word terrorist has come to mean muslim, the bile I read and hear on these are amazing and amount to nothing short of pure blind racism. Racism ingrained into a population that really should know better ie. I was watching a report that interviewed a number of people on a street corner and many said that they would not vote Obama due to - him being black, his name, many believe he is Muslim. The illegal detention centres that are set up at will, the millions who have been slaughtered etc.......I could go on and on and on

And it's going to be a close race, McCain even shows ahead in some polls
I have read that watching too much television may impact short term memory and perhaps that explains it on the whole, I just really dont know, I am at an absolute loss.

The straw that broke the camels back was when I was reading a post and somebody mentioned that there was no harm in teaching Creationist and Evolutionist ideas in schools, and that was it, I saw red. Because of this red mist post I am sure to have insulted many of you whom I would not have wanted to, and if I have, I honest to God apoligise.

Rant over

I'm not offended by this at all...

Agree with it

good post

KosmicJelli

I think "ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP" SAYS IT ALL TO AMT posters personally... Disgustingly I find myself more amused intellectually on the message pit by those on AET about their coach handbags and their excerise regime rather than those whom have been bickering, degrading and spurning obtuse political views over the past year! (REPULSED....shakes head, )

KosmicJelli

KosmicJelli wrote:

I think "ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP" SAYS IT ALL TO AMT posters personally... Disgustingly I find myself more amused intellectually on the message pit by those on AET about their coach handbags and their excerise regime rather than those whom have been bickering, degrading and spurning obtuse political views over the past year! (REPULSED....shakes head, )

Babump!

jeffbr

brandon10 wrote:

Thanks for the input Mr.Nugent.

No problem, Mr. Moore.

I've lived outside the US for multiple years at a time. You are not special. I am not impressed by your insight. Your postings in defense of the OP were ignorant and elitist. But if you need to denegrate an entire population to make yourself feel better, carry on wit yo bad self.

writersu

CorporateWhore wrote:

A chara that was all you needed to say. Yer a commie ain't ya? Yer seeing Red?

Your perception of the American political system seems a bit tinged by your Red socialist leanings.

White people get hit by hurricanes all the time, but no one complains about that. Only when a city full of blacks gets hit do we go up in arms about the lack of help from the federal government.

Get a grip. People die in hurricanes. No need to play the blame game.

that sort of anger would do a world of change in the right arena. Talk is just frustrating. And i do not see it all so black and white. There were great things , there were fuck ups, we lost stuff, we regained others, if we learn from it all, we can better choose who is the right one for our votes.

and what would happen seriously, if no one went out to vote? how would they pick a pres? I know that is highly unlikely, but seriously then what would occur?

writersu

bootlegger10 wrote:

Okay, I'll throw you a bone here and try to answer thoughtfully to the OP.

With the issue of the economy, you think the "Savages who don't know their asses from their elbows" are idiots for not voting Democrat. Well, instead of namecalling and assumptions that any change is good change, you should think about the issue. In the history of the world, we have seen how socialism has ruined economies. We have also seen how tax cuts have spurred on economic growth (1980's and post 2002 - 2005). So, I guess we are savages to think that maybe the current plan is not working well and could use some change (but we still grew 3% last quarter), but don't want to vote for the change the Democrats are proposing because we don't believe that will work either and make things worse than they are now.

Same here. And I can't help but think that a lot of the democrats are too spineless to make a decision and stick with it on the basis of personal conviction. Like him or not, George W. acted on his gut feelings and did not waiver when the public lost interest due to our impatience.