I was trying to have a civil discussion but you are the one who is name calling. I am willing to put up your education against mine any time you want but I will come out on top. You don't know me or know my profession so take you comments and check them. You keep mentioning Fox so I am guessing your beliefs align with them and that's fine. Let me know when your in my area and we will sit down and have a discussion of constitional laws and rights using facts from law books.

Since you are in Mexico this should be an easy question for you.
What are your thought on the democratic forign policy standard versus the republican forign standard policies related to international trade of this country and the effect it has on the P&I rating of the stock market?

THANK YOU!!

I have no idea where you get the idea that so-called socialist democrats are responsible for the meltdown. And people not getting adequate health care because they can't afford it is a simple fact. I know because it happened to me when I was living in the states.

As for Merkel, what she did was step up and be a leader while her other European counterparts selfishly closed their doors. This is especially deplorable when considering the eastern European countries who for so long lived under repressive communist regimes, and now turn their back on those fleeing war and religious extremism.

And the 'dangerous Muslims' remark proves how paranoid and xenophobic your outlook is.

We CAN agree on the nightmare of German bureaucracy, but that's off-topic.

ask yourself this, whats your high school diploma worth today in the workforce ? The answer is nothing.. What will your college degree be worth once the gubment is paying for it ? absolutely nothing.. the value of something is linked to what you put into it.. The same goes for healthcare.. Bernies healthcare is already there for us to see, its called the VA.. no thanks.. Ill put my trust in the private sector where competing companies are accountable to the customers..

Great post....one item you missed, not everyone is trying to go to the USA, and quite a few are anxious to leave and go somewhere more affordable....about 1 million Americans retire elsewhere globally....first the USA needs to fix it's smugness of thinking everyone desires it. Not true at all.

Disagree. I mean I know people personally that have become expats, true. And yes, they do it to avoid taxes, cheap health care (I didn't say great) and not because Americans are smug. While we are slipping in confidence in our allies eyes due mostly to an administration that apologizes for our existence, we are still greater as a whole than any other society on the planet. I'll take that any day...those that dont agree can stay where theyre at or start packing.

It's freezing here. I'm sitting on hard cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains, along the Dar'yoi Pamir River, watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave. Stake out, my friend, and no pizza delivery for thousands of miles.

I also glance at the area around my ass every ten to fifteen seconds to avoid another scorpion sting. I've actually given up battling the chiggers and sand fleas, but the scorpions give a jolt like a cattle prod. Hurts like a bastard. The antidote tastes like transmission fluid, but God bless the Marine Corps for the five vials of it in my pack.

The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that, believe it or not, they are human beings, which means they have to eat food and drink water. That requires couriers and that's where an old bounty hunter like me comes in handy. I track the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances and storage facilities, type the info into the hand held, and shoot the coordinates up to the satellite link that tells the air commanders where to drop the hardware. We bash some heads for a while, and then I track and record the new movement. It's all about intelligence. We haven't even brought in the snipers yet. These scurrying rats have no idea what they're in for. We are but days away from cutting off supply lines and allowing the eradication to begin. But you know me; I'm a romantic.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: This country blows, man. It's not even a country. There are no roads, there's no infrastructure, there's no government. This is an inhospitable, rock-pit shit-hole ruled by eleventh century warring tribes. There are no jobs here like we know jobs. Afghanistan offers only two ways for a man to support his family, join the opium trade or join the army. That's it. Those are your options.

Oh, I forgot, you can also live in a refugee camp and eat plum-sweetened, crushed beetle paste and squirt mud from your backside like a goose with stomach flu, if that's your idea of a party. But the smell alone of those 'tent cities of the walking dead' is enough to hurl you into the poppy fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for eighteen hours a day.

I've been living with these Tajiks and Uzbeks, and Turkmenand even a couple of Pashtu's, for over a month-and-a-half now, and this much I can say for sure: These guys are Huns;actual, living Huns. They LIVE to fight. It's what they do. It'sALL they do. They have no respect for anything; not for themselves, their families, or for each other. They claw at one another as a way of life. They play polo with dead calves and force their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the family honor. Just Huns. Roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who feed on each other's barbarism. Cavemen with AK-47's. Then again, maybe I'm just a cranky young bastard.

I'm freezing my ass off on this stupid hill because my lap warmer is running out of juice, and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in a few hours.

Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor... Write a letter to CNN and tell Wolf and Anderson and that awful, sneering, pompous Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban "smart". They are not smart. I suggest CNN invest in a dictionary because the word they are looking for is "cunning". The Taliban are cunning, like jackals, hyenas, and wolverines. They are sneaky and ruthless, and when confronted, they are cowardly. They are hateful, malevolent parasites who create nothing and destroy everything else.

Smart? Bullshit! Yeah, they're real smart, Most can't read, but they've spent their entire lives listening to Imams telling them about only one book (and not a very good one, as books go). They consider hygiene and indoor plumbing to be products of the devil. They're still trying to figuring out how to work a Bic lighter. Talking to a Taliban warrior about improving his quality of life is like trying to teach an ape how to hold a pen. Eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks you in the eye with it.

OK, enough. Snuffle will be up soon, so I have to get back to my hole. Covering my tracks in the snow takes a lot of practice, but I'm good at it.
Please, I tell you and my fellow Americans to turn off the TV sets and move on with your lives. The story line you are getting from CNN and other news agencies is utter bullshit and designed not to deliver truth but rather to keep you glued to the screen so you will watch the next commercial.

We've got this one under control. The worst thing you guys can do right now is sit around analyzing what we're doing over here. You have no idea what we're doing, and you really don't want to know. We are your military, and we are only doing what you sent us here to do.

From a Jack Recon Marine in Afghanistan, Semper Fi.
"Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps is paying most of your share".

If you don't like America then leave nothing is stopping you. If you want to make a change get educated and move yourself into a position of power. Most everything I read in this topic is complete bullshit from uneducated people but some here do make great points.

What a silly man you are.

Nicks. I personally cant thank you enough. Ive heard that thank you's from civilians fall on deaf ears of those serving because we either really don't know what you go through or its a cop out. I know and I hope and wish that you and your brethren return safe. God Bless.

Gee, that's really thoughtful, Dman. I guess I'm just being a darn meany wondering why all those soldiers are in Afghanistan to begin with.

And what a waste of space you are. Get a grip. This is real. Not some university classroom discussion. We're not at your summer place for dinner by the lake Leo. Get your 70's protest shit out of the closet and root for the winning team for once. Sheesh.

The cost of freedom is high, and your ability to send your reply is a direct result of Nicks service. What part of that dont you get? you're dead meat without the Nicks'of this world.

That is the biggest crock of shit ever. If not a single soldier were in Afghanistan or Iraq I would be just as fine and free as ever.

Dick Cheney wouldn't be as rich though. So there's that.

Ok tell that to Habib when he blows your daughter up to streetlight level at Walmart next week. Loser. And you're jealous of Cheney? Whats up with that?

Oooooh, yes. That's so scary. Of course the most likely way I'll die is some crazed Muslim getting me, right?