On 4/16/2018 9:46 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/16/18 9:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/16/2018 9:34 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/16/18 9:11 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/16/2018 8:40 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/16/18 8:38 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/16/2018 8:27 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/16/18 8:03 AM, justan wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 4/16/2018 7:45 AM, justan wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 4/15/2018 6:15 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

..Trump?s insane posts the last few days about Comey and
Mueller. Trump is
so presidential!



Must be.Â* "Hail to the Chief" is played wherever he speaks.






Are you trying to make Fat Harry weep like a snowflake?



Just paying respect to *his* president.




Fat Harry is so mad at his president that he would defect to a
Â* comunist or socialist country if his lady love would foot the
Â* bill.



My now-retired Norwegian buddy, who worked 20 years in the oil
drilling and production business and as a union rep and who was
retrained as a teacher at government expense after suffering a
serious work-related injury, just sent me an email telling me his
twin grandkids are starting their college careers soon at the
Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, tuition-free.

Perhaps you don't know any more about those Nordic countries than
you do about our govenment here. Here's a bit from Wiki:

The Nordic model (also called Nordic capitalism or Nordic social
democracy)refers to the economic and social policies common to
the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, the
Faroe Islands and Sweden). This includes a combination of free
market capitalism with a comprehensive welfare state and
collective bargaining at the national level with a high
percentage of workers belonging to a labour union; and state
provision of free education and free healthcare as well as
generous, guaranteed pension payments for retirees funded by
taxation.

Although there are significant differences among the Nordic
countries, they all share some common traits. These include
support for a "universalist" welfare state aimed specifically at
enhancing individual autonomy and promoting social mobility; a
corporatist system involving a tripartite arrangement where
representatives of labor and employers negotiate wages and labor
market policy mediated by the government;and a commitment to
widespread private ownership, free markets and free trade.

The country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world
on the World Bank and IMF lists. On the CIA's GDP (PPP) per
capita list (2015 estimate) which includes autonomous territories
and regions, Norway ranks as number eleven. It has the world's
largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of USD 1 trillion.
Norway has had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the
world since 2009, a position also held previously between 2001
and 2006. It also has the highest inequality-adjusted ranking.
Norway ranks first on the World Happiness Report,the OECD Better
Life Index, the Index of Public Integrity, and the Democracy
Index. Norway also has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

My buddy has a nice house, a good pension, and top of the line
health care. 21st Century socialism works nicely.



You should apply for asylum in Norway however take note that their
standards for permanent residence have been tightened.




Yeah, I know how it grates on you righties that other countries are
doing a lot better than the dis-United States...


The USA is not Norway nor is it like any other country on the planet.

Ask your buddy how the older Norwegians still alive today how they felt
about being occupied by Germany starting in 1940 and lasting
throughout the rest of WWII.Â*Â* Ask them how they felt about
receiving $400M in USA aid to help recover from the war.

Then tell me about how awful the USA is.



I suspect that if we didn't have a large ocean separating us from
Europe, we, too, would have been at least partially occupied by
Germany for some time.

WWII has been over for more than 70 years. Most Norwegians who
remember the German occupation are likely pushing up daisies or
tulips, as are all the Southerners in this country who remember the
Civil War.

The point is, Norway and Norwegians are doing quite well and have
less worries about their jobs, their health, the ability to educate
their kids, and their retirements than Americans.


So?Â* Move.




Perhaps a more realistic solution is to improve the quality of life for
all people here with better jobs, better income security, better health
care, and better retirement, and not worry so much about how well the
really wealthy are doing.


You are so typical of the progressive liberal mindset. You're envious
of what others have and automatically adopt a sense of entitlement that
you should have the same, but paid for by someone else of course.

You don't seem to realize that you too can have almost anything you want
as a US citizen. You just have to work at it and earn it.