On 4/16/2018 9:51 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
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. "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
comunist or socialist country if his lady love would foot the
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. 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.


It's amazing that you don't have the balls to leave America for
greener pastures.



He would never leave. He wants his cake and to eat it too, so the USA
has to change to accommodate him.