Are you from Hollywood, by chance?Straightforward. Have you thought of leaving the US given the current state of affairs?
Except what if it's more like someone #### in the car and got it on almost half the car and you can't get it out even after the dealer leaves?This moment in time is like a nasty fart in a car. The only proper response is to remove the dealer as soon as you can do so and then roll down the windows and floor it to clear out the stench. A fart does not require that you shop for a different car. I'll concede that this a particularly bad fart, one we will remember and tell stories about. But it is just a fart in a car. Take control.
Maybe it's more like the smelly B.O. car in Seinfeld that was just left for the hoodlum to take.This moment in time is like a nasty fart in a car. The only proper response is to remove the dealer as soon as you can do so and then roll down the windows and floor it to clear out the stench. A fart does not require that you shop for a different car. I'll concede that this a particularly bad fart, one we will remember and tell stories about. But it is just a fart in a car. Take control.
this is pure marketing. i was an adult 50 yrs ago and NObody led with what a selfish #### they were. the community wouldnt allow more than extravagant landscaping and the occasional sports car. when Gordon Gekko proclaimed "Greed is good" and not only did no one object but many went "halyAAAASSSS", media ran with it and have been pitching to the spoiled child within each of us ever since. even the politics are no more than Mad Ave discovering that rage was 1a to lust as a condition most conducive to the pitch. now that latchkey kids are middle-aged suckers, literally pitched to their entire lives, few know the difference between a person and a sucker and their kids are consecrating the syndrome on the soc minute-by-minute. yay for us - we rugged individuals beachin' it without masks are all that we can be!!The last 6 months has really shined a light on the fact that this mini example is essentially what America is in the world. A bunch of selfish ####s who could care less about the people around them and are just out to get theirs. We can call it rugged individualism or whatever we want, but if you're stepping on others to get what you want it's not what I want my kids becoming as adults.
We can't even get posters here to leave a thread when they threatened to do so, much less, leave the country!We had some posters that threatened to leave in November 2016 but I don't think they followed through
I totally agree.Before this potentially turns in to a crap on America thread....
Despite issues, there's a lot of good going on. Most people are selfish to some degree but there's also a lot of really good people who do incredible things. Lots on this board. Land of the free, home of the brave - all men are born equal - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those are still things that the country stands for. YMMV.
LOVE this.Our problem is that many people have somehow construed the word, "pursuit' with "guarantee".
We could get in to a long debate on what happiness is and why our culture of things and greed doesn't get you there. I do think there's more things that we should guarantee people (basic healthcare being one of them) but I agree that we should not guarantee people they will be happy because there's no way for us to measure it or to some degree even define it in a way that we could agree to. What I consider happiness probably wouldn't be how you or others would define it.I totally agree.
Our problem is that many people have somehow construed the word, "pursuit' with "guarantee".
In what other country in the world can you improve your station in life as readily as in the States?I totally agree.
Our problem is that many people have somehow construed the word, "pursuit' with "guarantee".
To keep it simple, I see "happiness" of getting what you want out of life.We could get in to a long debate on what happiness is and why our culture of things and greed doesn't get you there. I do think there's more things that we should guarantee people (basic healthcare being one of them) but I agree that we should not guarantee people they will be happy because there's no way for us to measure it or to some degree even define it in a way that we could agree to. What I consider happiness probably wouldn't be how you or others would define it.
Not due to any current affairs but we had thought about retiring to Italy at one point although it was never more than a dream really.Straightforward. Have you thought of leaving the US given the current state of affairs?
I read here that Bahrain and Oman are SMOKING the US on Corona testing per capita. Maybe one of those places?And go where?
Especially when she is going to be leaving in another 6 months anyways.Why should I walk away from what I have equally contributed to. Divorce them and take half.
AmsterdamAnd go where? is a good question. It would take some research. Alternatively places like Idaho and Wyoming seem like good possibilities. Maybe the Black Hills of South Dakota.
This......And go where? is a good question. It would take some research. Alternatively places like Idaho and Wyoming seem like good possibilities. Maybe the Black Hills of South Dakota.
New Zealand, for the fly fishing, is on my bucket list....I don't know much about it other than that, but it's impressive enough to me, that i'd consider it......prioritiesI have only because I saw a show set in New Zealand and thought it was a beautiful place and one I wouldn't mind retiring to.
Has zippo to do with the President.
Even did a tad it of research to see what it would take. Not impossibleNew Zealand, for the fly fishing, is on my bucket list....I don't know much about it other than that, but it's impressive enough to me, that i'd consider it......priorities
Yeah...if I ever move...it won't be out of the country and not likely for political reasons.This......
For me, moving away from urban centers makes more sense......you may not understand unless you've lived in rural America.
Disagree. If it wasn't for having to leave my kid to my ex-wife, I'd totally be in Europe. A large portion of this country wants it to be 1950 and I'm just not ok with that.This was dumb when right wingers posited it when Obama was president and it's dumb now when lefties posit it with Trump.
You're not leaving. Get real.
To which country would you go?Disagree. If it wasn't for having to leave my kid to my ex-wife, I'd totally be in Europe. A large portion of this country wants it to be 1950 and I'm just not ok with that.
I have no idea...how do they treat American expats there?Likely Italy or Spain.
Best countries in the worldIn what other country in the world can you improve your station in life as readily as in the States?
If it's anything like they treat American tourists, very well. It was odd to see how friendly they were to tourists before turning around and yelling at each other.I have no idea...how do they treat American expats there?
This is not a factual statementA large portion of this country wants it to be 1950 a