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Corvo Bianco

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16. Whenever I say anything to my German friend about USA's
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 06:58 PM
Oct 2017

Gender pay gap;
Vacation days;
Healthcare;
Unemployment benefits;
Next-door shooting (monthly);
Education system;
Gender elected officials gap;
Free hate speech;
Censored science;

He is appalled. This country sucks.

Heartbreaking Lyft ride this evening. [View all] MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 OP
Heard the same from my Neighbor Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #1
Then there's this possibility: maybe this entire humiliation will bring us down to earth and stop us mahina Oct 2017 #2
I hope you are right. but.. for arguments sake,., pangaia Oct 2017 #10
+1 happy feet Oct 2017 #37
+100,000 PoiBoy Oct 2017 #44
I love my country madokie Oct 2017 #3
Not a lot of countries you would like, I think. Given the criteria. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #4
Plenty of them MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 #8
Whenever I say anything to my German friend about USA's Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #16
Within the scope of the OP, Germany doesn't shine either. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #21
There are people displaced by natural disasters, and poverty, the world over. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #17
I can name a few that would certainly be a hell of a lot better then living here.. pangaia Oct 2017 #11
Try again. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #18
My reply was more to places I might rather live than here.. pangaia Oct 2017 #20
My original objection that you replied to was specific to the criteria of elderly/poverty. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #22
Don't worry MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 #28
Not sure what you mean. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #29
Not the US...Republicans. They and their shitty courts have pretty much shredded the safety net. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #34
I don't believe in MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 #47
Why play games? Why not just speak your mind? AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #48
No, it certainly isn't. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2017 #25
I know one DownriverDem Oct 2017 #35
Somewhat. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #38
Well, you'd certainly never get someone like Donald Trump there... brooklynite Oct 2017 #45
a whack job mayor is totally equivalent shanny Oct 2017 #49
These things have happened since the beginning of time. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #5
He didn't say and I wasn't about to MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 #27
Good for you. I remember a Katrina survivor who ended up near Dallas... Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #30
Well said. JayhawkSD Oct 2017 #40
What concerns me the most is that it sounds like PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #6
GPS is shit near Wacker drive MyNameGoesHere Oct 2017 #7
Okay. I didn't know. Thanks for clarifying. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #9
Tell me about it! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2017 #12
Poor guy, my heart goes out to him. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #13
This country sucks. Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #14
I feel ya LittleGirl Oct 2017 #15
It's not the Ship of State that's gone bad ... Jopin Klobe Oct 2017 #19
As sea levels rise, this displacement will become the norm. roamer65 Oct 2017 #23
Yep. And we are making no up plans to deal with it. n/t progressoid Oct 2017 #39
In a few years it will be a driverless car grantcart Oct 2017 #24
We went from "Hope And Change" to "Go Fuck Yourself". It's very sad. Initech Oct 2017 #26
After being an experimental animal under this nation exposed me to radiation Stargazer99 Oct 2017 #31
Easy. You don't vote or you vote for a sTrumpet. raven mad Oct 2017 #32
I don't like this country anymore either. Certainly NOT proud to be an American. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2017 #33
It pains me to admit, but I have seriously considered leaving JDC Oct 2017 #36
If you're in the medical field, sciences, a teacher,it's fairly easy to get a job in other countries Sunlei Oct 2017 #41
Perhaps our downfall goes back to when PatSeg Oct 2017 #42
It wasn't nationalism Lokilooney Oct 2017 #50
Yeah, around 1980 PatSeg Oct 2017 #51
We have to start thinking of living in ways to pool our resources now lunatica Oct 2017 #43
the hook in America is fear KT2000 Oct 2017 #46
I hope you tipped him many times above the cost of the fare nm MichMan Oct 2017 #52
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