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The Trouble with White People
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Miss Kitty
Meow
TNJed
Beach Fanatic
Get out now...you'll respect yourself in the morning.
(quickly he grabs Miss Kitty's vine of reason and pulls himself from the quicksand of insanity)
Beach Runner
beats on hood
On the contrary. The trend I'm seeing is that my black students are highly motivated and are more successful than most of my white students who for the most part are complacent, lazy, and feel as though they are entitled to success. In general, my Asian students achieve at a much higher level than everyone else due to cultural expectations, as well as other factors.
Chickpea
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(quickly he grabs Miss Kitty's vine of reason and pulls himself from the quicksand of insanity)
Very funny - and you are right of course in your posts!!! Americans are far from being the envy of the world, especially now.
30A Skunkape
Skunky
Chickpea
Beach Fanatic
I am curious to hear your analysis of the French election
Would be glad to share but why the
????????? Am I missing something?
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
Interesting that you bring this up because you are the one who stated that you didn't want your wife to see the doctor after you found out he was middle eastern. Sure, you changed your mind and "allowed" your wife to see him after you talked to other people and found out that he wasn't going to install a bomb in her stomach during surgery, but...
Who is the silly one???
30A Skunkape
Skunky
Would be glad to share but why the
Well, I am poorly travelled, but according to the news coverage I saw, 85% of the French voted and the majority opted for less socialism and a more, dare I utter it, American approach to government, work, etc.
And I thought they viewed us with such disdain...ah, whatever, I am going there next year and will see for myself.
Chickpea
Beach Fanatic
Well, I am poorly travelled, but according to the news coverage I saw, 85% of the French voted and the majority opted for less socialism and a more, dare I utter it, American approach to government, work, etc.
The french populace do not generally view Americans with disdain - our generation actually embraces a lot of american values, capitalism, business, arts, movies, etc... they do however view the current administration as incompetent, meddlesome, arrogant and were generally perplexed in 2004 when George W. Bush won the general election (although they were also surprised that so many people do not vote!!!).
France is stuck in a deadly economic sludge and any politician who DARES to talk about curbing back their insanely disproportionate share of retirement and benefits wil find himself/herself at the mercy of unions and riots that will literally paralize and cripple the country - so the fact that Sarkozy won on a somewhat unpopular platform of much needed drastic reform - well that was a coup! Hopefully his government will not find itself having to deal with the same issues of co-habitation that destroyed any possibility of eceonomic growth over the past 2 decades - he will hopefully have the political clout and power to enact difficult choices and the french will give him this leeway he needs in order to advance their interests and economic prospects. Make sense?
And yes, the french take their elections very seriously - 85% turnout is typical.
Hope you have a great time when you go there next year - if you go with an open mind you will find yourself embraced and you will love it - anyways though - it is impossible to NOT like France!!!!