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Would/could you live in the US?

Yes! Where's my green card!
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25%
No! *clings to native passport*
134
47%
Eh, maybe. (Explain.)
53
18%
One ticket to Vulcan, please.
30
10%
 
Total votes : 288

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Camelza
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Postby Camelza » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:43 am

Of course, though I'd prefer a quiet and meek place like Maine, Massachusetts, or anywhere else in New England.
Seattle seems like a nice place to live in the West Coast, too.

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Ainin
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Postby Ainin » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:45 am

Murkwood wrote:
Ainin wrote:Debunked by unsourced editorials in obscure publications. Do you have a peer-reviewed paper with the same conclusions?

And cost is an important factor of healthcare, since it makes the difference in whether it's affordable for a large segment of the population or not. Also, using the McCarthyist term "socialised medicine" to refer to universal healthcare is really hurting your credibility.

It's a legitimate term.

Socialized medicine is a term used to describe and discuss systems of universal health care—that is, medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation


I don't see why you are calling it "McCarthyist". It was invented during the Truman presidency.

Now that's just completely selective reading. Read the next sentence. "Because of historically negative associations with socialism in American culture, the term is usually used pejoratively in American political discourse." And if you look at the history section, it's a term used in fear campaigns that try to paint universal healthcare as socialist and communist.

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Postby Ifreann » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:46 am

Frazers wrote:
Ifreann wrote:I imagine I could make do.


You're Irish. You could just live off the gifts bestowed upon you by the 30 million 'Irish' folk out there in exchange for a quick jig and a tall tale.

Just gotta make sure I practice my Irish first. "Fiddle dee dee, potatoes!"

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Postby Frazers » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:47 am

Ifreann wrote:
Frazers wrote:
You're Irish. You could just live off the gifts bestowed upon you by the 30 million 'Irish' folk out there in exchange for a quick jig and a tall tale.

Just gotta make sure I practice my Irish first. "Fiddle dee dee, potatoes!"


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Camelza
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Postby Camelza » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:48 am

Ifreann wrote:
Frazers wrote:
You're Irish. You could just live off the gifts bestowed upon you by the 30 million 'Irish' folk out there in exchange for a quick jig and a tall tale.

Just gotta make sure I practice my Irish first. "Fiddle dee dee, potatoes!"

You could also dress as a leprechaun, that would work too imho.

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Postby Indira » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:50 am

Possibly, but I prefer Britain thanks

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Postby Kiruri » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:01 am

Indira wrote:Possibly, but I prefer Britain thanks

How do the British sleep at night knowing they fathered the US :p
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Postby Ifreann » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:02 am

Kiruri wrote:
Indira wrote:Possibly, but I prefer Britain thanks

How do the British sleep at night knowing they fathered the US :p

On piles of money, with many beautiful women.

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Postby Valaran » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:03 am

Ifreann wrote:
Kiruri wrote:How do the British sleep at night knowing they fathered the US :p

On piles of money, with many beautiful women.



and plentiful supplies of tea. Yeah we sleep fine.
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Postby Jamjai » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:06 am

Indira wrote:Possibly, but I prefer Britain thanks

yea, I would like to visit UK one day

Canada and the UK sound the same to me but UK is populous
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Postby Doomwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:06 am

Ifreann wrote:
Kiruri wrote:How do the British sleep at night knowing they fathered the US :p

On piles of money, with many beautiful women.

You just got me horny.

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Postby Kiruri » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:08 am

Valaran wrote:
Ifreann wrote:On piles of money, with many beautiful women.



and plentiful supplies of tea. Yeah we sleep fine.

Tea, money, women, hmmm... sounds nice.

Next family vacation: UK XD
Doomwood wrote:
Ifreann wrote:On piles of money, with many beautiful women.

You just got me horny.

wtf? xD haha
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Postby Jamjai » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:10 am

Kiruri wrote:Tea, money, women, hmmm... sounds nice.

and plus bad breath
no woman would come near that person
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Postby Doomwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:10 am

Kiruri wrote:
Valaran wrote:

and plentiful supplies of tea. Yeah we sleep fine.

Tea, money, women, hmmm... sounds nice.

Next family vacation: UK XD
Doomwood wrote:You just got me horny.

wtf? xD haha

My next vacation should be in an English Strip club in the UK.

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Postby Murkwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:11 am

Doomwood wrote:
Kiruri wrote:Tea, money, women, hmmm... sounds nice.

Next family vacation: UK XD

wtf? xD haha

My next vacation should be in an English Strip club in the UK.

Okay, let's stop.
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Soldati senza confini wrote:Did I just try to rationalize Murkwood's logic? Please shoot me.

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Postby Kiruri » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:14 am

Jamjai wrote:
Kiruri wrote:Tea, money, women, hmmm... sounds nice.

and plus bad breath
no woman would come near that person

I'm not British, so, that doesn't affect me ^^ XD
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Postby Doomwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:14 am

Murkwood wrote:
Doomwood wrote:My next vacation should be in an English Strip club in the UK.

Okay, let's stop.

OK, let's (don't) stop.

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Murkwood
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Postby Murkwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:15 am

Doomwood wrote:
Murkwood wrote:Okay, let's stop.

OK, let's (don't) stop.

Let's (don't) stop? Perfect name for a techno song.
Degenerate Heart of HetRio wrote:Murkwood, I'm surprised you're not an anti-Semite and don't mind most LGBT rights because boy, aren't you a constellation of the worst opinions to have about everything? o_o

Benuty wrote:I suppose Ken Ham, and the league of Republican-Neocolonialist-Zionist Catholics will not be pleased.

Soldati senza confini wrote:Did I just try to rationalize Murkwood's logic? Please shoot me.

Catholicism has the fullness of the splendor of truth: The Bible and the Church Fathers agree!

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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:15 am

Doomwood wrote:
Murkwood wrote:Okay, let's stop.

OK, let's (don't) stop.

Knock it off. Both of you.
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Postby Doomwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:17 am

Murkwood wrote:
Doomwood wrote:OK, let's (don't) stop.

Let's (don't) stop? Perfect name for a techno song.

Yeah it does.

Farnhamia wrote:
Doomwood wrote:OK, let's (don't) stop.

Knock it off. Both of you.


You always come and destroy teh fun, got nothing better to do? Your like the king of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".

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Postby Murkwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:18 am

Doomwood wrote:
Murkwood wrote:Let's (don't) stop? Perfect name for a techno song.

Yeah it does.

Farnhamia wrote:Knock it off. Both of you.


You always come and destroy teh fun, got nothing better to do? Your like the king of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".

Farn? King of NS? Nah, that would be Max. he's just a king that doesn't visit his kingdom. And is an author. You know, this is a horrible metaphor.
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Benuty wrote:I suppose Ken Ham, and the league of Republican-Neocolonialist-Zionist Catholics will not be pleased.

Soldati senza confini wrote:Did I just try to rationalize Murkwood's logic? Please shoot me.

Catholicism has the fullness of the splendor of truth: The Bible and the Church Fathers agree!

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Postby MERIZoC » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:19 am

Doomwood wrote:
Murkwood wrote:Let's (don't) stop? Perfect name for a techno song.

Yeah it does.

Farnhamia wrote:Knock it off. Both of you.


You always come and destroy teh fun, got nothing better to do? Your like the king of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".

Farn is a mod. It's kind of the job of a mod to do that kind of thing.

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Camelza
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Postby Camelza » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:19 am

Doomwood wrote:
Murkwood wrote:Let's (don't) stop? Perfect name for a techno song.

Yeah it does.

Farnhamia wrote:Knock it off. Both of you.


You always come and destroy teh fun, got nothing better to do? Your like the king of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".

Because she's a mod. Now, if you put a g where the m goes you will have her real identity.
Don't be a blasphemer.

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Postby Risottia » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:19 am

Doomwood wrote:You're likethe king Queen of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".


I hear the steps of the Royal Guard already.

Back to the subject: I don't understand why many people here seem to think that wanting to move to the US means also wanting to apply for US citizenship.
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Postby Doomwood » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:23 am

Risottia wrote:
Doomwood wrote:You're likethe king Queen of NS here, so you can command us. Why doesn't anybody say to you "Knock it off?".


I hear the steps of the Royal Guard already.

Back to the subject: I don't understand why many people here seem to think that wanting to move to the US means also wanting to apply for US citizenship.

I will never move to the U.S and will never be an "Americanz" Citizen. But the way, thanks for correction.

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