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October 19, 2016 at 7:14 am
Liars! 😀
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October 19, 2016 at 10:19 am
Every last one! 😉
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October 19, 2016 at 7:22 am
That’s nice . . . and all true! Little detail: around here, everyone says, “the States” instead of “America”. After all, it’s only an 8-hour drive to get there – a hop, skip and jump! 🙂
P.S. Our Aussies just left- they’re the ones who say, “America”.
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October 19, 2016 at 10:16 am
That makes sense, actually. TheBrit’s family all call this “America,” too. When I think of “America” I think of the whole of North America, which obviously includes Canada and Mexico. They say “America” as if there’s only one and as if it’s only “the States”.
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October 19, 2016 at 12:39 pm
George W. used to say ‘Mrrrika 🙂
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October 19, 2016 at 8:22 am
Well, Ruth – someone’s not amused. . 🙂
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/please-stay-the-fuck-out-of-this-canada-1787895850
– whoops!
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October 19, 2016 at 10:19 am
Somebody is quite obviously a ray of sunshine! :/sarcasm
Yeah, we’ve done plenty of bad things, too. I didn’t take this video nor the message to be playing into any sort of American Exceptionalism, which I personally take exception to. I don’t think America is the GREATEST. Or that we’ve cornered the market on good things, inventions, discoveries, wealth, or anything of the sort. But listening to a certain segment of the population it would be very easy to forget that we’ve ever done anything good at all. Or that we ever could again.
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October 19, 2016 at 8:29 am
Love it Ruth. We do need reminding of this relative “greatness” every two and four years don’t we? LOL
I’m sharing this video on FB; after all… aren’t we the UNITED states of America? Let’s try and act like it! Hahaha 😛
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October 19, 2016 at 10:22 am
I think it’s going to take some time to heal after this election cycle. United? Maybe. Depends on who you ask. Methinks Donald Trump might just hold up the severed head of the Congress just to prove that point.
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October 19, 2016 at 10:02 am
Thoughtful video, but ask them if they’d want to move here, permanently. Lol
All my family, on my dad’s side, are Canadian. My grandparents moved here when my dad was a baby. They ended up becoming citizens. I wonder if they would have done that in today’s America.
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October 19, 2016 at 10:25 am
See my reply to Carmen. It’s just nice to be reminded that everyone everywhere doesn’t think we’re going down the crapper. I don’t think any of them will be beating down the border to come here, no. That doesn’t mean they don’t think we’ve got a good thing going here, though. Just that they’ve got a pretty darned good thing going where they are, too.
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October 19, 2016 at 12:00 pm
“It’s just nice to be reminded that everyone everywhere doesn’t think we’re going down the crapper.”
True that it’s nice of them, but we are going down the crapper. Lol
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October 19, 2016 at 12:09 pm
“True that it’s nice of them, but we are going down the crapper.”
That’s the spirit! lol
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October 19, 2016 at 12:10 pm
I’m a realist. *grins*
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October 19, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Also, please don’t discourage from batting down the floaters!
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October 19, 2016 at 12:11 pm
Hahahaha
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October 19, 2016 at 12:15 pm
It took me a minute but I got that. . . 🙂
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October 19, 2016 at 10:33 am
As a Canadian, I agree that America is pretty great.
But we are talking about what a shit-show the election is. Let’s be real here.
And I’m staying right here. lol. Cool little video though.
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October 19, 2016 at 10:48 am
In my best South Georgia parlance, “Ain’t no doubt it’s a shit-show.” And I’m surrounded by some of the shittiest showers.
I do know some real Super Trumpsters who buy into all his conspiratorial bs, but most of the people I know, regardless of whether they’re voting Democrat or Republican, are holding their noses to vote.
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October 19, 2016 at 1:44 pm
… regardless of whether they’re voting Democrat or Republican, are holding their noses to vote.
Boy ain’t that the truth!!??!
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