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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/25/2007 1:54:18 PM
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ZYNE
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LMAO!!! For some reason I had Jean in mind before Bob though .. should be interesting none the less ....... *stirs the pot* lol
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 2:32:05 AM
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ORIGINAL: ZYNE
And yes, a small PART of Canada does in fact want to be French .. why I don't know but that's their problem.
I can't WAIT for Bob to comment on this one 
FUKC QUEBEC!!!!
Whiny Frenchman (NO OFFENSE JEAN, these aren't REAL FRENCH ), want their cake and eat it too!!
I honestly BELIEVE they keep throwing this up to get more FEDERAL $$$ and influence! This is the first Prime Minister we've had in, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, who hasn't hailed from Quebec.
They say they want independence because they are a DISTINCT society as opposed to the rest of Canada??? WTF!!
I say LET 'EM GO!!!!
The majority of the WEALTH in our country comes from THE WESTERN Provinces anyways!!!
Manitoba has IMMENSE Hydro Electric $$$ with our 100,000 lakes and Hydro Dams. Alberta, of course, has the OIL and British Columbia has all of the Lumber trade and ASIANS!! Kidding Karl!! (Sorry Saskatchewan )!!
HELL, Quebec's Provincial DEBT is over $$118 BILLION!! I'm sure IF they seceded, they'd pawn that off on our federal government before leaving!!!
Sorry, but they PISS ME OFF!!!
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 5:46:03 AM
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ZYNE
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ORIGINAL: Dennis
Let's see if I can put your point of view into perspective for you...( Caution; this contains mind bending metophors)
This is you in the way you see things:
A painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park
bench. Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one in the middle
had a pink weenie. The curator explaining how it depicted the
sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white,
patriarchal society... "In fact," he pointed out, "some serious critics
believe that the pink weenie also reflects the cultural and
sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary
society."
This is Me in my own simple way:
A man in a Kentucky T-shirt said, "Would you like to know what the
painting is really about?" Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
Nuff said!
PS: this ones for for Mikey's sake...
Do they have "Press ONE for French" in Canada...??? (for sake of misunderstanding..that would have been said in French mind you...Want to be exact with the details now, dontcha know...LMAO)
And here's the next stage .... Realizing your argument no longer works and resorting to unrelated amusing stories in an attempt to use humor to distract the attention from the very subject at hand ... LOL!!! Really Den, you gotto work just a wee bit harder than that my friend hehehehehehee
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 5:50:27 AM
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ZYNE
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quote:
ORIGINAL: HummBob
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ORIGINAL: HummerGuy
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ORIGINAL: ZYNE
And yes, a small PART of Canada does in fact want to be French .. why I don't know but that's their problem.
I can't WAIT for Bob to comment on this one
FUKC QUEBEC!!!!
Whiny Frenchman (NO OFFENSE JEAN, these aren't REAL FRENCH), want their cake and eat it too!!
I honestly BELIEVE they keep throwing this up to get more FEDERAL $$$ and influence! This is the first Prime Minister we've had in, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, who hasn't hailed from Quebec.
They say they want independence because they are a DISTINCT society as opposed to the rest of Canada??? WTF!!
I say LET 'EM GO!!!!
The majority of the WEALTH in our country comes from THE WESTERN Provinces anyways!!!
Manitoba has IMMENSE Hydro Electric $$$ with our 100,000 lakes and Hydro Dams. Alberta, of course, has the OIL and British Columbia has all of the Lumber trade and ASIANS!! Kidding Karl!! (Sorry Saskatchewan)!!
HELL, Quebec's Provincial DEBT is over $$118 BILLION!! I'm sure IF they seceded, they'd pawn that off on our federal government before leaving!!!
Sorry, but they PISS ME OFF!!!
We have detonation ..... :-)
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 6:15:00 AM
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Dennis
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quote:
ORIGINAL: ZYNE
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ORIGINAL: Dennis
Let's see if I can put your point of view into perspective for you...( Caution; this contains mind bending metophors)
This is you in the way you see things:
A painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park
bench. Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one in the middle
had a pink weenie. The curator explaining how it depicted the
sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white,
patriarchal society... "In fact," he pointed out, "some serious critics
believe that the pink weenie also reflects the cultural and
sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary
society."
This is Me in my own simple way:
A man in a Kentucky T-shirt said, "Would you like to know what the
painting is really about?" Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
Nuff said!
PS: this ones for for Mikey's sake...
Do they have "Press ONE for French" in Canada...??? (for sake of misunderstanding..that would have been said in French mind you...Want to be exact with the details now, dontcha know...LMAO)
And here's the next stage .... Realizing your argument no longer works and resorting to unrelated amusing stories in an attempt to use humor to distract the attention from the very subject at hand ... LOL!!! Really Den, you gotto work just a wee bit harder than that my friend hehehehehehee
I think my analogy works and presents itself quite well to demonstrating how you twist and spin things in YOUR favor, besides I was hoping you could understand the jest of it, but alas, I see the effort was hopeless in your case AGAIN...Did you ever suffer frost bite of the brain where it came from?...Shoe is on the the other foot now my friend and you never seem to want to admit when you are dead wrong...I think Bob's affirmation of the Canadian example you tried to use to cloud the issue I originally brought up is proof of that..Using that ridiculous example, then this country is multilingual and all languages are excepted in the normal day to day business of this society..BS! (and I'm not talking about sitting around the dinner table with the family either)...as your are the one who seems to always throw gasoline on the fire when your argument is weak and unsubstantiated..or you start to nit-pick at little details that has really nothing to do with the main point of the matter...Press ONE for French...LMAO..hahahahahaha!
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 6:55:53 AM
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ZYNE
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Dennis
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ORIGINAL: ZYNE
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ORIGINAL: Dennis
Let's see if I can put your point of view into perspective for you...( Caution; this contains mind bending metophors)
This is you in the way you see things:
A painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park
bench. Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one in the middle
had a pink weenie. The curator explaining how it depicted the
sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white,
patriarchal society... "In fact," he pointed out, "some serious critics
believe that the pink weenie also reflects the cultural and
sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary
society."
This is Me in my own simple way:
A man in a Kentucky T-shirt said, "Would you like to know what the
painting is really about?" Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
Nuff said!
PS: this ones for for Mikey's sake...
Do they have "Press ONE for French" in Canada...??? (for sake of misunderstanding..that would have been said in French mind you...Want to be exact with the details now, dontcha know...LMAO)
And here's the next stage .... Realizing your argument no longer works and resorting to unrelated amusing stories in an attempt to use humor to distract the attention from the very subject at hand ... LOL!!! Really Den, you gotto work just a wee bit harder than that my friend hehehehehehee
I think my analogy works and presents itself quite well to demonstrating how you twist and spin things in YOUR favor, besides I was hoping you could understand the jest of it, but alas, I see the effort was hopeless in your case AGAIN...Did you ever suffer frost bite of the brain where it came from?...Shoe is on the the other foot now my friend and you never seem to want to admit when you are dead wrong...I think Bob's affirmation of the Canadian example you tried to use to cloud the issue I originally brought up is proof of that..Using that ridiculous example, then this country is multilingual and all languages are excepted in the normal day to day business of this society..BS! (and I'm not talking about sitting around the dinner table with the family either)...as your are the one who seems to always throw gasoline on the fire when your argument is weak and unsubstantiated..or you start to nit-pick at little details that has really nothing to do with the main point of the matter...Press ONE for French...LMAO..hahahahahaha!
Relax Den, I'm yanking your chain. And no, I'm no more wrong than you are i
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 7:45:59 AM
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HummerGuy
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And for the record, I have NO problems admitting when I'm wrong, but in a discussion of opinions certainly you must understand that right and wrong is of no value here. Opinions do not carry an inherit universal right or wrong.
That's what I'M talkin about!
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/26/2007 10:20:09 PM
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Some facts about Europe:
European Union The European Union or EU is a supranational union of 27 European states, the most recent acceding members being Romania and Bulgaria, who became full members in January 1, 2007. It has many activities, the most important being a common single market, consisting of a customs union, a single currency (adopted by 13 of the 27 member states), a Common Agricultural Policy and a Common Fisheries Policy. The European Union also has various initiatives to co-ordinate activities of the member states. The European Union has the largest economy in the world. The EU economy is expected to grow further over the next decade as more countries join the union - especially considering that the new States are usually poorer than the EU average, and hence the expected fast GDP growth will help achieve the dynamic of the united Europe. It is estimated that the Eurozone will grow around 2.6 per cent this year (2006)[1], like other industrialized nations such as the United States at 2.6% (Q2 2006) and 1.6 (Q3 2006) [2]. The union has evolved over time from a primarily economic union to an increasingly political one. This trend is highlighted by the increasing number of policy areas that fall within EU competence: political power has tended to shift upwards from the Member States to the EU. ECONOMY: Taken as a single entity, the European Union has the largest economy in the world, with an estimated nominal GDP of €11.6 ($14.5) trillion in 2006 accounting for 35% of world GDP (the second largest economy is the USA, with a GDP of $13.2 trillion). The OECD has projected that in 2007 the Eurozone will take over from the US as the driver of world economic growth with its 2.7% GDP growth compared to 2.1 percent in the US.[64] In 2006, the EU claimed it is estimated 3.5 million jobs were created in the Eurozone. Germany, the largest economy within the EU, grew 2.7% in 2006 and is expected to grow at around 2.8% in 2007. After growing almost 3% as a whole in 2006 the EU economy is predicted to stay robust well into 2008 with average growth over those two years averaging over 2.5% growth. Many economists agree the EU has attained the capacity for higher growth than historically due to the EU's new member states potential to expand at a higher rate than traditional industrial powers of Europe. There are great national and intra-national economic disparities across the European Union, reflecting the different economies of its member states. Even corrected for purchasing power, there is a 12-fold difference between the richest NUTS-2 & 3 regions, Frankfurt (€68,751 [link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity]PPP[/l
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/27/2007 1:26:33 AM
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Jmm
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To make a long story short, I disagree with both Nick and Dennis on the following points:
1/ The European Union has the largest economy in the world. The EU economy is expected to grow further over the next decade as more countries join the union - especially considering that the new States are usually poorer than the EU average, and hence the expected fast GDP growth will help achieve the dynamic of the united Europe.
So, to the contrary to what Dennis has said the EEC economy is significantly larger than the USA one.
Rank Country GDP (millions of USD) —
Gross world product 48,144,466 —
European Union 14,527,140 1
United States 13,244,550 2
Japan 4,367,459
2/ EURO was the best financial move EVER made by the EEC and no, Sweden would have not been ''ruined'' if they had choosen to shift from the SK to the €.
Quiet the contrary actually!since Sweden import most of its mass consumers good from the EEC and pay in EURO.that alone cut about 0.5 to 0.8 % to the country growth.
plus Sweden has to buy oil in Dollars and cannot compensate the oil price increase with the weakness of the USD vs the €.
When they will shift from SK to €, in 2012, the cost for them is going to be tremendous.
As far as the language is concerned I believe that GERMAN and ENGLISH being already the main European languages will most probably become the official languages of the EEC in a few decades.
Last but not least I don't believe that neither governement nor language can REALLY unify Europe.The main ''cement'' has to be European nationalism.
And that is going to take a looooong time.
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/27/2007 6:01:47 AM
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ZYNE
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European Union 14,527,140 1
United States 13,244,550 2
I stand tactfully corrected.....But this is basically splitting hairs..
It usually is when proven wrong with little margin hehehehee :P
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/27/2007 6:03:48 AM
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HummerGuy
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OK. The three of you make me feel uneducated, stupid and ignorant. I just wanted to tell you thanks! Obviously working in the second largest lawfirm in the world for 9 years hasn't done a damn bit of good. I shall now go read a book about world economics. Thank you.
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RE: Press ONE for English? - 6/27/2007 6:04:56 AM
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ZYNE
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ORIGINAL: Jmm
To make a long story short, I disagree with both Nick and Dennis on the following points:
1/ The European Union has the largest economy in the world. The EU economy is expected to grow further over the next decade as more countries join the union - especially considering that the new States are usually poorer than the EU average, and hence the expected fast GDP growth will help achieve the dynamic of the united Europe.
So, to the contrary to what Dennis has said the EEC economy is significantly larger than the USA one.
Rank Country GDP (millions of USD) —
Gross world product 48,144,466 —
European Union 14,527,140 1
United States 13,244,550 2
Japan 4,367,459
2/ EURO was the best financial move EVER made by the EEC and no, Sweden would have not been ''ruined'' if they had choosen to shift from the SK to the €.
Quiet the contrary actually!since Sweden import most of its mass consumers good from the EEC and pay in EURO.that alone cut about 0.5 to 0.8 % to the country growth.
plus Sweden has to buy oil in Dollars and cannot compensate the oil price increase with the weakness of the USD vs the €.
When they will shift from SK to €, in 2012, the cost for them is going to be tremendous.
As far as the language is concerned I believe that GERMAN and ENGLISH being already the main European languages will most probably become the official languages of the EEC in a few decades.
Last but not least I don't believe that neither governement nor language can REALLY unify Europe.The main ''cement'' has to be European nationalism.
And that is going to take a looooong time.
Um, 2012 shift, cost is going to be tremendous .. that is almost verbatim, with the exception of the year of course, what was said the FIRST time they tried to push that crap on them (us). I guess that would have been a more appropriate way of stating it rather than "ruining them". Yes, the initial "cost of ownership" is going to be enormous ... I would be seriously surprised if it went to the polls again and passed!
As far as the european nationalism, that's a tough one. We as Swedes were stripped of that while I was still a kid. No longer allowed to sing the anthem at graduation. If you sported a Swedish flag on your jacket you were considered a racist. It was damn near considered wrong or ugly back in those days. Not sure if the climate has changed in the last 10 years or not ... but European nationalism is probably a catch phrase better left alone, just the thought of Germany and nationalism will make the hairs stand up on A LOT of people.
Personally I don't think the "United States of Europe" will ever be a reality ... it's way too diverse, and not just from a people perspective but politically and religiously as well.
< Message edited by ZYNE -- 6/27/2007 6:12:04 AM >
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