*raises cup of coffee atcha* I wonder how many people are going to believe the same old propaganda re: al qaeda in Irak. you know that despite the polls that show how dubya's popularity is going down the tubes, there WILL be people who still believe that type of crap. that's what's really sad.
I don't know what the polls say right now, but I know polls taken right around the start of the war revealed that a whole bunch of Americans thought that there were Iraqis on board the planes that collided with the WTC buildings.
I think that for the most part? People don't care. They're living their lives. I think that might be one of the saddest things about the US population.
Apparently we are backing Bush as well. Of course. Though, and this is terrible of me because I didn't already know, I was pleased to read that I get to vote against fucking Howard later this year! I really really hope that he doesn't get in - one thing I really like about the American system of government is that you get to kick people out after two terms. Howard has been in for TEN YEARS. I have no idea how it keeps happening.
(Also, I can't actually access the article but the title leads me to believe we are notfollowing Bush with more troops, which is only a good thing.)
Also, I failed the American history citizenship test woefully, only 6 out of 10 correct, haha! Though I always thought failing was less than 50%...
And I couldn't get the Slanguage quiz to work! I was really interested too!
How often do Australians hold elections? And do you guys have no-confidence votes and all that? That's something I wish we had, because I'd like to think that Bush'd be gone if we had something like that. God knows he's done enough unpopular things, and now that our Congress is blue again...*dreams* We have impeachment, yeah, but it's not the same thing and if it hasn't happened by now, it's not likely it will.
We have them as often as you guys do, every four yeras, but it's the year before yours is. And I just checked wiki to see if we have a vote of no confidence, how awful that I don't even know, but it's not like that's something that the people get to decide. However, if you're up for some reading on Australian political history, I've always found the Gough Whitlam/Malcolm Fraser/John Kerr incident pretty interesting (though I've only ever been recounted it by my father, who remembers vividly everyone's reactions to it).
It wasn't the link, but it seemed to time out halfway through and the page didn't finish loading! Very frustrating :(
I'm always up for reading on political history, I'm dorky like that. And looky here, U.S. involvement is suspected. Quelle Surprise!. We just can't stop ourselves from being the cops of the world, can we? Grr.
I wish someone would channel Woodward and Bernstein and get you kicked out on your arse.
It seems like this has already happened over and over, that his administration has been revealed to be criminally underhanded. It's just for some reason it doesn't matter.
Maybe it's because it's a different world than it was in 1973 and people are just used to corruption everywhere? I don't think so, though, really, because there's been corruption in politics since forever.
Yeah, sorta. I have a dear BFF who lives in Texas, and a recruiter who has been after me for YEARS to get my NCLEX. She services Texas and California. I was thinking about writing it this spring.
It might be a good idea to write the NCLEX, anyway, because hey, more licencing isn't a bad thing. I should pick your brain about taking boards for nursing in Canada. I've thought some about doing some travel nursing, and I think I can do international on my RI licence, but I'm not sure.. There's some info on the net, but it's so widespread, and I can't find a central place to look.
I've never been to Texas, but from what I've heard, the cultural attitude is pretty far removed from your average Canadian province. California? Maybe. Or you could come to RI, 'cause we're cool and everything. :)
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I wonder how many people are going to believe the same old propaganda re: al qaeda in Irak. you know that despite the polls that show how dubya's popularity is going down the tubes, there WILL be people who still believe that type of crap. that's what's really sad.
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I think that for the most part? People don't care. They're living their lives. I think that might be one of the saddest things about the US population.
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*gags*
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(Also, I can't actually access the article but the title leads me to believe we are notfollowing Bush with more troops, which is only a good thing.)
Also, I failed the American history citizenship test woefully, only 6 out of 10 correct, haha! Though I always thought failing was less than 50%...
And I couldn't get the Slanguage quiz to work! I was really interested too!
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And hmm, the quiz link works fine for me. Try c/p instead of linking? http://www.blogthings.com/whatslanguagedoyouspeakquiz/
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It wasn't the link, but it seemed to time out halfway through and the page didn't finish loading! Very frustrating :(
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It seems like this has already happened over and over, that his administration has been revealed to be criminally underhanded. It's just for some reason it doesn't matter.
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As for Dubya... well, since I don't want the Fibbies jumping on me, I'll just say that I am reconsidering moving to work in the US. Too skeery!
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*takes your temperature*
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I've never been to Texas, but from what I've heard, the cultural attitude is pretty far removed from your average Canadian province. California? Maybe. Or you could come to RI, 'cause we're cool and everything. :)
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