That explains everything... (amazing, how time gets wasted on some things) What is this all about? I just don't get it. WAY over my head. Oh well guess I'll grab a Big Mac, Fries and a coke/ Who needs a study to point this out. Most Americans [not all] I have met do not want to understand other people unless it involves their point of view. Hollywood has a lot to answer for, most Americans receive their cultural education from television. P.S. the planet most Americans live on is the U.S. all the other countries on the maps are for decoration. @Amergin, and what exactly, in your opinion, they should be understanding? One could just as easily make the same argument by flipping the tables - do you think other countries 'understand' Americans? Where's the evidence of such? Religious tolerance, respect for other peoples views, cultural tolerance. Most Americans having no culture of their own, except t.v. lack any world view. What they need to understand is that America is not the centre of the world. The reality is that most people around the world admire America for it's get up and go, however you are like spoilt children who throw a temper tantrum when things don't go your way.You can't even handle criticism. It's your way or no way. You don't know how good you have it and that is because you are so wrapped up in yourselves that you always fail to see the bigger picture. Narcissism is a terrible affliction. So, if all of that was true, why is it that all these people from all these countries that we don't understand want to come here? Because of our 'get up and go'? Give me a break! We have no culture and somehow all kinds of people follow fashion, music, sports - you name it, as it is here. How's that? What do you consider "things don't go our way"? 9/11? And what's the 'tantrum'? Driving taliban into mountains or saddam into a hole in the ground? And who the hell are you to criticize us? America is one of the youngest nations on the planet, yet it's been able to accomplish in it's puny 200 years much more than your country would ever hope to achieve, in just about any area. America... Very Touchy. The Republic of Ireland is a much Younger country , but a lot more mature. As for refugees coming to our country we have the highest percentage per head of population in the world. The Irish as a nation has always been the first to most disaster spots and always leading the way in helping those afflicted by famine and disease. As for fashion and music you must be joking. American football is non existent outside the USA, baseball is called rounders in Europe, by the way a very popular children's game. In regards to fashion baseball hats and short pants are all the rage with toddlers. As to music all I have to say is U2. Worlds most popular band. As for membership of the UN , yo... So to answer the question of why people all over the world want to go to the USA. Is it because you are so naive and easy to make a buck off of ? As for Saddam in a hole, you put him in power in the first place. The Taliban are still not defeated, surprise surprise. The American way is to bomb the hell out of them. But when it comes to fighting man to man you haven't got it and they know it. That is why you will withdraw or be stuck there for another 20 years. As for liberating Europe, in the Great war the Germans had maybe a year left in them, as their families were starving at home. You fought in very little actions and brought the Spanish Flu with you killing over twenty million people. In WW2 the Russians did all the real fighting. Only third rate troops faced you with old equipment and Eisenhower nearly got his ass handed to him,... You're right, I didn't think about the number of Irish pubs we have in the US, that explains your state and the stuff you threw in there... There are so many inaccuracies... anyway, cheers - keep it up. Once you get a little more sober - read some history, the real kind, not the fictionalized version. As Bill O'Reilly, an American Irishman of course, likes to say 'lay off the Cool-Aid'... Oh, yeah... and kudos on Riverdance - an excellent production. That I would actually pay to see... U2 - not in my lifetime, even though that's the only band that amounted to something from Ireland. When you actually have something meaningful to reply give me a shout. If all you can do is throw up the old chestnuts about pubs and Riverdance, well give me a break. Very mature. Well if you don't want to discuss it, that is your loss. In regard to Bill O' Reilly he is nothing but hot air, more American than Irish. As for the inaccurate history maybe you should check it out. If you want to walk around with blinkers that is fine by me. Have a nice blinkered life and give yourself a pat on the back for being so witty. Look, I recan rebuke just about any point you made, because your points are either flat out unthuths or semi-fabrications, having nothing to do with reality. You don't even take enough time to read what was stated well enough... US didn't contribute $1Billion, Bill Gates - the sole American did (non-Irish as far as I know, but I'm sure he had some Irish relatives somewhere going back). O'Reilly is indeed American, as he should be. He doesn't shun from his Irish background, which is great, but he is American, because that's his country. Your comments about Americans show very clearly to people who actually know America and Americans just how screwed up your opinion is. I don't blame you ... What a lame reply. What kind of man uses his innocent children to hide from a debate. Obviously a man not comfortable enough with his knowledge of world history { not your history }. So as I said above; Have a nice blinkered life. P.S. I hope your kids enjoyed their waffles, as much as I enjoyed your waffling.  Nobody's hiding behind anyone, the man is certainly comfortable enough, so don't BS about the man or his kids when you have no clue. Speaking of your lacks, here's a blow-by-blow, since you asked (and the kids are asleep): 1) "Republic of Ireland more mature" - what exactly are you basing that on? Do you not count the Ireland before 1937 when it wasn't called a 'republic'? Is that because you're ashamed of your king or there's another reason. Perhaps your dabbling with IRA is what you consider to be 'mature'... Show me some accomplishments, back them up by facts, by the Republic of Ireland since its inception 70 years ago? Let's see where and how it outshines the USA. 2) Refugees... F... ...came from listening to American rock'n'roll, blues, jazz... all genres that came from America. (sorry, small Clipmarks bug, it let me add the comment, telling me I was long by a few characters somehow)... moving on... 4) US contributions to various disasters in last year alone were at about $3billion. How much did Ireland contribute last year? 5) US Sports - I wasn't talking about American Football, actually it's one of the sports I'm not into myself. Funny how you mention that and baseball, why didn't you mention basketball? How about tennis, volleyball and bunch of other sports. Just look at the Olympics and how the medals get split. I remember a ton of US gold, Russia, China...... ...outstanding about the Irish in USA... except perhaps New York, which was so well shown in the movie Gangs of New York... perhaps that's what you're referring to... 9) Ghandi, inspired by an Irishman - that's another of your classics. At least you're not claiming he was Irish. I'll bet there's every normal living person on this planet who was inspired by an Irishman... and an Englishman and a Russian etc. etc. etc. - what a silly comment to make, you're really pulling straws here. 10) You "brought nations back from the brink of darkness"? Which were those? You made some comment about South American countries... if you had your and there, certainly didn't accomplish much... oh yes, an... Considering your statement about fighting in practically all wars of the past 1000 years, you sure picked a good one to 'not take sides'. The WW2 was ended much earlier with much fewer lives lost, mostly due to the opening of the 2nd Front, which was in a large part manned by the USA. USA made enormous contributions to the Russians in terms of economic and physical help, even before the troops landed and it was the US who rebuilt Europe after the fact, whether you want to acknowledge it or not. Same with Japan. 12) You say 'taliban is not defeated'. How do you figure that? Because some of them are sucking moss in the mountains? They sure the hell aren't running things in Afghanistan.... There's another O'Reilly whom I respect immensely. Tim O'Reilly, the man publishes the best computer books on the planet, and does many other great things for computer industry. I'm sure he's got Irish ancestors, although he's certainly an American. Do you have someone of that caliber in the old country? I'll bet you don't, but I'll bet in just about every country this O'Reilly is known (at least in civilized one). That's what America does that no other country seems to. It's a melting pot of people from everywhere that built this incredible country with the kind of life that few countries can boast about (certainly not Ireland). It gives people opportunities that other countries simp... it's THE country on the planet. Let me work Backwards here. Point 13 So what ? Point 12 Check out the BBC coverage this week by John Simpson, you might get a real idea. Point 11 If you actually read what I had written I referred to Great War , which is what we called WW1 in Europe.And yes they had less than a year left in them. As for your erroneous comments about WW2 , the Germans were not 6 months away from a nuclear weapon as the Norwegians destroyed their heavy water plant and this scuppered all development of a nuclear programme. Yes the Russians did do the majority of the fighting. As for fighting in Africa, the Irish leadership of General Wavell { an Irishman } defeated a numerically superior Italian force and d... Point 7 Wellington was born in Dublin Ireland and if it wasn't for his leadership, we all would have been speaking French. Also a lot of the men who took the brunt of the fighting were of Irish stock, the Inniskillings cavalry and thousands of other Irishmen. As a matter of fact Irish was the spoken language in the British army at that time. As for WW2 we repatriated all Allied soldiers and interned the Germans. We reported submarine sightings and supplied weather data. Not to mention all the Irish who worked in Britain and fought in the Armed forces. Point 6 Bill Gates built his software platform on an Apple system whilst working for them and then proceeded to undercut anyone who got in his way. Anyway it is trendy to donate at the moment among the wealthy, never mind the tax breaks and free publicity it incurs. Point 5 the massive drugs programme you are running to thank for that. And seeing as we won one at all was a great achievement for a small nation. For if you understood the pro-rata qualification system you would understand the realities. Point 4 Is the sum of three billion 7% of the USA GDP. Because that is what my nation gives. Not bad for a small nation. But we actually help on the ground as well. You just throw money at it. What about Bob Geldof and Live Aid ? As for music the blues was formed by an amalgamation of Irish traditional and Gospel music. Thin Lizzy was the Inspiration of nearly all the major rock and metal groups in the states including Metallica. Rory Gallagher a gifted guitarist inspired Guns n' Roses, check out the song shotgun Blues. He also outplayed Jimi Hendrix at a gig. As for the Beatles well they are all from Liverpool, which means they definitely have Irish Blood in them.As the majority of Liverpudlians are of Irish descent, dating back to early 1700's. And then we have John Mc Cormack the greatest and most popular tenor of all time. As for America being a melting pot of culture, well it has been done countless times before. London has a base of over 300 languages spoken everyday on it's streets right now. Not even New York has that diversity. It's been a long long time since we had a king. But as a small nation we certainly promote more peaceful endeavours, than any other country. We do what we can with what we have. As for BS on an American computer, mine was made here in Ireland and the Computer was an English invention. As for software development we are way ahead, just because it is cheap and mass produced does not make it better. As for the two people who built Google, well their largest operation is here in Ireland As for the gangs of new York well we were the nice guys fighting against racist and fascist abuse. And Charles Babbage was an Irishman. And as for America being the forerunner of technology design,another misconception. The US space programme was developed by Nazi Scientists. All the Best Cars are made in Europe. The Television was invented by a Scot. The Satellite was conceived by an Englishman and built by the Russians. And the man who dragged the USA out of it's doldrums was Kennedy an Irish American. Did you ever learn Geography ? it's THE country on the planet. Well China is the rising star, along with India. As for being progressive you are going backwards. The European Union will be the guiding light in the future. I thought you'd stop with bloodlines going back hundreds of years to get some Irish in there, but you just can't... Gates working for Apple - this is lunacy beyond even being in a drunk state. That one statement qualifies you for... it's family show here, so I better not. But it did bring a little chuckle here... hopefully everyone else would read your stuff with the same level of amusement. I'm sure there are lots of Irish who are to be respected for their wisdom, accomplishments and contributions... it's just amazing that you're in the same ethnic group... enough said... Thanks for the comments, very mature. If you check it out you will find he did indeed work for Apple in his early days. As for being drunk, again an old one and hardly an accurate one. Would you like to ask me next what my pet leprechaun is called or how big my shilleagh is ? As for the childish comments on my bloodlines, I am very proud of my heritage and history. Well at least I didn't jump ship and run away. At least I am a true Irishman,not a wannabe American. You were born in the wrong country, it shows. At least most of the true Americans I have spoken with have had manners and open minds. Again I hope you have a nice blinkered life and if the American dream doesn't work out for y... You were wrong on just about everything else, except for me being born in the wrong country and about continuing to smile. 2 out several dozen isn't great, but it's something. I have zero problems with you being proud of your country, I have the same feelings about mine and as for 'jumping ship', nothing wrong with attempting to better one's life, kind of like huge numbers of Irish after the famine and at other times. So, you either blame those very same Irish Americans whom you just finished boasting about or.. be a hypocrite... take your pick. Me - I'll stick to America, being a very proud USA citizen and all for so many years. I don't think we will agree on anything... and to the arg... Thanks for the memories Man. Sorry I took so long to reply had to wipe the tears from my eyes due to the uncontrolled laughter. You sound like a broken record. Go n-eiri an bothar i t'aghaidh. Is mise le meas, Amergin. No need to apologize. By broken record you mean that I continue to correct your errors, like calling WW1 "great war" in Europe... certainly not in the republics of the old USSR they didn't, which is a pretty large chunk of Europe. And no, I wasn't referring to T34 tanks, but Jeeps that US gave to Russia and that were used for a long time even after the war. And the credit for first real TV was given to another American... who was actually Russian by birth (here, educate yourself a bit). Perhaps you meant that it means I'm being consistent. Whatever you meant, keep laughing - there are many useful idiots out there who do ju... Yeah we can believe everything on the Internet. I prefer more reputable and reliable sources,such as books. At least they are proof read before publishing, for legal reasons. There is no such legal requirement for a website. Hell maybe you should set up The world according to Recordsage. Guaranteed hit with every dumb ass out there. I suppose you don't read much, it is pretty obvious from your comments. Your education is rudimentary at best and it shows. As for my comprehension of Russian, I know you are a Ilgun. So again spajisibo for your time. Mise Le Meas Amergin Check out; Reap what you sow.Terror History. It might help you understand the country you live in a bit better. Well, you check out your history. Using your own logic - it'll help you to understand the country you live a bit better and if we should reap what we sow - sounds like you're to expect the very same. Of course recently IRA did roll over. But then again, we in the US also have IRA rollover, used for totally different purpose (ours is a lot more peaceful and useful) but certainly spelled the same way. P.S. Can't recall the Irishman who inspired me to come up with the comparison, but whoever did, I'm sure somewhere somehow was Irish... not doubt. P.P.S. And since you seem to know Russian, here's how I'd describe you 'nedodelaniy chlen'. Ah yes, the waffle continues. Wikipedia to prove a point, ha ha ha ha. As for the IRA rolling over as you call it. They succeeded in their initial objectives of bringing the British government to the negotiating table and now the community they represent share power in government. Did Bush free Iraq yet ? What about rebuilding the country into a Democratic Society ? But, lets be fair the surge is working. The surge of bullshit more like. As for an Irishman inspiring you,that was me. No thanks necessary. As for arguing with someone who looks and thinks like Junior Gorg from Fraggle Rock. I really shouldn't be wasting my time. And finally to reply to your Russian, I have a suggestion. A... Don't bother replying. I have decided to use the ignore option as you are beyond all hope. You will never see the truth, even if it hit you in the face. And when you decide to insult someone, try to put some imagination into it. So as they say in my country, Is Arastatail gaotaire / gealt thu. Mise le Meas, Amergin. |
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