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Listed below are comments made by shortputt between Wednesday, 8th October 2008 and Tuesday, 22nd September 2009.

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Obama defends climate change record 6:03pm on 22 Sep 2009 Mark
You wrote "What was perhaps new was his reassurance to smaller countries that the US recognised that they were in a different position and that they could therefore expect some help."

This is the carrot that must be offered and pushed whole heartedly to bring others with doubts on board.

America cannot change itself overnight while awaiting the hoped for return to a future economic prosperity, but by initially offsetting it's own carbon footprint by stimulating others until it can revamp and reduce it's own industrial emissions, the ball should start rolling.
Better to export technology, solar panels, USA know-how etc etc than weapons, and it creates jobs at home.
Climate change you can believe in
Unparliamentary or un-American? 3:32pm on 14 Sep 2009 AndreainNY # 33,
northstandwarrior wrote about "a lot"- "I cannot however understand how a lot of the country retains such fundamentalist views on "big" government." "
In a further paragraph than the one you listed, he questions "would it be too much to assume that actually a lot of good-hearted but easily persuaded people are being manipulated by cleverer people who are just protecting their own interests, supported by the like of FOX news? It is plainly the case and it can't be stopped."
Again "a lot", not all , and despite his reference to Fox news his assumption could hold true for representatives from parties of both sides. Dem + Rep and all media outlets.
Are you claiming that "The idea that Americans are being "manipulated" by those more clever and devious than themselves is another misconception".- refers to all Americans?
This 100% certainty is extremely doubtful which leads me to assume that either -
1 You are not one of the goodhearted ones?
2 You are one of the cleverer manipulators protecting their own interests ?
3 Not easily persuaded ?
4 An Independent who looks for fault in all?
5 You work for the media.
6 All or most of the above.

Isn't it fun to nit-pick postings here?
If your suggestion to northstandwarrior is to keep digging then he has his hands full until he reaches us both at the bottom of the holes we dig for ourselves.
The Beach. 07:13am on 21 Aug 2009 lucien,
Complaining about your own post, asking for it to be removed is the only possibility and then repeat the greeting.
Sorry to throw sand in your eyes. Been bunkered myself too many times
Why America deserves three cheers 7:47pm on 19 Jul 2009 Bootlicker # 594,
If you are a Chelsea Clinton fan then the music "Chelsea mourning" must be right up your street. Come on the reds!
Why America deserves three cheers 7:18pm on 15 Jul 2009 Game still on for saturday as usual Sam.
Will you be using the driver again or just the irons- You devil.
Confirming our prejudices 8:48pm on 19 Nov 2008 Justin.
Were you just returning from an interview with President Bush, Ms Palin, or Ken Dodd when you wrote this article?

"the idea..., [they say]..., Perhaps.., But wait., brains work oddly..., I wonder whether..., might have been..., somehow..., if..., if..., if...,

A masterpiece .

Must agree with Nick-Gotts # 10.......
Don't you have anything more worthwhile to say?
An end to "victimhood"? 00:49am on 07 Nov 2008 Justin writes-
"An end to "victimhood"?
"But I wonder now whether it will become a theme of the Obama presidency....."
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Black white red, yellow brown. Each and every man and woman on this planet can have a lapse of judgement.
All with their share of ***isms at times, but that does not mean that all of them develop into being permanent ***ists. I hope!
Nothing is black and white but all shades of gray!

Here, both sides appear as being the Victims and the aggressors.
Crumbling bridges 5:16pm on 29 Oct 2008 Ed Iglehart 136
"God bless the grass"

Nice poem.

When God was blessing his Mother Nature
creations I am not sure if he was forgetfull, in a jokey mood, or gave the following a double blessing, just to help them along.
Forget your "English Lawn" ideas.
Gramma, Bermuda and Kikuyu grasses are already set to take over my garden and are well on the way in trying to take over the world I believe.
Kikuyu :-Pennisetum clandestinum
Secret ferret / Squirrell grass no less?

Thick mats, can climb over other plant life,
shading it out and producing herbicidal toxins that kill competing plants. It prevents new sprouts of other species from growing and can even kill small tree saplings..

british-ish 112- suggests " God moves in
mysterious ways". By rescuing the planet yes, but not necessarily to include all the living things in it. Like us?
The Second US Presidential Debate - Live 9:30pm on 08 Oct 2008 chill0 # 230

"There have also been problems with cultural understanding' and basic language and accent................
Bottom line is, although the Indian call centre people may be much better educated and intelligent than their equivalents in Britain, they are not much liked to deal with".
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Omitting your surmise over the education andd intelligence factors, I can not agree with the rest of your negative thoughts..
My contacts were the cream de la cream in repect of their English language, perfect manners, and the knowledge they had been provided with.
It was just that they, as with other "English or American businesses in Europe are trying to provide a service with one hand tied behind their backs, on a par with the present financial mess where the right hand did not know what the left hand was doing.

"Do not leave home without it" refers to noting the local telephone number of your bank, before you go abroad.. Internet information using the UK number given is only available if you are dialing in the UK!
So cutting local costs "at home" is definitely cutting their own throats in the long run.
The Second US Presidential Debate - Live 5:19pm on 08 Oct 2008 chill0 # 164
"It's a question of who is most threatening to the USA.

Do you think India is ?"
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Although a little off subject because you were talking nuclear weapons, but indirectly India is the bigger threat to the USA [ and other world economies].

Recent contact with Barclays Bank and Norton- the internet antivirus protection people means one is linked to a very well spoken "colleague" of the above organisations in central India. Unfortunately they are not trained enough in their job and any basic questions concerning an account etc , can not be answered.
Perhaps the long wait for Justins' moderators in processing the replies posted
on this site is another example of out-sourcing, the jobs being sent abroad to
colleagues who are not trained in understanding true old Oxford or American English. Hence the long, long wait!
How can a reply from a well educated poster here, be refused because the moderator does not understand the use of the word "crutch" for a medical article of mobility.?

Outsourcing, with many jobs being sent abroad will directly affect the credibility of many western "family" organisations if the results are the same as above.
I guess we must all learn to accept that our grip on the ladder for our previous success
has been complicated with many more hands fighting for the rungs of the ladder, and the hoped for recovery will take somewhat longer arriving.

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