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- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -12/+113America builds more prisons than schools
America builds more prisons than ANY OTHER COUNTRY per capita.
America imprisons more of their citizens for non violent crimes than ANY OTHER COUNTRY per capita.
America manufactures and exports more weapons than ANY OTHER COUNTRY. Weapons are America's number one export
US news topics last week...
Guy sleeping at Obama speech
Soldier tosses puppy
Hillary's fake country accent
Pitbulls get second chance
Lindsay Lohan's drug problems
Redneck Skank still missing in Aruba - Look4Truth, on 03/15/2008, -12/+105But...but...it's to protect us from all the evil Al CIAda running rampant in Amerika. They've been blowing up things and killing people since 9/11...oh wait...
- GlobalistShill, on 03/15/2008, -7/+68Wisdom is being intentionally abandoned by the mongers of synthetic "terror". Even the use of the word 'wisdom' is unspoken in the so-called mainstream news today. Instead, these media outlets focus on the negative and promote acceptance of soulless ways of living.
This is an intentional step backwards in the evolution of mankind. If you keep treating people like animals, they act like animals. Treat people like men and women, and they act like men and women. Treat them like gods, and they act like gods. - alfsborg, on 03/15/2008, -10/+47Every 1 in 100 people in jail and 1 of every 300 are on a homeland security list. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE FASCISM, SHEEPLE!
- tehowe, on 03/15/2008, -3/+37I couldn't agree more with your last statement there. The infantilization of the American mind is a tragedy of epic scope. To grasp how different the mindset is today than even a couple of decades ago on the issue of cameras and rampant 'security' infrastructure, it's as though the state is walking up to people in the middle of the street and offering them diapers to change into. And they do it, and say it's good. Before, the response would have rightly been: lol, wut? (Or more likely, something coherent and indignant.)
It's extortion by fear, plain and simple. - satanswetnipple, on 03/15/2008, -0/+23I hope you are not insinuating that Americans are expert at politics. American elections and election campaigns are childish compared to elections in democracies around the world. Not only do attacks like "He may be a Mooslim!" and "I do not believe not heroic as he physically took fire from the enemy!" work in America, but Americans know nothing about international politics and trade, so these topics never come into election debates in USA like they come into the election debates in democracies worldwide.
But what do you expect from one of the youngest democracies? Though technically USA is a republic. If you doubt USA is a young democracy, answer one question. Is the definition of democracy "One person, one vote."? Was USA the first country to give Women the vote? No, USA lagged decades behind countries like New Zealand, Australia, England. Did every adult have a vote in USA after the women got the vote? No, African Americans were not allowed to vote for decades. USA was not a real democracy until mid last century. - inactive, on 03/15/2008, -1/+24*[insert obligatory 1984 reference]*
- andreinvictoria, on 03/15/2008, -10/+32America is full of scared little sheep.
I'm amazed at how many ***** sandwiches you'll let your government feed you. Just tot keep you "safe" from the big bad terrorist.
When are you pussies going to wake up a start revolution!
The founding father's would dick slap the lot of you, if they could see what they're country has become! - Jlaugh, on 03/15/2008, -4/+23No I don't think homeland security has done anything but help assemble a police state.
- TomK88, on 03/15/2008, -1/+19No offense to intelligent Americans, but comments like this are exactly why Americans have a bad international reputation.
- GlobalistShill, on 03/15/2008, -3/+19@HaloZero
Doesn't Al Quesadilla "hates us for our freedom"? If that's the case, Homeland Reich is doing a smashing job... their "protection" policy is aimed to strip people's freedom away.
Mission Accomplished. - dBLiSS, on 03/15/2008, -3/+18Sure it's possible the "protection" has stopped attacks. But when giving up so much privacy and civil rights I think I'd like some proof that they have. Not just the "trust us" mentality of the current government.
Besides, even if terrorist made a 9/11 size attack once a year the death toll from terrorism would still be dwarfed by REAL human problems that kill people. (Ie. Cancer, Murder, Drunk Driving. etc..) So how about deal with the real killers of men before we change life style to prevent 2300 people or so being killed every 8 years and counting,.. - inactive, on 03/15/2008, -7/+22Good. This is a step in the right direction.
We need more news about this. - calon9, on 03/15/2008, -1/+15He mentioned "America builds more prisons than schools", ie *builds* and not *has*.
The # of prisons is growing more rapidly than the # of schools, but the total number of the former has not passed the latter... yet. - kushed, on 03/15/2008, -2/+15No, its because of this rock I am holding in my hand. As long as I don't let go, there won't be any attacks.
- Carsonauto, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14I dont mean to be an *****, but how many people are going to give up their "happy" ways of life for a "revolution".
- nblsavage, on 03/15/2008, -0/+13I think we've had enough "political experts"
- lordno, on 03/15/2008, -2/+14The 1 security guard at my old high school is going to have 50 co-workers next year? And I live in GA. I am sure New York school employees will start carrying more guns than we do...
- Waiting2awake, on 03/15/2008, -2/+14Gee, you mean the "Canadian Broadcast Centre", is being like the "British Broadcast Centre" - it is almost like we got our formation from their culture or something eh?
- Gman1223, on 03/15/2008, -0/+12Its not Centre, its Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - vertinox, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12The only nation to have more prisoners than the US is China. If you take population proporations...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison#Population_sta ...
"As a percentage of total population, the United States also has the largest imprisoned population, with 738 people per 100,000 serving time, awaiting trial or otherwise detained."
Keep in mind also this...
"By October 2006, Russian prison population was decreased to 869,814 which translated into 611 prisoners per 100,000 population."
That means that Russia detains less part of their population than the US does. Sad day indeed. - Bulletbillx, on 03/15/2008, -2/+13Yes. More Americans need to remember what FDR said: "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." And I'm fairly sure the Axis powers were more a of a threat than the terrorists are nowadays.
- dBLiSS, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11There's nothing wrong with following in the steps of the BBC and I find the CBC to be fair, accurate, and reliable news source. Besides, who doesn't love Peter Mansbridge.
- 9mmCensor, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11Actually CBC stands for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Rikkochet, on 03/15/2008, -1/+11Unless of course you have ambitions in life.
- Pete0430, on 03/15/2008, -3/+13I'm so sick of Americans stereotyping Canadians, why don't you just go to McDonalds, super size it, drink your donkey piss in a bottle (ie: American beer), and go play gun tag with Bubba, leave the stereotyping to someone who has lived in both countries.
PS: You have absolutely no clue, this is why other countries "bad mouth" your country, trying to give back the general stereotype that you learned from the media is probably not the best way to change anything. - ph1sh55, on 03/15/2008, -1/+10It's not necessarily saying the security guards are IN the public schools. Just that there will be more security guards (in the entire country) than teachers in public schools (in the entire country). That's not entirely ludicrous..
- spyd3rweb, on 03/15/2008, -0/+9Double plus good comment sir!
- Disfnord, on 03/15/2008, -2/+10Reality has a well-known liberal bias...
- Akraz, on 03/15/2008, -1/+9Agreed.
- Waiting2awake, on 03/15/2008, -3/+10Not the most polite way of saying it, but ya. It isn't a popular sentiment, but the truth seldom is.
- peterinjapan, on 03/15/2008, -0/+7Just today, a friend of mine came to visit me in Japan, and was happy that there was no "Gestapo" crap coming into the country, in his words. He had recently gone to Montreal from New York driving a rental car (because he, uh, wanted to see the ***** country) but the customs people gave him the 3rd degree because if he was single and had a laptop, he must be a terrorist. WTF?
- cplusplus, on 03/15/2008, -0/+7The CBC is truly great.
- Adamande, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6That's a nice thought, until one gets involved in big politics and experiences first hand just how fast power corrupts people. My theory is, that people who crave power over others usually are the less emphatic, more cynical kind who are willing to play dirtier than others to get to the top. When it comes to political leaders, there are far more Hitlers than Ghandis in human history. I'm not sure you can beat a system that's been rotten forever without the system beating you first.
- sonofblacula, on 03/15/2008, -6/+12I hear a lot of conspiracy theorists ramble on about the "ministers of misinformation" or the media fear machine. I'll agree that the news usually is doom and gloom, mostly for the same reason that people slow down when there is a wreck on the highway. They sell what you want to buy, simple as that. But why do you people post leftist fear-mongering propaganda if you disagree with that tactic? Noam Chomsky (you guys all have his name tattooed on your ass cheeks, right?) said that all this hubbub about the new world order and 911 being perpetrated by the CIA detracts from the real issues. Our government is weak, stupid, ineffectual, and warmongering. There is plenty to harp about without inventing a neo-Nazi fascist global-domination conspiracy in your head. Stop wasting time stockpiling ammo and go get a college degree, run for office or apply to the DoD, CIA, etc., and start working on the system from the inside. The beauty of our country is that any citizen can become an active participant in government. If you are really passionate about these things, it shouldn't be too much to ask of you.
www.randi.org
www.csicop.org - Dissonance, on 03/15/2008, -2/+8And then there is ABC, the American Broadcasting Corporation.
One is almost entirely publicly funded (BBC), one is significantly publicly funded (CBC), and one is privately funded(ABC).
Guess which one is considered the least biased and most comprehensive?
Guess which one is least respected as a comprehensive unbiased news source?
Guess which one is in-between?
Answers:
BBC
ABC
CBC
A stark irony that in this day and age it is the publicly funded news that is considered the least biased and that the private ones are often considered to advance a corporate agenda that benefits the wealthy and ignores many important issues that should be covered.
Yes this issue is too complex for a digg post. - rlh1, on 03/15/2008, -9/+15There's 2 or 3 prisons in my state, there are several hundred schools.
Your math doesn't add up Dildo. - Skanadian, on 03/15/2008, -1/+7Did you seriously just say sheeple? No wonder I stay away from the politics section.
- R3dRabbit, on 03/15/2008, -1/+7Real player!
WTF CBC? - sgiffy, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6I think the phrasing is wrong. It should be "there will be more security guards in America than there are teachers". The "in school" part makes it seem like the guards are in the schools with the teachers, which is absurd.
- cufford, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5At the root of this and everything else that's going on today, is the shameless quest for wealth and power by the few -- class warfare. It's as old as civilization itself. It's happened before, it's happening now, and it will happen in the future. In 100 years, if we haven't yet killed off all life on this planet, school kids will be reading: "The Rise and Fall of the American Empire."
- evilcaptain, on 03/15/2008, -5/+10If there are security guards at your school don't go. Learning to pass tests is a waste of time anyway.
- capiCrimm, on 03/15/2008, -3/+8depends on if you're including local jails and holding cells. Although, I agree, you'd have to screw with the stats quite a bit to make that work. Possibly consider each individual police car a movable prison?
- Pete0430, on 03/15/2008, -1/+6Don't forget the cases of Mad Cow in the US... Didnt hear about that on your national news did you? Funny how it seems to make it to international news.. So enjoy that New York strip
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5Real Player!? Seriously? Come on Canada!
- bizarrocanuck, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5You know, plenty of people on the right in Canada say that, but only as a reason to disband a public service. If you ever listened to the CBC in depth, they point out the flaws on the left just as much as the flaws on the right. They even told a story about a scandal within CBC on the CBC news recently, which I greatly respect them for. I'm not saying the bias isn't there, but it's greatly over-exaggerated by some people.
- oxdeltaxo, on 03/15/2008, -2/+7Not to mention 1% of your population are in those prisons. The fact that they have more than any in the world is one thing but the to quantify it in percentage puts a bit more perspective on it.
- bjornski, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5The "military-industrial complex" is more of a threat to peoples liberties and lives than any group of terrorists could ever dream of being.
- bjornski, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5Too bad the state of violence in the schools isn't a joke.
- Woofcat, on 03/15/2008, -2/+7Lol, so go.
I would rather have a .0000001% more chance of being killed than spend my life being video taped. -
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