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Quote: failed colony
Failed colony? That from someone living in the UK that had to be bailed out in two world wars by the "failed" colony? 
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Quote: bailed out
The US of A sold Britain and it's allies all it could and then stepped in at the last minute to claim all the credit as usual. Since the UK, and France, Belgium and The Netherlands have been paying you back in hard currency for decades ever since I think the US can be officially classed as "war profiteers". I understand that the UK paid the last installment just last year ("bail money"?); so how will the US survive now without Europe paying off the war debts (known by some as "usury")? The US was in a pretty poor state economically just before WWII and it was the best thing, economically, that could have happened for it! Especially with US statesmen such as Joseph Kennedy stirring things up against Britain...
OK, I'm not going to get into it any further. I quite like the US and anyway, many countries have things in their past that they would rather not talk about. Germany for example, until recently, was a great place to live.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Did you get US Citizenship?
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Paul Valery
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What's up with the rant icon?
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Opposing your joke icon.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
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But you live in the States. Unless you are implying you wanted us to still be under British rule? 
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Quote: you wanted us
Does this imply as an answer to my original question?
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You can infer it that way, yes.
As a first gen American, I am sensitive to others who move here and continue to think their previous country's the greatest in the world. Just don't get why they'd want to live here in that case.
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Let the "Real American" worry about that. But get the day off from work due to those who sacrifice their life.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
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I have to admit I am not sure what you are trying to say there.
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Just can't help you there. You missed don't(won't) have by acquiring something.
Just celebrate!
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Paul Valery
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Quote: why they'd want to live here
It's all about the money! [money, money♫]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Quote: It's all about the money
Not always true. For many it's about personal safety.
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Cornelius Henning wrote: For many it's about personal safety
In the states? you might not have so much terrorist attacks but you have more homcidies than many of the countries of the world.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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That is one of the core essences of 'Murica. Go big or go home. 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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As long as you don't live in Chicago or a few other high crime areas, the chances that you will be murdered by a stranger are pretty low.
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Guess I must be lucky to be alive, having lived in and around Chicago for 50+ years and all... 
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Quote: personal safety
Are you kidding?
I have lived in five countries, England, Sweden, Germany, France and the US and in all but one of them I have felt fairly safe on a day to day basis... all of them except the US, actually. There seems to be a background threat of violence more often in the US than any of the other places I have lived (or visited, for that matter... although I don't plan on going back to Tunisia any time soon!) There are many areas I have been told, "don't go there after dark" and I see the police going around in pairs of cars, not just one policeman (with no gun) on foot like it used to be in England.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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From my perspective, where I moved from South Africa (where we never felt safe and had several guns in the house) to the USA, where I never even felt the need to own a firearm, the USA is a safe place. But of course you have unsafe areas that you have to avoid. It's just matter of using common sense. Thanks, but I am OK in the good ole USA!
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modified 30-Jun-17 18:14pm.
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Forogar wrote: It's all about the money! [money, money♫]
Different people have different motivations. Money for you (nothing wrong with it), safety for someone else, and quality of life for yet another.
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Did the first generation Americans not immigrate from Asia via the frozen Bering Strait during the last ice age?
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Nish Nishant wrote: ...others who move here and continue to think their previous country's the greatest in the world. Just don't get why they'd want to live here in that case.
I wholeheartedly agree. It's like they can't wait to leave their home country because of it's many pitfalls and shortcomings, but when they get settled in the states, they still want to continue with their old way of life. What they don't seem to understand is if they continue down that road, and others join, the US will end up just like the country they left! It's one thing to keep your heritage, but at some point you need to leave your "baggage" at the door.
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"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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So from that statement I'm inferring you believe America is better than your previous country.
Surely it's not that black and white though?
Sport.
Food.
Firearms laws.
Are just three, I can think of from the top of my head where I (hope) you still think your previous country was better?
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You forgot to mention the previlage to announce July 4. 
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Member 12682271 wrote: previlage
...and let's not forget better spelling and grammar in general, for those who are anal about it. 
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