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She liked it a lot too - can't wait to get back - she's been here for a year.

It was fun to hear her summations:

America is too expensive.  America is too proud to learn from other countries.  America is obsessed with WWII.  But Americans are far nicer than Germans or other Europeans.  Americans are interested in other people's opinions about everything.  Chicago Oktoberfest is totally legit and authentic.  Chicago Kristkindlmarket is not authentic except for the food.  (I would have guessed the opposite...)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 06:06:21 PM EST
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America is too proud to learn from other countries, but Americans are interested in other people's opinions about everything?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 06:47:33 PM EST
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Americans are polite.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 06:48:38 PM EST
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America the government, ex: we don't have healthcare or paid schooling.  Americans the individulas who live here, ex: only in America do complete strangers ask this poor girl her ideas about politics, etc.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 06:53:54 PM EST
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