[DeTomaso] NPC: - America

[Corey Price]

I lived outside of the USA for two years and loved it.  I lived in South Korea and it was very different.  It gave me a very fresh prospective on where I live and the world around us.  There are ignorant people all over the world, I think...  There are also very smart people all over the world.

I got a kick out of the first map, and know people who would almost believe that map was true...  Too sad for them.  

Corey (whose ancestors are from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, Scotland, and France)



On Feb 29, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I try to write it off a bit.  Lots of people live in the States, and
> by definition 50% have below average intelligence.  Add to that a
> certain amount of apathy towards basic education and even some
> revulsion against it...  many of us have never ventured out of the
> county we were born in, much less the country.  In some ways a massive
> military has mitigated that somewhat, but it's all from a peculiar
> perspective.
> 
> No offense intended at all Bjoern.  And only a little light ribbing of
> my fellow countrymen ;)
> 
> sean
> 
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I liked the first map better.
>> 
>> You guys know I started this tongue-in-cheek, right?  No offense intended.
>> 
>> It is interesting talking to people that never travel, especially when the
>> discussion comes to their view of the world.  I am amazed at how clueless
>> people are.  For the most part, it doesn't matter, but what makes Americans
>> dangerous is their military combined with their lack of knowledge about the
>> world.
>> 
>> I didn't travel much until I met my wife.  I had been to nearly every U.S.
>> state plus Canada and Cancun, Mexico, but that was it.
>> 
>> My wife has been all over: Africa (Botswana), China, Alaska, England, Spain,
>> France, Germany?, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, New Zealand, Tahiti,
>> Argentina, Chile, and several more that I'm sure I missed.  And she wants to
>> visit everywhere - eventually.  The only continent she's missed is
>> Antarctica, and yep, she wants to go there too.
>> 
>> We plan to visit Thailand later this year. After Thailand, I want to see
>> Holland.  My grandfather was born in Andijk, so it's sort of a pilgrimage
>> for me.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>> Behalf Of Sean Korb
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48 AM
>> To: Bjoern Flesland
>> Cc: Will Kooiman; panteralist
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Who's good at copying and fabricating Carbon Panels?
>> 
>> And counterpoint
>> http://xkcd.com/850/
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This is my favorite thread ever :)
>>> 
>>> I have an off topic picture (safe for work) that I'd like to share.
>>> It doesn't show Norway though...
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b6J21IQQVX0/SwzC39l5jVI/AAAAAAAAAmc/ZNUXZJDXfck/s4
>> 00/American+Geography.jpg
>>> 
>>> sean
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Bjoern Flesland <bflesland at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> It's west of Norway. Next to Switzerland.
>>>> Cheers Bjoern
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Will Kooiman
>> <wkooiman at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Where in Norway is Sweden located?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is it near the Switzerland/Finland border?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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