The American Conundrum.

[bobbyf6b]

I drove George Carlin many times . He always refused to be driven in limousine's passenger area and was sitting beside me . He was goofing and our conversations were always ending with jokes about women , which he did like and hate in the same time. Each time he was asking me to get rid of "such a funny strange" accent , intimidating my sporadic speaches , always ended with mutually hilarious laughs . Ones he asked me : "Do you know , what's the difference between Las Vegas and Atlantic City" ? Even before my answer , he interrupted me with smile :
"You know shit - I'll tell you" . In his explanation he quoted:
- Whatever happened in Las Vegas , stays in Las Vegas" ( as they say ) ,
but ... "Whatever happened in Atlantic City .... will stick to your shoes" .
How far could he be from the truth ? He loved to be recognized as a social , political critic and patriot , whose sharp , intelligent and boldly expressed observations will not find equally courageous successor in any time soon . He left empty chair in comic's shows arena. I truly miss him .

Great story and well said!

[Steve 0080]

The next civil war...throwing folks out of the wagon...

[terrydj]

I'm not an American but live in a country settled by convicts, England's waste
That has a free health care system that is for everyone
A terrific education system where everyone can go to university paid for by the govt with a loan that is paid back when you are working at 4%
Very low unemployment
A country that's the size of America with only 20 million people in it
A country that has a single farm that's Anna Creek Station, the world's largest working cattle station, roughly 6,000,000 acres ( 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel. located in South Australia which is 1,977,000 acres (3,089 sq mi) larger than its nearest rival in the North and around 10 times bigger than any ranch on america ?
The best beer in the world
The best place to live'
And still people whinge

[taxfree4]

I'm not an American but live in a country settled by convicts, England's waste
That has a free health care system that is for everyone
A terrific education system where everyone can go to university paid for by the govt with a loan that is paid back when you are working at 4%
Very low unemployment
A country that's the size of America with only 20 million people in it
A country that has a single farm that's Anna Creek Station, the world's largest working cattle station, roughly 6,000,000 acres ( 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel. located in South Australia which is 1,977,000 acres (3,089 sq mi) larger than its nearest rival in the North and around 10 times bigger than any ranch on america ?
The best beer in the world
The best place to live'
And still people whinge

Those are probably the Liberals. We have a lot in common with Australia:
We hate the Royal Family
We have the best beer in the world
It's the best place to live

[Steve 0080]

I'm not an American but live in a country settled by convicts, England's waste
That has a free health care system that is for everyone
A terrific education system where everyone can go to university paid for by the govt with a loan that is paid back when you are working at 4%
Very low unemployment
A country that's the size of America with only 20 million people in it
A country that has a single farm that's Anna Creek Station, the world's largest working cattle station, roughly 6,000,000 acres ( 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel. located in South Australia which is 1,977,000 acres (3,089 sq mi) larger than its nearest rival in the North and around 10 times bigger than any ranch on america ?
The best beer in the world
The best place to live'
And still people whinge

True...but a motorcycle part is 5 X's the cost here in the U.S.A. ...just sayin......

[bigbird]

True...but a motorcycle part is 5 X's the cost here in the U.S.A. ...just sayin......

I guess you had to come up with at least 1 reason not to live in Australia.

If I had to emigrate somewhere from Canada, OZ is where I'd go, followed by the Scandinavian countries, then the Netherlands and Belgium.

Sorry, American neighbours, but the USA wouldn't be on my list.

[taxfree4]

I guess you had to come up with at least 1 reason not to live in Australia.

If I had to emigrate somewhere from Canada, OZ is where I'd go, followed by the Scandinavian countries, then the Netherlands and Belgium.

Sorry, American neighbours, but the USA wouldn't be on my list.

That's OK we'll take the loss.

[shooter]

I guess you had to come up with at least 1 reason not to live in Australia.

If I had to emigrate somewhere from Canada, OZ is where I'd go, followed by the Scandinavian countries, then the Netherlands and Belgium.

Sorry, American neighbours, but the USA wouldn't be on my list.

Yeah I wouldn't want to move to the greatest country on the planet either.

[edgeman55]

Yeah I wouldn't want to move to the greatest country on the planet either.

We may be the best and I feel that can be debated but being the best is not a high bar to attain looking at all around this wonderfull planet we live on.

The more people I meet-The more I love my Dog!

[Limoles]

I guess you had to come up with at least 1 reason not to live in Australia.

If I had to emigrate somewhere from Canada, OZ is where I'd go, followed by the Scandinavian countries, then the Netherlands and Belgium.

Sorry, American neighbours, but the USA wouldn't be on my list.

Actually you should go not only to mentioned above countries , but another remaining around the world as well . You can find many unknown yet values among various cultures and nations almost everywhere . Recognition of all of them will tell you , that in USA we have them all . If interested , ask me and find the reason of this statement .