Would You Fail Citizenship Test? (Quiz)

[jtuck]

18/19

How the hell did you only get 12 right Crazy?

[AnotherLoan]

18/19

How the hell did you only get 12 right Crazy?

I asked the same question. That explains why he is the forum mod. What else can he do?

[bettilimbroke999]

Everyday I wakeup in the US I feel lucky, don't care if I go 0-25 on my bets, just being born in this country is like bein a lotto winner imo. Just most of the citizens don't appreciate how lucky they are, they should have to be citizens of some hellhole country for a year to gain some perspective

[AnotherLoan]

I agree bettil. We are extremely lucky to live in this great country. So many opportunities and freedom!

[donjuan]

Everyday I wakeup in the US I feel lucky, don't care if I go 0-25 on my bets, just being born in this country is like bein a lotto winner imo. Just most of the citizens don't appreciate how lucky they are, they should have to be citizens of some hellhole country for a year to gain an appreciation

All based on first hand experience in many other countries of course.

[durito]

Everyday I wakeup in the US I feel lucky, don't care if I go 0-25 on my bets, just being born in this country is like bein a lotto winner imo. Just most of the citizens don't appreciate how lucky they are, they should have to be citizens of some hellhole country for a year to gain some perspective

I agree 100% with this.



But it does not mean the entire rest of the world is a shit hole. Of the limited places I've been, most aren't.

[donjuan]

So many opportunities and freedom!

A+ for irony, F for content.

[HedgeHog]

Canadas a hellhole? wow

Not in my opinion.

[AnotherLoan]

Without the United States the world is fukked.

[Willie Bee]

And verse-****. That's my new campaign slogan.

My name is William Bee, and I approve of this message

[HedgeHog]

I agree bettil. We are extremely lucky to live in this great country. So many opportunities and freedom!

8 years ago I would have agreed with this post.

[HedgeHog]

Thanks to the United States the world is fukked.

I corrected your post.

[AnotherLoan]

[SBR Lou]

18/19

How the hell did you only get 12 right Crazy?

Yeah, everyone got 18/19 right.

When's the last time you used or applied the questions on this exam, some of them are grade school stuff.

[donjuan]

Without the United States the world is fukked.

Whether that is true or not is irrelevant to the discussion. Keep banging on about freedom while more and more of your and my freedoms get taken away with each passing month. I can't believe that someone on a sports betting forum would seriously say that the US has great freedom. Compared to Iran? Yes. Compared to just about any country in the Western World? Absolutely not.

[AnotherLoan]

Whether that is true or not is irrelevant to the discussion. Keep banging on about freedom while more and more of your and my freedoms get taken away with each passing month. I can't believe that someone on a sports betting forum would seriously say that the US has great freedom. Compared to Iran? Yes. Compared to just about any country in the Western World? Absolutely not.

Besides online gambling, please explain.

[donjuan]

Drug laws
Highest drinking age in the Western World
Patriot Act

Real freedom, not.

[HedgeHog]

Lack of affordable health care, too.

[wtt0315]

19 19
but of course i was a history major and former border patrol agent.. oh and my ex mexican girlfriend was a immigration lawyer who had this test

[exstatman]

Yeah, everyone got 18/19 right.

When's the last time you used or applied the questions on this exam, some of them are grade school stuff.

Almost all of it was grade school stuff, except for the Pelosi and Roberts questions. If you remember your multiplication tables, you should get at least 15-16.

[bettilimbroke999]

Drug laws
Highest drinking age in the Western World
Patriot Act

Real freedom, not.

Basically b/c the govt outlaws drugs that will harm you and b/c we dont want a bunch of drunk 12 yr olds donjuan claims the US supresses freedoms . Besides online gambling (which admittedly is retarded to ban) Americans enjoy advantages over virtually every country in the world, besides high quality health care that gives us the longest lifespans (if you're too poor to afford health care you qualify for medicaid), if you're poor we give you a house and money and food, if you have any kind of intelligence you get an education if you're too poor to get higher education well pay for that too, need a job? Well weve got the wealthiest corporations in the world thatll pay ppl 30 dollars an hour to work on an assembly line with barely a high school education. Free democratic elections, most powerful army, greatest infrastructure in the world. What more do you want really? What more opportunities does the US have to provide? Just b/c they have laws against you killing/retarding ppl with crack and meth doesn't mean that you don't have freedoms

[bettilimbroke999]

Lack of affordable health care, too.

Go to Canada and wait in line for 12 hours for their free health care. Health care is high everywhere, including Canada, they just pay for it by overtaxing their citizens, we could jack up our tax rate to Great British levels and enjoy universal healthcare, but the govt of the US would rather let you keep a large percentage of your income to decide to spend however you choose.

[SBR Lou]

Almost all of it was grade school stuff, except for the Pelosi and Roberts questions. If you remember your multiplication tables, you should get at least 15-16.

Fair enough, I guess some people have different information retention. Knowing how many members of congress just doesn't seem all that important or unforgettable to me in the grand scheme of things.

[donjuan]

The following quotes made me want to stick a red hot iron in my eyes.

Basically b/c the govt outlaws drugs that will harm you

There are a lot of things that can harm you that are legal. Alcohol is a pretty powerful drug with many negative side effects, but that is legal. Same with cigarettes. Why should the government tell me what I can and cannot do if it does not harm others? It's called the Harm Principle.

b/c we dont want a bunch of drunk 12 yr olds

18 is the drinking age in every other Western country in the world, other than parts of Canada where it is 19. The European approach to drinking is much more reasonable and leads to healthier attitudes towards alcohol. It should be a parental decision, not a governmental one pushed through by those fúcktards MADD.

Americans enjoy advantages over virtually every country in the world, besides health cares that provides us the longest lifespans

At this point, I'm convinced you aren't actually a person and are really just a random word generator.

Here is a list of countries with a higher life expectancy than the US:

Andorra
Japan
Singapore
Hong Kong
Sweden
Australia
Switzerland
France
Iceland
Canada
Cayman Islands
Italy
Monaco
Liechtenstein
Spain
Norway
Israel
Faroe Islands
Greece
Malta
Holland
South Korea
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Germany
Belgium
UK
Finland
Jordan (!!!)
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

if your poor we give you a house and money and food, if you have any kind of intelligence you get an education if you're too poor to get higher education well pay for that too

Our educational system is struggling if your posts are anything to go by. Is it really that hard to learn the difference between your and you're? Other than that, WTF are you talking about? Education is far better subsidized in Western countries, Sweden being a shining example. We hardly pay for everyone's education either, or you wouldn't hear of a large number of college students leaving school with a lot of debt. Also, every country in the West provides handouts for its poorest citizens. None of this is unique to the US.

need a job? Well weve got the wealthiest corporations in the world thatll pay ppl 30 dollars an hour to work on an assembly line with barely a high school education.

This isn't any different in the US than other Western countries.

Free democratic elections

We essentially have a 2 party system with little hope for a 3rd party breaking in. People in gov't positions simply pander to special interest groups who make large donations. It sucks.

most powerful army

Yes.

greatest infrastructure in the world

Again, this is just mind boggling. Greatest infrastructure in the world? Seriously? It's pretty clear by now you haven't even seen another country on TV, much less been to one.

What more do you want really? What more opportunities does the US have to provide?

It's about freedom, not opportunities. Remember the whole point of your post?

Just b/c they have laws against you killing/retarding ppl with crack and meth doesn't mean that you don't have freedoms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawman_argument

Now pull your head out of your àss and actually visit a Western country outside of this continent.

[AnotherLoan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Life_expectancy_1950-2005.svg

[donjuan]

Seriously, that's your response? Insanely stupid on so many levels. Here are a few:

1. That is by continent. You do realize that Canada brings North America's life expectancy up and that ours is lower than theirs?

2. Europe in there presumably includes Russia and many other former Eastern block countries who ARE NOT Western.

3. The EU has a higher life expectancy than the US.

[AnotherLoan]

America is the 3rd most populated country in the world which means that having a life expectancy of 78 is a pretty high number. Among the 9 most populated countries in the world, no other country comes close to the United States in life expectancy. Russia is 112th on the list.

[donjuan]

What does size have to do with anything? The EU has a higher life expectancy and about 1.5 times the population, BTW.

[AnotherLoan]

You don't think having a smaller population increases the chances of having a longer life expectancy?

[donjuan]

Why should it?

[tyler36]

wow wait in line for 12 hours for free health care in canada? i think not, and lets say it was, the only way you get good health care in the u.s. is if you have the cash... you will wait in the waiting room till your demise if you don't have the cash...

[tyler36]

amen don juan, you have said all that needs to be said

[thejrichshow85]

15/19

[bettilimbroke999]

amen don juan, you have said all that needs to be said

Donjuan's argument was comical and had absolutely no points whatsoever, if you consider his argument convincing you are indeed devoid of any braincells

His only legitimate points are that the US (by the way almost every country in the world also bans serious narcotics) is supressing him by not allowing him to become a meth addict and crackhead and that we are in need of political reform to make it easier to introduce 3rd party candidates. He then goes on to pretty much defend the US on every other aspect except that he wants the drinking age lowered to 18, ok fine lower it to 18 big deal, more young drunk drivers, great. His complete argument for a struggling education system is that I spelled you're your when I'm typin 100 miles an hour at 2 am on a degenerate message board I guess I have to proofread my posts (get a life donjuan), the US offers a quality primary education and assistance to anyone wishing to go to college, many of those who fail to exhibit any intelligence during their previous 18 yrs will have to take out a loan and if they choose to get drunk for 4 yrs and take basket weaving will have painted themself in a corner, if they chose to dedicate themselves FAFSA along with private/public academic/athletic scholarships to numerous to mention will give them a bright future at colleges that students the world over travel to attend. About donjuan's only logical point was to lower the drinking age to 18 and that we have a 2 party system (this is b/c the majority want one of those two candidates btw, if enough ppl wanted a 3rd party he/she would get elected, the fact is the vast majority of this country is either Republican or Democrat). I'd like donjuan to spend a year in Russia since he's so depressed by the US supressing his freedoms and if he lives through it tell me what he thinks, he'll be kissing the US dirt beneath his feet for the next 10 yrs, why do you think every model looking woman in Russia will marry a fukin ugly ass 50 yr old truck driver just to get out of that hellhole and into the promised land.

[Sforz]

16/19.. damn geography