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[MissSeoul]

1, America is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but why government doesn't provide some kind universal health insurance for all their citizen, there are millions Americans without health insurance.
Even country like Korea provide basic medical coverage for all their citizen, but why America can't do that ???

2, The law say if you didn't born in the land of Uncle Sam, you can't become a U.S president even if you are an American citizen, is this mean that children who were born in German/or any another countries while their Armed Forced parent stationed in German/or any another countries can't become a president of America ???

Same time children of illegale Mexican who were born in America can become a future president of America, is that fair ???

3, What is the purpose of day light saving ?
24 hours a day doesn't go anywhere, it's still 24 hour a day, the day light saving only bring confusing. I've heard the purpose of day light saving is energy saving, but what energy saving we are talking about ?
Guys can drink a longer hour at bars ???? That's energy saving ???

4, Why so many black folk sit at porch ouside their house even hot summer ? You don't see these kind things at white neighborhood, but you see many black folk sit outside their house even hot summer, is that better than sit inside with airconditioner ???

5, Why they call National Holiday as Federal Holiday and except Federal employees/Federal Government everybody/every business have to work/ open. So National Holiday is just for federal employees ???
I know all school kids have to go shool on National Holiday, why ????

6, Why so many American who graduate at least highschool often make spelling mistakes, even many college graduates make spelling mistakes,
English is handicaped language ???

There are many more, but today it's enough

[Hyeon Een]

[wannago]

1. I'm with you on this. I'm as conservative as they come, but our nation is really dropping the ball on this one.

2. My understanding is that, as long as you are not a naturalized citizen, you are elgible to become President. Maybe there are more technical rules.

3. I think the belief is that daylight savings extends the daylight hours longer into the evening closer to the time when most people go to bed...maybe believing that people are out, not using electricity, and then come home to bed not long after dusk. Hell, I dunno!

4. Hey, I'm a dedicated aircon guy. I sleep with a fan on 365 days a year. I'm also not black.

5. That always ticked me off as a student and as a public school teacher.

6. Spelling is overrated.

[MissSeoul]

[Kuros]

[djsmnc]

[MissSeoul]

[On the other hand]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Rationale and original idea

The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" in many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.
If you live near the equator, day and night are nearly the same length (12 hours). But elsewhere on Earth, there is much more daylight in the summer than in the winter. The closer you live to the North or South Pole, the longer the period of daylight in the summer. Thus, Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) is usually not helpful in the tropics, and countries near the equator generally do not change their clocks.

Indeed, some say that the primary reason that Daylight Saving Time is a part of many societies is simply because people like to enjoy long summer evenings, and that reasons such as energy conservation are merely rationalizations.

The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin (portrait at right) during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project."

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

[Saxiif]

The bit about not being President is about being born an American citizen, not being born in America. John McCain was born in Panama.

[Mr. Pink]

When they say that America is the wealthiest nation on earth, that really doesn't take into account that they are the most indebted nation on earth as well.

Also, the top 1% of society hold most of the wealth. America has more poor people than many nations such as Canada, Korea, Australia, etc. have total population.


I have a question:

Why does it bother you MissSeoul that black people like to sit on their porch even in the summer heat? Air conditioning costs money to both own and use. It is a new invention...what do you think people of other colors did before the air con?

Canadians sit out in their back yards in the summer heat...should we be forced to hide in our air conditioned houses? We have enough cold during the winter months...sometimes it is nice to sit outside and get some nature.

[Adventurer]

[Tiger Beer]

[spliff]

Thankfully, McCain will be the next president. BTW, thanks for all the help Democratic nominees...

[Dome Vans]