Comments on: Iceland tops list of peaceful nations … US, not so much :) http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/ "I remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with their own money" - Will Rogers Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: John http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7173 John Wed, 28 May 2008 14:31:16 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7173 "Cuba" It sure is easy to maintain domestic tranquility in a police state where dissenters and criminals can simply be shot or imprisoned without due process. <em>John's last blog post..<a href='http://totaltransformation.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/before-and-after-continued-my-new-after-photo/' rel="nofollow">Before and After Continued: My New “After” Photo</a></em> “Cuba”

It sure is easy to maintain domestic tranquility in a police state where dissenters and criminals can simply be shot or imprisoned without due process.

John’s last blog post..Before and After Continued: My New “After” Photo

]]> By: Richard Disney http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7171 Richard Disney Wed, 28 May 2008 06:47:34 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7171 Iceland is pretty isolated. Iceland and its people have little say about what goes on in the world. Iceland also has among the highest personal tax rates in the world. They can be the most peaceful nations in the world, it also means they are among the weakest with some of the highest government dependency there is. I wouldn't want to live there. Iceland is pretty isolated. Iceland and its people have little say about what goes on in the world. Iceland also has among the highest personal tax rates in the world. They can be the most peaceful nations in the world, it also means they are among the weakest with some of the highest government dependency there is. I wouldn’t want to live there.

]]> By: theobromophile http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7169 theobromophile Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:26 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7169 <blockquote>The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including U.N. deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.</blockquote> Arms sales? Do these jerks not realise that the right to own guns - and the exercise of that right - keeps us free? Would they prefer that we live like the Jews in Nazi Europe, who were rounded up and shoved into gas chambers because they couldn't fight back? Every dictatorship gets its power by disarming its citizens. Let's move on to this b.s. about "human rights." You're seriously telling me that most countries do better on human rights than we do? That we are only slightly above the countries that deny women the right to drive and have honour killings? that have official rape rooms? (Oh, wait, we had that from 1992-2000: it was called the Oval Office.) If we suck so much as a country, why is everyone trying to live here? Did any of these brain trusts stop to think that most of our crime (66% of L.A. gang members are illegal immigrants, for example) is due to immigrants and not us? Ergo, why not attribute that crime to Mexico and Gautamela?

The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including U.N. deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.

Arms sales? Do these jerks not realise that the right to own guns - and the exercise of that right - keeps us free? Would they prefer that we live like the Jews in Nazi Europe, who were rounded up and shoved into gas chambers because they couldn’t fight back? Every dictatorship gets its power by disarming its citizens.

Let’s move on to this b.s. about “human rights.” You’re seriously telling me that most countries do better on human rights than we do? That we are only slightly above the countries that deny women the right to drive and have honour killings? that have official rape rooms? (Oh, wait, we had that from 1992-2000: it was called the Oval Office.)

If we suck so much as a country, why is everyone trying to live here?

Did any of these brain trusts stop to think that most of our crime (66% of L.A. gang members are illegal immigrants, for example) is due to immigrants and not us? Ergo, why not attribute that crime to Mexico and Gautamela?

]]> By: theobromophile http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7168 theobromophile Wed, 21 May 2008 17:48:32 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7168 Well, ya know, it's easy to be "peaceful" when bloodthirsty crazies don't fly planes into your skyscrapers in an attempt to kill fifty thousand of your citizens. Likewise, it's easy to be "peaceful" when you don't have to deal with the predecessors of such murderous acts - like bombing those buildings, bombing the U.S.S. Cole, or the like. It's REALLY easy to be "peaceful" when the entire free world, and the world that would like to be free but is under the control of murderous, raping dictators, looks to you to save their bacon. /rant Well, ya know, it’s easy to be “peaceful” when bloodthirsty crazies don’t fly planes into your skyscrapers in an attempt to kill fifty thousand of your citizens. Likewise, it’s easy to be “peaceful” when you don’t have to deal with the predecessors of such murderous acts - like bombing those buildings, bombing the U.S.S. Cole, or the like. It’s REALLY easy to be “peaceful” when the entire free world, and the world that would like to be free but is under the control of murderous, raping dictators, looks to you to save their bacon.

/rant

]]> By: Tammi http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7166 Tammi Wed, 21 May 2008 03:28:01 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7166 Hi guys, Just what I was thinking. It annoys me just reading this asinine article. Hi guys,

Just what I was thinking. It annoys me just reading this asinine article.

]]> By: Sam Pierce http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7165 Sam Pierce Tue, 20 May 2008 23:58:15 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7165 Did we decapitate prisoners at Gitmo or Abu Ghraib? Perhaps the peace-loving swimmers in this particular toilet, er... think tank should move to Iceland and shut their holes. <em>Sam Pierce's last blog post..<a href='http://malignantlibiocy.blogivists.com/2008/05/19/big-brother-barry-on-rationing-and-michelles-big-mouth/' rel="nofollow">“Big Brother” Barry On Rationing And Michelle’s Big Mouth</a></em> Did we decapitate prisoners at Gitmo or Abu Ghraib? Perhaps the peace-loving swimmers in this particular toilet, er… think tank should move to Iceland and shut their holes.

Sam Pierce’s last blog post..“Big Brother” Barry On Rationing And Michelle’s Big Mouth

]]> By: Jeffro http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/2008/05/20/iceland-tops-list-of-peaceful-nations-us-not-so-much/#comment-7164 Jeffro Tue, 20 May 2008 23:20:21 +0000 http://conservablogs.com/sunflowerdesert/?p=1424#comment-7164 Like I care what other countries think of us? Ha. It is to laugh. <em>Jeffro's last blog post..<a href='http://crazedpw.blogspot.com/2008/05/im-well-aware.html' rel="nofollow">I'm Well Aware</a></em> Like I care what other countries think of us? Ha. It is to laugh.

Jeffro’s last blog post..I’m Well Aware

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