Czuch:

Czuch: http://translate.google.com/#cs|en|
This one does, but please don't use it…

Czuch: From Chinese into Czech: “Haló, kdo je tady číst Číňan?” meaning “Hello (however, this 'hello' is only used when answering a telephone), who is here read Chinese (however, this 'Chinese' is a Chinese person, not Chinese language)”.

Czuch: Google Translatrese… only “hello” makes sense, the rest is a total mess.

Artful Dodger: Any hints?

(V): And there is very strong support around the world for governments to distribute wealth more evenly. That is backed by majorities in 22 of the 27 countries.

This sounds scary. And it proves to me again that the majority of people are complete idiots.

Artful Dodger: And not infertile couples.

Artful Dodger: Well I can also state a fact that in general, couples can create children. Only when certain conditions (medical, different sexuality, …) exist, this is not true.

Artful Dodger: If you argue that homosexual couples should not be allowed to get married because they can't create children, I think you should apply the same logic to infertile couples, who cannot create children either.

Artful Dodger: Homosexual couples cannot, and never will be able to do what hetrosexual couples can do: create children. Society has the right to define and recognize a marriage ONLY between a man and a women.

I would expect you'd say “society has the right to define and recognize a marriage only between a man and a woman where neither of them suffers from infertility.” Because infertile couples cannot, and never will be able to do what fertile couples can do: create children.

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1176 without my signature.

For some time now I have lamented the fact that major issues are overlooked while many
unnecessary bills come to me for consideration. Water reform, prison reform, and health
care are major issues my Administration has brought to the table, but the Legislature just
kicks the can down the alley.

Yet another legislative year has come and gone without the major reforms Californians
overwhelmingly deserve. In light of this, and after careful consideration, I believe it is
unnecessary to sign this measure at this time.

Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Artful Dodger: Don't read anything with a "V:" at the beginning.

(V): It makes one wonder if you're really that dumb or if you're just sitting there and having a blast over us …

(V): How on Earth is he reversing Bush's mistakes?

(V): It's a spit in the face of those who have actually been fighting for peace and democracy. The Chinese dissenters, Havel, Betancourt, … Nobel must be rolling in his grave with Arafat, Gore and Obama having won the Peace Prize.

What has Obama done to deserve the Nobel Prize? Any ideas?

Vikings: I am not saying that the U.S. immigration laws are wrong or that there are not reasons to have them, I just wanted to point out that there are many illegal immigrants who don't fit Beck's categorization. I agree with that guy on most issues but sometimes he just seems to be too short-sighted. And I think this is exactly the case. Not all illegal immigrants are terrorists, outlaws (this is pure demagoguery) or poor trash from dirtbag countries.

Vikings: I am telling you that those three reasons ARE the major causes of illegal immigration. Whether you like it or not. It's a fact. On family reunification, read this, for example:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082700771.html

Or this:
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/us0506/6.htm#_Toc132691968


Poverty doesn't fall under "can't make a living under their own dirtbag country," "can't make a living under their own dirtbag country" falls under poverty.

And the fact that there is a legal way to immigrate because of population growth doesn't mean that there are not a number of illegal immigrants who leave their countries for this reason and enter other countries without visas or other permits. So keep waiting, I'll be waiting for yesterday.

Vikings: The three major causes of illegal immigration are family reunification, poverty and population growth, none of which were mentioned by Beck.

Übergeek 바둑이: Vikings modified my post in which I quoted gogul and replaced the word that had caused the removal of gogul's original post with “idiot”. But Vikings missed the last occurrence of that word, so go back to my post and I'm sure you can find it. Then you can also post a reference link to Wikipedia for those who don't know what it is.

gogul: Everybody who's able to develop reason knows that Glenn Beck is an idiot. Even he knows it himself. Somebody who acts like an idiot is an idiot and deserves to be titled as idiot. Who thrown the first stone, Otterngezüchte!? What's worse? To act like an idiot like Glenn Beck or to call Glenn Beck an idiot. Now figure, we read you.

Are you serious? I love him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA7-BvVDV10

***Modified again to fix the last expletive. LOL

Bwild: “George Soros is an evil man. He’s anti-God, anti-family, anti-American, and
anti-good.” —Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

This is enough for me to like the guy. :)

GTCharlie: But this is ain't Canada or Denmark

... and this ain't Antarctica either.

Übergeek 바둑이: The difference is quite simple. It comes down to what the Czech constitution defines as "rights" and "freedoms." "Rights" are those entitlements that cannot exist without a corresponding duty of the state - e.g. the right to healthcare requires the state to provide the healthcare. Or the right to fair trial requires the state to take such measures as to guarantee the fair trial. On the other hand, "freedoms" are immanent within every citizen and they exist regardless of what the state does. Such as the freedom of speech, or the freedom of religion.

The English language is not as consistent as Czech and analogously the U.S. Constitution is not as consistent as the Czech constitution in the naming of the "rights" and "freedoms." The right to bear arms is not a "right," it is a "freedom." You are free to own a weapon even if there are no gun manufacturers, even if there are no arms available.

Übergeek 바둑이: Healthcare is a right when people die as a result of poor healthcare.

Well, it either IS a right or it ISN'T. Words like "when" or "if" have no place in defining what is a right.

Czuch: People in the US have a right to unlawful search???

This issue is viewed differently in different countries. In Czech Republic, for example, Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms, which is part of the Czech Constitution, says that "Everyone has the right to the protection of their health. Citizens shall have the right, on the basis of public insurance, to free medical care and to medical aids under conditions provided for by law." But I think it should be noted that this is, more or less, only a theoretical issue. In practice, the Czech health care system is not too different from the U.S. one. In spite of stating that the free medical care is a right, and a fundamental right, of every citizen of the Czech Republic, the wording of the provision allows the lawmakers to adopt laws that limit the extent of the free care. Just like in the US, everyone here has the access to health care and nobody is deprived of it, but those with insurance definitely have a better position, obviously.

(V): I agree. It's much bigger.

Bernice: Now imagine if he did a "considerable" amount of reading....

Artful Dodger: Well, AD, if it was written by a professional journalist, I wouldn't be put off by it at all. But this was written by a doctor as a want-to-be scientific article, the goal of which was to prove that the mortality rate of American infants is not as bad as reported. To me, the purpose of the first sentence was to tune the reader to the patriotic frequency, thus distorting the whole view of the issue. There is no place for such "literary devices" in articles of this kind. But yes, maybe I really am reading too much into it, as in general I do agree with the point the doctor is trying to make in that article.

Artful Dodger, Czuch: I'm not saying that the US health care system is of inferior quality. I just wanted to point out that the infant mortality ranking, as available at Wikipedia, for example, is not the same as comparing apples to oranges. I think that it would be better to mark those countries where live births are defined differently, but in general, I would say that the list is a reliable source and should not be deprecated.

The second part of my previous post came from something in me feeling some kind of disgust over the first sentence of the article provided by AD. That is definitely NOT how a serious and professional article should begin. The "patriotism" has already gone too far in the US. Too bad that not many realize that.

Czuch, AD: I think it should be noted that only very few of the countries ranked higher than the United States on the infant mortality list use other criteria for the definition of a live birth than those used in the US. I understand, however, that it is hard to put up with the fact that the noble country, or the nation of beautiful babies, is not ranked anywhere close to the top of the list.

Czuch: I kind of admire you for your relentless effort to illustrate that Saturday is followed by Sunday despite the severe resistance.

Übergeek 바둑이: Just to clarify, you keep comparing the EU to the US, viewing the EU system with the same "eyes" that got accustomed to the American type of union. The EU is perfect as it is - having the same currency or same political system within the whole EU has never been the primary (or even secondary) goal of the makers of the EU. The essence of the EU rests in uniform market and the Four Freedoms. For military affairs, there is the NATO.

Europeans stopped fighting and formed the Union
The EU was established in 1993.

Are you saying that the Nazi view of the world has an impact on what the European Union officials consider in deciding what countries should be admitted to the EU?

The term "Bohemia" was derived from "Boiohaemum," i.e. the land of the Boii (a Celtic tribe), therefore whoever wants to base any prejudice on your interpretation of the word must be nuts. If you say that such prejudice is slowly dying in Europe, I'm telling you that you don't know what you are talking about. It's the same as if I wanted to claim that there is a prejudice against the Canadians in the Czech Republic, because "kanada" means a heavy boot in Czech.

Übergeek 바둑이: At least some of the lesson was learned, and now we have the European Union. It is not a perfect union, but at least the superpowers are not at each other throats any more. The fact that they are willing to welcome Slavs into the Union means that some of the old prejudices are slowly dying, and people still feel shame in the killing of Jews and Gypsies.

The creation and existence of the European Union has never had anything to do with war endeavors and war lust of the superpowers. You are absolutely off-base there.

Plus, the EU was never meant to be a "perfect" union and nobody wants it to be. I would like people from the North America to stop comparing the US union and the EU. There is nothing they have in common. Nothing.

The fact that they are willing to welcome Slavs into the Union means that some of the old prejudices are slowly dying, and people still feel shame in the killing of Jews and Gypsies.

What old prejudices? And what has the admission of the Slavic countries to the EU to do with the holocaust???

Bernice: Liberals are conservative everywhere in the world, only in the US and Canada, for some weird reason, "liberals" is what they call social democrats.

gogul: Destroy with care. Wunderschön.

(V): I don't trust the police. They are ineffective and ineffectual. I'm already getting ready for my preventive strike.

Czuch: My neighbor bought a gun ten years ago. When I asked him to tell me if he still had it after he returned from prison, where he spent some time because he had used the gun against his own people (family members), he told me to mind my own business. I think I am going to burn his house because I think he still might have the gun and I am under imminent danger.

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Artful Dodger: Member of Parliament