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If Sweden were a US State, it would be the poorest state in the union
yahoo! finance ^
| 5/4/02
| reuters wire
Posted on 05/05/2002 11:50:18 PM PDT by bourbon
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To: bourbon
This is hilarious. This was posted the other day (under a totally different title) and I showed it to some lefties...all were in denial. "It's a bunch of lies, everyone knows the Swedes are far better off than we are".
To: lewislynn
You're thinking of Switzerland. From what I understand, gun ownership in Sweden is much like in the rest of Europe, in other words, very limited and infringed upon. Just another Socialist paradise.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
05/06/2002 5:18:07 AM PDT
by
wku man
To: Dales
Not only poor, but incredibly stupid and lacking in the testosterone department.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
05/06/2002 5:20:45 AM PDT
by
wku man
To: patriciaruth
>> any real news on how the socialist countries are actually doing<<
When socialists take over a rich country like Sweden or Britain, it takes a long time to break down and redistribute the wealth of, literally, a thousand years. And it takes a few generations to "reeducate" the people.
After that, of course, there is no wealth to redistribute and no producers sufficently robust to fund the system.
When socialists take over where there is no wealth, like Zimbabwe or Sierra Leone, you have immediate catastrophe.
To: bourbon
I hope this wasn't posted earlier. I don't think it wasIt was
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posted on
05/06/2002 5:33:15 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
Come to think of it, now I understand whey ABBA wouldn't get back together
for a supposed $1B US, assuming of course, they're still Swedish citizens.
Art Bell used to play ABBA as bumper music. Can't recall the last time
I heard him play them. (a niece was playing the A*Teens the other day though.)
Wonder what the net would yield on a billion. A swedish fish?
To: bourbon
There was a similar article posted, by not this one. I hope this study gets wide coverage in Sweden. This is really going to rankle. The Euros think they are so superior to Americans, because we "oppress" our Black people. Now, Sweden as the 51st state is below Mississippi. Just as Arkansas' State Motto is: "Thank God for Mississippi", Mississippi's new State Motto will be "Thank God for Sweden".
"This meant that Swedes stood "below groups which in the Swedish debate are usually regarded as poor and losers in the American economy," Bergstrom and Gidehag said."
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posted on
05/06/2002 6:11:06 AM PDT
by
Kermit
To: Millburn Drysdale
Dear Mr. Drysdale,
I don't know how many Swedes you know personally, but half of my family are 100% Swedish. So you just insulted my family and me with no provocation, based only on what the Swedish government has done. Assuming that all Swedes condone their government's position at all times is like assuming that, for the past decade, all Americans have loved Bubba and his administration.
Say what you will about ABBA, they always wrote their songs, played their own instruments, and had a slew of Top Ten hits. When you do that, let me know, and I will honor your vast musical knowledge and experience, and your critique of them, or any other music talent out there.
Not all Swedes are the same. Not all Swedes love their government. (Why you you suppose so many have immigrated?!) Kindly do not include my family (originally Persson, but changed to Johnson because there were so many Perssons in Sweden!) in your sweeping genaralizations.
Tack sa myckett,
Sharon Johnson Mason Palmer
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posted on
05/06/2002 6:22:15 AM PDT
by
Beep
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To: Dales
Is any nation that has ABBA truly poor?Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
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posted on
05/06/2002 6:38:52 AM PDT
by
WileyC
To: Millburn Drysdale
While ABBA was undoubtedly more talented than Milli Vanilli Phew, talk about your damning with faint praise...
To: BurkeCalhounDabney
. . . reparations-for-Swedes. . . . Hey, I'll take some of that! :-)
All those years of having to eat lutfisk, you know.
Henriksson
To: general_re;Millburn Drysdale
"...While ABBA was undoubtedly more talented than Milli Vanilli..."Or Yanni?
To: SLJP
...Swedes are a proud people, and believe in hard work -- not handouts. knowing the country, gotta dispute this generalization-soo many slackers/entitlement believers there; but that's socialism for ya.
but, it's a fairly civilized place compared to the states....tho 10% of population is third world/non-white now, causa liberal welcoming...
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posted on
05/06/2002 6:49:36 AM PDT
by
1234
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To: BlueLancer
Perhaps. Although I think we can all agree that none of them quite achieve the Olympian heights of, say, John Tesh.
To: bourbon
How come the ONLY GARBAGE TRUCKS used in America are Swedish Volvos???????? That must be their only export.
To: superdestroyer
...it would also be the least diverse state in the union with the highest per cent of whites.cia, inacurrate as USUAL: NORWAY's got a higher %.
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posted on
05/06/2002 6:59:06 AM PDT
by
1234
To: Central Scrutiniser
I'll take living in Stockholm over Gary, Indiana any day..... Stockholm probably ranks much higher on one critical measure - leggy blondes per capita. ;)
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