What do Polish people think of the USA

Agree.
That doesn't mean I could say too much about his achievements at home because I don't know.


Every country needs friends and allies.
If your leader is very unpopular with countries that are usually your strongest allies, is that not cause for a little concern?
We can't vote for other people's leaders, but they can affect what happens in our lives, therefore, their actions are worthy of foreigners' criticism.

weather it is or not, its a true outlook


my point is whatever foreigners say, it really doesnt matter here in the states.

True.

But it matters to people outside of the US.
I see it similarly for the UK.
People abroad may have their opinions, so they may state them publicly,
but it doesn't affect political discourse at home.

Clinton was an embarassment because of his sexual antics involving women his daughter's age. The Clintonistas are just waiting to tax the middle class out of oblivion with Hilary's stupid national health plan. It's ok for losers and people who are lazy or illegal aliens. We working people are tired of this. We don't want socialized anything.

social med is good for business actually.

clinton wasn't dating teenagers dude.. get ovet it as it's been almost a freaking decade. i'd rather see the prez get a bj then go on a killing spree and spend our hard earned moeny like a drunken sailor. talk about a waste.. besoides that your kids (if any) will be paying for this stupid venture. maybe even their children too. how responsible is that?

What is the 'national health plan'?

she wanted to copy Canada's system but Republicans and her fellow Democrats were paid off by the insurance lobby to shut her up, and she was forced to abandon her ideas. The conventional wisdom is that America has gone too far down the road of privatization and national healthcare systems in the US don't stand a chance. They are even privatizing public libraries in the US now..

Stalin's Russia had state healthcare. Its a slippery slope.

many countries have it, and yes the former Commie nations had it too. Under the COmmunists the state-run health systems were shoddy but they were there, and they did their jobs on a basic level despite many many shortcomings. Better than no healthcare, as they say. Now allmost all industrialized nations have some form of national healthcare except, as we all know, the USA. Polls show over and over again that most (not all, but still most) Americans want it, but they won't get it because Congress in the USA is bought and paid for by the AMA and the insurance industry.

good Q as it's an unheard of thing here. :D


yup and it will be USA's downfall too.

It`s over.

what's over? america isn't over.. it's just been discovered.. :D

.. there - on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Unless you're there, in which case it's here.

Get a job and you will get healthcare. I don't want the government to dictate about my healthcare.

Social Darwinism at its best. Civilisation is overated isnt it?

it's not that easy because:
1. you are unprotected when between jobs-sometimes you have a waiting period when you start a new job and you are uncovered
2. low-paid, temporary, part-time, and seasonal workers rarely get health care coverage
3. You can have health insurance but when you develop a serious disease (ie cancer) the insurance company sometimes cancels your policy because the treatment is too expensive (these cases are often challenged in court but the insurers sometimes win their cases anyway)

I for one do want the government to dictate my healthcare...when the private insurers start treating me like an unprofitable piece of meat, I want the government to kindly tell them to F*CK OFF (in the STates often the reverse is true).

he's right. for people who come here for few months to work their ass off and make as much $$$ as possible and go back to Poland, it's not the same country anymore. Dollar is weak as hell, they are better off working in Europe now.

NY City isn't so bad with the obesity problem--everyone walks everywhere because most people don't own cars. There is a nationwide problem though. The obesity maps are interesting. They show that the biggest problem is in the Midwest and mostly in the South.

cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps

edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map

Randompol, you can buy a high-deductible policy from any insurance company and if you are poor, the state has policies based on income. We like private health insurance because we have choices.

yeah, the choice to get screwed.. the best choice of all.. 1gen.. you have really no idea what USA is missing out on.. this health care system, the way it is, is the worst of all industralized nations.

seems to have worsened in just the past couple of years

It looks like you never had much of a health problem. Good for you and I wish you all the best.

But... ask around and see what people have to say. The insurance company will eventually find that a bad case of flu (you may have had years before you make a new claim) could have influenced your current condition. Under such circumstance, if, at the time of signing up for a new health insurance policy, you did not include every single minor malady you may have suffered your health insurance claims may be worth less than the paper they are written on. Add to that all the treatments that insurance companies may deem experimental and you now have a pretty good picture of your choices: keep your house or get the medical care you need.

not much of a choice I'm afraid, face it America's healthcare system is morally bankrupt and it only serves the insurance companies - you can thank Nixon for bringing it all about..

Yep...

I think you all should be deported.

troll

The problem with America, is it's full of Americans that have lost the understanding on the foundations of how our country works. We'll sit and point fingers and Bush all day, but tend to leave out the part about the American people voting him or any other politician in office. It's why they are called 'elected officials.' Americans have quickly shifted into 'autopilot' mode and want someone else to do all the decision making for them. We're generally ignorant and all of the major problems we face now are due to our ignorance being exploited like a sleazy car salesmen. But there is no one to blame but ourselves.

Yet, our American culture has caught this virus in the last few decades of "blame someone else." It's why our court systems are congested with absolutely ridiculous lawsuits, because American people have a hard time accepting responsibility for their actions. It shows itself on every level of our culture. Some are more severe than others.

We can't have a government for the people; by the people -- if those people are indifferent to everything outside of their tiny bubble. That's ignorance(not stupidity) and we've got to change that.

Knox,
good post, keep it coming.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Of the three, Life seems to be trumping the other two. Patrick Henry didn't say, " Give me Life with tremendously curtailed Liberties, which will greatly inhibit my ability to Pursue Happiness, or give me death." I agree with Kronx1970.

it seams that Czech rep citizens will travel without visa to USA in 2008 ...