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Edited on Wed Nov-28-07 11:23 AM by Diclotican
Robbien
We wil do what we can to keep our fingers crossed for US, next year.. And hope that the Man/woman with the most wotes wins the presidency.. I dont know how it can be, but I belive that whatever it be, it is better than the current Administration.. Even a moderat Republican, can be a better shoose than this fanatical right wing extremist Administration.. I know I maybee getting into problems in US to say this, but that is what I feal about this Administration.. This Administration are extremeist on the fair right in my book.. Even many republicans, are against this Administration, but are afraid of been labeled "unpatriotic"..
Wel, we can do better, allways I am afraid.. This morning it was a burning in our main Railroadstation, not in the building but in some maintainceshaft, and all the trains was stading rock steady.. Becouse the electrisity was stoped, nobody can use the train in the "østlandsområdet". And therefore 80.000 passangers hvo usaly use the rail have to use car or other public transport.. The resoult was totaly chaos.. And the main fairways into Oslo var shochet pretty good the whole day.. And it was a BIG area who have traffic jam... But it looks as it wil be better now... But it wil take some days to fix what was destroyd.. it was a cable in a tunnel who was breaking, and 10.000 Volts was free... The stickfire was allmoust 1 meter long as I have been told on the radio.. But as whole, we do have a fair good railway in Norway, but it can be better... Mutch better.. many think that it is worse than in many other contry, and have to be rebuild.. The goverment is thinking about a hig-speed link between all large City in Norway.. And then it is the cost, and where the railraod should be laid down.. And as in many thing, norwigian want to discuss a subject to its death, And then deside what to do.. So I guess it can take some times before a new highspeed railroad is putting all the larger city in our country into one good railroad.. But it can be doon, we have the money, and probely also the wil.. And it is maybee more energy efficent thant to fly aircraft from one city to another city all the times.. And I bet it can be don more sheapely too.. And the emissions wil not be that large..
As a europan and a rather liberal man, I really dont understand why americans are so afraid of the goverment as they are.. They belive that the government are there to "steal" from them. But many american dont know that the taxes the government are taking in are going to what you point to, road, school, and so on.. I know that the goverment in the old days have been hard, even to the brink of plundring the people to get what it want.. But it was never a Middleages in the US as I know it?.. And the states in the union have a lot more power to do as they want, than the diferent areas of a country in Europe have it?
Healthcare is important. Verry important for the public. And I for one can not understand why America, one of the riches country in this earth cannot like the idea of a universial Healthcare system for all its zitiziens.. I am really out of tutch with why american decides that i is better to not have afforable healtcare for all. A I am reading it, is posibily between 40 to 50 million americans, who dont have healthcare and who dont have the opportunity to HAVE healtcare what so ever... That is scary... USA are the ONLY country who are in the 1 world (industrynation) who dosent have a healtcare for all.. And even then they are so afraid about it, becouse it limits pepoles "freedom": What is the public smoking if they belive that... Cant be just tobaco... (I dont want to insult pepole in US, but as a europan grown up with a public healthcare system I am just mindbugling about the arguments many american use against a healthcare system for all)
Norway and Russia have been nabour, and friends, and some enemy the last 100 year or so.. Our first King Haakon 7 promised after the Russian Revolution in 1917 that no norwigian king or crownprince is to wisit Russia before the comunist regime was over.. It took allmoust 80 year before it was time for our new king Harald V (5) to visit Russia for the first time in more than 100 year in 1992. It was a historic visit in some way...
I dont belive Finland have a military base, who US was in Controll but I guess you mean Island and Keflavik Airforce Base who was closed down. I dont know if Island have been hurt bigtime.. But it was not excactly a happy moment when the last american soldiers was off the Island.. Most becouse then the Island dosent have a military precense on its soil.. But Norway have been helping Island someway becouse some RnOAF F16 Fighting Falcon MLU4 have been stationed on Island, and a P3 Orion have working toghter with the Islandic "homeguard" to controll Islands territory. And I guess it is working fine.. But I doubt it is like have a big american base on its soil. Norway have Not a big military force anyway.. Finland was becouse of its history a country who was not alligned to either of the alliances, but was pressured to by a lot of russians goods, becouse of "the special friendship" between Russia and Finland. Finland have been in the loosing end in the WW2 and was pressured by the Russians to be a neutral State...
The american govermen have to feel that the area of the world is pretty safe it they are to close a base.. But I bet the really reason its closing its base is becouse they need the military presents in other areas.. As some have shown, the US want to be in Iraq for the long term.. Quit the opposite that they claim when they force their way to Baghdad in 2003.. Off cours it is on re request of the Iraqi goverment :sarcasm: But we all know how are REALLY in share in Iraq, and that is not the goverment of Mr Malakai...
WEL, it is if you looks at is a problem.. I am not living in the area where the most imigrations are living. And I do have a belive that if you treat pepole right, they treat you right too.. To the opposite is proven I take my shances. Even with a dark skinned man/woman from a fareflung nation who I never have been.. Maybee it is little blueheaded, but I really belive in the best of man.. To the opposite is proven then... But, it is some nations who have emigrated to Norway the last 30-40 year who maybee have doing a lot bad for their, and for all emiration who have coming to Norway after the War But, for the most part, our emigration are from country as Sweden, Denmark Island Finland, the Baltic nations.. Germany England and so on.. So I doubt we have so big a problem, as someone whant us to have.. But if you ask a another person, you may been told that the emigration from specially some nations is a horrible thing that should be stoped... And the most of the emigration population been trown out of our Kindom and home to where they belong.. And yes, we do have criminals from the emigration population. Some nations is more known than others.. And we do have had some verry intenst moments lately.. For two year ago two pakistani gangs was firing at eathother.. In the middle of the downtown Oslo Area (Aker brygge).. Its just dam lucky that noboy outside the gangs was not killed.. And it provoke a lot of arguments what to do with the gangs.. And for a year ago, we have a drive-by shooting at Youngstorget, in the middle of the City.. IT to provoke a lot of arguments.. And I belive the Police had to work hard to get the public to know that it was safe again.. We are not usted to this type of thing.. Not gang-war in the middle of the summer, and specially not drive-by shooing... That have been a forreing thing to us... As someone have pointed out, we do live in a rather peacefully area of the world...
True.. It is harder and harder for refugees to seek a good place to be safe.. War is a problem for all I guess. Not just for the refugees...
Diclotican
Sorry my bad engelish, not my native language
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