United Kingdom

[Parrot]

I vote to change their name to New France....

[gelfling]

*waits for the well-reasoned argument to accompany the request to change United Kingdom's name to match the one we Brits already use to describe the USA*

Moved to off-topic.

[Parrot]

Lol, I assumed I could get Toucan's feathers ruffeled.. I will have to distract you with some chocolate..

[asharin]

I vote to change their name to New France....

Better to rename us to the un-united kingdom.

[Lores]

Now I know why the EU loves Obama,

[asharin]

Now I know why the EU loves Obama,

Since when?

[Lores]

Europe's new love affair with the US
Paola Totaro, London
November 5, 2008
Page 1 of 2 | Single Page View
Amid delight across Europe that the United States has voted for a decisive break with the much-reviled Bush Administration, European leaders have warmly embraced US president-elect Barack Obama.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed his "energising politics" and "his progressive values and his vision for the future".

French President Nicholas Sarkozy wrote to Senator Obama offering him "my warmest congratulations and, through me, those of all French people".

The intense battle for the United States presidency has riveted Europe, an interest fired initially by profound resentment of George Bush.

For the European political class, President Bush's failures were an unforgivable triad: he divided the EU over Iraq, he squibbed it on climate change and his administration participated in human rights violations through the promotion of rendition and the continuing use of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

"He is the worst president of the US in living memory," the German Socialist leader, Martin Schultz, told Mr Sarkozy at the European Parliament last month.

http://www.watoday.com.au/world/europes ... -5iub.html

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-elect ... ml?page=-1

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a ... 0044602001


google eu love obama 3 million hits.

[Lores]

oops

[Toucan]

picked the wrong target poarrot. i couldnt care less about the UK
i want it dissolved

[Istik]

picked the wrong target poarrot. i couldnt care less about the UK
i want it dissolved

You're going to need a lot of lime.

[swalmy]

I say we give obama to Europe in return they can give us Swedish women.

[Parrot]

Swedish Bikini Team !!!
I'll vote for that...

[eirykhi]

as long as thay shave

[swalmy]

Everything but their heads

[BenQ]

Give it another 10 years, wont have to worry bout the UK's name. They will adapt a Muslim name anyways. By then, it will be 60% or more Muslim and the people of the UK wont have a damn thing to say about it.

[gelfling]

The whole of America will be speaking Spanish and have changed their national religion to Catholic before that will happen in Blighty!

[Parrot]

That want happen.....

A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all.

Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the American Religious Identification Survey.

Northern New England surpassed the Pacific Northwest as the least religious region, with Vermont reporting the highest share of those claiming no religion, at 34 percent. Still, the study found that the numbers of Americans with no religion rose in every state.

"No other religious bloc has kept such a pace in every state," the study's authors said.

In the Northeast, self-identified Catholics made up 36 percent of adults last year, down from 43 percent in 1990. At the same time, however, Catholics grew to about one-third of the adult population in California and Texas, and one-quarter of Floridians, largely due to Latino immigration, according to the research.

Nationally, Catholics remain the largest religious group, with 57 million people saying they belong to the church. The tradition gained 11 million followers since 1990, but its share of the population fell by about a percentage point to 25 percent.

Christians who aren't Catholic also are a declining segment of the country.

In 2008, Christians comprised 76 percent of U.S. adults, compared to about 77 percent in 2001 and about 86 percent in 1990. Researchers said the dwindling ranks of mainline Protestants, including Methodists, Lutherans and Episcopalians, largely explains the shift. Over the last seven years, mainline Protestants dropped from just over 17 percent to 12.9 percent of the population.

The report from The Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., surveyed 54,461 adults in English or Spanish from February through November of last year. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 percentage points. The findings are part of a series of studies on American religion by the program that will later look more closely at reasons behind the trends.

The current survey, being released Monday, found traditional organized religion playing less of a role in many lives. Thirty percent of married couples did not have a religious wedding ceremony and 27 percent of respondents said they did not want a religious funeral.

About 12 percent of Americans believe in a higher power but not the personal God at the core of monotheistic faiths. And, since 1990, a slightly greater share of respondents — 1.2 percent — said they were part of new religious movements, including Scientology, Wicca and Santeria.

The study also found signs of a growing influence of churches that either don't belong to a denomination or play down their membership in a religious group.

Respondents who called themselves "non-denominational Christian" grew from 0.1 percent in 1990 to 3.5 percent last year. Congregations that most often use the term are megachurches considered "seeker sensitive." They use rock style music and less structured prayer to attract people who don't usually attend church. Researchers also found a small increase in those who prefer being called evangelical or born-again, rather than claim membership in a denomination.

Evangelical or born-again Americans make up 34 percent of all American adults and 45 percent of all Christians and Catholics, the study found. Researchers found that 18 percent of Catholics consider themselves born-again or evangelical, and nearly 39 percent of mainline Protestants prefer those labels. Many mainline Protestant groups are riven by conflict over how they should interpret what the Bible says about gay relationships, salvation and other issues.

The percentage of Pentecostals remained mostly steady since 1990 at 3.5 percent, a surprising finding considering the dramatic spread of the tradition worldwide. Pentecostals are known for a spirited form of Christianity that includes speaking in tongues and a belief in modern-day miracles.

Mormon numbers also held steady over the period at 1.4 percent of the population, while the number of Jews who described themselves as religiously observant continued to drop, from 1.8 percent in 1990 to 1.2 percent, or 2.7 million people, last year. Researchers plan a broader survey on people who consider themselves culturally Jewish but aren't religious.

The study found that the percentage of Americans who identified themselves as Muslim grew to 0.6 percent of the population, while growth in Eastern religions such as Buddhism slightly slowed.

[Toucan]

all the wetbacks dont answer these surveys tho

[Parrot]

Also a report fewer Illegals crossing border due to our economy, plus they are too busy killing each other off in their little drug war.
America has volunteered troops if Mexico wants them, another mess to clean up..

[gelfling]

Aye Parrot. That's as likely as BenQ's prediction about the UK.

[Lores]

Gelf is right. The reason Obama is in (other then Bush) is becuase of hispanic population. With out this demo, we would have McCain (not much better I think). I have my fingers crossed for the only leader Ive seen in recent years that understands the Consitution, specifically article 10 ( if it's not specifically stated in the consitution then it's a state right and for the Fed.s to stay out of it). Newt not only understands the Consitution but he is a visionary and accomplished leader. (insert Obama cut here).

[swalmy]

The whole of America will be speaking Spanish and have changed their national religion to Catholic before that will happen in Blighty!

There you go Gelf, now you're getting in the spirit! You go girl!

[Lores]

Except we dont have a national religion.

[swalmy]

Muslim war protesters disrupted a homecoming parade for British troops Tuesday, with one preacher praising the disruption and branding the homecoming a "vile parade" of "brutal murderers" whom he likened to Nazis, the Daily Mail reported.

Anjem Choudary mocked the parade for the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton, England, by posting a message on an Islamic extremist Web site joking about British soldiers killed by friendly fire in Iraq.

Choudary called the troops cowards who have an "uncanny knack for death by friendly fire," the Mail reported.

He leads the group Islam for the U.K., an organization trying to make Britain an Islamic state ruled by Shariah law.
British officials condemned Tuesday's protests, where 200 troops were met with hate-filled cheers and signs reading, "Anglian soldiers: Butchers of Basra," and "Anglian soldiers: cowards, killers, extremists."

It was revealed Wednesday that the protests were organized by an extremist group directly linked to banned Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed.

[Flatulance]

Muslim war protesters disrupted a homecoming parade for British troops Tuesday, with one preacher praising the disruption and branding the homecoming a "vile parade" of "brutal murderers" whom he likened to Nazis, the Daily Mail reported.

Anjem Choudary mocked the parade for the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton, England, by posting a message on an Islamic extremist Web site joking about British soldiers killed by friendly fire in Iraq.

Choudary called the troops cowards who have an "uncanny knack for death by friendly fire," the Mail reported.

He leads the group Islam for the U.K., an organization trying to make Britain an Islamic state ruled by Shariah law.
British officials condemned Tuesday's protests, where 200 troops were met with hate-filled cheers and signs reading, "Anglian soldiers: Butchers of Basra," and "Anglian soldiers: cowards, killers, extremists."

It was revealed Wednesday that the protests were organized by an extremist group directly linked to banned Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed.

I just read that 20 mins agao in the Daily Express, bastards. I bet if I stood up and spouted offensive nonsense to muslims I would be sent to jail and branded a racist dreg of society.

These people even had police protection from the british citezins, these people should be arrested straight away and sent to guantama bay, oh damn there isnt gonna be one soon.

But its their Human rights etc etc. Humans rights were created to protect criminals and enemies of the state, we are our own worse enemy. Muslims extremists are not gonna destroy us, our own people are, our own people are gonna allow our society to be destroyed.

These muslin clerics even get legal aid to help defend them, so we the british public pay to give them police protection and pay again to keep them out of jail. Genius war effort, make the enemy pay money to destroy themselves use their laws against them and abuse the laws in place to help people to allow us to destroy their society.
Must be the cheapest offensive ever, we pay for them to destroy us.

[BenQ]

Newt not only understands the Consitution but he is a visionary and accomplished leader.

Better then McCain, yeah, but non of those cowards have said much, done much, bitched much about whats been going on. Its always "My good friend from...."

Screw "Statesmanship" No more of this reach across the isle shit unless it's to punch one of those commies in the nose.

[Flatulance]

Politicians are full of shit in general, yeah I'm sure when they start out they all want to save the world and sacrifice their time and do good righteous things. But when they see that putting their neck on the line means their unemployment, their pension going, fringe benefits and standing destroyed they just fall in to line and play the game like everyone else. Politics is just a game, I could be shit at me job but I could put a spin on it and then be declared amazing at my job even if I'm not.

If I was smart when I was younger I would have become a politician, talked shit like I generally do anyway and made a fortune. Although I'm the guy that would have my financial life destroyed to make a point in politics, but then if I was in politics it might be a different story.

The only dude I think and this may seem v controversial, is Obama that comes across like he actually wants to do good and change things for the better and is willing to do shit regardless of the flack and buck the trend. However in a years time he could be singing from the same hymn sheet as everyone else. Who the hell knows anymore.

[Toucan]

always thought that anyone who actually wants to be a politician should automatically be barred from it

[swalmy]

The only dude I think and this may seem v controversial, is Obama that comes across like he actually wants to do good and change things for the better and is willing to do shit regardless of the flack and buck the trend. However in a years time he could be singing from the same hymn sheet as everyone else. Who the hell knows anymore.

Boy your liberal media is feeding you a ton of bullshit.

[Toucan]

your presuming that people pay attention to the political side of media and cant make their own minds up