Well then, you're one of those 'Birther' guys aren't you. There won't be enough woods left in the good old US of A to accomidate them all. Maybe we could loose count of them. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah John, Scandinavia is for girly men. I want to live poor and die > young, hopefully at the hands (paws?) of a grizzly bear in the woods > (where I'm forced to live because I can't afford a house and there is > no help from the government for scientists living below the poverty > line). > > —M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > > > On 8 November 2012 14:02, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> From: DagT >> >>> I can agree with you there, being relatively conservative by >>> Norwegians standards. One reason why republikanske are not very >>> popular around here is that they usually don't seam to know much >>> about the world outside the US. And in the previous election they >>> used Skandinavia as an example of a system they didn't want :-) >> >> >> Just compare The US to Scandinavia ... >> >> Scandinavia = Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden (Numbers from OECD): >> >> Healthcare cost as percent of GDP: >> US 17.4% - Denmark 11.5%; Finland 9.2%; Norway 9.2% Sweden 10% >> Healthcare cost per capita: >> US $7,960 - Denmark $4,348; Finland $3,226; Norway $5,352; Sweden $3,722; >> Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births before their first birthday): >> US 6.8 - Denmark 4.4; Finland 3.0; Norway 3.1; Sweden 2.4 >> Life expectancy at birth (Total Population): >> US 78.7 - Denmark 79.3; Finland 80.2; Norway 81.2; Sweden 81.5 >> Life expectancy at age 65 (Males): >> US 17.7 - Denmark 17.0; Finland 17.5; Norway 18.0; Sweden 18.2 >> Percentage of persons living with less than 50% of median equivalised >> household income: >> US 17.3% - Denmark 6.1%; Finland 7.9%; Norway 7.8%; Sweden 8.4% >> >> Easy to see why we wouldn't want anything like *THAT* for the U.S. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
