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To: Brumar89 who wrote (67564)	10/16/2008 1:21:49 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Well, as I said before, the US looms unusually large in British life, I particularly like the US, have many friends and acquaintances there, and also a goodly degree of investment. Well, rather less goodly than a year ago. And so US politics interests me. Being able to discuss it, with more or less civility, is a bonus I've enjoyed for the last decade or more. Also, LOL, I think you'll find that right now an awful lot of people across the world are fairly absorbed by US domestic politics...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (67564)	10/16/2008 1:26:44 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

I think living some place else temporarily would be interesting. OTOH it would have to be for a lot more money, enough to make me either be willing to sell my house in a down market or alternatively hang on to it and pay the mortgage for it while I also had the cost of living somewhere else. Still think its strange to be absorbed with domestic politics of another country. Unusual, but I'm not sure its strange. Their definitions are almost the same, but strange is probably stronger and has more negative connotations. And its less unusual in terms of the US, since our politics has a lot of effect on the rest of the world. Its not like we are discussing the politics of Luxembourg, or Costa Rica. I myself have at times had some interest in the politics of the UK (although apparently not as much as thames_sider has in American politics)

To: Brumar89 who wrote (67564)	10/16/2008 2:04:14 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Bru, in fairness to t_s, I don't think it's strange at all. Ours are the largest economy and most powerful military in the world. What happens here economically and politically affects most of the world, especially countries close to us economically, politically and culturally like the UK. t_s seems genuinely interested in understanding US politics, not in butting in or smugly rebuking the US as a bad actor in the world. Cut him (her?) some slack. And FTR, I'd love to go work for a couple of years in the UK (or Ireland). Besides being ancestrally connected to both (along with Germany, rounding out my beer heritage), I think it'd be a learning experience and helluva lot of fun.