http://www.skepticrats.com/2009/02/08/the-united-states-of-france/ You expect us to believe that? Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.skepticrats.com/2009/02/08/the-united-states-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-376 What makes America different? | The Skepticrats Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:40:54 +0000 http://www.skepticrats.com/?p=1025#comment-376 [...] I’ve mentioned before how my Swedish father-in-law (Swedish as in he has lived there all his life, not as in an American of Swedish descent) often chides me good-naturedly about European supremacy in this or that endeavor (see “cell phone and public wi-fi systems,” above), and even that the Swedish government is more conservative than the American one since Sweden put the center-right party in power a few years ago.  But even he has noted that the younger generation in Sweden is less and less willing to work hard because so much is given to them. [...] [...] I’ve mentioned before how my Swedish father-in-law (Swedish as in he has lived there all his life, not as in an American of Swedish descent) often chides me good-naturedly about European supremacy in this or that endeavor (see “cell phone and public wi-fi systems,” above), and even that the Swedish government is more conservative than the American one since Sweden put the center-right party in power a few years ago.  But even he has noted that the younger generation in Sweden is less and less willing to work hard because so much is given to them. [...]

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