And our birthrates are going down. Actually, the Norwegian population graph is negative.

First of all, Norway has higher birth rates than many of the other European countries, so it needs fewer immigrants.

Secondly, there are many East European Christians who have moved to Norway from countries like Poland and Croatia in recent years. They are easily assimilate in west European countries like Norway.
But bringing in Muslim immigrants is rolling the dice. Those Muslim immigrants may become more secular and assimilate, but some of them might not.
West European countries could eventually end up balkanized, like the Balkans themselves, between Christians and Muslims, with possible terrorism and religious or ethnic warfare.
Western countries need to be careful, if they are going to have immigration, they need to bring in people they know can be assimilated to their population.

I have to visit that country sometime…

we do have a great country to live in, but all is not a dance on roses.
for instance we just spent 3 billion kroner (5 kr is about 1 dollar)
on a new national opera when the goverment argued for a whole year about the so called old people billion.

that was 1 billion kroner destined for healthcare and building expansions for retired elders living in retirement homes.
that didnt happen.
old people sometimes get forced to live 2-3 people in the same room and that is no way to live out your life. no privacy.
Also the state of the school system is not very high either.
some schools are falling apart and norway scored 33 place in a european survey about how well kids do it in school.

We have an in efficient imigration law that pretty much lets pakistani’s for instance come to norway and not have a job, drive their bmw’s to the social security center and pick up their check and drive back home and watch tv and form gangs.

the largest criminal gangs in norway are run by immigrants.

They US should focus on their own country and not start wars in every other country in the world.

What is sad about “Sicko” is that many of the people who need to see it and can understand Moore’s fun and uncomplicated way of communicating these ideas on modern health care will not. Moore screwed himself a bit with “F9/11″ - a film I liked and celebrated its massive success - b/c he did skew the facts and timelines a little too much in a doc that had the entire world watching. He lost a lot of cred with it, while gaining fame and notoriety.

Does anyone else wonder what politics would be like today without the internet? It might sound silly, but I think the internet has hurt public discourse and the protest movement. People who are upset and loathing the current administration and the war simply vent online amongst others (the choir) and those comments get flushed into cyberspace b/c they are ignored by the otherside.

It all reminds me of that scary short film “Googlezon” that appeared online, about the customization of news and world views.

Ohh, but we’re not supposed to talk about that part.

I asked them how the government afforded it and their answer was without any hesitation: “We don’t get involved in a lot of military issues.” There was no judgmental tone in the answer, no political angle. They were just stating a fact. The Swedish government is flush.

I can never understand the people in this country who fight for their right to NOT live in a better one. It’s so bizarre how people have been indoctrinated that we have to spend trillions so giant corporations can build military equipment, but we can’t pass a children’s healthcare bill.

I know people on the right who argue with me and I feel like yelling “Dude, you can’t afford your kids’ college! You are struggling to make ends meet!! WHY DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND? WAKE UP!!!!!!!”

Sorry to get on a soapbox. I just don’t get how there are actually people who watch Sicko and aren’t outraged.