RTP-area local music and culture

[philipayers AT yahoo.com (My friend Phil said,)]

even though certain european countries seem way more "civilized" than
the usa, with universal health care, housing subsidies, even vacation
subsidies!.. and bla blah blah, when you live there you find it's not
simple but way more complex below the surface. Our attitudes are
naturally an outcome, to a large degree, of what we're use to.
Europeans are right about us, on many issues, but I doubt they'd do
any better if in a similar situation. On the other hand I wonder why
you would think a fisherman living and working in canada would be any
more civilized than an american working in similar circumstances. 
Even in denmark when people are given the choice of having lower taxes
for fewer services there are a large percentage who would opt for
lower taxes....even among the working classes. I guess they  think
those trains will continue to run every 10 mins.

npflorin AT yahoo.com (Nathaniel Florin) wrote in message 
news:<20041104155946.17042.qmail AT web14302.mail.yahoo.com>...
> You know, Canada is a lot more complicated than people
> think it is. A lot of people in Alberta, "the Texas of
> Canada", would be shocked that people thought of them
> as a blue province. And parts of the Maritimes are
> basically Appalachia with lobster boats.
> 
> Nate
> 
> --- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> > A friend sent me a link to this alternative:
> > 
> > http://letsriot.com/stuff/new_map.jpg
> 
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