The World's Best Countries - Democratic Underground

handmade34

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:02 PM
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The World's Best Countries

195 countries ranked by Education, Health, Quality of Life, Economic Dynamism and Political Environment... nothing really new, but interesting

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

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marmar

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:06 PM
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1. Again dominated by those awful socialist Scandinavian countries

Hmmmmm...... :think:

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handmade34

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:17 PM
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4. Finland #1

...and program this weekend named Finland as #1 in coffee consumption per capita

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tularetom

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:09 PM
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2. I don't want to read any commie poll that doesn't say the USA is #1

In everything.

(Puts fingers in ears and shouts la la la I can't hear you).

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Ernesto

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:38 PM
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5. Thats RIGHT!

Haven't these librals heard of AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM?

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L0oniX

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Mon Aug-23-10 01:31 PM
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7. Yea ...the USA is EXCEPTIONALLY FUCKED now.

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patrick t. cakes

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Mon Aug-23-10 12:13 PM
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3. Suprised the US ranked higher than Germany..

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txlibdem

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Mon Aug-23-10 01:20 PM
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6. Especially when all but one category had Germany leading the US

Every category was higher in Germany than US except "economic dynamism" which must be weighted higher than the other categories. My guess is that it's a synonym for "how much control do labor unions have over the economy."

Germany rocks and they take care of their workers.

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Greyhound

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Mon Aug-23-10 02:21 PM
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8. I read that and marveled at how hard they had to twist to get the U.S. on

some of those lists at all. The issues they ignored are even more telling than those they counted.

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geardaddy

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Mon Aug-23-10 02:25 PM
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9. Meh.

Newsweek sucks.

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handmade34

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Mon Aug-23-10 05:28 PM
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10. ok

try the UN
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

or science journals
http://scienceroll.com/2010/08/23/the-worlds-best-countries-health-ranking/

or

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geardaddy

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Tue Aug-24-10 10:42 AM
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13. Your second link just references Newsweeks poll

:shrug:

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fascisthunter

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Mon Aug-23-10 05:33 PM
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11. the USA Ranks 11th overall... ?

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Hannah Bell

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Mon Aug-23-10 05:37 PM
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12. all these rankings are bullshit, imo. just propaganda to get us to rank & judge.

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Gaedel

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Tue Aug-24-10 10:51 AM
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14. But, but, but...........

Finland was colonized for over a thousand years, first by the Swedes and then by the Russians.

It was colonized longer than any other nation in the world today.

Every one has to know that colonization automatically causes a country to be a third world hell hole.

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bherrera

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Tue Aug-24-10 10:55 AM
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15. It depends on the measuring method

I think it is important to include the crime rate. If this is added, then Spain ranks higher, because we have a very low crime rate.

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mdmc

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Fri Aug-27-10 05:44 PM
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16. ..

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Darth_Kitten

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Fri Aug-27-10 06:18 PM
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17. I think polls like this are pretty meaningless.......

:)

I don't put too much stock in them.

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