I went on a Rick Steves tour of Belgium and the Netherlands a few years ago, and one of the places we visited was Amsterdam. While there, we were given a good, close look at the Red Light District (which was packed to the tits because the Super Jews were in the playoffs for the first time in a bazillion years). The tour went to a "Coffee House" and it was fulla Brits and Germans. Even totally stoned, those people are fucking insufferable -- loud, demanding, rude -- so I can only imagine what happens when the Swiss cut loose.

Wait, is that Rick Steve's voice??? The PBS travel commentator???

i think its a start and at least its on a major network and talked about, for once, by a "known" "medical professional" ... end quotes

but yea he could have gone one step further and contacted the people who know the truth, and encourage everyone to go to norml.org at the beginning and post the website on tv throughout show...

rick steves gets passed over but this guy is gettin air time... he totally toked up and is like, wtf am i doing with my life..... and not in a bad way, like alcohol makes you feel

Thanks for helping spread the word....

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For others interested in see what Iran is really like, I would highly suggest one of the videos Rick Steves has done on Iran:
http://videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-travel-show-in-Iran-aired-Jan-
2009
http://videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-Lectures-Iran-59-minutes

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For others interested in see what Iran is really like, I would highly suggest one of the videos Rick Steves has done on Iran:
http://videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-travel-show-in-Iran-aired-Jan-2009
http://videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-Lectures-Iran-59-minutes

Nice sift.

If you want to watch the actual documentary about when he traveled to Iran, you can find it here:
http://videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-travel-show-in-Iran-aired-Jan-2009

Thanks very much for the quality! I really thought this was an interesting video, his comments on the surrender monkey label were pretty thought provoking.

Thanks again

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Truly a *quality talk from an interesting guy.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'rick steves, how to travel' to 'Rick Steves, how to travel, Europe, travelling, trips, skills, fly, drive, plane, packing' - edited by ant

Is this narrated by Rick Steves?

>> ^demon_ix:
Maybe if they didn't feel obligated to Photoshop every single image, 12 year old girls wouldn't be so desperate to get cosmetic surgery...

The good news for them is eventually these algorithms will be real-time, and all physical interaction will be obsolete, so it won't matter what we look like since all our blemishes and imperfections will be corrected on the outgoing feed.

>> ^westy:
Where did I say that if your not religious you don't have the potential to still be racist ?


You didn't, but neither did I ever say that you did. Please make an effort to respond only to the things I actually say. It's funny that you insult my logic abilities and yet you failed to use basic logic to see this point.


>> ^westy:
If you are folowing a racist / idoitic religouse TXT then you are going to be racist and idotic to some existent and unable to change this view point because that would be arguing with god.
if you are not you could still be racist and idiotic however there is allso the posablity that you wont be, this is because You have chosen not to base your morality on some dogmatic txt that cannot change.
so person basing life on racist idiot txt = Always racist idiot
person not basing morality on racist idoitc txt = non racist / could be racist

the point is if you are following a religion that is fundamental racist / iratoinal/ bult of ideas from 5000 years ago . then you will be racist , ethor that or you are not following the religion or you are picking and choosing what you believe which in alot of religoins is against the fundimental rules of that religoin and in the end if you belive it to be gods word why would you pick and choose? unless your compleatly incapable of basic logic and consistency.


You seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding about religion. Either that or a much over-simplified concept of it. This combines with a knowledge shortage of human psychology leaves you in an awkward position. Really, all you've done is add substance to my feeling that you are acting like an irrational teenager focusing on the subject they love to insult.

I'll try to explain for you. My explanation will be based from a Christian / Roman Catholic viewpoint because that is the one I'm most familiar with.

Most Christians don't believe the bible is the literal truth. A minority does and I think that we might be able to find some common ground in thinking those people are mainly illogical and fearful. Honestly, I don't have a problem with fundamentalists in principle as long as they don't try to push their ideas upon other people or run for vice-president. But that is a small minority. For the Roman Catholic Church, there are a small set of core beliefs and the rest are up to personal exploration. You try to create this picture of a very rigid religion that doesn't bend at all and you completely miss the reality of the people that follow the religions. You've missed the forest because you are focusing so intently on the trees.

And again, you try to draw false choices. If people do A => B. Life isn't binary or so simple. You are looking at one set of circumstances (looks like a personal grudge) and focus on that while ignoring a whole host of other environmental variables. I'm sorry, but you can't explain life with two to four variables and then lump everyone into that equation.

Two-thirds of the way there... *beg

>> ^westy:
Lol if your going to struggle to be understanding if your religion takes its TXTS literally. or you base you morality on something written 4,000 years ago.


Did you watch it? Your comment comes off like an angry teenager lashing out at their favorite thing to insult.

I understand your point, but I think the struggle to be understood consists of so much more than the religious aspect. Every culture has it's own quirks. I live in the Northwest section of the United States and it amazes me the difference in culture just within the US. I've been very lucky in life and have had the opportunity to travel to several places. I traveled to the USSR and Lithuania in the early 90's. Wow - what an eye opener for a high school student! Later I was able to travel to Australia, several countries in South America, and the Middle East. It is amazing how different cultures are. I firmly believe that the best thing for any person, for personal growth, is to be placed in a foreign country either by themselves or in a very small group. Suddenly they are the weird ones not conforming to the normalities of the culture they are visiting. A whole new world of empathy opens up and you realize why statements about turning the "whole Middle East into a glass parking lot" are infantile and ignorant.

Rick Steves also spoke at the Commonwealth Club about his trip to Iran. That is on Fora TV.

Here is a clip of it:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-Martyrdom-and-the-American-Empire

And the full video:
http://fora.tv/2009/01/26/Rick_Steves_A_Perspective_on_Iran

full documentary:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-travel-show-in-Iran-aired-Jan-2009

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Rick Steves also spoke at the Commonwealth Club about his trip to Iran. That is on Fora TV.

Here is a clip of it:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-Martyrdom-and-the-American-Empire

And the full video:
http://fora.tv/2009/01/26/Rick_Steves_A_Perspective_on_Iran

full video for above clip:
http://fora.tv/2009/01/26/Rick_Steves_A_Perspective_on_Iran

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And the full documentary about the trip itself:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rick-Steves-travel-show-in-Iran-aired-Jan-2009

Oh Mr. Dag, you're so wonderful! Thanks, buddy.

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