Even though the fed controlls loans to banks and monetary flows in the U.S. Its impact on the world economy is almost equally great. This unfound transperency into the fed could realy calm the struggleing banks in europe and japan, not to mention other central banks.  View

A close friend of mine spent a few years travelling Europe. There is the possibility that this is a case of the uber-rich playing manhunt w guests to the property. Heard a lot about this crazy crap happening but not heard much in the U.S.  View

It's the "All Men are created equal" again, and everyone else better follow our rules, or we'll whip ya. They are extreme one-way, US and Europe are extreme the other way. Is there no middle ground? Oh yeah, Latin America and family values.  View

Why Change a good thing :(). Coke will never learn .... Red ... Coke is coke no matter the can color. American fools. What's different is coke in Europe is mAde with real sugar  View

'Global economic downturn'? or maybe complete financial collapse? The problems in the eurozone will NOT be contained to europe if their system fails. U.S. banks are preparing for a SHTF scenario, and so should we. Buy Physical Gold/ silver,stock up on food/water/guns&ammo/emergency supplies..2012 maybe a very 'interesting' year for us.  View

The U.S. should not be intimidated - Europe's democracy and economy are vital to us. Maintaining our NATO alliance is paramount to our security.  View

US is fighting too many wars this decade and more, yet none of you see that they are the greatest bully of all. In the name of democracy in Europe you say, how about they start looking at their own issues, instead of trying to exploit other nations worldwide... Russia and Iran are just preparing to defense their own land  View

It is a shame to see such ignorant comments. I am not Muslim, but I am educated. It is people like some of those in this thread who make Americans look ignorant. I cannot believe you would encourage people to learn about Islam on the Internet. You are proof that YOU DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET! As to their quality of life, if you had actually learned something true about islam, you would have learned about the Abbasid empire, who made huge achievements in math, architecture, and government. Their quality of life and turmoil is the fault of western powers who colonized them and the Soviet Union (in Afghanistan). Oh and one more thing, while Europe was in the dark/middle ages DUE TO THE CORRUPT CATHOLIC CHURCH, Islam in the middle east WAS PRESERVING THE CLASSICS WHICH RENAISSANCE SCHOLARS USED. During the middle ages, the catholic church was also putting people on trial for witchcraft. I don't thing the Muslims ever put anyone on trial for witchcraft. Catholicism is not perfect and has not always been non-violent. Today there are even Catholic extremists blowing up abortion clinics. Is that any better than what Islamic extremists are doing? Bottom line, you don't let extremists represent a faith.  View

I saw these types of images on cigarette packs all over Europe.. and yet many of its countries still boast TONS of smokers. I wonder where the FDA got its stat from concerning the reduction of smokers as a result of this addition to packs because I don't see it elsewhere.  View

If you don't know what the Basque region/culture/people are, look it up... or blame it on US news organizations. Everybody in Europe is aware of ETA's past history.  View