I am an expert on England, since I watched "excalibur"a when I was a kid.

I am also an expert on Denmark, Sweden and Norway since I dig "immigrant song" from Led Zepellin.

I am an expert in Japan because I grew up watching anime, which also makes me an export on robotics.

I am an expert on Ireland since I have gone to St. Patrick Day parades.

I am expert on the Middle East since I have eaten kabob from Afghan, Lebanese and Turkish restaurants.

Next, watch ER or some other hospital show and you can be a brain surgeon!  Really, it's that easy...in McCain-Palin world. :)

I've been to Wasilla as a teen.  That's where all the drugs and parties are ;-)

So based on her criteria I'm a Wasilla expert.

I've been to Mexico, Japan, Germany, UK, Canada, and flown over much of Europe.  So I think I'm an expert on all of Europe.  I even have some Euros.

My mother dated a guy from Kuwait for a couple of years.  Does that give me middle eastern cred?

:)

I lived in Berlin when there WAS A WALL dividing the city.  I was three at the time, but they say that the brain is really developing rapidly at that age.  My father was in the Army and I like to think that I had something to do with tearing down that wall ;-)  Just like Palin stopped the bridge to nowhere.

When you visit a country (just touch your toe on its border)..you are now experienced in foreign policy. Get this, if you love COWS you are qualified to be Director of the AK State Division of Agriculture.

from Ny Times

"So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification for running the roughly $2 million agency.

Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages.

When Ms. Palin had to cut her first state budget, she avoided the legion of frustrated legislators and mayors. Instead, she huddled with her budget director and her husband, Todd, an oil field worker who is not a state employee, and vetoed millions of dollars of legislative projects."

Seems that more McCain/Palin claim "change"..its really more of the SAME Bush/Cheney "doctrine": cronyism.

Probably someone in her high school yearbook with an interest in clouds.

Lowell: You can count Sudan, etc. since you could see it from where you were.

Let's see, I am an expert on the following countries (I lived in five of them, visited the rest):

Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela, Suriname, The Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, Anguila, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barths, St. Martin, Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal.  These exclude re-fueling stops.

In addition, because of my first name, I am an expert in U.S. foreign policy regarding Scandinavian countries.  I possess the intelligence to decide whether we should invade Denmark.  And, I speak six languages.  My fluency in Spanish makes me an expert on Spain and all of Latin America.  Most importantly, like many of you, I live close to the Pentagon, so I have military expertise.  Further, I can see Washington DC from Rosslyn, the GW Parkway, and other areas of Arlington.  Sign me up.  I want to reform Washington.

or Queen! :)

So I'm qualified to be pope.

I loved Iceland, I encourage everyone to go to Icelend... it is a wonderful place... LOL

have actually visited, some more than once, England, Sweden, Greece, France, Germany, Austria, French Polynesia, Canada and Mexico.  Had planes refuel or I changed planes in Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark.  I studied Russian, Spanish, Hebrew and Italian.  I know some Portuguese because my father's second wife was the public information officer of the Brazilian Mission to the UN.

I will cut Palin some slack on not knowing the what Bush Doctrine is.  Neither does he, since he keeps changing it.

And noting Hug's use of ethnic restaurants, I could add Turkey, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Aghanistan, Ethiopia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Korea and Japan, without even have to think.

And what an article today in the NY Times. Can you say First Amendment Right?  Just don't say a word and you can keep your job!  She aspires to be President, long before being picked for VP. SCAREY stuff!  Looks like a scarey movie coming to reality somewhere near us all.

I'm an expert because I worked at the World Bank for 33 years and know people from more countries than I can mention (including Ingrid's sister). I have been to South America at least ten times and have worked and/or lived in England, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay and once took a day trip from San Diego to Tiajuana.  I'm also an expert in Caribbean policy; that cruise to the Bahamas was quite an eye opener.  

I grew up in Detroit, and looked across the Detroit River at Canada every day for more than 20 years.  I've even been to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls.

 

I lived in Turkey for 2 years while in the US Army.  As you may know, Istanbul bridges Asia and Europe.  I had to work with Turks in both areas of Istanbul so I am an expert in Asian and European affairs.
I have been to Israel, England, France, Germany.
In 2001 I visited Atlantis.  The place was amazing, both for its beauty and advanced technology. The inhabitants was incredibly friendly. I hope to be able to visit again sometime. I guess you could say I am an expert in advanced ancient civilizations.

Sarah Palin has nothing on me.

For all you nitpicking liberals who have been questioning norman's assertion that he visited Atlantis.  You are confusing it with The Atlantis on Paradise Island.  Silly people, no one knows where Atlantis is located.  However, we will still keep talking about him visiting Atlantis and forget to add the "The".  

I'm an expert on energy because I filled up my gas tank last Friday.  
I'm an expert on education because I went to school.
I'm an expert on foreign policy because I've been outside of the country.
I'm an expert on the environment because I threw my plastic soda bottle in the recycling bin.
I'm an expert on the Iraq war because a friend of mine was deployed there.
I'm an expert on the housing crisis because my neighbor's house is being foreclosed.
I'm an expert on healthcare because I had to visit the doctor's office.
I'm an expert on the economy because I have a job.

You guys are putting me to shame. But okay, I'm an expert in a few things, too:
* I work for an international education nonprofit (American Councils) that does exchange programs all over the world. So I'm an expert in Afghanistan; Russia, since I work with some amazing Russian scholars; China, since my friend Tony heads up that program; Jordan; Central Asia; and a ton of other countries.
* I'm an expert on Middle East policy, since one of my sisters emigrated to Tel Aviv when Bush was elected -- and she's not coming back. Oh, and Dennis Ross calls me all the time for my opinions on stuff;
* I speak French, German, and Hebrew, so Sarkozy and I are really, really good friends. And Merkel, too. Olmert and I aren't speaking;
* I'm an expert in Southeast Asia, since I love Vietnamese food;
* I'm practically a Canadian citizen, since I went to Toronto two years ago;
* I make a mean Cuban press sandwich, so I'm a expert on Cuba, too;
* Jane Austen is my favorite author, so I'm an expert on Regency England; and
* I can see the GW Masonic Temple from my apartment in Old Town, so I'm a mason, too.

I can't take this childishness any longer.

I am made of atoms, and therefore I am an expert of EVERYTHING in the UNIVERSE.

W3rd.

okay, you win. My molecular structure just can't stand up to that.