Why do you think the US is the greatest nation?

[TigerJaw]

The thing is Radhnoti,

Those are not the things that America is best at, not even comparitively. Same with MerryPranksters suggestions.

America has much to be proud of but that aint it.

What I do think is great about America is it's poeple. You do, most of you anyway, serious wish that what MerryPrankster and Radhnoti said were true. That's something to be proud of.

What your not so good at is implementing it.

[Black Jack]

Chicago deep dish pizza, chili dogs with onions, and of course coca-cola.

[Black Jack]

China, you've got to be kidding me.

[Mojo]

We have the biggest, baddest weapons, and we ain't afraid to use them !

[Liokault]

ghthomason

I agree. Let's start pumping Iraq full of Opium. They'll be sure to submit, then.

Well it worked treat on China.

As an alturnative we could boost the war machine of Iraq, give them training sell them weapons give them technology way ahead of their time.....hey....you guys already did that didnt you?

[red5angel]

actually liokault, it's common policy to give those we provide weapons with equipment that is being phased out, less then what we have and that we know thoroughly in side and out for many obvious reasons......

[Merryprankster]

Tigerjaw,

I don't compare the U.S. with a utopian ideal of "how the world should work." I compare it with "what has gone before." By all measures, we have come a long way in terms of individual rights and human rights. To say otherwise is to ignore historical evidence.

IN GENERAL, we are better behaved than, say, the Roman Republic/Empire, the British Empire, or the Russian Czars.

We are also far from perfect.

I might point out that if, say, Angola were the most powerful free nation on the planet, we'd be having these discussions about them.

I don't mean that it's a case of hating the big dog. I mean that it really doesn't matter what democratic, rule-of-law respecting nation had the reins of world power--the picture would look much the same with regards to things being an improvement over what has gone before. The reason for this is that it doesn't matter WHEN you acquire the idea of individual respect and liberty, so long as it is deeply ingrained.

But I can see this thread is in the steep decline over to "Look at everything the U.S. did that I don't agree with so we (or you) are a bunch of arrogant jerks," vs "We're better than you were at your zenith you ex-imperialist ****tards."

The truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle.

[Losttrak]

America rocks because the majority of our women shave, bathe regularly, and have no problem with augmentation surgury. We can get a hamburger without having to put a second mortgage on the house. We dont have to wait in line for half a day to get toilet paper. That about sums it up.

[red5angel]

ROFLMAO!!@Losttrack!!

[myosimka]

Dissent.

[NYerRoman]

Hmmm....

1. A government that dishes out crap to its people and they
buy it blindly.

2. A society that is forced to believe they live the best when
in fact no one who says that actually has lived in every
country in the world to make such a statement.

3. Consumeristic attitudes that make people say, "I want more."

there.......

[morbicid]

the best thing about america is all the sl uts.... wait, isnt germany the best place for that? beats me, but the sl uts are good anyway u look at it... the worst thing about america is feminism. i would be willing to live under dictatorship if they managed to purge the country of feminists

[Radhnoti]

I don't know how to break it to you guys...but that is the U.S. I live in, and the experiences I've had with my country thus far.




Any U.S. citizen willing to honestly sit down and think about it could offer up these reasons and/or more.

eulerfan, note the "or" that I placed there just to avoid the implication that everyone has to agree with MY reasons? You're tellin' me you can't come up with 11 different reasons to love the U.S.? I don't know you, but I'll bet I can come up with 11 reasons you'll agree with...maybe not without some misses, but I'm willing to try.

Reason 1. My family lives in the U.S. and not all of them are so bad.
If I missed that one...I may go ahead and give up.

[Merryprankster]

NYerRoman, once again, lavishing on the disinformation and hate. Don't try to argue with him--he's lived OVERSEAS--(and read one too many conspiracy theories) and therefore he's enlightened.

[SifuAbel]

Why is america a cool place , somewhat........

You can say Bush is anything under the sun and not get carted away in the night.

Capitalism pays the bills.

You don't have to wait eight hours to get coupons to wait another eight hours to get your pound of government subsidized artificial coffee. I hope you have relatives waiting in other lines or its coffee stew tonight.

Not an extreme amount of french people. J/K. I love you quebecquas.

Leaders are not picked at the barrel of a gun. Although the commercials are almost as bad.

You can be a christian, a satanist, or a Ralian and still get 500 HBO channels.

We build the best bombs.

A Kansas city steak is a New York steak in Kansas city. Which isn't even in Kansas.

Starbucks, Grunge and Apples from Washington.

3,000,000 people in the adult entertainment industry.

Big honking trucks that get 4 gallons to the mile.

We're not stuck with the immemse repair bills on extremely old buildings like in europe.

Toilets you can sit on.

Paper within easy reach of said toilet.

Phones within easy reach of said paper.

Poor people can go to the beach too.

Fastfood is killing us, but **** those fries are good.

Americans think *******s in america are *******s and we have no qualms about pointing it out. God Bless america.

Post it notes.

Stealing all the best actors from other countries.

Stealing all the best bands from other countries.

Stealing all the best chicks from other countries.

Stealing all the best scientists from other countries.

Did I mention the bombs and the porn?

All in all, not a bad country for other countries to get a ***** envy over.