What's your opinion on United States Of America?
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No, I don't think it's the greatest nation ever. If it was it wouldn't have the amount of homeless, crime, disparity between rich and poor, dopes like Bush and malicious bastards like Cheney running it, etc. It's a country. It has its good points and bad points.
I think Costa Rica, Denmark, etc. are better simply because their populations are happier than others.
http://www.neweconomics.org/projects/happy-planet-index
Costa Rica Ranks Highest on Global Happiness Index | EcoSalon
That's an opinion.The United States of America forme is the greatest nation in the world!
I suppose that makes me arrogant, but none can compare to the USA, even with all her faults. Now let's get to work fixing the problems we do have
Is the US population the happiest in the world? No.
Is the US the country most responsible in how it treats the planet it's on? No.
Does it mind its own business and benefit all the other countries it deals with? No.
Ya think, Sherlock? I think Americans in general are ignorant of a lot of the rest of the world.
lol Riiiiiiiiight.
I'm surprised nobody else decided to rip this to shreds yet, so I guess I'll step up to the plate.....
But before I begin, for the record, I'm not going to say the US is the worst country ever, nor would that be what I'm about to imply. The US has many things going for it, but as it goes for any country being the "Best" or "Greatest" is subjective and a matter of opinion in most cases.
Now....
Right off the bat, apparently the US's education system isn't the greatest ever, based on that sentence alone.
A good life perhaps, but not the best, and there are other countries in the world that offer more opportunities for the average citizen compared.... based on education, health coverage, job opportunities, personal privacy, etc.
The US provides an amazingly good life for the upper class, that's for sure... but for the ordinary citizen of the nation, based on the unemployment, crime, foreclosures on homes..... It's not horrible, but there's room to improve.
So long as you're financially well off, white, not Muslim, not gay, have a passport to be allowed back into the country, etc. etc....
Compared to 3rd world countries and developing countries alone, you'd be correct in most cases, but many other developed nations provide equal and sometimes better services, support and protection for those in trade.
Now that's laughable, considering the racial profiling at airports and borders, the hate-on towards Muslims, gays, the French, and so on.
List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
^ The US is in 38th place..... Canada is in 11th place.... hell Cuba and Cyprus beat the US and the US is only a couple of spots above Kuwait.
Now that's a bit of an odd statement since Destiny is supposed to be something already predetermined.
Really? Tell that to those seeking same sex marriage, or the slaves who fled the US to Canada, or the woman who weren't even allowed to vote until 1920 in the US, which Canada allowed the year prior as just a few examples..... Usually the US was one of the last to act.
Now if this whole argument was restricted to comparing the US to 3rd world countries, many of these things would be accurate..... however from my perspective, there are many other Western/Developed nations in the world that have far less divisions in their society compared to the US over the above.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!
Do as we say, do what we want, or we'll unload sanctions all over your arse, or put up a blockade, or even better, invade and replace your government.... Righty-o.
You don't get out much do you?
If you say so.
I'm not about to say Canada is the greatest nation ever, nor would I say any other nation in the world is the greatest in the world.... simply because I know better. Every nation has their faults and their benefits..... which all make each nation great in some aspects, yet horrible in others.
If this was the late 1940's or even 50's, I might have agreed with you that the US was one of, if not the, greatest nation in the world.... but in the last few decades, the US has kinda gone down the drain in my opinion.
The World's largest debt, the only western nation that has no form of universal health care for its citizens, one of the highest, if not the highest amount of assassinated and attempted assassinations of leaders of any western/developed nation... one of the highest amount of gun related homicides in the world, where the US is only beaten out by Colombia and Guatemala.....
(Source: Gun violence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
.... I would suspect you either started this topic to try and stir up crap, or just completely ignorant.... either way, thanks for the entertainment.
Don't forget... you asked. :lol:
But before I begin, for the record, I'm not going to say the US is the worst country ever, nor would that be what I'm about to imply. The US has many things going for it, but as it goes for any country being the "Best" or "Greatest" is subjective and a matter of opinion in most cases.
Now....
Right off the bat, apparently the US's education system isn't the greatest ever, based on that sentence alone.
A good life perhaps, but not the best, and there are other countries in the world that offer more opportunities for the average citizen compared.... based on education, health coverage, job opportunities, personal privacy, etc.
The US provides an amazingly good life for the upper class, that's for sure... but for the ordinary citizen of the nation, based on the unemployment, crime, foreclosures on homes..... It's not horrible, but there's room to improve.
So long as you're financially well off, white, not Muslim, not gay, have a passport to be allowed back into the country, etc. etc....
Compared to 3rd world countries and developing countries alone, you'd be correct in most cases, but many other developed nations provide equal and sometimes better services, support and protection for those in trade.
Now that's laughable, considering the racial profiling at airports and borders, the hate-on towards Muslims, gays, the French, and so on.
List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
^ The US is in 38th place..... Canada is in 11th place.... hell Cuba and Cyprus beat the US and the US is only a couple of spots above Kuwait.
Now that's a bit of an odd statement since Destiny is supposed to be something already predetermined.
Really? Tell that to those seeking same sex marriage, or the slaves who fled the US to Canada, or the woman who weren't even allowed to vote until 1920 in the US, which Canada allowed the year prior as just a few examples..... Usually the US was one of the last to act.
Now if this whole argument was restricted to comparing the US to 3rd world countries, many of these things would be accurate..... however from my perspective, there are many other Western/Developed nations in the world that have far less divisions in their society compared to the US over the above.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!
Do as we say, do what we want, or we'll unload sanctions all over your arse, or put up a blockade, or even better, invade and replace your government.... Righty-o.
You don't get out much do you?
If you say so.
I'm not about to say Canada is the greatest nation ever, nor would I say any other nation in the world is the greatest in the world.... simply because I know better. Every nation has their faults and their benefits..... which all make each nation great in some aspects, yet horrible in others.
If this was the late 1940's or even 50's, I might have agreed with you that the US was one of, if not the, greatest nation in the world.... but in the last few decades, the US has kinda gone down the drain in my opinion.
The World's largest debt, the only western nation that has no form of universal health care for its citizens, one of the highest, if not the highest amount of assassinated and attempted assassinations of leaders of any western/developed nation... one of the highest amount of gun related homicides in the world, where the US is only beaten out by Colombia and Guatemala.....
(Source: Gun violence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
.... I would suspect you either started this topic to try and stir up crap, or just completely ignorant.... either way, thanks for the entertainment.
Don't forget... you asked. :lol:
No, that ungabunga, as doled out by Bubba down the way. You know who I'm talking aboot. The big tattooed Eskeemoo in the Igloo at the end of our one road. You know who I'm talking aboot eh?
I thought about it, but decided it wasn't worth the effort because it was so ridiculous.
I appreciate your effort.
Hypothetically speaking, even if every single person in the US said their country is the greatest in the world or even history, I imagine just about every other nation in the world would say otherwise for one reason or another... chances are most wouldn't even name their own country, but another country, and if the US was so great, how come the entire planet hasn't decided to join the US to make one big happy and giant US, thus one big happy and great planet?
Your above statement is about the same as me saying I got the biggest penis in the world.... it's easy to compliment and brag about yourself, but what really makes what one says true is if everybody else besides you agrees with what you say and there's facts to back it up.
You think the US is the greatest country in the world.... fair enough, that's your opinion.... but for me personally, the US would be one of the last countries in the world I'd want to move to and live in.
And that's just my opinion.
I'd personally would rather move to the UK, Australia, or one of the many other European nations before I moved to the US..... sorry to say.
I know all the eskimos in Toronto but I am not aware of the one you speak of. Perhaps he's hunting polar bears on the shores of Lake Ontario.
I defend the USA on the charge of being uneducated on the basis that the only real acceptable standards of comparing the intelligence of countries that I know of are those international student surveys such as the PISA survey and the USA does okay on them. Not the best, but okay.
All the other ways of judging intelligence (ie asking people questions on the street) is anecdotal.
Looking over that "list" again, it has to be parody, not even the most deluded of fools could believe such things?
Oh ya, how could I forget that?
If you see him, let him know his dog team had to be eaten. It got cold and we couldn't get to the wigwam to get some food eh.
America is wonderful and the people are the most beautiful and the president knows Jesus, gimmie the crack quick