I think it's a great country which has really gotten F'd over badly by the military industrial complex and its puppet leadership...........Ike was bang on.
What's your opinion on United States Of America?
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It's the westernmost outpost of Imperial Israel, Soylent Green plantations far as the eye can see.
Canada is a boil on it's financial ass. Mexicans will do all the work.
CHART SHOCK: The REAL Unemployment Rate Is 22%
Land of the free home of the brave. Their not free but you can get them cheap and they're going to bravely face the #1 greatest depression in the memory of the planet. Most of them can't read this so pass it along.
Canada is a boil on it's financial ass. Mexicans will do all the work.
CHART SHOCK: The REAL Unemployment Rate Is 22%
Land of the free home of the brave. Their not free but you can get them cheap and they're going to bravely face the #1 greatest depression in the memory of the planet. Most of them can't read this so pass it along.
And the majority of Americans are too manipulated to know they are getting screwed over. BTW, I'm not saying Americans are uniquely dumb. But their MSM is highly manipulative and even when the lies are blatant, the average person still believes them because they are repeated so often. If the MSM was balanced, Chomsky would be as well known as Limbaugh.
It will break their hearts when the sun goes down on the stars and stripes and many of them will think it was legal abortion or unions or atheists, they will never ever guess it was being #1.
The US will crash because they spent more money than they had, and then borrowed to pay the interest until the inevitable collapse. I won't be cheering as the US drive their economy off a cliff. Canadians will be screaming in the passenger seat...
Canada has an millstone around it's neck. The millstone is called America. Don't even bother denying it. We're in this together whether you like it or not. Why? For the same reason America has a millstone around it's neck called Mexico.
Does Mexico have a millstone around it's neck called Guatemala? Would we be better off moving to Argentina, which, if I follow your logic, has no millstones around its neck?
No. Mexico deals harshly with people crossing its border illegally from Central America. Besides the movements of people that can't be stopped by Canada or America, the fact is that Canada has voluntarily interwoven its economic and national security affairs with America. The difference between Canada and other countries is that Canadians have voluntarily and enthusiastically assumed the burden.
To CC members:
Here's a story about a Canadian you might find of interest: Canadian English teacher killed near Busan
Well being number 1 means there really is no where left to go. However it's is better to have loved and lost, then to never have loved at all. I don't think the US is quite done yet.
Police believe the man, a university instructor in Daegu and a heavy drinker, had fallen asleep drunk on the tracks. He was hit by a Saemaul-ho at around 5:50am.
Just exactly the kind of "millstone" I want when the aliens invade.
Good thing I read the article, I was beginning to wonder what kind of ho would still be in business at that hour of the morning.
And you know better than the majority of Americans? Even Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of "Human Rights Watch" says you and the others went to far. Yes, Americans do know more than you.
Why some people care just a little less about the USA:
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It's the Inequality, Stupid
Illustrations by Jason Schneider
Eleven charts that explain everything that's wrong with America.
— By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot
March/April 2011 Issue
How Rich Are the Superrich?
A huge share of the nation's economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of us? $31,244.
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Note: The 2007 data (the most current) doesn't reflect the impact of the housing market crash. In 2007, the bottom 60% of Americans had 65% of their net worth tied up in their homes. The top 1%, in contrast, had just 10%. The housing crisis has no doubt further swelled the share of total net worth held by the superrich.
Winners Take All
The superrich have grabbed the bulk of the past three decades' gains.
Out of Balance
A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is distributed in the United States. Most thought that it’s more balanced than it actually is. Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked one that was even more equitable.
Capitol Gain
Why Washington is closer to Wall Street than Main Street.
member max. est. net worth Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) $451.1 million Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) $435.4 million Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) $366.2 million Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) $294.9 million Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) $285.1 million Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) $283.1 million Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) $231.2 million Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) $201.5 million Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) $136.2 million Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) $108.1 million combined net worth: $2.8 billion
Congressional data from 2009. Family net worth data from 2007. Sources: Center for Responsive Politics; US Census; Edward Wolff, Bard College.
Who's Winning?
For a healthy few, it's getting better all the time.
YOUR LOSS,THEIR GAIN
How much income have you given up for the top 1 percent?
Sources
Income distribution: Emmanuel Saez (Excel)
Net worth: Edward Wolff (PDF)
Household income/income share: Congressional Budget Office
Real vs. desired distribution of wealth: Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely (PDF)
Net worth of Americans vs. Congress: Federal Reserve (average); Center for Responsive Politics (Congress)
Your chances of being a millionaire: Calculation based on data from Wolff (PDF); US Census (household and population data)
Member of Congress' chances: Center for Responsive Politics
Wealthiest members of Congress: Center for Responsive Politics
Tax cut votes: New York Times (Senate; House)
Wall street profits, 2007-2009: New York State Comptroller (PDF)
Unemployment rate, 2007-2009: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Home equity, 2007-2009: Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds data, 1995-2004 and 2005-2009 (PDFs)
CEO vs. worker pay: Economic Policy Institute
Historic tax rates: Calculations based on data from The Tax Foundation
Federal tax revenue: Joint Committee on Taxation (PDF)
Read also: Kevin Drum on the decline of Big Labor, the rise of Big Business, and why the Obama era fizzled so soon.
More Mother Jones charty goodness: How the rich get richer; how the poor get poorer; who owns Congress?
Dave Gilson is a senior editor at Mother Jones
It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones
Politics
→ Economy, Money in Politics, Top Stories
It's the Inequality, Stupid
Eleven charts that explain everything that's wrong with America.
— By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot
March/April 2011 Issue
How Rich Are the Superrich?
A huge share of the nation's economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of us? $31,244.
Advertise on MotherJones.com
Note: The 2007 data (the most current) doesn't reflect the impact of the housing market crash. In 2007, the bottom 60% of Americans had 65% of their net worth tied up in their homes. The top 1%, in contrast, had just 10%. The housing crisis has no doubt further swelled the share of total net worth held by the superrich.
Winners Take All
The superrich have grabbed the bulk of the past three decades' gains.
Out of Balance
A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is distributed in the United States. Most thought that it’s more balanced than it actually is. Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked one that was even more equitable.
Capitol Gain
Why Washington is closer to Wall Street than Main Street.
For a healthy few, it's getting better all the time.
How much income have you given up for the top 1 percent?
Sources
Income distribution: Emmanuel Saez (Excel)
Net worth: Edward Wolff (PDF)
Household income/income share: Congressional Budget Office
Real vs. desired distribution of wealth: Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely (PDF)
Net worth of Americans vs. Congress: Federal Reserve (average); Center for Responsive Politics (Congress)
Your chances of being a millionaire: Calculation based on data from Wolff (PDF); US Census (household and population data)
Member of Congress' chances: Center for Responsive Politics
Wealthiest members of Congress: Center for Responsive Politics
Tax cut votes: New York Times (Senate; House)
Wall street profits, 2007-2009: New York State Comptroller (PDF)
Unemployment rate, 2007-2009: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Home equity, 2007-2009: Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds data, 1995-2004 and 2005-2009 (PDFs)
CEO vs. worker pay: Economic Policy Institute
Historic tax rates: Calculations based on data from The Tax Foundation
Federal tax revenue: Joint Committee on Taxation (PDF)
Read also: Kevin Drum on the decline of Big Labor, the rise of Big Business, and why the Obama era fizzled so soon.
More Mother Jones charty goodness: How the rich get richer; how the poor get poorer; who owns Congress?
Dave Gilson is a senior editor at Mother Jones
It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones