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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:57 PM Original message |
America is THE BEST country in the world. Why? |
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seatless-in-seattle (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. All other countries suck more? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's just the Huxley phenomenon. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. well, it's not, but it's fun to say if one is a mindless twit. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because the bosses say it is. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. USA ! USA! USA! USA! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because people are free to post the most asinine statements. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because you can be anything in America. |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. In terms of overall quality of life this is a foolish statement |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You are NOT allowed to work or stay in other countries (bummer) |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because people who say that have never left the country. |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Definitely. I have a better life on the same income here in Japan than I did in the states. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Houses in japan are pretty expensive, not to mention small. Unless you leave in a small town. nt |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Fukuoka is not a small town (1.5 mil) and houses here start at $100K US |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. People want to come to America |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Maybe people in the third world do. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because the boaster lives here. That is all. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Those who claim this usually cite |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because that dogma has been pounded into our heads since birth, that's why.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, and commies are bad and jesus saves. That's the mantra. nt |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because McDonald's and Coke were invented here, plus |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's an out and out lie |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. If you live in La Jolla & have plenty of $ it's very true. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not only is it the BEST Country in the World, California is the BEST State in the USA! Woo-hoo! |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Another reason many Americans think this way is tribalism. |
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Rocknrule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world, all other countries are run by little girls... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Do you also question "Thank heaven for 7/11"? |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Jingoism. But on the other hand, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. Because we have a cool flag |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. high fructose corn hyrup |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
30. I do not think the US is "the best".... |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
31. American exceptionalism. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Precisely. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. It isn't. End of argument. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. May have been true in the 1950's, '60's, but no more. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. We certainly have the most technologically advanced military |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. No other nation can come close to our prison stats. |
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