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June 13, 2007
Let's Reflect for a Moment on How Awesome America Is
According to this report from FoxNews.com, it looks like Asia is on the way to becoming one big sausage fest. Sometimes it seems like the entire world is completely screwed up except for the U.S. of A. We may have many problems of our own, but it's good to take some time to reflect on how awesome America is: ADVANTAGES AMERICA HAS OVER ALL OTHER COUNTRIES * We're the richest. * We're the smartest (we have the smartest people that is; I don't give a rat ass what our average test scores are as long as we still get the cream of the crop). * We're the freest (freedom of speech -- we invented the internet -- freedom of self-defense, economic freedom, etc.). * Our military can easily defeat any other military out there. * We're the most diverse. * We respect women's rights. * We're still serious enough a people to kill criminals who need a kill'n. * We have the best TV shows and movies. * Despite our wealth, we have lots of yummy cheap food (yay 99 cent menus!). * Despite all our technological progress, we still have some of the best natural beauty in our national parks. * We just generally kick ass. * I live here. What are your favorite awesome things about America? 64 Responses To "Let's Reflect for a Moment on How Awesome America Is"
THE MOAB. The Supercarrier. The Stealth Bomber. Fred THompson. #1 - Posted by: Ringmaster on June 13, 2007 01:59 PMThe fact that nice, good-looking, well-educated, and cultured Chinese women come here. Baseball and football instead of soccer (I don't care whether the Eurotrash call it "football"; it's still soccer). Country music. #2 - Posted by: Silicon Valley Jim on June 13, 2007 02:10 PMWhat are your favorite awesome things about America? We can go to the range and spray as much lead as we can carry. We have the best music We have the best hiways and roads We have the best 4th of July parades (well, my town does anyway) We have the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley and Bob Dylan We have Fred Thompson. #3 - Posted by: Turtle on June 13, 2007 02:11 PMMore microbrew beers than I could ever drink in a lifetime. Ample parking The fattest "poor" people on earth. NFL football Ted Nugent Las Vegas! 80s thrash metal on both coasts Legal to shoot bad guys in your house That surprisingly delicious nacho cheese found at most convenience stores Trans Ams, GTOs and Chevelles #4 - Posted by: JingoBells on June 13, 2007 02:18 PMHmmm, can I pick a few things? And of course, the big daddy of them all but biggest and best of all, one of the two greatest men (barring Jesus for obvious reasons) to have ever lived America is sooo awesome we have one of only a few supervolcanos //...we invented in internet// What's this "we" stuff, pal? I think you meant to say "Al (me) invented THE internet. Get it right, or I'll do a documentary on you called "An Inconvenient Blogger Assassination". #8 - Posted by: Albert Gore on June 13, 2007 03:20 PMWe're not Europe. #9 - Posted by: Tony on June 13, 2007 03:31 PM(is there a limit?) A woman's right to vote... and grind on a pole for dollar bills. Generally not at the same time. We can read and some of us are even literate. Peace in the midwest. #11 - Posted by: Matty G on June 13, 2007 03:40 PMGeorge "the Man" Washington. Firearms people like y'all Burgers. mmh burgers... States like Montana Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey (hot dam that's good) That hot girl what lives over yonder SERPA holsters being able to own your own land / house etc the word "yeehaw" 500-yd lanes at the Gun range and much much more.... #12 - Posted by: HKpistole on June 13, 2007 03:42 PMSonic's double meat, chili cheese burgers. Military leaders like Claire Chennault, Jimmy Doolittle, "Wild Bill" Donovan, Curtis LeMay, and David Hackworth. "Teddy Ballgame" Williams (who was BOTH a military hero AND a sports legend). American musicians ranging from Ray Charles and James Brown to Johnny Ramone and Rudi Protrudi American automotive designers who came up with the '56 Chevy Nomad and the '58 Buick Roadmaster. #14 - Posted by: Chucky R. Law on June 13, 2007 03:54 PMMy favorite thing about America is that it is nowhere near Europe. #15 - Posted by: MikefromtheWVpartofNY on June 13, 2007 03:55 PMThe awesomeness (is that a word?) of America is self-evident. If this weren't the coolest, most wonderful country on the planet, millions of people from EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD wouldn't be continuously flocking here any way they can. Unfortunately they all too often tend to track in the sludge infecting their own countries. Maybe instead of a fence, we just need cultural DECON chambers at the border. Some body-washing, then some brainwashing. Then we could have a bunch of fresh, squeaky-clean new Americans, instead of hordes of dirty illegals. #16 - Posted by: Paul on June 13, 2007 04:40 PMWe are the best because God deemed it. In-N-Out Burger's Secret Menu (Who doesn't love it animal Style?) Baseball (NL) The 2nd Amendment -- brilliant! The fact that (in my state, anyway) I can buy any kind of handgun I want and nobody asks why. Freedom to criticize government officials. A MILITARY WE CAN RESPECT RATHER THAN FEAR!!! #20 - Posted by: Tommy the Towelhead on June 13, 2007 05:25 PMWe're not Mexico #21 - Posted by: Son of Bob on June 13, 2007 05:43 PMWe are free 1. BOURBON Jimmy Buffett All very nice but an important thing has been omitted: *WE ARE THE ONLY NATION TO ACTUALLY DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST AN ENEMY. ...And we'll do it again when required. #25 - Posted by: Spyndrilleum on June 13, 2007 05:57 PMTo quote someone else (can't remember who): "We go on military manuevers for fun and build spaceships for a hobby." When the 2006 tsunami devasted Banda Aceh, even the worst of the Islamist extremists there said that "when the Americans arrived, we knew everything would be all right." Even our "poor" wear gold on their fingers and eat out. Nobody's trying to kill me because of my gender (female) or religion (JOOOO!!!). #26 - Posted by: tankascribe on June 13, 2007 06:03 PMThat even though all our other superheroes outshine him to an incredible degree, we have graciously allowed Aquaman to live here. Because we're nice guys like that. #27 - Posted by: mightysamurai on June 13, 2007 06:38 PMThat if I can scrape up a thousand bucks, I can still get a M1 Garand straight from the Springfield armory. And, order it on line, too. Can I get a woo woo?! #28 - Posted by: KeithP on June 13, 2007 06:52 PMBurningman UFC NFL In-n-Out Hotties Mexican Food Thai Food Chinese Food Italian Food Bud Light to wash it all down. #29 - Posted by: Donovan on June 13, 2007 07:27 PMMy Lincoln Town Car I could go on all day...but nah. #30 - Posted by: Rightwingmac on June 13, 2007 08:10 PMAmerica is the absence of everything that's makes the rest of the world suck! It's so great that if it didn't exist, someone would have to invent it. Fred Thompson. Coastal Maine We don't have an inferiority complex (rarer than you'd think) We have a political party that makes a pretense to being rightwing vs. merely being not socialist (again, rarer than you'd think) South Park The best movies (yeah I hate Hollywood, but admit it, it's true) #34 - Posted by: WAL on June 13, 2007 10:41 PMNot Canada! Favorite things about America. Cassius Clay Simple. KeithP -- woowoo. There ya go bud. Good choice. #37 - Posted by: Skul on June 14, 2007 02:10 AMWhat I respect about US rather Americans is,They are giving respect to the persons who are knowledgeable and hard-workers invariable of their origin.. We try Sakthi. Sometimes we do fail. Thank you. #39 - Posted by: Skul on June 14, 2007 02:43 AMThe first amendment that allows y'all to say atrocious things like Brett farve and Bud lite (Everyone knows its all about Romo and Shiner Bock) and the second amendment that provides guns to protect the first. Not to mention Ford Broncos, overpowered engines, lift kits, and large tires. And Fred Thompson. #40 - Posted by: Hollis on June 14, 2007 04:17 AMThe 2nd Amendment. Hooters Texas Jobs that pay shlubs like me scandalous amounts of money while sitting at a desk and posting comments like these. #41 - Posted by: Subvet on June 14, 2007 04:27 AM"A woman's right to vote... and grind on a pole for dollar bills. Generally not at the same time." The Weber Grill Video Games! Well, yeah, America invented them (Atari), though the Japanese perfected them (Nintendo). However, we invented Japan! (Modern, post-imperial Japan, anyway) #44 - Posted by: MegaTroopX on June 14, 2007 08:20 AMAlso, every freakin' awesome weapons system that wasn't invented by Israelis (who are also awesome). #45 - Posted by: MegaTroopX on June 14, 2007 08:22 AMHey Hollis, If there is any doubt about America's greatness just look at our neighbors. Mexicans are falling all over themselves to get here and 90% of Canada's population is huddled along our northern border just to bask in our warm glow. And pizza (yes it comes from somewhere else but we do it best). #47 - Posted by: Muntz on June 14, 2007 11:00 AMAmerica is SO great that I just had to post again: Charles Ives, Ronald Reagan, J.D. Crowe, Ernest Hemingway, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tony Rice, Richard J. Daley, Sam Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, Jerry Douglas, George Washington, Fred Holstein, Abraham Lincoln, Ricky Skaggs, Ulysses S. Grant, Louis Armstrong Emma Lazarus's poem at the foot of the Statue of Liberty (yep, my ancestors were wretched refuse) Wrigley Field cornfields in Iowa hot midwestern summer nights Wild Turkey 101, Red Hook ESB, Mirror Pond and Sierra Nevada pale ales, Bridgeport IPA, California Cabernet Sauvignon Coca-Cola, too, come to think of it the Federalist Papers my bike ride home from work along the shore of the San Francisco Bay and then along Stevens Creek the fact that somebody whose ancestors came here from Poland, Ireland, and Germany can buy superb andouille sausage at a German delicatessen in a Mexican neighborhood - find THAT in any other country! #48 - Posted by: Silicon Valley Jim on June 14, 2007 11:30 AMOwning a home, a putting a fence around telling others to KEEP OUT! Flush Toilets and tons of toilet paper. We can shower 10 times a day if we want. So many stores of all kinds. Having good credit! It really is the land of opportunity...if you are willing to work hard. Cape Cod, the Bill of Rights, Ben Franklin, the lobster rolls at Brax Landing, New England sunrises, cranberries, John Elway, Mary Katherine Ham, the American flag, CLC kayaks, Phil Bolger, Ragdoll cats, hearing hymns being sung through the windows as you skip church to go to the beach on a summer Sunday morning, flea markets, nice soft toilet paper, mid-west non-accents, Bahstan accents, Dennis Miller, Mitt, Rudy, Fred!, the freedom to say that Hillary sucks without fear of retribution, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, our wonderful military men and women, the list goes on and on and on... #50 - Posted by: Stoutcat on June 14, 2007 12:41 PMReagan lol cats #52 - Posted by: kevink on June 14, 2007 12:51 PMTom Brady DEAN CAIN!! That...that's about all the original stuff I got. Everybody else took all the other stuff....OH WAIT! FAMOUS DAVE'S BARBEQUE PULLED PORK!! HA! #54 - Posted by: shimauma on June 14, 2007 01:40 PMThe Navy The personal freedom to be a married woman with three kids, a cat, and a head of thick, unveiled hair. Fred! Chesapeake (Maryland) blue crabs The knowledge that my daughter will have the same opportunities in life that her brothers will have, and that they are growing up in the greatest country on Earth. #55 - Posted by: Anna V. on June 14, 2007 01:54 PMCHEERLEADERS!!!! #56 - Posted by: apeneck on June 14, 2007 02:23 PMYep... Everyone's comments are hitting the high points... We have the greatest heroes, the deadliest military, the most awesome women, the coolest cars... (a truly endless list.) Additionally... Americans are a fun-loving, wise, and sometimes too tolerant bunch, but... when we reach our bullshit threshold, we WILL kill the bad guys, punch the hippies, save an ungrateful planet... etc. THEN PARTY OURSELVES BLIND!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!! #57 - Posted by: Jim on June 14, 2007 02:36 PMBlackwaterUSA All-Volunteer Military 2cnd Amendment we are not France. #58 - Posted by: Grousie on June 14, 2007 11:51 PMWe are so benevolent that we even protect whining nancy-boy countries like those snail eating bastards in France. #59 - Posted by: Trigger on June 15, 2007 12:32 PMCome to think of it, is there anything at all that we are NOT the best at? I honestly can't think of anything. There has to be something, right? I mean, we can't be the best at EVERYTHING, can we.....? #60 - Posted by: Paul on June 15, 2007 04:15 PMThe Constitution. Everything else is just a BONUS. I like soccer... Ok not as much as Football but still better than hockey or basketball. #61 - Posted by: Giovanni on June 15, 2007 05:45 PMSucking and Surrender, the French have those locked up Paul. #62 - Posted by: on June 16, 2007 10:34 AMREAL sports, as many of you have mentioned. Doing what you want, when you want, without fear of the government interferring. Damn I love this country. I'd probably run through barbed wire to get here, too. #63 - Posted by: JP on June 17, 2007 09:56 AMBeing the World's Police because every other nation is too pussified to do it on their own. Actually having used the Bomb. Not Signing Kyoto. IMAO. #64 - Posted by: on June 19, 2007 04:40 PMPost a comment
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