What do you like about America?

Intubater69 · Post by **Intubater69** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:28 am

undeclared wrote:I like how the majority of my canadian historical icons are owned and operated in the good 'ol USA

Well I for one love ur Labatt's

Glenn Young · Post by **Glenn Young** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:59 am

My friends.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:09 am

Convenient location.

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:16 am

Cheap Gas, and great postal service.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:00 pm

Gay Marriage

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:49 pm

Steven bradford wrote:Cheap Gas, and great postal service.

Over three weeks now waiting for an insured package.
Where is it?
Who the fuck knows?
Not the post office.

They tell me it may take longer!!!

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:03 pm

You're funny.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:35 pm

Steven bradford wrote:You're funny.

Yes.
Laugh at my pain.

Vampira · Post by **Vampira** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:39 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:
Vampira wrote:The soil

yeah, but have you heard what the queers are doing to it?

No...

Tell me please.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:02 am

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=s ... itesearch=

Vampira · Post by **Vampira** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:18 pm

mischterious · Post by **mischterious** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:32 am

when i really think about it, i do love this country. it is a pretty great place to live when you get right down to it. the idea that this country is based on, whether or not our current leaders choose to follow it, is quite an amazing thing. oftentimes many people think its just 'not cool' to be patriotic. it might make you sound like an ignorant bible-banging southerner. but the fact that you have the right to protest the govt is a powerful thing. along with all of the land that this country has: mountains, beaches, plains, desert, forests. you can see so much without leaving the country. plus there's all the technological advancements in the information and healthcare field that have been made. we still need to provide healthcare to everyone, but we're on the right track. the idea of equality is in everyone's mind, and making it an actual reality isn't too far off. there is also the fact that everything is so accessible, (i'm speaking from the point of view of someone who lives in a big city, Philly) where you can go to one store and there is almost everything that you could need. you can build a house from materials from home depot, then furnish it with things from ikea, then fill it with food from a grocery store. the idea that someone who works hard can make their way is still alive, and despite the current recession and soaring gas prices, (which i actually don't have that much of an issue with b/c it means people are driving less and polluting less) their is still hope and freedom that is alive here.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:03 am

It would be great if there weren't so many Americans in it.

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:16 pm

Freedom to move about,
freedom to assemble,
the Supreme Court
National Parks
fireworks

I could go on

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:03 pm

mdmf007 wrote:Freedom to move about

As in dancing, stambling, bambling

mdmf007 wrote:freedom to assemble

Like ikea furniture with that wrench that is the only tool the swedish have

willyloafofphora · Post by **willyloafofphora** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:19 am

I love the unelected Tsar who lives 3000 miles from me, has no scientific training what so ever, and gets to tell me and my Harvard educated physician what drugs I should be taking. Its also pretty cool when federal agents bust down my physician's front door and wake him up with a shotgun in his face at 4:30 in the morning for recommending that I use a plant that the Tsar doesn't like. The 700 plus cops at burning man last year were also pretty neat. Also being too broke to go to the emergency room and having to figure out how to treat myself. If it weren't for these great things and all the others like them something like a utopia might start to sprout up and just think how lame that would be. Nothing to complain about no one to argue with I think I would kill myself.

willyloafofphora · Post by **willyloafofphora** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:25 am

Oh and someone mentioned the constitution. You might want to check this out for yourself but I'm pretty sure they abolished that thing like seven years ago it went out with the Backstreet Boys, bright orange adidas visors, and pants that turn into shorts.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:01 am

We have the freedom to be revolting.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:36 pm

[quote="willyloafofphora"]Oh and someone mentioned the constitution. You might want to check this out for yourself but I'm pretty sure they abolished that thing like seven years ago it went out with the Backstreet Boys, bright orange adidas visors, and pants that turn into shorts.[/quote]

shit. these pants are 'out'?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:21 pm

uni-dogs from the uni-mart served by the uni-bomber.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:43 am

Budweiser!

toxic07 · Post by **toxic07** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:39 pm

US - THE Land of opportunity and freedom.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:03 pm

I like the vehicles.

Burning Garlic · Post by **Burning Garlic** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:29 pm

I'm sure the vehicles like you too. :)

transgirl · Post by **transgirl** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:18 pm

This is an AMAZING country.

Indoor plumbing/running water/sanitation, central heat/air, electricity on demand, huge variety of all types of goods/products/services, great entertainment/hobby options, etc...

The fact that I screwed up my life in my teens and early twenties to the point where in many other countries I would have never gotten a second chance, but here I was able to go to a tech school, then a 4 year, now I'm pursuing a masters in edu counseling and currently working as an autism therapist. (Oh, and since I have always been poor, loans and grants have paid my way while I worked part time. Won't find that option in most countries. No one gave me a DIME (except lenders and the good tax-paying public ha; until I finished that is and my parents bought me a congratulatory Honda. :twisted: )

It's so damn comfortable here people seem to be completely satiated and happy to accept we are, and have been, losing personal freedoms and rights all along...
The horrendous over-legislation is one of my few major complaints. The nanny culture is tiresome, definitely. Let people live and fuck up, man; instead of turning them into criminals.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:26 am

Stability, safety, prosperity.
Kudos, citizen. You have served your emperor well.

transgirl · Post by **transgirl** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:33 am

You can have prosperity (although perhaps not stability?), comfort, etc... without being slaves to an emperor or government. Life still goes on if things were more privatized and less gov. subsidized. People think government has to be huge though to have things as comfortable as they are now. We're living as slaves now due to huge government and over legislation.
I don't think it *has* to be that way. I'm not an economist, so I can't put money on it.
For instance, when I went through school in my current state, this first 2 yrs. of my education were funded largely by the Pell grant. Now they have adopted an education lottery. People are still going to school with as much if not more "free" money. It's just that gamblers are paying it.

I heard government intervention actually causes the extreme gap in wealth that we see currently. ..The super-rich wouldn't exist apparently if the government wasnâ€™t making them that way at the expense of everyone else.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:27 pm

I met an economist with a proposal to use the wealth of the country to give everyone a base income.
If the resources weren't "sold" to private interests, the money is already there.
It's just wasted or lost to corruption.

And that's without an income tax.

wildgunman · Post by **wildgunman** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:14 am

AntiM wrote:Insulation and central heat. Those years in an old Japanese house were frigid.

Whoa. You're not kidding. I'm sorry, but a heavy duty Uwagi and a foot warming Kotatsu just doesn't cut it. So yeah, Owens-Corning, you're my American BFF.

Course, as an economist, it's first and foremost free markets, or at least as Friedman put it, the ability to be "Free to Choose." If you put value on fancy cars and big screen TVs, it's there for you. If you put value on community gardens, volunteerism, and community living, put your labor and capital into that. If you want to set up a 45,000 person city in the middle of the desert with a gift economy and a host of fiery art projects, put your labor and capital into that.

That and Pabst Blue Ribbon. That stuff is the bomb.

ZEFEX · Post by **ZEFEX** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:04 am

I love the consumer whores, they will eat cancer if you put it on a bun and sell it to them for 50 cents. You gotta love america!

What do you like about America?

Consumerism is #1 in America