Is America the Greatest Country?

A couple reasons that are current and not from the history books.
Beef its whats for dinner, the US is still the leading producer of beef products.
Cheese, it makes anything taste better and we are tops here out of any country.
These top two might partially be responsible for us leading in obesity. The positive is that being prosperous we have so much food were all eating too much.
We give more than any other country and are probably the reason a large percentage of the world hasn't starved or died from a preventable diseases. No other country is even in the same ballpark as the US.
Here at home we are also ranked the most generous populace in terms of volunteering, helping strangers, and donating money.

Quote from dynamite : Officially the USA is ranked #4. Australia is #2 behind Norway, but let me tell you it is known as God's country for a reason......Australia gets my nod.

Then why do all the Ozzies I know want to retire in NZ.

Australia was my favorite place to live/retire when i was younger. Then I worked in NZ for a bit and that quickly changed

Quote from LivninSC : Then why do all the Ozzies I know want to retire in NZ. Australia was my favorite place to live/retire when i was younger. Then I worked in NZ for a bit and that quickly changed

Yep I have been to NZ many times and agree it would be a great place to retire. It is a smaller version of Australia with the weather of Oregon. Nothing beats growing up in Australia tho....nothing!

Quote from Rebound : Yes, and you replied that Harry Reid's kids are lobbyists, as if the Democrats are the cause of the lobbyist problem. I fairly pointed out that, sadly, this problem affects Democrats and Republicans alike. Why you feel motivated to deny that is confusing to me.

Why anybody feels anything can be done about lobbyists confuses me.

The legal system is setup so that smart attorneys can find out ways around Washington's non-sense. And no, don't assume that's a sympathetic line towards lobbyists. Rather, Congress is stupid enough that they think they can pass fool-proof, loophole-less laws.

(Note: Part of the reason I posted that link is that more than likely, I'd put money on Bridgeburner voting for Reid in 2010 --- I assume he's been with SD for sometime. Even the Senate Major Leader who is one of the most powerful people in Washington is sympathetic to lobbyists since they are his sons.)

Quote from dynamite : Yep I have been to NZ many times and agree it would be a great place to retire. It is a smaller version of Australia with the weather of Oregon. Nothing beats growing up in Australia tho....nothing!

I miss their road signs basically telling you to stay alert and drive safely!



Can't find the other one but one was something like "Johnny lost his life between 97.3 and 101.2" implying he was changing his radio station when he lost control.

Although haha, this one may be better (not a NZ one).

Quote from Hawk2007 : How about that Michael Phelps? But let's remember he didn't win all those medals, someone else did. After all, he and I swam in public pools, built by state employees using tax dollars. He got training from the USOC, and ate food grown by the Department of Agriculture. He should play fair and share his medals with people like me, who can barely keep my head above water, let alone swim.

Your signature is interesting. I agree with most of it. Michael Phelps doesn't race for Team Phelps, he races for Team America, because, you're right, he got his food/training/education in America. Of course his medals are his, but he shares them with the United States of America. Twenty times, they played America's national anthem for Michael Phelps.

Quote from Rebound : Your signature is interesting. I agree with most of it. Michael Phelps doesn't race for Team Phelps, he races for Team America, because, you're right, he got his food/training/education in America. Of course his medals are his, but he shares them with the United States of America. Twenty times, they played America's national anthem for Michael Phelps.

It was pulled from a Peggy Noonan article if that changes your opinion. But no, their his, not ours. I'm proud of his accomplishments, but I don't share the medals with any of the competitors who win or don't. None of us were waking up at 6 AM to train and basically live in the water for the last 20 years.

But, he did travel over roads and bridges to swim meets and the Olympics that he did not build.

Quote from Hawk2007 : It was pulled from a Peggy Noonan article if that changes your opinion. But no, their his, not ours. I'm proud of his accomplishments, but I don't share the medals with any of the competitors who win or don't. None of us were waking up at 6 AM to train and basically live in the water for the last 20 years. But, he did travel over roads and bridges to swim meets and the Olympics that he did not build.

So when you read how many medals America won, you feel that is meaningless and you feel that there is no such thing as patriotism, just everybody is out for himself, and we happen to share a border with Mexico and Canada.

I would presume, then, that you don't think America is the greatest nation in the world, because it is irrelevant to you if we are. It only matters how great you are, and no-one else matters.