What Makes America Great?

12 years ago

Yeah, I kinda like America.. The freedom.. the freedom to express anything without thinking of someone getting their feelings hurt..

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kenmichaels

12 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

What Makes America Great?

Hot Apple Pie

and the ability to ignore all the lies,

and if that fails

... alcohol

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

Freedom. That makes everything else possible.

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shashank

12 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

For me, some of the things that make America great are:
1. Democracy (using the bedrock of democracy: publicly hand-counted paper ballots)
2. US Constitution (eg freedom of beliefs, right to assemble, freedom of speech)
3. Movies
4. Inventions and scientific innovations.
5. Entrepreneurial spirit.
6. Literature.
7. The arts.

(This thread is about what is good about the USA, so please don't trash America here)

Complete Intolerance Against Terrorism......

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hardraysnight

12 years ago

ramones, flamin' groovies, blues brothers

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MikeAmbrosio

12 years ago

Being in debt (low-mid five figures) and having the ability to clear that debt in less than a year through hard work and opportunity. Even without a formal education

Baseball

NY Giants

"Fall Off The Bone" baby back ribs

Harley Davidson (Heritage Softail for me...)

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12 years ago

I Like America - US Constitution (eg freedom of beliefs, right to assemble, freedom of speech)

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

The people that reside within it.

Some of the coolest, the craziest, the most fun loving and kind hearted people I know all live here in America.

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- KimW 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MissTerraK
  
  The people that reside within it.
  
  Some of the coolest, the craziest, the most fun loving and kind hearted people I know all live here in America.
  
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  <head hanging down and shufflin feet> awe thanks ,Terra, we like you too.
  
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- yitbarek 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MissTerraK
  
  The people that reside within it.
  
  Some of the coolest, the craziest, the most fun loving and kind hearted people I know all live here in America.
  
  Terra
  
  I am not American or never been there (but want to bethere ) But I have one customer who outsorce works for me, he is kind heart.
  
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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

One of the things that makes America great is the inspiration we provide to the rest of the world.

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AllenBrayan

12 years ago

It has got to be blonde chicks with big treasure chests (just kidding

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SteveJohnson

12 years ago

What makes America great is what has made America great since its inception - the people who live here. Without the people, it's just real estate.

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ThomM 12 years ago

Originally Posted by SteveJohnson

What makes America great is what has made America great since its inception - the people who live here. Without the people, it's just real estate.

Very true, but the real estate is pretty great also
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Sumit Menon

12 years ago

American people are very cool! At least the ones I know. They don't have any bias (except for maybe religion and politics) against anyone unlike some people I've known from other countries and my own. Capitalism and innovation has contributed much to making America the most powerful nation too, I believe.

Also, if it weren't for American culture seeping into ours, girls would be wearing too much clothing. So, I thank you for that America.

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Sumit Menon

American people are very cool! At least the ones I know. They don't have any bias (except for maybe religion and politics) against anyone unlike some people I've known from other countries and my own. Capitalism and innovation has contributed much to making America the most powerful nation too, I believe.

Also, if it weren't for American culture seeping into ours, girls would be wearing too much clothing. So, I thank you for that America.

And we thank you for your beautiful women who like to come over here and not wear very much clothes

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Sumit Menon 12 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

And we thank you for your beautiful women who like to come over here and not wear very much clothes

You're welcome. You can keep them, btw. They wouldn't be able to do their best work in our country...
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Lori Kelly

12 years ago

Definitely the people.

The Jeep broke down yesterday and when two guys saw me trying to push it, they dropped everything they were doing to help me.

I took a tire in to get repaired, they took it off the car, checked it out, fixed it and said, "no charge."

A lost dog is one of my greatest weaknesses. Thanks to my hubby for letting me bring the mutts home so I can find their mom and dad.

I shop local to help the businesses in my area. Although Ace Hardware is more expensive than Home Crapo, I will shop at Ace.

When someone in our community needs help with medical bills due to a serious illness, car crash, etc., the amount of support they receive is heartwarming.

When a couple living on a cul-de-sac struggled financially, husband lost his job, wife working two jobs, still can't make ends meet, they lost their home through foreclosure. Their neighbors suggested they move in with them until the struggling family got back on their feet.

A local business was going under somewhere back East (can't remember where) and the locals turned out by the dozens to spend their money in that store to help keep it open.

It's no doubt it's the people that make America great.

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HeySal

12 years ago

The real estate is absolutely incredible. There are places in this country that are so breathtakingly spectacular that you have to wonder how even a God could think of it.

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KimW

12 years ago

So true Sal. In my younger days I and two friends hitchhiked across the country.I have been in every state except Alaska. Yellowstone is breathe-taking, but some of the most awe inspiring land in my opinion is the midwest. Mesa Verde,Chaco Canyon, Petrified Forest,and of course the Grand canyon.
But it really is possible to find beauty in almost every part of the country.

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MikeAmbrosio

12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

So true Sal. In my younger days I and two friends hitchhiked across the country.I have been in every state except Alaska. Yellowstone is breathe-taking, but some of the most awe inspiring land in my opinion is the midwest. Mesa Verde,Chaco Canyon, Petrified Forest,and of course the Grand canyon.
But it really is possible to find beauty in almost every part of the country.

It's the goal of my wife and I to see many of these sites on the back of a Harley. Once the little guy is older...

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HeySal

12 years ago

Well, Mike - you have a lot of guys nodding their heads on that one. I drive a meat wagon, though (Jeep). One nice thing about seeing things in a jeep is that you can just jump in back and sleep - dry, never wake up with a snake curled up next to you or a coyote or bear's wet nose on your feet.

Whatever way you choose --- see everything.

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keithotzkie

12 years ago

I think its the freedom but sometimes I dont like how liberated the people living there right now.. Anyways, I love their movies..

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TLTheLiberator 12 years ago

Originally Posted by keithotzkie

I think its the freedom but sometimes I dont like how liberated the people living there right now.. Anyways, I love their movies..

Why would you have a problem with how 'liberated" people are living right now?

That's one of the things that makes American great, knowing that as long as you don't bother someone else you can pretty much live and let live.

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Jeff Burritt

Banned 12 years ago

America has done something no other nation in recorded history has done. We have traveled off our planet and set foot upon another piece of rock orbiting our sun.

I'm still amazing by this.

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Chris Worner

12 years ago

Dr Pepper, sexy ladies and guns!

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thunderbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

America is over. The experiment failed. People have proven themselves incapable of self-government.

Is this an official statement from the "National Sarcasm Society" or just your opinion?

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HeySal 12 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Is this an official statement from the "National Sarcasm Society" or just your opinion?

Perhaps you will remember the bailout in 2008? A VAST majority of Americans opposed it. They just didn't not want it -- they wrote, called, petitioned against to make the largest statement against a gov action ever made in this country. Yet they said "up yours" and stole our money from us anyway -- and, as we have found out later, completely LIED about what they did. Does that sound like democracy in action to you? We tried to impeach Bush -- we had major huge petitions (millions of names) sent in - did we get an impeachment hearing? Nope. We were told tough noogies (a lot of our "leaders" would have landed in jail so they just denied the hearing). Democracy in action? How many Americans even know that there is an impeachment investigation going on against our current President? Hmmm - why isn't the media talking about it? Oh - that's right. We have a corporate media. Free presses are only found in democracies. We have the TSA, Vans equipped with the same machines running the streets - cameras everywhere, drones soon to fly our skies (30,000) of them, and a militia police force.

As it stands we are in a half and half situation right now. We still have some of our original constitutional rights, but most are gone. If they are able to take out our 2nd amendment like they are trying to do, you will see exactly how "sarcastic" Ken's comments are.
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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

America is over. The experiment failed. People have proven themselves incapable of self-government.

So, we've hit another big bump in the road much like the war of 1812, the civil war, the great depression and now 80 years later the great recession and even though we've bounced back stronger than ever before from those setbacks, and it's still early in the recovery process from this great recession...

...you're now ready to pack it all in?

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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

Lollipop, Pollyanna?

Gumdrop, maybe?

Tsk, tsk.

Everything's alright.

Go back to sleep. When you wake up, it will all be better.

Go back to sleep, Pollyanna?

Pollyanish?? And you're the opposite.

Me thinks of Eeyore of Winnie the Pooh fame.

I can hear him now... "we'll never make it", when you're less than 100 feet from the finish line.

It's less than 4 years after the crash and you've already thrown in the towel.

- You're like the boxing corner man who throws in the towel after his fighter takes a couple good shots - but he's still not down and out.

- You're like the baseball manager who won't even allow his team to take their final at bat and you're only down by a couple of runs.

- You're like the basketball coach that clears the bench when your team is down by 10 points with 10 minutes to go in the game.

I guess when the going gets tough the tough get going.

With your attitudes I doubt this nation would have been founded in the first place.

All The Best!!

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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

Yes, we must all have a positive attitude and hope for the best.

It's always darkest before dawn...

Bleh.

The "crash" has nothing to do with it. It was entirely predictable that our government would rob us to pay for it. They have been doing it since the Civil War and will continue to do so because people are too lazy to garner any understanding whatsoever of what our good ol' government actually is.

No, it has to do with people being blissfully ignorant about our country and lacking the necessary acumen to be citizens.

I no longer care to talk to them. Let them sleep. I have better things to do. Self-government is a failure because people are too lazy and incompetent to govern themselves.

Why waste my energy on someone who likens massive fraud and currency manipulation to getting knocked down in a prize fight?

I used to have hope for my country but posts like yours make me understand that is a waste of time.

So how 'bout them Cubs?

Thanks for making me laugh.

Ken, I want you to understand that what I have said is not personal as I would say the same to anyone with your mindset.

In reality I did not liken what has happened to the nation to getting knocked down in a prizefight.

I was talking about IMHO, your complete lack of perspective and the fact that you have completely misread the situation when I used those sports metaphors.

BTW...

- It's 4th and 28 with two minutes to go, you're down by a touchdown but you've decided to have your QB fall on the ball.

- You're playing golf and the best club for the next shot would be a 9 iron but you're going to use a putter instead.

anyways...

Just because folks don't want the "action option" you'd probably endorse and prefer

( doing nothing and/or I wouldn't be surprised if it was the "milly" option ) ...

...that's no good reason to dog out the population.

Not many people feel the way you do so therefore in your book that makes them idiots.

Sure...

I'm not overjoyed with the American people's (voters) reaction to the crisis but as far as I'm concerned it's a way to early in the recovery process to throw them and the nation under the bus.

Yoda said....

Anger leads to frustration which leads to cloudy prospectives and decisions which lead to the dark side.

I shudder to think of George Washington (after being equipped with your mindset) ...

...would have done in the winter of 1776, when we were down to a only a couple thousand troops vs. the overwhelming might of the British Empire.

It was near Xmas time and many of the troops would be free to go home at the end of the year.

The situation looked very bleak to say the least.

But...

Instead of packing it in, on Xmas morn we struck the party animals, the Hessions at Trenton and gained a great victory and saved the revolution.

But alas...

None of us reading this would have been born cause ( with your attitudes ) George Washington would have simply packed it in...

...and the American experience would have never happened in the first place.

All The Best!!

TL

Ps. Another thing that makes America great is our world famous can do attitude.

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12 years ago

TL - you sound more like a paid disinformation specialist every time I read your political opinions.

When people sit back and allow themselves to be stolen from and treated like slaves, it is time to act - and when they refuse to take off the rose colored glasses and see that they NEED to act or we are done as a democratic republic, then they ARE idiots -- unless they want to live in a fascist society. Actually, most people ignore everything until that fascism hits their own home, then they cry about it and have no clue why what just happened did. Sorry - that is idiocy.

Example? People get absolutely abused by TSA agents every day - and they cry real loud when it happens -- but they aren't refusing to fly until the gestapo tactics are removed and some sensible security measures applied instead. They just keep going through that toxic radiation and letting some $10 an hour pervert that signed on specifically to abuse people grope their genitals or drug test little kids.

It was the same way in the early 70's when drug tests for jobs was first started. It was all about finding drugs so people thought that was a good thing. Now we have them setting up cameras and stealing DNA and doing searches without warrants or probable cause. We let them start a "war on terrorists" and they are listing even peaceful protesters as terrorists.

When it goes too far it goes too far. And it has. Rose colored glasses are not positive thinking. They are refusing to face reality. You can not take POSITIVE action when you refuse to face reality. It takes facing it to find the answers to solve the problem.

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TLTheLiberator

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

TL - you sound more like a paid disinformation specialist every time I read your political opinions.

When people sit back and allow themselves to be stolen from and treated like slaves, it is time to act - and when they refuse to take off the rose colored glasses and see that they NEED to act or we are done as a democratic republic, then they ARE idiots -- unless they want to live in a fascist society. Actually, most people ignore everything until that fascism hits their own home, then they cry about it and have no clue why what just happened did. Sorry - that is idiocy.

Example? People get absolutely abused by TSA agents every day - and they cry real loud when it happens -- but they aren't refusing to fly until the gestapo tactics are removed and some sensible security measures applied instead. They just keep going through that toxic radiation and letting some $10 an hour pervert that signed on specifically to abuse people grope their genitals or drug test little kids.

It was the same way in the early 70's when drug tests for jobs was first started. It was all about finding drugs so people thought that was a good thing. Now we have them setting up cameras and stealing DNA and doing searches without warrants or probable cause. We let them start a "war on terrorists" and they are listing even peaceful protesters as terrorists.

When it goes too far it goes too far. And it has. Rose colored glasses are not positive thinking. They are refusing to face reality. You can not take POSITIVE action when you refuse to face reality. It takes facing it to find the answers to solve the problem.

And you know what Sal?

I was responding to Ken who proclaimed that the American experiment is over...

... and implied that we're not going to bounce back from this recession.

I disagree in the strongest of terms.

That's what I was responding to.

If that makes me sound like some paid disinformation specialist in your mind and those that thanked you then so be it.

Your attitudes and radical solutions to our problems as a nation are way out of the mainstream and for good reason.

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Dan Riffle 12 years ago

Originally Posted by HandsUp

America sucks. Only some big rappers are great in america like 2pac.

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Originally Posted by HandsUp

America sucks. Only some big rappers are great in america like 2pac.

Aren't you the person asking why you have no friends in another thread?

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by HandsUp

America sucks. Only some big rappers are great in america like 2pac.

OK. I'm not even going to acknowledge the "America Sucks".

The fact that you believe any rappers are great completely negates any crediblity
you may have.

Changed my mind;
"America sucks"...
As opposed to what other nation?
Things are just "Jim Dandy" in the European community.
And, I'm certain the average citizen in the middle east is VERY content.
And, China has to be #1 with smog so thick you can't see 1/2 a mile and the government tells you how many children you can have.
Explain to me why America sucks.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

OK. I'm not even going to acknowledge the "America Sucks".

The fact that you believe any rappers are great completely negates any crediblity
you may have.

Changed my mind;
"America sucks"...
As opposed to what other nation?
Things are just "Jim Dandy" in the European community.
And, I'm certain the average citizen in the middle east is VERY content.
And, China has to be #1 with smog so thick you can't see 1/2 a mile and the government tells you how many children you can have.
Explain to me why America sucks.

You can't see in China because they didn't start telling people how many babies they could have about a half a billion people earlier.

And that's another reason the US is still a little bit great. People started to slow down on having so many kids that we can't see through our air either except in a very few locations.

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

Originally Posted by HandsUp

America sucks.

What did you just say?

In your face, buddy!

Lee Greenwood - God Bless the U.S.A. - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

I'm pretty sure Tupac is dead, though.

He's a hologram now, and that works just as well/
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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

America is over. The experiment failed. People have proven themselves incapable of self-government.

I have often thought that myself.

But, it seems we have a way overcoming.
I think it's because of the variety of nationalities and ethnic groups
that compose the U.S.

But, what really comes down to is the Constitution.
I'm constantly in awe of the fact that the men who formed this country happen to come together in the same place, at the same time.

There have been just enough "right-minded" people in power to prevent a total break-down of the philosophies this country was founded on.

Our, ("We, the people") job now is to take serious action and see that more people in power are commited to the principles set forth in that constitution.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

I have often thought that myself.

But, it seems we have a way overcoming.
I think it's because of the variety of nationalities and ethnic groups
that compose the U.S.

But, what really comes down to is the Constitution.
I'm constantly in awe of the fact that the men who formed this country happen to come together in the same place, at the same time.

There have been just enough "right-minded" people in power to prevent a total break-down of the philosophies this country was founded on.

Our, ("We, the people") job now is to take serious action and see that more people in power are commited to the principles set forth in that constitution.

That's not enough - too many of our rights have been suppressed. We absolutely have to start kicking reps out of office - recall, etc. right as soon as they do something unconstitutional. Not vote them out -- we have to start kicking their asses to the curb. If people won't get their fingers out of their noses and do that, there's not one damned thing we are going to do about being sequestered.

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peepntom

12 years ago

there are no military conflicts.
on the other had everything you have to pay for. i cant go fishing without having to pay a bunch of stuff. on top of that their charging to park at the lakes now.

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ColinR

12 years ago

The diversity - you can meet so many different people from so many different places with so many different stories. I'll never understand the people who want to keep everyone else out of the country if that's one of the reasons that makes the country great, not to mention that it's how the country came to be in the first place.

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12 years ago

California!

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Banned 12 years ago

Well I'm in America. Thus, it is great.

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whateverpedia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe Robinson

Well I'm in America. Thus, it is great.

I'm not in America, so that makes it even greater.
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BloggingPro

12 years ago

I love America because its a place where if you really, truly want something you can go out and get it. If your tired of your minimum wage job your not stuck there if you truly want to escape that. We have a host of issues yes, but if you want to go out and do something with your life you can--regardless of race or beliefs.

If you have the work-ethic to survive--the "American Dream" is still very real. I truly love this place that I live and the opportunities it has afforded me... and I am not what you would even consider "middle class."

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ImWendy

12 years ago

This comes to mind when I think of what makes America great:

1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of our skating rinks.

3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a Diet Coke.

5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

Americans have no critical thinking skills, no common culture, no real wealth, no ownership of anything, The state charges you rent for the property you own. The money in your bank account can be taken at the whim of the state. Our money is manufactured from thin air by a private, international bank.

You have no say in how the state educates your children. You may be stopped on the road any time by armed representatives of the state who can demand your body fluids for the purpose of incriminating you. If you refuse, you will be locked in a cage and your property impounded. If you resist being locked in the cage, you will be killed.

Wrong on all counts.

If you do not pay the state for the privilege of driving on roads you paid for or living on the property you own, you will be locked in a cage. If you resist being locked in a cage, you will be killed for your efforts.

The roads need to maintained.
property taxes help pay for the free education we get,
No one has ever been killed for not paying their taxes

The state may come in and take your children from you based on the evaluation of the state. If you resist, you will be locked in a cage or killed.

There are many, many more children kept in homes where they should not be than there are children taken from homes where they belong.

No one has ever been killed for not letting the State take their children.

The state allows private banks to decide on the value of your money. The money you have will lose value as long as you have it.

And this is different from the rest of the world how?
The state may kill you whenever it pleases if it determines you are an enemy of the state.

I guarantee you, it happens less in the U.S. than any other country.

Other than that, things are just fine.

I believe there are many countries that would lock you in a cage or have you killed for making this post.

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HeySal 12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

I believe there are many countries that would lock you in a cage or have you killed for making this post.

Yeah - here it will just get him put under 24/7 surveillance and put him on the "No fly list".
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yukon

Banned 12 years ago

I'm here for the free cheese.

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FunnyBird

12 years ago

American doesn't do anything special but the American media makes popular whatever they do, that what makes America great.

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garyv

12 years ago

I like the fact that I can listen to a lyric like "I'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today" and not feel guilty that I'm actually sitting here without any pants on.

AMURIKA!!

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by garyv

I like the fact that I can listen to a lyric like "I'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today" and not feel guilty that I'm actually sitting here without any pants on.

AMURIKA!!

Hey, watch it, Mister! I've got the market cornered on not wearing pants.

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Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Hey, watch it, Mister! I've got the market cornered on not wearing pants.

I thought your market was speculative pants wearing?
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