Do Americans realize that this is the Greatest country?

Question

in the World,Say what you want,go where you want,Eat what you want,Do we take our freedom for granted,What would you change, Free MED care we already have it. Come up with some thing Else

Answer 1

Only the Conservative half

Answer 2

I am an American who, after 46 years, decided to live in Europe.

However, that does not mean I don't consider America the greatest country on earth.  America has its problems, but it is the most amazing country on earth, and possesses some of the most incredible scenic beauty on earth.

There is a group of pampered Americans simply don't grasp the huge chasm in the level of opportunity offered by America compared to the rest of the world.  In America, you can be successful and rich, sometimes even when you don't try very hard, or aren't overly talented.  It is still the land of opportunity.

Americans are by far the most gracious and generous people on earth.  Just ask any foreign students who have gone there.  They return practically with bewilderment on their faces, because they still can't believe how much more generous and compassionate Americans are than anyone they've ever met.  Some students have told me complete strangers treated them just like they were their own children, fussing and worrying over them if they had any sort of difficulty.

America displays nobility in foreign relations.  We act in accordance with high principles, not just what is in our own self-interest.  Remember when the USSR imploded?  Did we gloat and take advantage of the situation?  No, quite the opposite.  We were completely respectful of their feelings, realizing what a letdown it would be to go from superpower to a struggling nation in transition practically overnight.  If the situation were reversed, the Soviets would have held huge, gaudy parades, trumpeting their victory.  In stark contrast, we gave our former enemies huge amounts of assistance and the hand of friendship.

Let me conclude by listing American inventions.  Remember, America is just a tiny sliver of the worlds' population, but check out how many inventions we created.  I'll bet you won't even bother reading the whole list !

Electronic televisions (http://www.tvhistory.tv/Philo.htm ), email, transistors, microwave oven, tobacco cigarette, refrigerator, lcd screens, plasma TVs, computer chips, lightbulb, fluorescent light, electronic calculators, VCR, harddrive, internet, telephone, cellphone, satellite communication, portable communication radios(walkie talkie), digital satellites, stabilized rubber(shoes, condoms, tires, etc), nuclear powerplants, moon rovers, martian rovers, digital music(a/d converters), inkjet printers, laser printers, copy machine, best modern medicines, iron furnace stove, electric stove, air conditioning, airplane(engine-powered), animation (motion-picture), aspartame(sugarless sweetner), assembly line, automated teller machine (ATM), prepared baby food, bag (flat-bottomed paper), bandage (adhesive), barcode, barbed wire,

blood bank, blow dryer, bra, bread slicing machine, portable camera, food cans, can openers, cardboard (corrugated). carbon 14 dating, cash register, cat litter, mail order catalogs, breakfast cereal, chewing gum, laptop computer, personal computer, oral contraceptives, cotton gin, crayons, credit card, heart defibrillator, smoke detector, artificial diamond, disposable diapers, dishwasher, drinking fountain, electric chair, modern rocket, escalator, fiberglass, freeze dried food, frozen food, genetic engineering, electric guitar, coat hanger(wire), electric iron, jeans,

jello, kevlar, laundromat, laser, lipstick, LED, electric motor, morse code, nylon, paper towel, parking meter, phonograph (records), petroleum jelly, Post-it Notes, potato chips, car radio, electric razor, safety razor, revolver (gun), remote control(television), roller coaster, safety pin, Scotch tape, stapler, first successful steamboat, drinking straw, sunscreen,

tampon(cotton), teflon,  telegraph, toilet tissue, disposable tissue, tractor, automatic signal lights, viagra, video games, washing machine(electric), digital watches, zipper, high level computer languages,

computer databases, handheld computers, optical recording and playback (used in DVD and CD ), glass bottle making machine, CCD(digital chips used in all digital cameras) which are used to convert light into pictures(also used in missiles made by the U.S., Russia, and Europe), DSL, CAT Scans "diagnostic X ray systems", laser ranging, laser multiplexing, air brakes, silicon solar cells, digital light processor, digital signal processor(used in all digital telephones), fiber optic wire, nearly all types of lasers, MASER, first laser medical treatments, microprocessor, automated telephone switches, radiator, modem, word processor, ethernet, computer mouse and computer windows,

Answer 3

that ppl bring arms n shoot whoever they lyk it? dat can do s*x when they r 8? dat ppl can easily b brainwashed by the president called george? no, i dun tink so. OBAMA better had start workin on changing e rules. OBAMA rox

Answer 4

Most countries have that by now you know

Answer 5

Australia has all that too, but personally i dont either are the greatest country in the world, nor do i think such a title should exist, thats the kind of c**p that starts wars.

Answer 6

Every American should travel to Central America or the Middle East and pray to God thanking him that they were blessed with the continent of their birth!  

Answer 7

yeah only if your are rich, get your head out of  your r****m.

Answer 8

I do.

I'm a democrat who doesn't hate half the country.

Keep speaking up, people.  Freedom of speech is one of the greatest powers we have.

Answer 9

It is no doubt a great country and we know it but need to convince the rest of the world again that it is so.

Answer 10

America the greatest country in the world?.. total rot.. get over yourself...

the country with the greatest ego perhaps.. certainly questions like yours make Americans come over this way.. as egotistical and arrogant and unable to accept there are  good... even great places beyond your borders... I'm just glad that not all Americans think this way and redeem their nation somewhat in the eyes of the world...

what would I like to see change.. a touch of humility from those in the USA.. feel free to call yourselves great but NOT the greatest...

Answer 11

too many liberal democrats. here's one american's opinion: h**l yeah! the red white and blue is the place 4 u!

Answer 12

freedom?

Sorry, bud, but your governement spies on you, you have a dismal human rights record, adn you run torture camps.

I would never be proud to be a citizen of a country that has thousnds of children under 10 years old in torture camps.

Its kind of disturbing that you are proud of that.

Answer 13

Having come from a third world country and seeing life from a different view , I love the USA and all its quirks because no matter what spying included , we are still free as a bird and can do what we want when we want and how we want. There are many beautiful countries on this earth and I cannot speak for them , I can speak for this one and you do not have to be wealthy or powerful to be someone who can make a difference and lead an awesome life. Basically you get back what you put into it. If you want to be lazy then you can be lazy but do not put down those that exceed and excel . If I want to go to a store , I can find anything I want. If I want to get a job, the paper is full of them, it all depends on what you are willing and want to do. I have a great life because of the freedoms of this country and the hard work I and my family have done to provide it. What more can I say. I worked for what I have , I did it legally, nobody gave it to me, I am not harrassed by anyone, I have food water and clothing, and shelter. All of which I worked very hard to get and enjoy. Yes I am a Citizen of a fantastic country and proudly fly its flag everyday.