Things We Love About the U.S.

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Freedom of speach, the right to keep and bear arms, the vulgar cars, the feeling that everything in some sense is one gigantic Disneyland or made of plastic, the incredible ignorance of the outside world or even of America or the own state.

the second amendment

8,000 horsepower top-fuel engines

micro-breweries

home-breweries

hydroponic weed

good wine that isn't French

ethnic resteraunts from around the world

religious freedom (for most anyway)

A lot of the above mentioned....

And GTA

And native americans

music

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OlMTU_7r2s[/youtube]

The Bill of Rights

[quote="TigerFire"] 2. We were the for a long time the only superpower before China became one
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America remains the worlds only superpower, China has not reached that status and probably will not for at least a decade or 2. The reason is because while China has a massive army. Their army is

A. Lacks combat experience
B. lacks any real modern millitary technology
C. Currently cannot project millitary might worldwide.
D. Currently cannot protect (at least quickly) their borders, or their natural resources/national interests overseas.

What makes a nation a superpower is not just the ability to distory civilization with the push of a button, as Russia still has this power, and actually has to this day more nuclear weapons, tho not deployed. But also a nation needs to be able to project military power worldwide, and do so quickly, as in the 21st century conflicts can arise quickly, and no way can China respond quickly, and realisticly at this time probably not at all. I honestly think thats 1 main reason they have yet to take back Tiwan. They have a very large army, and a halfway decent navy, but at least for now as nasty as a war involving the 2 would be, I have serious doubts China could ever succeed taking back that territory, as Tiwan has more sophisticated weapons, a more organized military and the US right behind them.

We invented crack.

America Has alot of flaws, and I feel the government can run the country better/more efficently, along with a long list of other issues, but on the plus:

1) The fact that after an election their is still law and order
2) The fact that for the most part americans live comfortably
3) The land that makes up the US is very diverse, we have a little of every climate almost
4) Plentiful natural resources
5) Rich hisroty
6) largest economy (currently, tho China may soon exceed us in another decade)
7) The baddest ass military the world has ever seen
We landed on the moon, space exploration
9) We had a huge hand in freeing Europe and helping England defeat the nazis and rebuild after ww2
10) Internation aid, yet we receive absolutly nothing in return
11) I feel safe almost anywhere I go, try walking around Iraq and feel the same way
12) Most of this nation is very beutiful (grand canyon, Adirondacks)
13) We are located in what I consider to be the best part of the planet
14) We largly hold up the global economy and protect it
15) Hubble
16) GPS (tho the EU is launching a similar program)
17) Freedom
18) The fact that bad things can happen, and yet our union remains strong
19) Great roads/infrastructure (for the most part, perhapse we could have a better energy grid)
20) and many many more.....

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the second amendment

8,000 horsepower top-fuel engines

micro-breweries

home-breweries

hydroponic weed

good wine that isn't French

ethnic resteraunts from around the world

religious freedom (for most anyway)

oklahoma vodka (i kid you not)

Squash, watermelon, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, corn, tomatoes, and tobacco.

southern cooking. mmmm fried stuff.

freedom of speech,

Dr Pepper.

and yes, emphatically fry bread.

I love the freedom to be yourself and speak your mind, what's left of that freedom anyway.