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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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A facebook note/thought of mine 2 years ago:
If the entire world ate as much as America...
If the entire world had homes as America...
If the entire world drove as does America...
If the entire world had the conveniences as America...
If the entire world had the technology as does America...
If the entire world CONSUMED as much as America...
IF THE ENTIRE WORLD PRODUCED THE GARBAGE THAT AMERICA DID...
or if the worlds' militaries fired as many rounds and charges as America...
Then I would rather not live in the world if that were to happen.
Be thankful and appreciate being BORN into a country that lives in such world wealth.
A PATRIOT is only a person, who by genetic luck, has a right to call him/herself that.
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet...
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I'm a democrat and love my country, probably more than you q-tip.
However, a broad worldview is a great thing to possess, you should try it.
I pity you, troll.
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WBraun
climber
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The USA reached its height decades ago,
Nope.
It still is the greatest country in the world.
The collective consciousness of this country must remain above the collective stupidity that is slowly eroding this great nation.
Please be on guard.
Otherwise you will lose it ......
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~kief~
Trad climber
state of Awakening
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Is the united States "number one"? Many Americans take deep pride in their nation and the truth is that the U.S. has a lot going for it. The United States has the largest economy in the world. The United States also has the most powerful military on the entire planet. The United States has produced most of the greatest movies that the world has ever seen. But the United States is also number one in a lot of categories that are not go great. If we ever want to turn this country around, we need to be very honest with ourselves. We need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and realize that it is not a good thing that we are number one in divorce, drug addiction, debt, obesity, car thefts, murders and total crimes. We have become a slothful, greedy, decadent nation that is exhibiting signs of advanced decay. Until we understand just how bad our problems really are, we won't be able to come up with the solutions that we need.
A lot of people that write articles like this have a deep hatred for America. But that is not the case with me. I love the United States. I love the American people. America is like an aging, bloated rock star that has become addicted to a dozen different drugs. America is a shadow of its former self and it desperately needs to wake up before it plunges into oblivion.
If you do not believe that America is in bad shape, just read the list below. The following are 20 not so good categories that the United States leads the world in....
#1 The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and the largest total prison population on the entire globe.
#2 According to NationMaster.com, the United States has the highest percentage of obese people in the world.
#3 The United States has the highest divorce rate on the globe by a wide margin.
#4 The United States is tied with the U.K. for the most hours of television watched per person each week.
#5 The United States has the highest rate of illegal drug use on the entire planet.
#6 There are more car thefts in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world by far.
#7 There are more reported rapes in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world.
#8 There are more reported murders in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world.
#9 There are more total crimes in the United States each year than anywhere else in the world.
#10 The United States also has more police officers than anywhere else in the world.
#11 The United States spends much more on health care as a percentage of GDP than any other nation on the face of the earth.
#12 The United States has more people on pharmaceutical drugs than any other country on the planet.
#13 The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher than in any other country in the world.
#14 Americans have more student loan debt than anyone else in the world.
#15 More pornography is created in the United States than anywhere else on the entire globe. 89 percent is made in the U.S.A. and only 11 percent is made in the rest of the world.
#16 The United States has the largest trade deficit in the world every single year. Between December 2000 and December 2010, the United States ran a total trade deficit of 6.1 trillion dollars with the rest of the world, and the U.S. has had a negative trade balance every single year since 1976.
#17 The United States spends 7 times more on the military than any other nation on the planet does. In fact, U.S. military spending is greater than the military spending of China, Russia, Japan, India, and the rest of NATO combined.
#18 The United States has far more foreign military bases than any other country does.
#19 The United States has the most complicated tax system in the entire world.
#20 The U.S. has accumulated the biggest national debt that the world has ever seen and it is rapidly getting worse. Right now, U.S. government debt is expanding at a rate of $40,000 per second.
So are you convinced that we are in trouble yet?
The truth is that America has changed. Most of us don't even say hello to our neighbors anymore.
In fact, we have become so self-involved that many of us don't even notice when someone around us dies.
Just consider the following two examples.
*USA Today recently reported on the body of a dead woman that was not found for approximately a year even though a whole bunch of people walked right past the car where she died....
Bank contractors, inspectors and even the new owner of a foreclosed home walked past the silver Chevy Nova in the garage numerous times before discovering the former homeowner — dead on the front seat.
*In an even more shocking case, the CBS affiliate in Boston recently reported that a dead woman was lying on the bottom of a public pool for two days while large numbers of people swam right over her. How in the world could something like this possibly happen?....
source-http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/number-one-20-not-so-good-categories-that-the-united-states-leads-the-world-in
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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kief,
I'm aware of all of those problems, but many, not all, are due to the growing liberalism in America Are you really this stupid?
Let's make marijuana a felony and then start getting Americans off of harmful and abused perscriptin meds as well. Why is there this "NEED" to get high?????????
Now there is a productive start. Throw potpuffers in jail as felons but let the Ken Lays go free.
You really are a piece of work.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Fatty,
NH has the highest rate of painkiller abuse per capita in the nation. Repeatedly, bills have been presented to incorporate NH into the national prescription database and repeatedly they have been shot down by the GOP majority.
Additionally, our four term Democrat governor has vetoed all medical marijuana legislation that was forced through the house and senate by the GOP.
Not all issues lie along party lines.
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Jorroh
climber
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Whats all this BS about America #1?....everyone knows that Scotland's #1 on account of all the Haggis, Turnips and Whiskey.
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The Call Of K2 Lou
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Sorry Q-Troll, but everyone knows Canada's on top...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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I am not that clever and not that good at spotting trolls. But Q-Ball sounds like he needs an enema.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Chula Vista, CA
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I'm aware of all of those problems, but many, not all, are due to the growing liberalism in America
Let's just focus on drugs which have a high correlation with crime.
Let's make marijuana a felony and then start getting Americans off of harmful and abused perscriptin meds as well. Why is there this "NEED" to get high?????????
Worse than cueball himself.
Where is the evidence that liberalism is growing?
Where is the proof that if it were, it is somehow related to the problems listed?
Let's focus instead on all the alcoholic cops that commit so many unpunished crimes, rather than marijuana smokers.
Why is there this "NEED" for cops to drink so much and abuse their spouses, and file bogus disability claims?
You don't see it in firefighters.
This is sheer speculation which I offer up without proof (like who else?). Could it be the Nazi mentality so many of them have been indoctrinated with.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jeff, it was the 'liberals' who liberated the US from Britain. One of my ancestors was among them (Josiah Bartlett, New Hampshire, second man to sign the declaration).
Why do conservatives dislike free-thinkers?
There is enough myopia on both sides, but especially with neo-cons and neo-liberals.
If Q-Ball is not a troll, then he is a bigot. I don't care if he is a millionaire or not, and I would wager that he is not. Over the years, I have interviewed a number of millionaires, several billionaires and other Captains of Industry. Some are deserving of their wealth (i.e. Richard Branson), some are just plain lucky and corrupt jerks/a*sholes. Perhaps Q-Ball falls into the latter category.
Q-Ball is just a symptom of intolerance and ignorance that is affecting our great nation. America is divided. So much for a union.
The moderates are in majority but the fanatics - Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Gingrich, Coulter, Santorum, Palin - sheesh, is it my own myopia, but it seems that most of the loudmouths are right-wingers - have a louder voice. And they are nastier with their slurs and innuendo that the lib commentators, so it appears to me. Help me out people, name me some left-wing loudmouths. They must be out there. After all, the media in America is controlled by the liberals, Jews, West Coasters, etc etc, ad nauseam.
Every country and society have their fundamentalists, their fascists, but I am a Yank through and through, I just happen to live abroad, and I pity the polarization of American society. It's sad, driven by the fundamentalists and fascists such as Q-Ball. That is my opinion, based on what the person has written on the Taco Stand before. Perhaps I am wrong, but methinks not.
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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Ban dandelions as well. You can make hooch from those.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Makes more sense to make listening to FuX Noise and LimpFlaw a felony offense.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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number one? not even on our own continent
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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I'm a reformed conservative, and proud of it.
Liberal all the way!
Of course I am appreciative of what I have here in the USA. I owe everything to both of my grandfathers who came to the USA as illiterate immigrants.
Here is my grandfather in the US Army in Europe in 1918
And here I am, 70 years later on my combat jet on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy.
Hey Q-Ball, put up or shut up. Have you served your country?
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nature
climber
CO
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Q-Ball is a troll.
GET IN THE CAR!!!!1111169
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