billtx said:Muddy, the UK does have some very good inventions for you to be proud of.
Okiewan said:That was a lot of sapce on the page without any substance muddy. I'm sure not going to spend the time quoting your previous post word for word. Re-read it.
Zenith said:For what it's worth, I think what gets to non-Americans is how Americans tend to go on about how great the USA is.
Zenith said:For what it's worth, I think what gets to non-Americans is how Americans tend to go on about how great the USA is. To you it probably seems like most Europeans hate Americans, but that's really not the case at all. The one thing everybody I've talked to gives out about Americans for is arrogance.
You're right, I'm not talking about people like that, they're equally as wrong as Americans saying the same thing. Every developed country in the world has problems serious enough to equal the problems of other countries. No one is better then the other. The US has high medical costs, Ireland has corruption and high petrol prices, England has high taxes, Italy has a serious economic problem, blah blah blah. All the same...First, every person I have ever read slam the USA starts by saying "...we don't have these problems here {insert non-USA country of choice}." That statement implies that the non-USA country mentioned is somehow great in its own right (which I'm sure it may be but if you don't belittle us we won't have to show you how great we trully are).
Okiewan said:That's just it Zenith... if your market is open, you will have to work harder to compete with the likes of Japan, China, Korea, etc. If on the other hand your market is closed, meaning everything that comes in is taxed to be 5x more expensive than local products... your "worker" and his job is protected. If you don't think that takes the competitive edge away from the guy on the assembly line, you are mistaken. Between protectionisum and unions, we've developed a worker that simply does the job well enough not to get fired. America has/is learning that very thing, we've lost virtually all consumer level manufacturing. While Americans are buying stuff produced elsewhere, the unions are on strike for another $10 an hour to turn a screw. And who makes-out? The unions. Who loses? We all do, including the guy PAYING the union to put his backside in the unemployment line.
Now comes the part where all the socialists blame "management".
pyromaniac said:If you seen that episode, are people and youth in particular that unedicated in america? Be honest.
You mean Benny Hill is not in the parliment :(Ol'89r said:Pyro.
I used to enjoy watching a show called Monty Python's Flying Circus. If I would have believed everything I saw on that show, I would think that people from England were a bunch of crazy idiots, dressed up as ugly women, dancing around and throwing dead animals off of castles. :yikes: And then there was the way they portrayed the Scottish. :laugh: :rotfl: Too funny.
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LOL, you're getting the hang of it now! Throw in a few claims of liberating and protecting the world and you'll be a pro. :)USA is awesome, Everyone else is not.
You say that, but have you ever actually looked into it? I'd say you might be surprised. This is really typical of what I'm getting at; you say stuff like that as though it's fact when really there's no basis for it at all. Have you visited many other "modern" countries out of interest and seen how they live?We have more freedom's left than any other "modern" country in the world.
bpositive said:before you knock other peoples intelegence..
Sincerly,
1 Dumbass American