Username Taken wrote:Maybe the US is No. 1 in "Percentage of the Populace Packing Heat".

“Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?
It’s not the greatest country in the world. That’s my answer…
[turns to a panelist]
Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck, but he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn’t cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don’t like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?
[turns to another panelist]
And with a straight face, you’re gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we’re the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom. Japan has freedom. The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom! So, 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.
[turns to the student who asked the question]
And yeah, you… sorority girl. Just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there’s some things you should know. One of them is: there’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now, none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you, nonetheless, are, without a doubt, a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about! Yosemite?!

...This year there were 18 mass shootings in April, 39 in May, 41 in June, and 34 so far in July — and the month isn't over yet. The theatre shooting was Louisiana's 8th this year. There have been 10 in Ohio, 14 in California and 16 in New York.

Will anything change? Probably not. The Charleston shooting did produce a fruitful national conversation — not on guns, but on the symbolism of the Confederate flag, which the shooter adopted as a banner of his racist beliefs. It took 150 years and a national tragedy for the country to reach something like a consensus on the meaning of a battle flag.

“Those who live in America, or visit it, might do best to regard [mass shootings] the way one regards air pollution in China: an endemic local health hazard which, for deep-rooted cultural, social, economic and political reasons, the country is incapable of addressing,” The Economist wrote in response to the Charleston massacre. “This may, however, be a bit unfair. China seems to be making progress on pollution.”

Sailorman wrote:San Francisco used to be good, but its a liberal dump now. ( I was born there.) Its now part of the Liberal Peoples North Mexican Paradise of Californicators.

Cowshed: You don't have to relate to our culture as we don't care what you think, and there isn't jack you can do about it. What has any of your countries done for the US lately? We did little things like save your ass(s) in WWI &WWII. Kept you from being overrun after WWII by a power hungry Russia. (using my tax dollars.) Who's usually the first to send aid to disasters? America!

We American's may be overrun with Mexicans/Central Americans, but I'll take them any day over the Islamofacsist that are overrunning Europe/England and trying the same thing with OZ. Your children better learn how to point their ass's in the air and pound they heads against the ground multi times a day, have your women wear bags (sometimes not a bad idea), told what to do by some raghead in your local mosque, and say goodby to your booze. Yes, Europe, England and even OZ are going to learn some hard lessons in the near future, as they are out breeding you.

Sailorman wrote:Cowshed: You don't have to relate to our culture as we don't care what you think, and there isn't jack you can do about it.

Sailorman wrote: We American's may be overrun with Mexicans/Central Americans, but I'll take them any day over the Islamofacsist that are overrunning Europe/England and trying the same thing with OZ. Your children better learn how to point their ass's in the air and pound they heads against the ground multi times a day, have your women wear bags (sometimes not a bad idea), told what to do by some raghead in your local mosque, and say goodby to your booze. Yes, Europe, England and even OZ are going to learn some hard lessons in the near future, as they are out breeding you.