JGowans Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 In the spirit of July 4th, how about we focus on the positives of this country. What do you love about it? Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Universal healthcare, free and fair elections, honest and egalitarian politicians, an open government, the environment trumps the pocketbook every time, and ... huh? Wha ..? Eh? Â ... musta been dreaming again. Hmmm ... Quote
Greg_W Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Opportunity baby. Freedom. The ability to live where I want, do what I want, work where I want, get drunk and pass out where I want, get drunk and piss on a building where I want...you know, same thing everyone else loves about America. Quote
gregm Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 dunno for sure. just know it beats the crap out of scottland. Quote
Greg_W Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 trask said: here's to MEN ...the ruling class  Phuckin' A, bro. Quote
JGowans Posted July 2, 2003 Author Posted July 2, 2003 - Convenience. Drive thru banks? Drive thru coffee? Excellent! - Low low gas prices - American college football - Baseball - San Juan chips n' salsa Quote
hakioawa Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 People driving Suburbans with "Keep Tahoe Blue" stickers. Quote
JGowans Posted July 2, 2003 Author Posted July 2, 2003 gregm said: dunno for sure. just know it beats the crap out of scottland. come on. i'm sure you can do better than that. Currently, there's about 95 other countries that can beat Scotland (in soccer). Surely there are some things that are uniquely American that make you proud and happy to be American? Quote
Attitude Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Cuz I have the right to tell the morons who run this site to  Edited by Moderators  See? Quote
MtnChicken Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Men are a class all their own, i'll drink to that Women just don't like to get shite on their shoes... we like it where there's not piss on the sidewalk. Quote
kitten Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Freedom!!!!! Thanks to any 'Military Men" that maybe posting! Men in uniform.......yummy freedom. Quote
gregm Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 JGowans said: gregm said: dunno for sure. just know it beats the crap out of scottland. come on. i'm sure you can do better than that. Currently, there's about 95 other countries that can beat Scotland (in soccer). Surely there are some things that are uniquely American that make you proud and happy to be American? Â well, now that you mention it, the u.s. is one of the few countries where you can drink water from the tap and not get sick. Â hmmmm. Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 trask said: american women  obviously you haven't been to eastern europe... you like da porkers? oink oink Quote
EWolfe Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 The western states! Availability of quality Freedom to hunt down a Quote
Fairweather Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 The freedom to debate with all of you! Â The freedom to fail and end up destitute in the gutter if my ambitions wain. Â Oh yea! I almost forgot! I'm glad AlpineK now has the freedom to engage in sodomy in the privacy of his own house if he so chooses. Quote
Dru Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 Things America Does Better than Canada (well BC anyways) Â 1) Hip hop & jazz (not better quality so much as so much more of it) 2) Liquor in supermarkets 3) Winter rock climbing 4) Alpine cragging accessible from paved highways 5) Deserts 6) Las Vegas um... i think that's the lot? Quote
JayB Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 I'm a big fan of the ideals enshrined in the constitution. The fact that the country has never fully lived up to them doesn't make them any less inspiring. Our history has been a chronicle of the struggle to do that very thing, sometimes regressing, sometimes advancing, but somehow always fitfully making progress towards a society that practices what the founders preached. Â The only major failing that this country has at the moment is that our immigration policy is far too permissive with respect to the Scotts. That could very well be our downfall if it continues for too much longer. Â That and we've got the geopolitical equivalent of a lamprey stuck to our Northern frontier... Â Â Â Quote
E-rock Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 Greg_W said: Opportunity baby. Freedom. The ability to live where I want, do what I want, work where I want, get drunk and pass out where I want, get drunk and piss on a building where I want...you know, same thing everyone else loves about America. Â You know if you really do consider these criteria, countries like Mexico seem way more free than the US does. They don't have liability lawsuits, and they don't waste their time enforcing every dumb little ordinance. Smaller scale governements in the US especially local governments, often play the role of big brother, ensuring that everyone behaves within a narrow, acceptable framework. Â What I LOVE about America is our opens spaces, we have so much beautiful land that we can drive onto, camp on, shit on, climb on. And most of the time, nobody's gonna tell us we can't. In some nations in Europe it's illegal to pitch a tent (or so I've heard, I've never beent there). Quote
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