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delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:22 PM
There is no better place on earth. It occurred to me that we pay lip service to this concept, but it's a fact. We set around and bitch. Well I'm taking all comers. Try to name a country that does it better.

We're busy right now trying to emulate others. I'm not trying to give a come to Jesus speech. I just feel like laying out the reasons...
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:23 PM
Does what better?
JohnnyMack
6/28/2011, 04:23 PM
Ship jobs overseas?
SpankyNek
6/28/2011, 04:24 PM
Does what better?

Message board banter, for one thing.
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:24 PM
Ship jobs overseas?

We do rock at that.


Message board banter, for one thing.

And that too.

USA! USA!
3rdgensooner
6/28/2011, 04:26 PM
I opened this thread hoping to find a come to Jesus speech.

Imagine my disappoint
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:27 PM
Does what better?

"IT". Pay tention.
NormanPride
6/28/2011, 04:27 PM
Mexico just schooled us pretty hard in soccer. And before that Spain made us their bitch. :(
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:28 PM
"IT". Pay tention.

Pretty sure that got moved to the Testing forum but you're right, it was good whilte it lasted.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:28 PM
I opened this thread hoping to find a come to Jesus speech.

Imagine my disappoint

Oh, I've got one in me.
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:29 PM
Oh, I've got one in me.

Too easy.
JohnnyMack
6/28/2011, 04:29 PM
Oh, I've got one in me.

I hate pat.
JohnnyMack
6/28/2011, 04:30 PM
Too easy.

:bsmf:
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:30 PM
Mexico just schooled us pretty hard in soccer. And before that Spain made us their bitch. :(

Soccer! We win for being the only country that doesn't give a ****.
Jammin'
6/28/2011, 04:32 PM
del, baseball?
MR2-Sooner86
6/28/2011, 04:32 PM
http://www.thechurning.com/marketing/soccershirt.gif
Tulsa_Fireman
6/28/2011, 04:32 PM
Soccer is bad ***.
Pricetag
6/28/2011, 04:33 PM
Soccer! We win for being the only country that doesn't give a ****.
I think Canada and Australia have us beat there.
OhU1
6/28/2011, 04:34 PM
IMO in the last 20 years: beer.
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:36 PM
IMO in the last 20 years: beer.

I think Natty is made in Belgium now.
The
6/28/2011, 04:37 PM
This thread.

My god, thine irony.


IT'S EXCEPTIONALISM.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:38 PM
Ship jobs overseas?

And yet, a man such as myself, who lacked the ambition to make a cultural impact, pioneer a ground breaking medical procedure, or invent the hula hoop, has a sweet life.

I am but a cog in the machine, yet I am a god. Also, if I ever feel like chasing a dream, I totally could.
olevetonahill
6/28/2011, 04:39 PM
I think Natty is made in Belgium now.

Oh HELL no, Running to the fridge to look.:eek:
Mjcpr
6/28/2011, 04:40 PM
Oh HELL no, Running to the fridge to look.:eek:

Well, they own AB at least. :D
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:44 PM
IMO in the last 20 years: beer.

I knew I could count on ya'll. No other country has hundreds of breweries producing good versions of all the best beers from around the globe.
NormanPride
6/28/2011, 04:44 PM
Yup, we may not have invented it, but I think we're the biggest innovators.
olevetonahill
6/28/2011, 04:50 PM
Well, they own AB at least. :D

Whew just looked and it still says St Louie :cool:
NormanPride
6/28/2011, 04:52 PM
Life just ain't worth livin' without 'murrican beer. :D
Jammin'
6/28/2011, 04:53 PM
Life just ain't worth livin' without 'murrican beer. :D

I'm not against you, but I could live on nothing but Belgian beer for the rest of my life and be happy.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:54 PM
del, baseball?

Let's just go ahead and admit that we have the best sports and athletes on earth. Even all the best fighters come here.

Even Beckham said, "**** soccer, I'm going to Beverly Hills".
delhalew
6/28/2011, 04:56 PM
I'm not against you, but I could live on nothing but Belgian beer for the rest of my life and be happy.

Lucky for us, I can make it in my closet.:D
Jammin'
6/28/2011, 05:01 PM
Let's just go ahead and admit that we have the best sports and athletes on earth. Even all the best fighters come here.

Even Beckham said, "**** soccer, I'm going to Beverly Hills".


Lucky for us, I can make it in my closet.:D

You're making a strong case so far that we are simple the best at everything. I assume someone will come along and ruin it for us though.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 05:06 PM
You're making a strong case so far that we are simple the best at everything. I assume someone will come along and ruin it for us though.

Let em try. The whole world is jealous. We should be used to it.
pphilfran
6/28/2011, 05:11 PM
We are really good at thinking out of the box and dreaming up the next big things....

We are risk takers...which helps fuel the next big thing....but that risk can also cause problems if the next big thing ain't the next big thing....
jumperstop
6/28/2011, 05:19 PM
Egocentrism....every country has it....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110627053411AAu0gXl
delhalew
6/28/2011, 05:26 PM
Egocentrism....every country has it....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110627053411AAu0gXl

Pffft. The difference is, the best and brightest from those others come here to be the giant on your bean stalk.
jumperstop
6/28/2011, 05:28 PM
Pffft. The difference is, the best and brightest from those others come here to be the giant on your bean stalk.

Do they? I'm sure there are many smart and talented people that stay in their native countries...I think you're making a large assumption there.
NormanPride
6/28/2011, 05:30 PM
Pffft. The difference is, the best and brightest from those others come here to be the giant on your bean stalk.
boner.
MR2-Sooner86
6/28/2011, 05:38 PM
We rule the world in terms of technology.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Googlelogo.png/800px-Googlelogo.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Windows_logo.svg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Apple-logo.png/125px-Apple-logo.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Firefox_3.5-4.0_logo.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Intel-logo.svg/293px-Intel-logo.svg.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Nvidia_logo.svg/200px-Nvidia_logo.svg.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/IBM_logo.svg/200px-IBM_logo.svg.png

Nobody even comes close to us except the entire of Southeast Asia but they still need our software.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 05:39 PM
Do they? I'm sure there are many smart and talented people that stay in their native countries...I think you're making a large assumption there.

Go big or go home. AMERICA! **** YEAH!
jumperstop
6/28/2011, 05:43 PM
Go big or go home. AMERICA! **** YEAH!

So I guess I'm right then...
delhalew
6/28/2011, 05:47 PM
So I guess I'm right then...

Of course you would guess that...but you would be wrong.
jumperstop
6/28/2011, 05:56 PM
Of course you would guess that...but you would be wrong.

America is a good country and I would even go as far to say that it is one of the better ones, but such thing as the "Best Country" could never be determined. I honestly don't know how serious you are with this though...so yeah. :pop:
delhalew
6/28/2011, 06:09 PM
America is a good country and I would even go as far to say that it is one of the better ones, but such thing as the "Best Country" could never be determined. I honestly don't know how serious you are with this though...so yeah. :pop:

That's the great part about living in the greatest nation on earth. You can joke about it, and eventually, everybody realizes it's true. Then you win without breaking a sweat.
SanJoaquinSooner
6/28/2011, 06:35 PM
Probably what distinguishes the U.S. most is the upward mobility thing. In so many other countries if you are born poor it is much more difficult to dig your way out of it. Not that it's easy here, but in other countries one's station in life is often determined at birth.
olevetonahill
6/28/2011, 06:48 PM
I cant think of a country I'd rather live in than Right here.
49r
6/28/2011, 06:48 PM
I think Natty is made in Belgium now.

It's still brewed stateside, but the parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev is a Belgian-Brazilian conglomerate with its HQ in Leuven, Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev

So when you drink a Bud (or one of 200 other brands, many that are considered "American" beers) you are for all intents and purposes drinking a euro beer. In other words, it's a bit like driving a Toyota. Sure it's made here, but it's not really American.

MillerCoors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Coors and Pabst Brewing Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Brewing_Company on the other hand, are still HQ in the good ole USA, so grab an ice cold Miller High Life, PBR or Old Milwaukee this 4th of July and be proud to support our country in true American patriot style!
delhalew
6/28/2011, 06:55 PM
It's still brewed stateside, but the parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev is a Belgian-Brazilian conglomerate with its HQ in Leuven, Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev

So when you drink a Bud (or one of 200 other brands, many that are considered "American" beers) you are for all intents and purposes drinking a euro beer. In other words, it's a bit like driving a Toyota. Sure it's made here, but it's not really American.

MillerCoors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Coors and Pabst Brewing Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Brewing_Company on the other hand, are still HQ in the good ole USA, so grab an ice cold Miller High Life, PBR or Old Milwaukee this 4th of July and be proud to support our country in true American patriot style!
Better yet, grab a microbrew, and support American small business, and the American spirit of individualism.
StoopTroup
6/28/2011, 07:03 PM
Japanese Vending machine RAWK and the really good ones don't make you crawl on the ground to get your purchase and your change.

http://www.lantronix.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/japanese-vending-machines.jpg

http://www.japantrends.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/smart-car-vending-machine-2.jpg
StoopTroup
6/28/2011, 07:07 PM
We will always have the best bacon sammies though. I don't think they will ever get our bacon!

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baconsandwich_1305.jpg
StoopTroup
6/28/2011, 07:08 PM
Australia has really good Koala Jerky.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 07:09 PM
Japanese Vending machine RAWK and the really good ones don't make you crawl on the ground to get your purchase and your change.

http://www.lantronix.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/japanese-vending-machines.jpg

http://www.japantrends.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/smart-car-vending-machine-2.jpg

And their people occupy a living space about the size of one of those machines. I will however, give them credit for super mega robot toilets.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 07:12 PM
Australia has really good Koala Jerky.

Again, every successful Aussie has come here to do it. With the exception of Steve Irwin. Look what happened to him.
yankee
6/28/2011, 07:29 PM
There's a lot of things wrong with this country, but I'll be damned if I'd wanna live somewhere else. Still the best in the world, and I'll always feel that way.
MR2-Sooner86
6/28/2011, 07:31 PM
Again, every successful Aussie has come here to do it. With the exception of Steve Irwin. Look what happened to him.

He died the way he lived...with animals in his heart.
A Sooner in Texas
6/28/2011, 07:36 PM
He died the way he lived...animals in his heart.

Ouch, that really stung.
delhalew
6/28/2011, 07:39 PM
You guys are real Rays of sunshine.
olevetonahill
6/28/2011, 09:03 PM
Even that "Bleeding heart Lib"
AlboSooner
6/28/2011, 09:04 PM
America is the biggest military power in the history of mankind, and in its zenith, it was the greatest superpower/empire in the history of mankind, its power is diminished a bit as of late, but still remains as the sole superpower in the world. It is the most influential country in world affairs, world geopolitics, and world economy, unlike anything ever seen before.

It destroyed its biggest rival without ever firing a shot, or a missile.