PleaseBlitz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Too bad China owned us in Gold medals last summer and Germany beat us not only in Golds, but in total medals in the last winter games. So 2 examples out of how many Olympiads that we didnt win both total medals and amount of gold medals? 49. What country has won the most Olympic medals overall? 1. USA 2514 2. USSR/Russia 1595 3. GBR 736 4. FRA 719 5. GER 689 6. ITA 623 Most golds: USA with 1008 2nd most: USSR/Russia with 473. So less than half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Wizard Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Pornograpy. Reward good ideas. Adapt culturally. Forgive. Grocery Stores (after years in Europe, it's not even close) Junk food Shopping Malls. Video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Bacon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 hot girls:no:Canada's pretty damn close. Hell, the girl in your sig is Canadian, as are Elisha Cuthbert, Pam Anderson, and Trish Stratus, just to name a few. EDIT: Only in America: http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/02/26/jon-stewart-eats-pancake-wrapped-sausage-dipped-in-baconnaise/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 The plus side: World's best military World's best medical innovation World's best media Largest # of professional sports leagues Negative side: World's worst media Most expensive medical industry We live too far beyond our means Spoiled athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pressure Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 America is the best in many fields of medicine America has the best agriculture of any nation in the world. America has the best space exploration program in the world. America has the best military in the world (say what you will about China or others being well trained, etc. but the only thing they really have is numbers. The U.S. has the best weaponry and the best soldiers in the world, on top of that our soldiers have actually proven themselves. America has the best standard of living in the world. America has the best university system in the world. America has the best engineers in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Well, from reading the title of the thread, its obvious we don't know how to write a sentence correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Agriculture. Entertainment, especially music and movies. Universities and scientific research. Project military force (for good and ill). Provide opportunity for creating wealth. Some of the things people have listed are not at all true. We do not lead the world in foreign aid. Per capita we are not even close to the top of the list. We do not have the highest standard if living in the world (but it's pretty danm high.) We do not have the best medical system (but at the top research end we do). We also do not have the worst media. As flawed as it is, it is probably the world's best media, challenged only by the UK and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 America is one of, if not the, least racist countries in the world. Certainly the most impressive IMO. Sure, there are pockets of ig'nant xenophobic crackers in the U.S., but we're by and large successful in curbing the racist sentiments that inevitably follow from a volatile situation. Where else can a minority rise through the political landscape and become POTUS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 :no:Canada's pretty damn close. Hell, the girl in your sig is Canadian, as are Elisha Cuthbert, Pam Anderson, and Trish Stratus, just to name a few. France, Ukraine and Thailand might also have something to say about this. :evilg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 America is one of, if not the, least racist countries in the world. Certainly the most impressive IMO. Sure, there are pockets of ig'nant xenophobic crackers in the U.S., but we're by and large successful in curbing the racist sentiments that inevitably follow from a volatile situation.Where else can a minority rise through the political landscape and become POTUS? This is true. Especially given our history, we have come a long, long way. And many of the nations around the world who claim to be enlightened on racial issues are, in fact, much more racist (and classist) than we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 This is true. Especially given our history, we have come a long, long way. And many of the nations around the world who claim to be enlightened on racial issues are, in fact, much more racist (and classist) than we are. I think America has had to confront race more than any other country which has allowed us to be more acceptable/tolerant about race than a lot of other countries with that said...i sure am glad to be a minority today and not, say, 40 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Oh, I should add that in general we provide individuals with fairer trials and more protection against arbitrary government action than perhaps any nation on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 marketing, you guys are the king. And not just for products, you guys are the best at promoting "America" to other nations. kinda tied into marketing, but you guys are also really good at selling hope, which I never knew was a commodity until someone tried to sell it to me. blowing stuff up, you guys have more practice at it than anyone so you should be freakin spectacular at it by now. over indulgence. It's always better if its bigger than the other guys. Like your car dealerships, holy crap why do they have so many cars? I was in one in Detroit with my cousin and the guy had to take us in a golf cart to go see a car "in the middle" of the lot. Ride took a good 4 minutes, and I don't think those guys sold more cars than a dealership in Windsor that is 1/10 the size. over the top entertainment/event planning. why do fighter planes need to fly over a stadium for every big game? because you can? that maybe adds, what, 4% more excitement to the game for a brief period of time but costs a heck of a lot more than what you get out of it. Or multi million dollar sweet sixteen or bar/bat mitzvah parties, do teenage kids really need to ahve a party on a rented yacht with champenge and a guest apperance by some kid in Disney's High School Musical? I would only hire an American event planner if it wasn't my money that was being spent, but it would be one heck of a party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Where else can a minority rise through the political landscape and become POTUS? lets also not forget that washington is mostly white men still... Plenty of other countries had women president's/PM's way before the US even considered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Where else can a minority rise through the political landscape and become POTUS? I hate to break this to you, but America is the only place that has a POTUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Well, from reading the title of the thread, its obvious we don't know how to write a sentence correctly. What's wrong with the title? lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 lets also not forget that washington is mostly white men still...Plenty of other countries had women president's/PM's way before the US even considered it Yes, on women's equality issues we are not first in the world by any stretch. But racially - there is not a single other First world nation that has elected a racial minority to their highest post, as far as I know. No blacks have led England. No Arabs have led France. No Aboriginals have led Australia. And so on. No one has ever come close in any of those places, I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 mandela? not a minority in the sense of census terms but still but no i agree with you it has never happened and speaks a lot for the tolerence we as americans have of minorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 and speaking of tolerence for POTUS when are us catholics finally gonna get some love again haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I hate to break this to you, but America is the only place that has a POTUS I wasn't gonna say anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordac Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 "music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery" --Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 lets also not forget that washington is mostly white men still...Plenty of other countries had women president's/PM's way before the US even considered it Asians, mexicans, blacks, and terminators have been elected as governors and congressmen. The fact that the political system works the way it was designed to despite all the historical racial issues is beyond impressive. The U.S. is still a ridiculously young country but yet we're far more advanced socially and economically than any other country out there. This can't be overstated and the two are tied. There are very few countries where interracial marriages aren't secretly condemned or spited. Here in America, the social taboo is being an actual racist. If someone says something racist publicly, you can bet there will be an outcry of condemnation. In a lot of cases, it goes overboard and people are unnecessary oversensitive but the backstop is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I hate to break this to you, but America is the only place that has a POTUS You making fun of my engrish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Play baseball...oh waitPlay basketball...questionable Play soccer...NOT Play hockey...nope Play "American" football...YEAH! Why are we so bad at international sports now? It's simple really. All our best athletes grew up playing basketball and football. Soccer is the easiest example. Imagine for a second if we were like England, Germany or France, and all our best athletes grew up playing soccer. Lebron, Kobe, Randy Moss...every single "freak" athlete grew up wanting to play soccer for the US team, instead of wanting to make it to the NFL or NBA. We would be amazing at soccer, and frequently competitive at the World Cup, no doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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