abdcskins Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 People love to bash the US government, for good reason most of the time. Yet I think we would all agree that we do a lot of good humanitarian acts abroad. What specifically have we done, both domestically and internationally? These things get often overlooked. I was in a conversation the other night with some Turkish people and I was agreeing with them on all the negative points, and I wanted to bring up some positives but didn't have much ammunition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I think the Bush initiatives on fighting Aids in Africa should be screamed from the hilltops. It's criminal how little praise it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Oh there are tons of things, even though many may be surprised to hear that from me. I think that the enforecement of contracts and the protection of personal property top my list of things that the feds not only do well, but are mandated to do well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Bush- do not call list. Clinton- Surplus/balanced budget Obama-some of his reforms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shk75 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 The building of a national system of interconnected four and eight lane roads at a time when many nations where still using two lane highways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 The Internet, and the recent Net Neutrality rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I feel like you just want federal government pros. I'll give two that will get some people going: Social Security and Medicare. Social security actually provides income to seniors so that they can afford to retire. (It actually does much more than that, e.g. disability, etc.). Medicare actually provides health insurance to people who otherwise would be uninsurable simply because of their age. Those two programs provide an exhorbitant amount of "good" to our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Beating the Nazis, abolishing slavery, ending segregation, and recognizing all people born in the U.S. as citizens regardless of their race or gender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shk75 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Beating the Nazis, abolishing slavery, ending segregation, and recognizing all people born in the U.S. as citizens regardless of their race or gender. LOL touche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Beating the Nazis, abolishing slavery, ending segregation, and recognizing all people born in the U.S. as citizens regardless of their race or gender. Not just abolishing slavery, but the Civil Rights Act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Landing on the moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Making daily life here much different that living in Mogadishu or Burma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Presidential term limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thanks, some good stuff. Any other stuff, specifically foreign policies or acts? The fighting AIDS in Africa that Kilmer mentioned was gold. I think the main thing may be just providing aid to countries in need. Organizations like the Peace Corps are American programs that have federal funding. And then there are private organizations like the Red Cross that also go abroad and help other significantly. This is all stuff that should be recognized, I doubt even the staunchest anti-American could criticise those things. I'm trying to show these Europeans that the United States of America is not a bad country with ill intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 As a person who was born overseas (Kuwait) and lived in a couple nations growing up I would say one of our shining achievements is incredible toleration for all peoples regards their ethnicity, religion and other beliefs. People who think this country and its people are intolerant would do well to spend some time abroad to really understand how just we really are here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thanks, some good stuff. Any other stuff, specifically foreign policies or acts? The fighting AIDS in Africa that Kilmer mentioned was gold. I think the main thing may be just providing aid to countries in need. Organizations like the Peace Corps are American programs that have federal funding. And then there are private organizations like the Red Cross that also go abroad and help other significantly. This is all stuff that should be recognized, I doubt even the staunchest anti-American could criticise those things.I'm trying to show these Europeans that the United States of America is not a bad country with ill intentions. Well, if you want to go there... tsunami relief in Indonesia, Peace Corp, and all sorts of relief efforts that are probably too numerous to name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 How about the amount of money we fund for the un and IMF? I hate it but your friends might appreciate it more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm trying to show these Europeans that the United States of America is not a bad country with ill intentions. Then I got two words for you. Marshall Plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Forcing the Redskins to integrate. Henry - u wouldn't believe how the Marshal plan is portrayed in European schools - essentially echoing the Soviet b.s. about how it was a scheme to make the rest of the world dependant on America...a quasi-colonialist ploy. :doh: ---------- Post added January-6th-2011 at 03:10 PM ---------- Forcing the Redskins to integrate. Henry - u wouldn't believe how the Marshal plan is portrayed in European schools - essentially echoing the Soviet b.s. about how it was a scheme to make the rest of the world dependant on America...a quasi-colonialist ploy. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Forcing the Redskins to integrate.Henry - u wouldn't believe how the Marshal plan is portrayed in European schools - essentially echoing the Soviet b.s. about how it was a scheme to make the rest of the world dependant on America...a quasi-colonialist ploy. :doh: Which is why Europe is one big American colony today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 As a person who was born overseas (Kuwait) and lived in a couple nations growing up I would say one of our shining achievements is incredible toleration for all peoples regards their ethnicity, religion and other beliefs. People who think this country and its people are intolerant would do well to spend some time abroad to really understand how just we really are here. Yeah...tell the Turks to go try living in Germany and see how accepted they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Realistically, nobody brings as many people from other countries to their country, even on a voluntary non-permanent basis as we do. When I was in grad school, there was somebody here from a foreign country, and they were complaining about the US. Us US citizens weren't saying anything, and then eventually somebody on an H1 visa (a non-permanent resident here for a specialty job) from India got up and said, if you don't like it here, you can go back to China. The whole room got quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 As a person who was born overseas (Kuwait) and lived in a couple nations growing up I would say one of our shining achievements is incredible toleration for all peoples regards their ethnicity, religion and other beliefs. People who think this country and its people are intolerant would do well to spend some time abroad to really understand how just we really are here. I really like this post. Kudos! ---------- Post added January-6th-2011 at 05:15 PM ---------- Yeah...tell the Turks to go try living in Germany and see how accepted they are. I was a summer exchange student in Germany back in the late 80's. You really speak the truth! I remember once we went out quite late and a group of German teens suddenly ran by us and surrounder a phone booth that had a darker skinned man inside using the phone. The freaking kids tipped the whole booth over and the poor guy got both stuck and injured in the process. I learned later of a very common hatred among many Germans for Turks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadium-Armory Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nuclear power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shk75 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 As a person who was born overseas (Kuwait) and lived in a couple nations growing up I would say one of our shining achievements is incredible toleration for all peoples regards their ethnicity, religion and other beliefs. People who think this country and its people are intolerant would do well to spend some time abroad to really understand how just we really are here. AMEN. I think Europe does a lot of things well, health care, education, train system but they cannot touch our diversity. I have lived in many of the Western European countries and let me tell you if you think people are racist here wow it is so much worse there. They like to say hey we are European we are so much more liberal and open but why then do you have these openly fascist political parties in countries like Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. As a minority myself I can tell you that I often feel much more uncomfortable in these countries than in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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