What I like about the US!

**Taffy_is_a_Taff** · 06-14-2005, 01:23

thanks I forgot about:
root beer and guns
Two of my favourite things.

I just spend Sunday shooting lots of guns in the middle of nowhere.

No Rootbeer though :(

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

**Papewaio** · 06-14-2005, 01:30

Nasa

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 06-14-2005, 01:50

-The blue plate lunch special at a good southern grocery store or gas station for $4.00
-Family Guy, South Park, The Venture Brothers
-Sweet tea and lemonade
-Severe late afternoon thunderstorms
-NCAA Basketball
-Fried catfish on Fridays
-Cheap books
-Lots of attractive and smart female international graduate students

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 06-14-2005, 02:04

All the pointless political parties (the Scorched Earth Party,,, nuff said)

**Quietus** · 06-14-2005, 02:17

Freedom of Speech.

Awhile ago two peeps try to introduce/convert me to religion. Guess who left scratching their heads and confused of their faith.

**kiwitt** · 06-14-2005, 02:20

1) Standing for Freedom

I know it is hard to believe, given the way countries attack it's recent actions. It is still a lot better than many countries at giving freedom.

2) The Movies

If I could do nothing else, I would be happing watching movies all day. It's escapism is a real help to ease pressures of everyday life.

3) The Technology

Where would we be without the PC, the Console, the Games, the Internet, etc. etc. Also the occasional trip into space.

4) It's People

For doing all the above. The US is made from up from hundreds of other countries immigrants, from Italians, to Irish and everything in between. It is a microcoism of the wider world.

**JAG** · 06-14-2005, 02:31

Baseball.

'Nuff said.

**Proletariat** · 06-14-2005, 02:41

Originally Posted by JAG

Baseball.

'Nuff said.

I knew it was somewhere! I knew it! On the Diamond, all along!

Sweet, sweet common ground.

**Productivity** · 06-14-2005, 05:32

Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia

All the pointless political parties (the Scorched Earth Party,,, nuff said)

Bah, you have nothing on the British.

As to the topic, I really do like America. There are just a few little things about it that I don't like but that goes for anywhere/anyone, but overall, it's a great place.

**Samurai Waki** · 06-14-2005, 07:36

-The General Outward Friendliness of most people, in most parts of the country (yes, even many people I have met in ghettos are rather nice... just don't stay out to late or get involved with gangs.)

-Guns and Hunting for the masses (Hunting is one of my favorite things to do in the fall... in most places in the world hunting is privatized.)

-Food (I don't care what you think... after eating seafood for 7 months straight, nothing is better than a good steak or hamburger grilled in good ol' Americana.)

-Politics aside, Americans in general are nice people and liberally accepting people... even though we have our radicals, religious feuding between Christians/ Non-Christians is relatively nil, if someone says something bad about the other side, chances are the other side never hears it.) Unless there is some dumbass thing about an athiest wanting "in god we trust" off the national anthem, it's still important to recognize our nation's history and tradition... most of which comes from those uptight werido Pilgrims with buckles on their hats. (Unfortunately my ancestors were one's themselves).

-Fiercely Loyal, being an American by birth, I am still loyal to the cause of our freedom and democracy, although somewhat skeptical about our current policies, if there was ever an attempt to overthrow the government into something outside of being democratic or relatively free society (hey we can still pray to whomever we want, or not at all! and we still have equal opportunity) I think millions upon millions of people from every niche' in American society would find themselves in common ground, liberals... conservatives... hippies... the vast majority of people can still come together in trying times... just look at WWII.