05-22-2004, 01:39 PM
Several months ago, Motown, myself, JBR, ricksqueal (just kidding rick), swoosh, road and Gray, we all went round and round about whether or not the USA is the greatest nation on earth.
Watching C-SPAN's Washington Journal for 5-21-04 yesterday morning, that very question was posed during a 35 minute session of open phones. Is the USA the greatest nation on earth?
Among the callers, about 98% said yes, America is the greatest nation on earth. Reasons cited were:
*while everyone may not be equal, everyone has the same opportunity.
*because we kicked German arse in WW2
*Americans can go to college via student loans and gov. grants
*Americans can go to yard sales on Saturday mornings (free enterprise)
*we aren't being bombed on a regular basis (bombed by domestic terrorists)
*one guy said America is the greatest because we have the most freedoms of any other nation on earth.
WJ's host for the segment asked "Aren't Swedish people free?"
The man said "not like we are..."
WJ's host said "well what about Britain, aren't those people enjoying freedom like most Americans are?"
The man replied, "no. In Britain you can get jailed for things that you cannot be jailed for here..."
The man hung up.
The session of open phones was open to international callers, and possibly two or three aired comments in support of the USA, with one dissenting.
One lady from Ohio said, "what do you mean by 'great'? Are you suggesting that only America is great and no other nations are great?" Great was never defined. The lady added more comments, not really answering the question.
I didn't have time to try and get through, I didn't call. At first I thought of what my comment would be. At first I thought, well I'll tell the guy that America is a great country because I once had to drive semi-tractor-trailers all over the nation. I saved every dime for college (although the pay was meager), went late in life to school and after getting all that young college snatch, I deduced that America is great indeed.
I went to walk the dog, and thinking about the question, I firmly decided on this response (sorry this is lengthy y'all, I know you don't enjoy reading, especially from a scum sucking librul demon like me):
America is great, but most Americans are not. America has a great government in which a growing number of Americans don't support, don't participate and don't care.
America has a great society, but Americans are mostly lazy, exploiting the labor of others so they can pop pills and get fat.
America fosters a compassion for all of humanity, but Americans are mostly mean and cruel people.
I figured the WJ anchor would have questioned me about this, and this would have been my response:
Go to any little league baseball game, or any little league sport for that matter. The younger the children the better.
You'll likely hear at these little league games, adult Americans berating the umpires, saying vicious, hurtful comments, oftentimes using the umpire's full name.
You will also hear adult Americans saying absolutley terrible and vile remarks directed at the other teams' players, most of whom are under 10 years old. You will see adult Americans watching the game and nearly foaming at the mouth in hatred at anyone or anything who does not allow their kid to excel or win. They'll say things like 'look at little Ricky Smith, quit pickin' your nose you disgusting little sh*t' and 'Joe Nelson didn't touch the bag, he ran over it. That kid's a rat, just like his whole family, they're all rats!'
If you inform a parent they are out of line, they'll become very defensive and begin to lecture you on how great their kid is. They'll even manage to get a few insults in directed at you, and then threaten to whip your arse.
Perhaps more viciousness can be seen among the adult spectators at a youth soccer game for girls.
If watching little league spectators being mean and brutal and does not convince you that Americans are, for the most part, cruel and mean, then drive a semi-tractor-trailer around the nation for one month, and I guarantee you that you will be spit on, flipped off, cussed at, cursed, punched and kicked off of any property you try to park at, including Colorado rest areas (no trucks allowed, they say). Your own company will treat you like dirt, give you the third degree, tell you that you're stupid, and play headgames with you like sending you to a shipper who does not have any cargo for you. On top of that, they'll try to screw you out of some of your pay.
Then you'll meet a cruel and vicious cop, state trooper, or DOT officer. He'll slap you for an over-weight fee that comes out of the drivers' pockets. He'll ticket you for not taking the required 8-hour break, or not logging it, and your dispatcher will tell you to 'screw that cop and get rolling...'
This is the kind of treatment that most American truck drivers receive from fellow Americans who buy, sell, trade, drive, wear, eat and sleep on all kinds of products that get to these Americans via trucks and truck drivers.
In conclusion, America is a great country and most of its people are great, if and only if 'great' means cruel, mean, brutish and nasty.
Now, tell me to leave, die, wish prostate cancer on me, and banish me to hell!
Watching C-SPAN's Washington Journal for 5-21-04 yesterday morning, that very question was posed during a 35 minute session of open phones. Is the USA the greatest nation on earth?
Among the callers, about 98% said yes, America is the greatest nation on earth. Reasons cited were:
*while everyone may not be equal, everyone has the same opportunity.
*because we kicked German arse in WW2
*Americans can go to college via student loans and gov. grants
*Americans can go to yard sales on Saturday mornings (free enterprise)
*we aren't being bombed on a regular basis (bombed by domestic terrorists)
*one guy said America is the greatest because we have the most freedoms of any other nation on earth.
WJ's host for the segment asked "Aren't Swedish people free?"
The man said "not like we are..."
WJ's host said "well what about Britain, aren't those people enjoying freedom like most Americans are?"
The man replied, "no. In Britain you can get jailed for things that you cannot be jailed for here..."
The man hung up.
The session of open phones was open to international callers, and possibly two or three aired comments in support of the USA, with one dissenting.
One lady from Ohio said, "what do you mean by 'great'? Are you suggesting that only America is great and no other nations are great?" Great was never defined. The lady added more comments, not really answering the question.
I didn't have time to try and get through, I didn't call. At first I thought of what my comment would be. At first I thought, well I'll tell the guy that America is a great country because I once had to drive semi-tractor-trailers all over the nation. I saved every dime for college (although the pay was meager), went late in life to school and after getting all that young college snatch, I deduced that America is great indeed.
I went to walk the dog, and thinking about the question, I firmly decided on this response (sorry this is lengthy y'all, I know you don't enjoy reading, especially from a scum sucking librul demon like me):
America is great, but most Americans are not. America has a great government in which a growing number of Americans don't support, don't participate and don't care.
America has a great society, but Americans are mostly lazy, exploiting the labor of others so they can pop pills and get fat.
America fosters a compassion for all of humanity, but Americans are mostly mean and cruel people.
I figured the WJ anchor would have questioned me about this, and this would have been my response:
Go to any little league baseball game, or any little league sport for that matter. The younger the children the better.
You'll likely hear at these little league games, adult Americans berating the umpires, saying vicious, hurtful comments, oftentimes using the umpire's full name.
You will also hear adult Americans saying absolutley terrible and vile remarks directed at the other teams' players, most of whom are under 10 years old. You will see adult Americans watching the game and nearly foaming at the mouth in hatred at anyone or anything who does not allow their kid to excel or win. They'll say things like 'look at little Ricky Smith, quit pickin' your nose you disgusting little sh*t' and 'Joe Nelson didn't touch the bag, he ran over it. That kid's a rat, just like his whole family, they're all rats!'
If you inform a parent they are out of line, they'll become very defensive and begin to lecture you on how great their kid is. They'll even manage to get a few insults in directed at you, and then threaten to whip your arse.
Perhaps more viciousness can be seen among the adult spectators at a youth soccer game for girls.
If watching little league spectators being mean and brutal and does not convince you that Americans are, for the most part, cruel and mean, then drive a semi-tractor-trailer around the nation for one month, and I guarantee you that you will be spit on, flipped off, cussed at, cursed, punched and kicked off of any property you try to park at, including Colorado rest areas (no trucks allowed, they say). Your own company will treat you like dirt, give you the third degree, tell you that you're stupid, and play headgames with you like sending you to a shipper who does not have any cargo for you. On top of that, they'll try to screw you out of some of your pay.
Then you'll meet a cruel and vicious cop, state trooper, or DOT officer. He'll slap you for an over-weight fee that comes out of the drivers' pockets. He'll ticket you for not taking the required 8-hour break, or not logging it, and your dispatcher will tell you to 'screw that cop and get rolling...'
This is the kind of treatment that most American truck drivers receive from fellow Americans who buy, sell, trade, drive, wear, eat and sleep on all kinds of products that get to these Americans via trucks and truck drivers.
In conclusion, America is a great country and most of its people are great, if and only if 'great' means cruel, mean, brutish and nasty.
Now, tell me to leave, die, wish prostate cancer on me, and banish me to hell!