July 21, 2012
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America, Fuck Yeah!
Even better in actual video content:I swear I’m writing a really big, hopefully meaningful and intelligent post about the Batman shootings, but at the moment the painkillers I’m on are making it hard to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time. So for the moment please enjoy this tremendous OH SNAP! moment from The Newsroom.
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AMERICAAAAAA FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAH
I now have that song, stuck, in my head.
i’ve heard about this show. i don’t subscribe to HBO so i haven’t seen it. sadly it’s true and murders per year weren’t even mentioned.
hope you’re feeling better soon. i look forward to your post about the Batman shootings. a couple of hours ago it was reported of the names of those who were killed so far released, the youngest was 6 years old. her mother is still in intensive care, might be paralyzed for life and doesn’t yet know the fate of her daughter. i can’t imagine how she’s going to cope.
That was awesome! I wanna watch this movie! I know I am a Christian, so people will think I am conservative, but I am not. I am actually moderate, so I feel many of the same things. And I like the lady writing: IT IS NOT.. then IT CAN BE. So True, our greatness is not merely determined by our past but also our present and future. We make America great or we make it weak and a failure, by each individuals hard work or lack of it.
WHOA. Why the hell haven’t I seen this? That was so right-on it hurts.
America isn’t great because of our accomplishments, but simply in that we (overall) let people live their lives without the government getting in the way.
Well, for now.
I would like to see that movie.
@firetyger - It is a new series on HBO
The Walmart heirs have the exact same amount of money as 50% of Americans combined.
Right on target!
The Netherlands is the most or 2nd most secular and was voted the happiest country in the world with a very high life expectancy. Great post.
Was hoping for Team America clips. You disappoint me, Krisko.
“If you hate America so much why don’t you go somewhere else.”
Translation: “We hate and can’t deal with criticism and, unless you blindly and ignorantly support everythign this country does, you are unAmerican and should fuck off somewhere else. Unless there’s a Democrat in the White House, in which case bitch, scream, flame and hate away!”
Yosemite! hahaha I died… great video.
Who is participating in greatness? Isn’t helping children greater than helping pro life, the cause?
Isn’t making room for your fellow man better than waging war against man?
Isn’t writing something about what we can do, better than just criticizing with out offering solutions?
Some of the problems that I see is divisive politics. Shouldn’t we concentrate on more things we agree upon?
Heh, I know I’m going to get flack for this, but oh well. Suck it. America needs to get over itself. Yeah, haters are gonna hate. Pffft.
@Jenny_Wren - [America isn't great because of our
accomplishments, but simply in that we (overall) let people live their
lives without the government getting in the way.]
Unless they’re gay.
@GodlessLiberal - If such a law supporting gay marriage could be voted in, I have no problem with it being passed. I just hope it’s done democratically.
We have the best drones. Doesn’t that count for something? Give me your GPS coordinates.
America was the greatest country in the world,but it is not anymore. However it is my sincere hope it can be again. Heck, I am not even an American citizen, nor do I live in America. America started of in greatness, because it was and is the fist modern country that developed and created a non-monarchical system of government, with rights given to all men, and freedom and liberty for all. Back in 1755 that was a big thing, no king as the head of government, and voting rights for all males, WOW. America was great because it stood up for ideals, defending the democratic system around the world, from the threat of communism and dictators. It had a system of manufacturing, education/university’s, and intellectual might that it could bend to these tasks and achieve greatness, while still maintaining freedom for all it’s citizens.
Since the 1970 it has started going downhill, and here I see a number of reasons why. America ought to have limited or stopped the number of people immigrating, it has experienced a loss in social cohesion with the advent of modern multiculturalism. It should have focused more on the school/education system, and consistently maintained high standards. Socialized medicine should have been adopted far far sooner, if a country cares for its citizens, the amount of money they can pay, should not dictate what level of healthcare is provided to them. It should NEVER NEVER have opened relations with PRC China. It should have dropped nuclear bombs on them when they had the chance during the Korean conflict, those pinko commies. Now America has no manufacturing facilities, or not many at all, and has become de-industrilized, and friends with a communist country. It needs to be able to make, cars, planes, clothing, shoes, electric goods, and Americans need to buy them and not cheap overseas stuff. America needs to reestablish its social cohesion, and see it’s self a western country, with a duty to defend the world from the red devil.
I will not weigh in on any economic causes, I am not an economist.
@fadeing_hallucinations - You are right about 1775, except for blacks, Indians, Asian, women, and people who didn’t own property. Aside from that …
Wishing I had HBO right now. sigh.
That 178th in infant mortality seemed wrong to me, so I looked it up. United Nations lists us as 34th in infant mortality, CIA World Factbook says 49th. Some of the countries doing a better job on this front are Andorra, S. Korea, Brunei, Cyprus, and Cuba (as well as those you might expect – Sweden, Japan, France), so we’re still not doing a great job, but it isn’t half so ugly as he said. If you are wondering, we have 7.07 deaths per 1000 live births, down from 30 in the 1950s, but up from 6.81 for 2005 -2010. There are 52 countries where the infant mortality rate is less than 10 per 1000; 79 countries if you use CIA World Factbook numbers. Also, by CIA W. F. our rate is just 5.98 per 1000 – their numbers are projected for the year 2012.
Statistics are tricky. 7th in literacy refers to how much of our population can read. CIA WF says in 2002 99.99% of our adult population is literate. There are dozens of countries with identical rates, so I’m not sure how that makes us 7th. I know some mentally handicapped adults who are unable to read, but the rest of us are doing pretty well. But the math score comes from standardized testing of a sample of 15 year olds from countries who wanted to participate. Hmmm. People we don’t let drive, drink, or vote determine our ranking in math. You want to trust that number?
I don’t think statistics prove much – you can almost always find a different statistic saying the opposite thing by reasking the question in a different way. I certainly don’t think we can just look at statistics to “prove” we are or are not a great country. But the answers “diversity” and “freedom” are hokey and useless as well.
@GodlessLiberal - Or don’t practice christianity.
i always thought having hollywood is what makes the US to be no 1 in the world..
but really, many outsiders too consider the US to be no 1 because they can do whatever they want to others, unlike other countries.. so the military spending does actually make the US to be no 1 in the world, no matter what the standing on life quality issues or education etc..
@MiDarkLyfe - The infant mortality rate in America may include micro-premies… something about we include that number whereas other countries do not. That’s a criticism of the stats, but I’m not sure how reliable that is.
@TiredSoVeryTired - I thought of that too, when I first saw the number 178th. We work really hard to save the smallest babies, something other countries might just count as a “miscarriages.” Does our incredible ability to do outstanding medical procedures on the very tiniest humans help this number? Or does the fact that so many women get no prenatal care because they can’t afford or are barred from getting medical insurance hurt it? Or does it all balance somewhere in the middle?
Given the typical statistical variance of plus or minus 5%, and the fact that we rank together with 52 (or 79) countries with infant mortality less than .01% , I’d say we have nothing to hide our heads about there.
Unless you are a parent of a baby who dies in infancy. Then it sucks.
@Jenny_Wren - [If such a law supporting gay marriage could
be voted in, I have no problem with it being passed. I just hope it's
done democratically.]
America doesn’t defend minorities by democratic opinion. That’s why we have the Supreme Court, to protect minorities from the majority. Saying we need to make decisions on basic rights of citizens democratically is why Native Americans, African-Americans, women and multiple other minority groups took so long to actually fall under the slogan “all men are created equal.”
@GodlessLiberal - Fair enough. I see what you mean.
The same argument could be made for unborn humans, too. But I promise not to drag that out. It’s just a thought.
@MiDarkLyfe - We also have a lot of women having babies when “nature” doesn’t think they should because of fertility treatments. So, we have some health care issues, some micro-premies that are miscarriages being counted, and older and/or fertility compromised women trying to have babies.
And as far as school testing: In California we make special education students take these tests, do we count them in our national averages? Do other countries? That could impact our numbers too.
@GodlessLiberal - And the term is still “all men are created equal”… not human, not people… etc. etc.
It is my understanding that 178th in infant mortality is more related to our obesity than our health care. It is my understanding that the infant mortality rate is what impact the life expectancy. So lose weight people.
It is also my understanding that most of the Science and Math and Reading scores are impacted by inclusion of illegals. In other words, give any of the countries above us 11 million illegals from Mexico and their scores drop too.
@TiredSoVeryTired - I don’t know about California, but I was floored to discover that yes, here in WV the kids in Special Ed take the tests and their scores are counted. Kids who not native English speakers take the test (sometimes in a different language, but that isn’t always helpful, for example if they can’t read in that language) and their scores count. We even have homeschooled kids come in and take the test. Basically everyone takes the test and all scores count.
You got me started, so I’m going to post a long blog about this on my site. Come over and check it out.
@MiDarkLyfe - Yep, most Special Ed students take the test at their grade level in CA. Since the SpEd students are passed along with their age group, they may be reading at first grade level but taking the 5th grade test. Now, they may be read to or what not, but not always. Some SpEd students do not take the test, like the ones who are non-verbal autistic kids, but still other autistic kids are taking these tests, along with kids with Down’s Syndrome class conditions. And the ELL (English Language Learners) take the test here, often in English, but true if given it in their native language, they often cannot read their native language. In some states the ELL kids are a lot of kids. Does Japan have this issue? Maybe England will, but Finland? Switzerland? I doubt it.
@TheTheologiansCafe - We should look at the number of Special Ed students and the number of ELL students and compare between states. I am pretty sure that affects a lot of states and certainly many school districts in California.
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