NationStates Jolt Archive

1. We kick ass...

*ellipsis*

2. It's close to Canada and Mexico and is bordered by two Oceans.

1. We kick ass...
not at hockey, you don't.

wetake out those opressive, evil governments that oppose us... and give money and weapons to the opressive, evil governments that support us.

4) We will nuke you if you fuck with us.

5)American Football, baby!

we come up with dumb things to post on the forum.

not at hockey, you don't.

Very true.... but Hockey doesn't count

j/k

1. you can drive to canada or mexico from it
nothing else really!

oh, and i have a contribution.

6. hawaii with its excellent observing conditions and lots of giant telescopes.

4) We will nuke you if you fuck with us.
Thats not cool thats crazy dont mix the 2 up
5)American Football, baby!
Thats not cool either name 3 other countries where a lot of other people like it

6. We have a Constitution that limits the power of the government, not the rights of the people

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I think your looking for "37 reasons why america is NOT cool"

j/k

Thats not cool thats crazy dont mix the 2 up

Thats not cool either name 3 other countries where a lot of other people like it

Since when does it have to be cool in other countries? Its cool to Americans and #7 We don't care what anyone else thinks.

7. We have spawned most of the best directors, actors, and movies in the world.

4) We will nuke you if you fuck with us.

isnt that a reason for america not to be cool?
if ANYONE sets of ANY nukes, the entire planet is doomed. if america (or any other country) sets off a nuke, then the other country will surely return fire before impact. also, since they know they're going to die, they might (in the case of several middle-eastern countries) decide that as long as there dying, theyll just take out each and every one of their enemies as well. so they set off all of their nukes at a bunch of other countries, and then theres like a hunderd nukes flying all over. with this all happening, everyone else will launch their nukes at everyone else, thus guaranteeing the extinction of mankind.

I think your looking for "37 reasons why america is NOT cool"

j/k

Good burn. The obvious road to take, but still good.

#- Serves as a buffer to keep Mexico and Canada from declaring total nuclear war on each other


**you know im kidding:P**

9. No other country produces music as good as America. Britain produced it once, but that died out after Pink Floyd broke up.

Normally I'd be fascinated by a reaction thread to a reaction thread that ends up duplicating the origin, but instead I'm just saddened.....

7. We have spawned most of the best directors, actors, and movies in the world.
that is all a matter of opinion. india puts out more movies than america...

7. We have spawned most of the best directors, actors, and movies in the world.

We've also spawned the very worst of all of those things.

aMERICA------} :fluffle: {------cRACK-cOCAINE

6. We have a Constitution that limits the power of the government, not the rights of the people



So? In the UK we don't have a Constitution and that doesn't limit the people or the government. If a law needs to get changed, people argue and fight about it (see idiot protestors today) but it can get changed by public ideals, NOT because some blokes a few hundred years ago wrote it on a bit of parchment.

6. We have a Constitution that limits the power of the government, not the rights of the people

cant use that one, the constitution was nullified by the patriot act. at this point it is worth as much as toilet paper. one-ply toilet paper, despite being a great idea worthy of much respect.

#) We can have a president elected despite receiving a minority of the votes.

#) We are above international law.

America cool?

Well I don't know the temperature there.

>We don't execute whiny liberals that hate bush because its the trendy thing to do.

>Higher standard of living than most countries.

>Wealthier on average.

If you don't like the US and you're a US citizen, move. Its really that simple. If the rest of the world is so great in comparison, then leave. We don't want you.

Ou presitential election system where the guy who didn't win is in office.

So? In the UK we don't have a Constitution and that doesn't limit the people or the government.

Well, actually we do have one, but it is unwritten (or, if you prefer 'uncodified').

Well, actually we do have one, but it is unwritten (or, if you prefer 'uncodified').

Rather my point. No old chaps writing stuff down that can't be changed, hundreds of years later, even if loads of people are trying to get it changed.

"no, its on this piece of paper, therefore I can own a small arsenal"

if america is so cool (well, actually it is, i've spent a lot of time there, it's lovley, full of very nice people, and i'd be proud of it too, but as we DO enjoy slagging it off, so...) then why in the creators name do you still have the death penalty? Are you aware that the whole planet, aside from fucked-up fanatic states and Comunist countries have given it up YEARS ago? How barbaric and backward are the states that still think this is a good idea? And don't say its just the southern states (although, sure, its by far mostly in the southern states...freaks) because, for one, new hampshire has it - though its not actually slaughted anyone in years. But thats just one example. Defend this. And properly. No half-assed points.

http://www.derechos.org/dp/

well you got a couple of reasons....long way to go

America is cool because

They wont sign up to the treaty that all other RESPECTABLE countrys have regarding global warming they want more sleezy weapons, more oil and keep pumping gases into the enviroment that are going to melt the ice caps to quickly
not giving humanity enough time to get into space (colonies) to save its self.

Reason number what-ever: John Kerry probably isn't going to be our next President.

America is cool because

They wont sign up to the treaty that all other RESPECTABLE countrys have regarding global warming they want more sleezy weapons, more oil and keep pumping gases into the enviroment that are going to melt the ice caps to quickly


Kyoto is a piece of crap; we have been over this time and again.


not giving humanity enough time to get into space (colonies) to save its self.

?

NCAA football

America is cool because

They wont sign up to the treaty that all other RESPECTABLE countrys have regarding global warming they want more sleezy weapons, more oil and keep pumping gases into the enviroment that are going to melt the ice caps to quickly
not giving humanity enough time to get into space (colonies) to save its self.

Global warming is junk science. In the last 20 years the average tempature of earth has changed less than 3 degrees. and that change was down not up.

we are a shitty, bullying, imperialistic teenage nation that hasn't learned to deal with the world yet in a way that doesn't include "knucle sandwiches".

Opps... I thought this forum was, "Why did you expatriate yourself?"!

Our Public Education System[/sarcasm]

Here's the real reason:

Because... Playboy!

And Star Wars.

And... Video Games... I think.

Bill Gates & Lynyrd Skynyrd


OOC((:Never thought you'd here those two in the same sentince)

7. We have spawned most of the best directors, actors, and movies in the world.

Bleh. I will take the works of Fellini, Pasolini, De Sica, Antonioni, Eisenstein, Bergman, Herzog, Fassbinder, Murnau, Kurosawa, Oshima, Ray, et al., over the crap put out by Spielberg, Lucas, Bay, Schumacher, Ratner, Bogdonovich, Friedkin, Capra, Burton, Mann, et al. The other countries of the world have excelled at making cinema an art form; the U.S. has excelled at making it industrialized pablum.

So? In the UK we don't have a Constitution and that doesn't limit the people or the government. If a law needs to get changed, people argue and fight about it (see idiot protestors today) but it can get changed by public ideals, NOT because some blokes a few hundred years ago wrote it on a bit of parchment.

But I would argue that's half the problem with Britain today. Government without limitation is essentially mob rule. The brilliance of the U.S. Constitution is that it limited the power of government and even gave us a way to throw out stupid laws that the government passes (look at all of the abortion laws that have been thrown out lately), while still granting us the power to amend it as needed. The government can pass all of the overbearing, rediculous, rights stealing laws that it wants, but the Constitution wisely provides a counterweight to government authority via the courts that allows us to keep it in check and throw those laws out. No other government that I'm aware of has this flexibility, and it's the primary reason the U.S. Constitution has remained essentially unchanged for more than two centuries.

cant use that one, the constitution was nullified by the patriot act. at this point it is worth as much as toilet paper. one-ply toilet paper, despite being a great idea worthy of much respect.

The portions of the Patriot Act that are unconstitutional will be declared so when someone is prosecuted under them and challenges the validity of the law. There are legal groups across the U.S., including the ACLU, that are looking for a test case as we speak to overturn it. The very fact that they haven't found one yet indicates that the more odius aspects of the Patriot Act aren't being enforced.

Besides, the Patriot Act expires in December 2005, and even though Bush wants it extended, the votes aren't there in Congress to make it happen (in fact, most of the congresscritters that supported it have publicly rebuked it at this point). If Kerry is elected, the chances of the Patriot Act being extended are essentially zero. If Bush is re-elected, I'd put the odds at less than 10%. Citizens on both the left and the right oppose the law, it won't survive a constitutional challenge, and our congressional representatives simply don't want to risk their careers on this thing anymore.

cant use that one, the constitution was nullified by the patriot act. at this point it is worth as much as toilet paper. one-ply toilet paper, despite being a great idea worthy of much respect.

Wow.... I guess the same thing could have been said during WWII when even harsher measures than the "patriot act" were taken. Yet we got through that ordeal ok and we will get through this ok as well. I would like for anyone to show me ONE right that I had before the patriot act that I don't have now. Just one. Anyone?