NationStates Jolt Archive

I am proud that my former Prime Ministre jean Chretien was the first world leader to be pied (http://www.bioticbakingbrigade.org/).

*What this thread is not at all meant to be about is nationalism. Please keep the tone light.

I am proud that my former Prime Ministre jean Chretien was the first world leader to be pied (http://www.bioticbakingbrigade.org/).Oh, no. Stuff like that shouldn't be encouraged, my favorite politician got his eardrum ruptured due to something similar... :(

Anyway, I'm not proud of my country, rather, I'm ashamed of it. On the other hand, I'm proud of my country, especially in sports :D
Muahahaha! Gotta love dual-citizenship!

Because I made it all myself & didn't spill any glue or have to get dad to help

Oh, no. Stuff like that shouldn't be encouraged, my favorite politician got his eardrum ruptured due to something similar... :(

Anyway, I'm not proud of my country, rather, I'm ashamed of it. On the other hand, I'm proud of my country, especially in sports :D
Muahahaha! Gotta love dual-citizenship!Some people deserve to be pied. Alberta Premier Ralph Klien recently got it.
And it was gooood.

Be more specific about what you're proud of. It can be little things, or things that you sholudn't be proud of, but secretly are (jean Chretien strangled a protestor who threatened him).

my favorite throwing-stuff-at-politicions moment has to be that guy throwing an egg at John Prescott, then John Prescott comeing back with a smack in the mouth!
If he was up for Prime Minister, I'd vote for him

I don't believe in being patriotic, so I will say that I'm proud of Venezuela for having elected the first Native American President in the history of the Americas, I'm proud of Canada for saying no to the war in Iraq, I'm proud of India for producing a great thinker like Gandhi, I'm proud of Iraq for being the cradle of Western civilization, I'm proud of Greece for producing the works of Plato and Aristotle, I'm proud of Israel (although it wasn't called Israel at the time) for producing Jesus, I'm proud of Colombia for producing some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I'll even say I'm proud of the US, for providing the birthplace of the Blues.

The USA is guided by a constitution that protects freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. We haven't always lived up to the potential of that great documnent, but we keep trying.

My country has been slowly but steadily moving toward becomming more fair and just. It took time to eliminate such attrocities as slavery, second class status for women, and Jim Crow laws, but we do make progress over time.

Also Jesus likes us best. Dubya told me so. ;)

Be more specific about what you're proud of. It can be little things, or things that you sholudn't be proud of, but secretly are (jean Chretien strangled a protestor who threatened him).I'm proud of Germany for its new role in world politics and how it left its dark past behind without forgetting it. And that we won the World Cup 3 times :D

The USA is guided by a constitution that protects freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. We haven't always lived up to the potential of that great documnent, but we keep trying.

My country has been slowly but steadily moving toward becomming more fair and just. It took time to eliminate such attrocities as slavery, second class status for women, and Jim Crow laws, but we do make progress over time.

Also Jesus likes us best. Dubya told me so. ;)

Alot of what my friend here said (minus the whole Jesus thing).

The United States is indeed a very free nation. You can say what you want, when you want, how you want, without ever needing to worry about some secret-police breaking down your door.

There are problems however, politicians have tried censoring, limiting religions, and putting the corporation above the welfare of the people.

Nothing a little revolution of the prolietariat wont solve though! :p

We took over curling! Woot!

Yes, curling is originally scottish, but Canada pwns it.

I am proud that my former Prime Ministre jean Chretien was the first world leader to be pied (http://www.bioticbakingbrigade.org/).

*What this thread is not at all meant to be about nationalism. Please keep the tone light.

I'm proud of my country for....about 80 minutes, every other Saturday, for five or six weeks, in spring. Usually, the pride doesn't last the entire 80 minutes, but this year, it did.

(nb:- Welsh rugby fan)

Other than that? The Super Furry Animals and James Hawes. Thats it.

Oh, and Nye Bevan. Musn't forget Nye.

I'm proud that my country is rather well-shaped... and all in all not that bad place to live in.

America: No matter how much fuss, anger, hatred, or lawsuits fly, when the elections are over, offices change hands peacefully.

...and we have the best food. Want it? Someone cooks it here! :D

America: No matter how much fuss, anger, hatred, or lawsuits fly, when the elections are over, offices change hands peacefully.

...and we have the best food. Want it? Someone cooks it here! :D



I'd certainly have to say our food beats England's :D

What are you proud of your country for?
There's a long, long list. Here are just a few:

* For the right to freedom of expression

* For the opportunities it offers

* For the right to defend yourself

* For its history of continuing to improve race relations

* For having people from every country and region on the planet as citizens

* For its humanitarian efforts ( both governmental and privately financed )

* For being able to kick ass and take names when it's necessary

Even though we lose nearly every sporting competition, I'm proud of the fact that we still try.

I'm proud that we haven't been invaded for a thousand years. (Come on you pedants, I can hear you muttering)

I'm proud that still have our own currency, unlike those poor sad people in Euroland who allowed theirs to be given away.

And believe it or not, I'm even proud of our former colony across the pond, which I still think is one of the best things that ever happened to this planet (We let them win their indepence, ok?). Admittedly, they have given us Madonna, Disney, friendly fire and Dubya, not to mention endless bloody whinging about how terrible Vietnam was... but I still think the world would be a worse place without the United States of Whatever.

I'm proud of Germany for its new role in world politics and how it left its dark past behind without forgetting it. And that we won the World Cup 3 times :D

Good point. But if I had to choose between winning world cups and world wars...

Even though we lose nearly every sporting competition, I'm proud of the fact that we still try.

I'm proud that we haven't been invaded for a thousand years. (Come on you pedants, I can hear you muttering)

I'm proud that still have our own currency, unlike those poor sad people in Euroland who allowed theirs to be given away.

And believe it or not, I'm even proud of our former colony across the pond, which I still think is one of the best things that ever happened to this planet (We let them win their indepence, ok?). Admittedly, they have given us Madonna, Disney, friendly fire and Dubya, not to mention endless bloody whinging about how terrible Vietnam was... but I still think the world would be a worse place without the United States of Whatever.

Well, technically the UK was last invaded successfully in 1685 by William of Orange, who then became William III, but we kinda sided with him.

At the moment I'm not very proud of my country, because it is fairly new and has had many mistakes made in the making of it :eek:

I'd certainly have to say our food beats England's :D
Pffft, you guys don't even have meat pies!

Good point. But if I had to choose between winning world cups and world wars... :rolleyes: That was almost offensive...
Anyway, I'm kinda glad we won the World Cup and not the Second World War, aren't you? ;)

Pffft, you guys don't even have meat pies!

Let alone mushy peas or marmite on toast.

Pffft, you guys don't even have meat pies!


Yes we do. :p

I'm proud that I can only get a real Cheesesteak here. Plus a lobster dinner doesn't cost too much either!

I'm proud to be an American.
I'm proud to be apart of this country.
I'm proud of everything this country strives for, and I support it fully. I am patriotic. I salute the flag each and every morning. The United States is where I was born, and it is where I will stay, through better or worse.
I love my country, and I couldn't be any more proud of it, or myself, for each and every accomplishment and step it has taken to better itself, or even other countries.
I believe in the United States of America, and I'm proud to be free.

I'm proud of my country's cultural inclination to route for the underdog. I'm also proud that just because you're born poor in the U.S., that doesn't mean you can't die rich.

I'm proud to be an American.
I'm proud to be apart of this country.
I'm proud of everything this country strives for, and I support it fully. I am patriotic. I salute the flag each and every morning. The United States is where I was born, and it is where I will stay, through better or worse.
I love my country, and I couldn't be any more proud of it, or myself, for each and every accomplishment and step it has taken to better itself, or even other countries.
I believe in the United States of America, and I'm proud to be free.
Sorry, I had to choke when I read that...

I'm proud of my country's cultural inclination to route for the underdog. I'm also proud that just because you're born poor in the U.S., that doesn't mean you can't die rich.

I think thats true of every country, inmho. And i'd suggest you *really* study the social mobility of your country, you'd be in for a bit of a shock. With small exceptions, the same people own the money now that owned the money 50 years ago, 100 years ago. Your current Presidential family being a case in point...

I think thats true of every country, inmho. And i'd suggest you *really* study the social mobility of your country, you'd be in for a bit of a shock. With small exceptions, the same people own the money now that owned the money 50 years ago, 100 years ago. Your current Presidential family being a case in point...
That's true, unfortunately. Finland has way more social mobility than the USA.

That's true, unfortunately. Finland has way more social mobility than the USA.
Well, dunno about that... but it IS rather well-shaped (as mentioned earlier).

Most proud:
The Bill of Rights.
Immigration

I am proud of China for housing 55 (56 if you count the Han) ethnic minority groups, even if the Central Government isn't very nice to the Tibetans and the Uighurs. I am proud of China for keeping Mao's corpse for viewing in Beijing even if it has gone a bit orange. I'm proud of China for being so inhospitable towards foreigners that the capital city doesn't even have an English translation to 'public bathroom'. I am proud of China for maintaining her ancient relics, its calligraphy and its art -- and that is the actual, and sometimes only, reason.

I am proud of Taiwan for having the best (junk) food in the whole world and a president who wakesup in the middle of the night to bring his wife to the bathroom.

I am proud of the United States of America because... uhh... my (Chinese) grandma went to the zoo with us and said the most interesting animals were the obese Americans (not my words!). I am proud because the USA houses migrants from all over the globe, but strangely enough has citizens that have no sense of world Geography or foreign customs. Actually, I'm proud because she has ... good TV and commercials?

*Don't flame me for anything I said. I am a proud American even if I sometimes don't know why.

Well, let's see what us brits have:

1. Constitution protecting free speech etc: no
2. Royal family: They're more German anyway...das ist nicht gut!
3. British Empire: Grab a load of countries, steal their resources and leave them a huge debt. (Assuming you're not Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Singapore)
4. Food: Chinese with British Characteristics.

But we have Blackadder and the worlds greatest band (Muse), thus we pwn!

im proud of my country because we invented some of the best sports in the world: football, rugby and cricket (even though when it comes to actually playing them we're terrible)

But we have Blackadder and the worlds greatest band (Muse), thus we pwn!

Blackadder! I would move to England just for that.

As for Muse, they mumble a bit, but I love them anyway. Not the world's greatest though, sorry :D

But you still don't pwn because I laugh when I read about the appeasment policy ;)

Pffft, you guys don't even have meat pies!

Let alone mushy peas or marmite on toast.I think what the Americans were refering to was the fact that we have a very multicultural society here in North America.
Tortiere (meat pie, Quebecios style) is considered to be very Canadian, and you can get Marmite in most good grocery stores. My dad spreads it on his toast every morning. As for mushy peas, they are my favourite canned vegetable, hands down. I grew up on them.

Sorry for what was written here, I´ve got to stop provoking people.

I don't believe in being patriotic, so I will say that I'm proud of Venezuela for having elected the first Native American President in the history of the Americas, I'm proud of Canada for saying no to the war in Iraq, I'm proud of India for producing a great thinker like Gandhi, I'm proud of Iraq for being the cradle of Western civilization, I'm proud of Greece for producing the works of Plato and Aristotle, I'm proud of Israel (although it wasn't called Israel at the time) for producing Jesus, I'm proud of Colombia for producing some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I'll even say I'm proud of the US, for providing the birthplace of the Blues.
What about Iceland, for having the first female prime minister?

Anyway, I´m proud of Sweden for the great social equality, the healthcare, the education, the king, the socialist-democrats party, the party system, Göran Persson, and, of course, IKEA.
Other then that, well I guess our meatballs. And pancakes. And the World Cup in ´58. And ´94. And our hockey team (damn canadians, they´ve beat us two years in a row). And for having so feared warriors some time ago (*cough*thousand years*cough*) that people actually told their children ghost stories about them, and warned tham that if they weren´t nice, the
Norse man would come and take them.
But most of all, I´m proud because we have been deemed the second best country to live in in the world, second only to Norway.
I believe Holland and Canada was 3rd and 4th, the US was 16th, I think.

uhm, some fellow dutchies here who can help? :(

If you want freedom of speech, and being able to say it without risking to get shot in the back of your head, go to Holland!
Tell that to Pim and Theo...

I'm proud of Oompa-Loompa land, which managed to keep itself undiscovered until Roald Dahl came along.
Actually, I'm very proud of Russia. Although it's still pretty poor, and having a bit of a rough time, it is is recovering well from the Soviets.

Yes, I am a capitalist american pig :D

Tell that to Pim and Theo...
Oh yeah sorry. I meant no direspect. In fact, I don´t know what the hell I meant. I´m too tired.

I'm proud that our first female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell, can not be held up as an example of why women are just as evil as men, a la Thatcher and so on:)

I'm proud that Canadians are considered mostly harmless, and are so fond of beer and bacon. I'm proud of our weird humour and our bizarre spellings of words like colour, nationalism, and metre:).

I'm proud that our country is so damn vast, most people visiting it don't really get the immensity of all that empty space, and decide to pretend it isn't there, waiting to swallow them up!

I'm proud that despite being surrounding by three oceans, most Canadians are not fans of seafood. Way to hold out! No bowing into pressure here! :D

Oh yeah sorry. I meant no direspect. In fact, I don´t know what the hell I meant. I´m too tired.None taken. I didn't like Pim anyway and Theo sounded pretty radical, but they didn't deserve what they got. But other than that, the Netherlands are sooo chilled... except when it comes to soccer. The Oranjes suck!

None taken. I didn't like Pim anyway and Theo sounded pretty radical, but they didn't deserve what they got. But other than that, the Netherlands are sooo chilled... except when it comes to soccer. The Oranjes suck!
see you in a few weeks ;)

I'm proud that Canadians are considered mostly harmless, and are so fond of beer and bacon. I'm proud of our weird humour and our bizarre spellings of words like colour, nationalism, and metre:).

Heh. The Canadians are so harmless that I wasn't sure what kind of leader they have until a bit ago. XD

But you still don't pwn because I laugh when I read about the appeasment policy ;)

I had to do an entire GCSE exam on that. Chamberlin really was a spakling.

I'm proud of Oompa-Loompa land, which managed to keep itself undiscovered until Roald Dahl came along.
Actually, I'm very proud of Russia. Although it's still pretty poor, and having a bit of a rough time, it is is recovering well from the Soviets.

Despite the fact that the country's economy has gone from bad to worse since the collapse of the USSR, and is not much more democratic. The privatization of welfare such as education and health now makes it much more difficult for people to access it. The oompa-loompas are cool though.

Yes, I am a commie british traitor :D

see you in a few weeks ;)I was in Holland for the Germany Holland game during the EuroCup. There were a couple idiots in Amsterdam, but otherwise, we got some friendly premature condolences from the people in the streets. :D

I'm proud to tell anyone that I am American. America was the first modern nation to successfully gain independence from a super power. America technicly has never lost a war militarily.(Vietnam was a truce. No matter what ideas you get in your head from glancing into a history book, South Veitnam was taken over after the US left.) The US is one of the few nations that gave the most. The US was the first nation to successfully invade and take over Afghanistan. We later put in a new government once things cooled down there. I'm pretty sure that the Iraqis appreciate losing an insane dictator who held power for so long by holding rigged elections(how can 100% of the people vote for one guy. Maybe an infant decided not to vote for all they know.) and keeping his people in a state of fear. Of course, the US won't leave until the terrorists stop trying to take over Iraq. The US is also less corrupt than the UN. S is a nicer letter then N. After all, insane has more N's then S's.

I was in Holland for the Germany Holland game during the EuroCup. There were a couple idiots in Amsterdam, but otherwise, we got some friendly premature condolences from the people in the streets. :D
Euro '04? We got to the semi-finals, and you? :D

Recently? That's a damn good question. I guess I'll go with the outpouring of funds and volunteers for the Indian Ocean tsunami relief effort.

Less recently?

--Gulf War I
--Paul Wellstone (RIP)
--John McCain
--John Kerry (right up until he refused to defend himself vs. the Swift Boat crap)
--the Micheal Moore of Roger & Me
--Eric Schlosser
--Peter MacWilliams
--Eric Alterman
--Greg Palast
--Chalmers Johnson
--Molly Ivins & Lou DuBose
--The Hightower Report
--Harper's
--NASA before 1986 and Challenger
--Al Gore (but not Tipper) pre-2000 election
--The WNBA
--Mia Hamm and US Women's Soccer
--Rulon Gardner
--Tom Toles
--Matt Wuerker
--Garry Trudeau
--Jon Stewart (especially America: The Book)
--Seth McFarlane
--Matt Groening
--Bill Hicks
--Lenny Bruce
--George Carlin
--Woodward & Berstein
--Bill Gates (but NOT Paul Allen)
--The Seattle Supersonics (under Lenny Wilkens)
--The Seattle Seahawks (under Jack Patera and Chuck Knox)
--Joan Benoit
--Eric Heiden & Dan Janssen (for two similar, yet very different reasons)
--The Marshall Plan
--The Constitution and Bill of Rights (Yes, even the 2nd Amendment), especially Article VI, Section 3.
--Title IX

...these and many, many more.

The US was the first nation to successfully invade and take over Afghanistan. We later put in a new government once things cooled down there. Nope. The main fighting was done by the recognized government, and "we" didn't put in a new government on our own.

Euro '04? We got to the semi-finals, and you? :DIt's all part of our plan of luring you into a false sense of security! :D

--Chalmers Johnsonw00t! :D

It's all part of our plan of luring you into a false sense of security! :D
San Marco will guide us through :D

Hail Marco! /worship

w00t! :D

Ah, you must have read Blowback too!

Ah, you must have read Blowback too!Nope. My int'l politics professor likes him a lot. he recommended the book, though...

Can I be proud for no reason that my country can hold a grudge for 300 years?

...United States of Whatever.

Bonus points for a good song reference.

I'm proud of Ron Paul and Alex Kozinksi.

Sorry for what was written here, I´ve got to stop provoking people.

Quote:
I don't believe in being patriotic, so I will say that I'm proud of Venezuela for having elected the first Native American President in the history of the Americas, I'm proud of Canada for saying no to the war in Iraq, I'm proud of India for producing a great thinker like Gandhi, I'm proud of Iraq for being the cradle of Western civilization, I'm proud of Greece for producing the works of Plato and Aristotle, I'm proud of Israel (although it wasn't called Israel at the time) for producing Jesus, I'm proud of Colombia for producing some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I'll even say I'm proud of the US, for providing the birthplace of the Blues.

Exactly what part of this quote are you apologizing for?

I'm proud of Canada (or rather Canadians) for our society's sense of humour. Even our most uptight national leaders tend to remind us of their humanity every now and then with a funny stunt, even if the majority of us don't like thinking of folks like Stephen Harper as anything more than a wooden board. But when he made out with MARG DELAHUNTEY on national TV, man!!

Im proud of my country's (America) incredibly fast rise to the power it is now. In less than 200 years we became a superpower on the cutting edge of technology, the same can't be said for many other countries or empires.

I'm proud of Canada (or rather Canadians) for our society's sense of humour.I'm proud of Rick Mercer for getting then Presidential candidate George W to expound on his utmost respect for Canadian Prime Ministre Jean Putine in his comedy show "Talking to Americans". That, and Air Farce, and 22 Minutes, and that new Jimmy McDonald show. Hilarious.
Canadians are funny. Maybe I just think so because I'm Canadian, but I'm proud to live in a country that is so ready to laugh at itself, and that amuses me so.