I would like an honest opinino on peoples views about the United States of America...Good or Bad what do you think and why?
206119
1. Failure of ethical governance.\n2. Failing educational system.\n3. Declining moral climate.\n4. Economic considerations running people instead of people being the wise stewards of the economic system.\n5. Too much immigration without qualification.  Many now here do not at all believe in freedom of religion or other traditional American values; some even wish to overthrow or disable the nation.  Many of these are also engaged in lives of exploitation of the working populace and crimes.  The crimes run the gamut from violent to scams and frauds.  \n6. Limitless compensation for corporate executives.\n7. Increasing numbers of impoverished and street people, many of whom are not old and disabled; some of these now helping the drug and crime problems to grow further.\n8. Breakdown of the traditional family structure, the mainstay of all enduring nations.\n10. Misplaced priorities everywhere.  More could be said, but these are sufficient to constitute two steps backward for every one forward currently.\n\nOther nations are having much of the same, and it is still better here than most other places; but, we must ask: How much longer can we endure these ills?  Will enough people change to correct them?
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This is just my opinion about the above statement:\nUSA is the greatest country in the world, and Americans are by far the best people in the world.  Negative talks about US have been going on since the beginnings and always will.\nI feel we should take care of our USA and it's people first in all ways, and if we have any MONIES left to help others, then we should do it.  Our bleeding heart volunteers in Iraq, should come back to the USA and help us here.  I never heard of Iraq sending volunters here to help us.\nI know this is a comment and not an Answer!
596043
Why do you care so much about every body's opinions?  And stop stereotyping Americans. I'm not dumb thank you very much!
307444
Good question! But do you really want to know?..\n\nI'm from Australia. Not Austria, AUSTRALIA. Aka 'the land down under'. You know, that place Elle McPherson came from.\nSorry ;)\nAmericans (from the US) don't seem to have a clue where our country is or even seem to care. It seems that Americans think they are the centre of the universe and they have the right to go tell other countries what to do. - Granted, this is probably a minority view (at least I hope so!) but it is what has stuck in the minds of many people here.\nOne thing that has inflenced my view is what an American woman said to my friend's wife while visiting the US:\na.w. - "So do you have computers back home?"\nfriend - "Com- what?" (making a sarcastic joke)\na.w. - "Oh, don't worry. I've noticed that as far away from America you travel, the more backwards the countries are." (didn't realise the joke & stuck her fat arrogant foot in her mouth)\n\nSo yeah, my opinion of Americans isn't too great. I'm not saying all are like that, but it only takes a few to ruin it for everyone.
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I am a U.S citizen by birth and know exactly what you mean. The U.S at one time was the "land of the free" but no more.\nWhen I point out the U.S. isn't so free anymore, more likely than not I am met with knee jerk hostility and hear some programmed phrase like, "the U.S. is the best country in the world, we have every freedom here, etc." Americans are so stupid. And their lack of THEIR own history not to mention the history of the world is sickening.
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who is "us"?  I back this president, and he has great advisers around him.  He is not swayed by polls and doesn't change with the wind.  He will do what is right for the United States, of that I have no doubt.
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I feel very angry about what Bush has done to our reputation around the world.  It is something that really concerns me.  But, and this is a big but, I believe you are wrong about the American people and our government.  The American people ARE the government, in a very real sense.  We elect and we reject.  We are free to speak out and criticize our government and our President if we feel they are screwing up, and thankfully can effect change fairly easily compared to most governments.  You can see from our polls (yes, polls are notorious but when they all agree it's good to pay attention to them) that the majority of the American people do not approve of the job that Bush is doing.  We can support our troops and still be unhappy about the reasons they are there.  \n\nWe will change the tide by voting, it is our most precious freedom, IMO.  Apathy keeps many Americans at home during the mid-term elections, but I feel this time around we will see a big surge at the polls in the Democratic favor.  I have to say, as unhappy as I am with the Bush Administration, I bristled when I read your opening statement.  It just isn't true, we are the sum of all of our parts in this democratic republic.  We will continue to respond harshly to terrorists and their threats, whether our government is headed by a Republican or a Democrat.  Guantanomo Bay?  It's unfortunate and there's house cleaning to be done, but we have a right to detain those who are a threat to our national security.  We learned on 9/11 what it means to remain complacent and have a false sense of security.  We won't make that mistake again.
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Whoah, are you trying to state obvious rightous comments on this thing. You do know a buch of people with bad opinions will answer. But its nice to see someone with an understanding of how things are.
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YES, it is greatest country in the world.....bar non.  Not without warts - but which country isn't. Why is it great?  \nFreedom\nGenerose\nDiverse\nYou can go coast to coast and thru middle America and still find each State to be unique - in customs. food, culture.\nGood, good peole. No matter how much we are trampled on, hated, etc....we are STILL the first to step up to help.\nThe 4seasons\nThe festivals\nThe good hospitals and medical care\n\nTaxes are as great as they used to be, but still not as bad as some socialist leaning countries.\n\nIf you meet the legal qualifications, you can become President - you don't have to be rich or have a title or anything.\n\nWe have a BIG middle class.\n\nYou can own a home - no matter where you are on the ladder of life - if you can't afford it, you can go thru Org such as VA or HUD....it is the american dream and it can happen here.\n\nI could go on and on...but you get the picture.
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I am pro-American all the way but in my time in the Marines I learned that the rest of the world does not think like the US.  One of the biggest faults I see in the US is that most Americans honestly believe the rest of the world thinks like us. This is not true.  Another big problem is a lot in the US believe that the rest of the world wants to be like us as well.  That is also not true.\n\nThis is a problem I have given a lot of thought to and honestly I do not know of a solution to this.  You can look through here at the partisan answers and tell that there are some people that plan out you will not change their minds.
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I completely agree with you. There is entirely too much anti-Americanism. Being a Canuck myself, I have nothing but respect for the American people. Now, having said that, here comes the reason for the US bashing that is happening all around the world.\n1. America has become the police of the world, and many people would choose their own bad governments rather than a just and benevolent foreign government.\n2. That just and benevolent government mentioned above is strangely missing from your country. I always found the US Constitution to be a thing of genuine beauty. Does it not say that you are responsible to throw off such governments that detract from the rights of the people?\n3. American Foreign Policy, for the protection of American business interests, not the mutual betterment of all nations.\n4. The attitude that Americans have about their culture and country. The self proclaimed best country on earth, sounds arrogant, and nobody likes an arrogant person.\n5. The fear mongering being put forth by the American media machine. Hasn't anyone noticed that the hard won rights of the individual are disappearing in the name of security? I hope you enjoy living in your police states of the future.\nAs for a Third World War, where can we stand? In line with Bush's for or against policy? If that is my choice, then I must stand against. I now, always have and always will stand against tyranny and evil, even when that repression is claimed to be for my own safety. \nAs for wanting into the US, because you have greater freedoms than most, but not all.
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SOME American people act very stupid - also on Yahoo Questions. Their world is so small that they think America is the world. \n\nBut I think America as a country is playing a positive role in the world most of the time and I think American people are just like the people of any other country - some of them are intelligent and kind, and others not. There is nothing diabolical about America or Americans.
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I have learned that it is not the American people that the rest of the world doens't like, it's the politics and policies of the government.  Sometimes it comes across as anti-american.  I do wish that the ones who are saying these things would get to know some Americans as you have.  There are good and bad from everywhere.
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That's funny that you say that, I just read the other day that "survival mode" is what insiders are calling what the Bush Administration is doing right now.  They are tanking all across the board, polls are way down, Iraq is a mess...\n\nI wouldn't say our country as a whole is in bad shape, but our leadership in Congress and in the Whitehouse needs to change for sure.  A question I ran across the other day, which I though was very astute, do people of the world think of the US like most of us think of Microsoft?  Or Wal-Mart for that matter...too powerful, too crappy, to mundane, a bully? How did our great country get to this point?
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Amazing, isn't it?  And watch the answers you get on this one.  Any time you bring up the slightest criticism and you are called Anti-American.  But you bring up a valid point.  Just don't expect any of these people to be honest about it.
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What may be (?) good for the US is by far not necessarily good for other countries. Before installing democracy in a country, that country must be qualified for democracy!\nAs we can see in many countries of the so-called third world, democracy american style there simply does not work. As a matter of fact, because of such democracy forced onto them, among others by the US, many of these countries ended up in plain chaos and anarchy!\nThe system of a country can work to the better of its people only, if this system developed from within and most always will fail, if it is forced onto a nation from outside (like from the US).\nLet the Americans live with their type of regime and give other countries a chance of their own! Eventually a nation may end up with a democracy even better than the one of the US, which is restricted to that check-mark on your poll-sheet!
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That is an interesting point about America from its neighbour. It is a pity that Americans have not earned the good will of even one of his neighbours. They need to have a re look at their international relations and relations with their neighbours.