How do you feel about this?. .UNITED STATES sinks beneath the waves . .Worlds problems solved .?
399382
If it was not for the United States you would be speaking German, old boy!  Stick that in you pipe and suck on it.
735279
Yes.  Because the US government is for America and besides, what the rest of the world thinks is inconsequential.\n\nAnd what do you mean by "just solutions"?
103713
Its really made me feel good..that someone there is worried like me..n believe me dear they r more of us..but worryin is not the solution...we need to work this out..instead of layin thousand hands wen something bad happen like earhtquake..etc..we shuld lay our hand in workin out this problem..but how..i am not aware..if u know please consider me with u...best of luck..n if get to know something..i'll definately update my answer......
1010889
I basically asked the same question.....well, sort of, about the US. \n\nPeople HAVE become lethargic.
302802
You did a great job at summarizing my feelings too!  I definitely agree with you.  Remember, United We Stand, Divided We Fall.    And I thought the time spent in history class with wasted. I am beginning to see some similarities here.  I still don't understand how any red-blooded American can sit idly by and allow this to happen.  I have become very vocal with my congressmen, senators, representatives, etc.  And you know, they actually act like them are glad to hear from me. The more people they have telling them how they feel about the situation, the stronger our (We the People) voice will be.  \n\nP.S.  I would only go to Mexico and do those things you mentioned if I had a death wish!!
999463
Sad to say, but I think America is probably one of the greatest problems this world is facing.\n\nIt's not terrorists.. jeeze krapoleze. They've been around forever, it's only America that has stirred them up with our corporate greed and the Bush Administration.\n\nTerrorists.. they are the ones with the nasty nuclear bombs. right? I don't think most Americans know how many nuclear warheads we ourselves have!!!\n\nWe have over 5,000 ACTIVE nuclear warheads in our possession! almost 10,000 in total. WTF do we need with 10,000 nuclear warheads?!?! freaking good grief. In the past three years, we've killed thousands.. whoze the terrorists? I'm losing track. I support the troops, but I don't support the decision maker.\n\nAside from the war crud.. we have the power (resources) to be the most powerful nation around. But we use it in what I feel are the wrong ways. I mean come on, we're taxed beyond belief and yet our school systems, public transportation, healthcare is freaking out of control, good freaking bloody hail! We spend more money and resources on military than all other countries put together. And where do you think all that money is going? Who's pocketing the profits? Big freaking corporations. If we just took 5% of the military spending and put it into the other issues, we could be finding cures and helping those that need it. We have starving people, homeless people right here. 5% cut in military is not going to stop our country from defending ourselves from attacks and whatnot.\n\nI think being proud to be an American is more difficult for every American to say anymore. We consume a gigantic percentage of the worlds resources as compared to our population.  That's sickening in itself. I watch the learning channel where they rip up perfectly good household kitchens - throw it in the dump - and make new kitchens just because it's more visually appealing. We're so dam spoiled rotten it's sick. We buy groceries and throw half of it away when it spoils. We build mansions for one person to live in. We buy brand new appliances because the corporations make it too expensive to fix the old ones. Things last 5 years instead of 50. How long do you think things would last if we required the corporations to take back the appliances and cars after their life cycle was up to recycle the goods? SUVs are used primarily for moving one person to and from work and everywhere else. The Hummer? \n\nMoney / corporate greed have become the American way - that's the primary problem with respect to everything. And most of it revolves around our judicial system. When you award millions of dollars to one person for a spilt cup of coffee, it's screwed.\n\nI asked a person who moved here.. does she like it better here or from the third world developing nation she came from.. she had to think for quite a while. That's pathetic. We get the same score as a third world nation? When I ask why... her response was "here it's nuts. all the rules and regulations and people winning crazy lawsuits.. at least in my country you can live your life."\n\nI don't think America is seeing the changes we're going through and what we could be doing to the entire world. We're just going through life.. day by day.. the American throw-away society. Throwing away our freedoms, throwing away our rights, and throwing away our future so we can live the now.
64966
Well, there are many great things this country does for the world. Take into consideration how our sucessful econmy effects the rest of the world. When terrorats attack America they are attacking the global econmy. Recently we have removed that filthy vermin Sadam from power. We have destroyed terrorats training camps, we have brought freedom and demoracy to Iraq. We are going to prevent Iran from making nukes. We have always and continue to offer people from anywhere in the world a place where they can come and build a safe home and future for themselves. Our scientist and corporations are responsible for making life saving medicines and life saving equiptment. We are leading the world by example. People around the world are moving here not leaving here. We give millions of dollars in forien aid. I could go on and on. This great Nation is built on the principal that if you do not like the directin our government is going you can change it. So either get involved in politics, stop whining, or move! As for your statment that we are or were unable to help our own people when Katrina struck. People and nations alike make mistakes. Then we learn from them. We are doing the best we can and you can bet we will do better next time. Consider this, would you rather be in the United States when a disaster strikes or in some other country. Keep in mind here in the USA if you are hit by a truck while crossing the street someone will dial 911 and an ambulance will be on the scene within minutes and you will be on your way to recieving the best medical treatment from the finest doctors. We are helping the victims of Katrina, and for that matter we went out of our way to halp the sunami victims also. Taking into consideration the people we have killed.....Unfourtunatly sometimes wars have to be fought, and people die in war. The overall outcome is what must be considered. If 1 person must die to save a hundred is this acceptable? What if a 100 must die to save 100,000? If you could have killed Hitler and prevented ww2 would you have done it? I would have. Death especially from war is sad. Very sad. Any death, even the death of evil people. However sometimes it must be done. The media really brings the war into our living rooms. Most people don't realize that there were days during ww2 where more people died than the entire 4 years we have been in the Middle East. Days vs years. You seem to me as someone who just hates the fact people are being killed violently. Please consider the greater good.
846372
I don't understand what the republics problem is... Hell are you really happy with the way things are going? The Government is taking away freedoms... We're in a country we SHOULDN"T have ever even VISITED let alone take over... (you can't argue there I mean "weapons of mass destrution" in Iraq when there are ACTUAL weapons in Japan to be concerned about... But we cant do anything about that, our troups are in Iraq.) This countries going to end if things don't change. Lets not even talk about the debt we're racking up. Jobs leaving. Economy *hit... What scares everyone SO bad about things changing (it can only get better)
1005241
HATE TO DISAGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE...bUT THEY ARE WRONG IN ASSUMING THAT THE US WIOULD LOOSE AGAINST THE WORLD FOR ONE VERY GOOD REASON !!!\n    If the entire world's navies were combined, they MIGHT make a good show against the US's Atlantic Fleet.  But then they would have to deal with the US Pacific Fleet and no combination of world power would allow them to do that.  Oh, and let's not forget the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Med. Fleet.  \n     With control of the worlds oceans we are left with only Mexico, Central America, Canada and South America to control at first and they wouldn't stand a chance.  \n     With two continents under our control and with our Navy devastating world cities across the globe, how long till the rest of the world cries uncle?
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There are alot of questions here so I'll try to answer them all.\n\n"When New Orleans was hit with the hurricane and wiped off the map, in my heart I felt I should give money to help the people. That was just common nature for a U. S. citizen to naturally do for our country or other country's around the world no mater what type of government they have in place." \n\nI feel two ways about this matter.  One is this Country gives to much monney to other Countrys and not enoth to this one.  But at the same time the people in Orleans where asked to leve and did not they had two weeks to pack up and leve but they did not.  What could we have done when so many people picked not to leve?\n\n"What I am concerned with is if the money I gave, got to a PERSON from that specific state or other country I sent the money to?"\n\nQuestion?  Who did you give you're money to?\nJust waching MSNBC and they said that there was alot of "fraud and abuse" that people where doing over there.  (check out url for more info.)  Makes you feel just a tad less sorry for these people.\n\n"Why is it that our government can't take responsibility and pay up, for there mistake in the first place. From what I have read, it was known that those levies could not hold a category 4 or 5 hurricane years or decades ago, but failed to strengthen them back when it was first discovered? \n\nI don't think any mistakes where made.  The truth is that  New Orleans is sinking as it stands now New Orleans is lower then sea level.  The reasons that thoes levies have not been fixed are one the cost is to grate for a city that is sinking and two they don't even know if it's posablem to fix them.  Even if they are fixed and we get another "Katrina" it's posable for this to happen again and again.  "IF" we do fix these levies we are putting peoples lives at risk.\n\n"Do you think it was rude of the two presidents to ask us to give more money when it is our nature to give, even until it hurts?"\n\nDo I think it's rude?  No, I don't.  \n\n"Did you help when 911 happened ?"\nYes, but I feel as if it was not enoth\n\n"or Live Aid?\nor Live8?"\n\nLive Aid, No.  Or Live8 don't know what that is.
928785
Ashamed - no.\nHorribly disappointed - yes.\n\nThere are policies this president has supported that I don't understand and really worry about.\n\nYes there is the war in Iraq and there are terrorist threats that I don't feel are being dealt with.  \n\nHowever, I'm honestly very concerned about some of the stuff going on a little closer to home.  \n\nWhy is the president spending so much time and money trying to define what a marriage is?  (Please don't give me the God said it's bad for a man and a man to hook up and it's bad for a woman and a woman to hook up, I'm looking at it as a tax payer, and I'm sick of the government spending money telling me that I can only marry a man legally.)\n\nWhy did the federal government screw up so badly in response to Katrina?  (We had to know that a hurricane was coming and we didn't prepare for it or what?)\n\nWhy does our president think that a teacher in this country is leaving any child behind?  (No child left behind is a great idea, but it's completely useless.  It is a completely under funded idea that the government decided would be a nice catch phrase to get voters to agree with, but if you actually know how it works, you would cry for the teachers and students.)\n\nWhy are we spending around 520 billion on the department of defense versus spending about 60 billion on the department of education?  (I'm not arguing that I want to feel safe in the country that I was born in, but why are we spending almost 9 times the amount of money on education on defense.  Maybe it's just me but I think the kids in our schools across the country deserve more than what they are getting.)\n\nYou may disagree with what I have to say, and that's fine with me.  I support what our country stands for, but I have some serious concerns about how our fearless leader is currently directing our country.\n\nHave a great day from the Land Of Lincoln.  :)
761996
There are no solutions, if you really look at it. The U.S.A. is so secured of itself, that doesn't even know what is going on around them. And if they do they turn their heads the other way. I am speaking about the government.
1069695
A little nauseated. Is that world cup still going on? \nYou all like to let it go on and on just to rub it in that the US is out of it.\nWell, wait till 2010 and I'm the coach. Its gonna be a slaughter!
1183114
I am soooooo with the US. People need to start backing the US up! LEts go USA!
627528
During the next 5 years, I hope to see a Democratic sweep in all state and Federal governments (at least we will get a different set of lies), I am afraid we will see rampant inflation, horrid interest rates, serious weather pattern changes including more and more serious hurricanes on the East Coast. I expect that during the next 10 years, our ocean levels to begin rising causing more and more flooding in the gulf and East Coast. We well could face a serious uprising of the population due to the Iraq ordeal...very much like we had with Viet Nam. I do not foresee good times ahead. I also think our problems with Mexico have just started. I hope I am wrong.
960374
aha we are in usa..what is your problem
866339
i will let you know something that a few usa citizens know,you are asking that from an usa perpective,because if you go around the world you will understand that in the usa the media is not bringing international information very well,so the most of the time you see everything thinking that the earth is spinning around only one country,big mistake,the opposite ,the usa needs of the rest of the world like the countries with a thought of freedom need the usa,right now bush is searching for support outside did you know that?like the leftist parties(communists) are winning more countries around the world?why?the politic of bush and the republicans,the world not, the usa, is moving into a change,i agreed about safety measurements but i do not agreed about the way that they are dealing with the inter. relations,they are losting friends countries.