America is a crumbling ,  dying  Country with out of date values.?
473387
When people stop caring about their communities and their neighbors you can't expect the values to remain in tact.  The values today compared to those of only a few decades ago are atrocious to say the least.  When disaster strikes most are in to reep the rewards and then they sit behind their closed doors incapable of helping their own neighbors out of selfishness and lack of individual morals.  It isn't until something happens in "their family" does it play of any importance to their daily lives or how they view others.  \n\nWhen people stopped standing up for themselves and their homes they stopped doing for themselves and their families by placing the moral majority in charge of their decisions.  Bring back the morals and pride citizens once felt and you have the values that are needed for the country to stand alone on.
390435
No. America cannot be easily defeated in a war. But if you are talking about retaining America like it was, that is not reality either. The world is changing. The concept of strict borders and ethnicities in a country is not valid any more. It is time to accept that America is a melting pot of many global cultures. Acceptance for other cultures such as Latin and South American, Chinese and Indian cultures is the need of the hour. But the nation would still be America. The ideals would be American. People of other cultures would adapt to the American values.
976359
The only way for the country to go from where we are now is up.  The Republicans have proven that they are out of touch with the American public and can not effectively run the country.  So now maybe America will have a fighting chance to improve.
891796
Our country is all screwed up.
708474
no im not living the american dream. only few people actually live it thats why its called a dream. life is an ongoing struggle for me and about 250 million americans. what needs to be changed is definitely the heathcare, and welfare system. the military budget also needs to be reduced from $400 billion to about $40 billion. spend $360 on healthcare and welfare. people will be better taken care of. food in the u.s. is great though. dont change that. i love american buffets and taco bell. i also like how people trust each other in the states. in a lot of countries people dont trust each other and that is sad. i also like how americans are much friendlier than other countries. thats one thing americans can teach others. and also the food as well. im not talking about mcdonalds coz thats rubish. but like american buffets. even steak, ribs, and chicken wings. other countries have taught me tolerance. many countries are real good at accepting people of different religious groups, backgrounds, gays, poor people, etc. we are all people, and sometimes thats hard to understand in the states because you have to fit into this mold on what a person should be.
702179
Because the past already happend and the future holds endless possibilities. The present is depressing to most people. \n\nBut I do agree with you. America is worrying about the war (about four years too late when there's nothing we can really DO) and not about things it can actually change like the education system or global warming or ANYTHING.
107165
Nothing. It's still going, it's just not getting a lot of press because Americans aren't contributing to it as much as they used to.
631993
I don't think the United States has become a bunch of loosers. I just believe that our politicians have been too busy wiggling around the problem for too long, and now it has caught up with them and they don't know what to. One thing for sure, they won't turn to the citizens for answers. They will continue to wriggle around until the problem is completely uncontrolable, then the United States will no longer exist as a soverign nation, and it will become the slum of the world. Crime and drugs will become the predominant economy. Morals will deteriorate, boys will become girls, girls will become power mongers. wars will breakout between homo and heterosexuals, babies will be harvested from the wombs of their mothers and be ground up for cattle feed, astronauts will hijack space shuttles in futile attempts to escape their beloved homelands, lunatics will rule over malls and shopping centers, the homeless will reside in former governer digs and mott-the-hoople will adorn the dollar bill.
275511
There was a time not so long ago when the future looked promising....end of the cold war, the emergence of people power in harsh regimes, popular culture's role in addressing the world's starving, the advances in science that promised the eradication of disease and poverty, etc.  Now it seems that the "old order" has reasserted itself and the most powerful governments of the world are once again committed to jingoistic warmongering activities that place us all at risk once more.  Unfortunately those human traits that are no longer required but have survived evolution to date (greed, fear, aggression) are still a driving force behind most, if not all of, world politics today.  Strangely enough, everyone knows deep down the correct path to take......just no-one has the guts.
638055
If you believe\nthat America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then\nlet's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in\nhistory has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee\nobserved that all great civilizations rise and fall and that "An\nautopsy of history would show that all great nations commit\nsuicide.'" "Here is how they do it," Lamb said:
993392
Not by a long shot. Growing unemployment. Rising inflation. No Healthcare for the majority of the people here. Rampant political corruption. A growing police state mentality. And way too many crazy fundamentalist Christian nutjobs who think being an obedient slave to the Republican Oligarchy equates with freedom.  You want a real country to live in? Try New Zealand. Or the EU or even Costa Rica. Far better places.
678586
Hey KB--these are dark days, but I don't think it's the end of the world, or even of the US. Clearly, democracy in the U.S. is in a bad place right now, and there are a lot of signs that the U.S. world dominance might not be as hunky-dory as it looked 10 years ago. \n\nBut still, we are a strong nation with good people, and over time, we will recover from this. Our democracy will stand, and people will come to see some of the mistakes we've made over the last 5 years. Corruption and short-sightedness are nothing new. We will never completely leave them behind, but we have overcome them before, and we will do so this time.\n\n\n(It might be presumptuous, but I'm going to bet you're in your teens or early 20's...at that age, it often seems like each crisis is the biggest one ever and that some kind of Apocalypse is near, but now that I've got an extra decade or two, I realize that history has it's rhythms and humanity always manages to muddle on somehow).
447927
Present America is like pre WWII Germany!\nYou just see they want any others to prosper. Because of their ongoing fookish decisions, whole world is suffering (e.g. hike in petrol price to $72/barrell!!! Is it not fact?)\n\nAmericans are enjoying their lavish life at the cost of world.\n\nThose who think otherwise, should re-assess their veiws & may modify their comments.
731621
Hopefully at that point some US states will break away.  If not, i would suggest a less socialist country.  Maybe one with very few people.  The more people there are, the more government becomes oppressive and paternalistic.  New Zealand might be a good option.  But they may take immigration seriously.  And then we're screwed.
109127
No, we are not doing fine. Maybe America is on it's way out. The average government lasts 200 years. Do the math. However, Bush is doing fine, as are the other rich people in the nation. The gap between upper class and low class is widening and middle class is disappearing. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
706025
I agree! It seems as though things in our government have gotten out of hand. I don't know if it would take a good president or the united states keeping our noses to ourselves. Its like we are trying to fix the world and we can't even fix ourselves. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks our America is in need of dire help. Good job for speaking out.
344535
coz america is a stupid country.