According to the OECD again the US in some ways is less free than many in the top 10 nations. In terms of educational attainment, Canadian, British, Australian, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish kids have the pretty much the same distractions.
What is American Exceptionalism but an ideology justifying any matter of abuse. It was this exceptionalism that justified the slaughter of natives from the 1790's through to 1900. Its been used to excuse intervention in Central and South America. For many, when they hear the phrase American Exceptionalism they look for a bomb shelter. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:36 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Freedom's a bitch, ain't it? > > We lag in all sorts of areas because Americans can afford to be lazy > dipshits...and still lead a decent life. We could force people to be all > kinds of things...but then we'd cease to be America. > > So...define "success"? Ok, here you go: > > America has created the greatest prosperity and freedom for the greatest > number of people in the history of the world, and done so without > compromising it's core values and principles. Americans aren't the smartest > or hardest working or most diligent population in the world, we think > stupid things and elect questionable people, but the country excels in > SPITE of this. And that is what makes her great. > > So there ya go. > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Define success? Military success? If bullying is an indicator of >> success. Mind you how's Afghanistan coming along? >> >> Economic? Social? >> >> Proportionately there are more poor in the US and more children who go >> hungry at night than the other industrialized nations. According to >> the OECD educational ranking in educational performance, the US >> doesn't even make the top 20 for reading, maths or sciences for the >> 8th grade - the best ranking was in science 22nd. >> >> >> http://www.geographic.org/country_ranks/educational_score_performance_country_ranks_2009_oecd.html >> >> American 15-year-olds scored at the international average of >> industrialized nations in science and reading and below the >> international average in math on the most recent Program for >> International Student Assessment, or PISA, released last year. >> (http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisa2009keyfindings.htm) >> >> BTW notice how those nasty countries defined as socialist seem to be >> doing much better on the measures of Science, Maths and Reading. After >> all who needs thinking, the party of god will tell you want to think >> via Faux. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:56 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Well...I know the US economy dwarfs the rest of the civilized world so >> > yeah....you are right...we are out of step with them. >> > >> > You could argue that we do so IN SPITE of our politics...but the success >> of >> > the American system simply cannot be denied. >> > >> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> The US is just so much out of step with the civilized world. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355877 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
