That. Is. Awesome. 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. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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