America's problem

[Christian7PraiseJesus]

Are we still on this liberals love big government crap?

The republicans/conservatives are the problem. Without the democrats, the country would be in utter ruin with no healthcare, no public education, no human rights, no roads, no public services, and no aid to the poor at all. There would be endless warfare and no international communication like United Nations and Peace Corps.

It would be a wasteland, like African countries and the third world. They don't have social programs for their poor, they don't have universal healthcare, they don't have unions...

There would be no progress, and they're still trying to reverse the progress which has been made and make poor die.

JESUS, who is God, was NOT a conservative/republican... He treated everyone equally as worthy human beings and gave them healthcare and told everyone to give to the poor and each other (over and over), not let them die. James also agrees "When you say God Bless, have a good day, but don't help their bodies, what good does that do? Christians lets not just say we are Christians but show that we are Christians by what we DO. For Faith without good/works action is dead." (paraphrased)

They, conservative/republicans, are the problem facing America and worldwide in many countries which try to kill their poor off.

 

[seashale76]

The republicans/conservatives and democrats/liberals are the problem.

Fixed that for you.

I have no love for either of those political parties- but don't make the mistake of confusing individuals with the broken two-party system they often feel shuffled into. I know plenty of wonderful and generous people who care about others that are unfortunately members of both of those ridiculous excuses for what passes for political parties in this nation.

ETA: I'm also thinking you may have a worse paranoia problem than I do. I really don't think republicans/conservatives want to kill off poor people. I know a lot of republicans- and many of them are extremely generous people who give to charities, volunteer at charities, and even help to set up charities.

 

[HorsieJuice]

Our problem is that we've turned our back on God and on ourselves. We started going downhill when we put more faith in big government and less faith in the hard-working citizens of America.

So, you lament that we've turned our back on God, yet wish we could swap out our current form of humanism (faith in big government) with a different form of humanism (faith in the individual)?

Interesting.

 

[wintermile]

Of course, I vote take over the world

Multi-nationals are pampering the global middle class. Not up for a take over, these nations might contribute educative alliances with us U.S. folks, hopefully at the same time they bust human trafficking rings. As the 2011 article explains, R & D centers around them.

Enterra Insights: The Emerging Global Middle Class

Arrogance can be detected everywhere. In the U.S. we have many with Ip Man or Women's Party of America integrity!

 

[wintermile]

The republicans/conservatives are the problem. Without the democrats, the country would be in utter ruin with no healthcare, no public education, no human rights, no roads, no public services, and no aid to the poor at all. There would be endless warfare and no international communication like United Nations and Peace Corps.

It would be a wasteland, like African countries and the third world. They don't have social programs for their poor, they don't have universal healthcare, they don't have unions...

There would be no progress, and they're still trying to reverse the progress which has been made and make poor die.

JESUS, who is God, was NOT a conservative/republican... He treated everyone equally as worthy human beings and gave them healthcare and told everyone to give to the poor and each other (over and over), not let them die. James also agrees "When you say God Bless, have a good day, but don't help their bodies, what good does that do? Christians lets not just say we are Christians but show that we are Christians by what we DO. For Faith without good/works action is dead." (paraphrased)

They, conservative/republicans, are the problem facing America and worldwide in many countries which try to kill their poor off.

Are you addressing exploitation of the poor or rubbing conservatives values into the ground?

As I read your post I wonder how other nations' parties debate the needs of the poor?

 

[I Eat Pie]

Lol. I think we all know we're an unhealthy country. I've seen that part from the NewsRoom where the liberal lady is on the left, and I guess the guy on the right is a conservative(idk, but he mentions the lady is a liberal). He's just in the middle. I think that's what we need the most. To stop identifying with either side and being grouped with tens of millions of people we don't know, and instead be individuals.

1)obesity
2)destruction of family
3)low literacy rates
4)disease
5)debt
6)meddling
7)false sense of happiness and security
8)political correctness(I hate this one so much)
9)people walking around with the communist manifesto
10)disregard for our own country(some Americans hate being American)

I partly blame the government for this. I wish they were more honest with us. If Bush knew that those WMD weren't there, he should've just been honest with us. We're not a bunch of animals to go and burn down the White House with him and his family in it. We trust them less now because they keep lying to us. And they think security is more important than liberty?


"Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security" - Thomas Jefferson

Let's stop with the huge government. Get the government out of the schools and let the teachers do the teaching. Give the power back to We The People. We can do a lot more on our own than we can ever do with some government that knows nothing about us. Let the people decide their future. And give a clear warning to all of the news channels that swing way to left and way to far that if they can't do their job(giving us the news without their political bias), then they don't deserve those jobs at all.

Let's keep our borders secure and encourage young men and women to look forward to starting families and contributing to the country when they're older, so they won't end up having tons of unprotected sex with strangers and help spread diseases. We need more families in this country, not more babies out of wedlock.

 

[Christian7PraiseJesus]

Fixed that for you.

I have no love for either of those political parties- but don't make the mistake of confusing individuals with the broken two-party system they often feel shuffled into. I know plenty of wonderful and generous people who care about others that are unfortunately members of both of those ridiculous excuses for what passes for political parties in this nation.

ETA: I'm also thinking you may have a worse paranoia problem than I do. I really don't think republicans/conservatives want to kill off poor people. I know a lot of republicans- and many of them are extremely generous people who give to charities, volunteer at charities, and even help to set up charities.

But those people are only giving 2% of their income to charities, that is the national average.

Whereas, those who are lower income actually typically give 4% of their incomes to others and to charities.

You really think the poor can be helped and not die off from 2% being given to them? Give me a break.!!!

That's why the government has to step in and force the rich to pay, because otherwise they'll continue only paying 2% (basically... zero for most on average).... and just let people DIE

48,000 people a year DIE because they lack access to healthcare... 55 million have no access to healthcare... 10 million will still lack access to healthcare... but actually probably more than that probably lik 25 million b/c REPUBLICAN states are rejecting medicaid dollars and the expansion, they'd just let them DIE

A child with no healthcare insurance is 60% more likely to die than the child with insurance on the health bed next to them.

There are 1.6 million homeless in American 23% of children are in poverty, what do the conservatives and republicans say about that? "LET THEM DIE"... they do nothing

Democrats/liberals? Affordable Care Act, single payer, poverty helping programs for the poor, public educational funding, college funding, affirmative action, human righs, ect... ect. ... ect...

Conservatives and republicans if they weren't combated by the democrats/liberals would have this country in ruin and people living o like age 40 on average and in sewage.


(( AND you don't think I know Republicans? I know A TON. I've lived in 2 mostly republican areas in my life, and guess what? they HATE the poor, they lecture me to not give anything to them and have random racist outbursts against ___ ___ ____ and hate healthcare, education, and anything to help the poor... "let them die!" they say. One of my family members is a conservative/republican, we get into HUGE arguments and they HATE that I want to go into the medical field, they DON"T understand why I want to help people or he pooor.... insane and they don't help the poor ever, they tell me not to help the poor and tell me not to give anything to homeless beggars... I have to fight that influence and give... all the republicans I meet are like that and TRUST ME there are MANY I have met/talked to/known...


also, that's the republican platform... OBVIOUSLY.--- JUST LOOK AT THEM, vouchers, anti AFC, ect ect, anti-unions)

THEY THE CONSERVATIVES/REPUBLICANS "heartless... LET THEM DIE" are the PROBLEM.

 

[Oafman]

I like how the undercurrent of the blog in the OP is debunking American Exceptionalism, and the first reply is calling for more American Exceptionalism!

On that subject, Romney wrote the book, literally. Anyone read it?

 

[Christian7PraiseJesus]

I like how the undercurrent of the blog in the OP is debunking American Exceptionalism, and the first reply is calling for more American Exceptionalism!

On that subject, Romney wrote the book, literally. Anyone read it?

And then Romney went around and insulted the British for their 'security' at the Olympics... wow... and that's all you can say to the British? An insult

But what is worse is that he wanted to kill the poor and let them die

Typical conservative/republican... hate the world, oppress the poor, and discriminate, be racist, ect. Stop all progress and technology, public education, and science research

 

[mandyangel]

Lol. I think we all know we're an unhealthy country. I've seen that part from the NewsRoom where the liberal lady is on the left, and I guess the guy on the right is a conservative(idk, but he mentions the lady is a liberal). He's just in the middle. I think that's what we need the most. To stop identifying with either side and being grouped with tens of millions of people we don't know, and instead be individuals.

1)obesity
2)destruction of family
3)low literacy rates
4)disease
5)debt
6)meddling
7)false sense of happiness and security
8)political correctness(I hate this one so much)
9)people walking around with the communist manifesto
10)disregard for our own country(some Americans hate being American)

I partly blame the government for this. I wish they were more honest with us. If Bush knew that those WMD weren't there, he should've just been honest with us. We're not a bunch of animals to go and burn down the White House with him and his family in it. We trust them less now because they keep lying to us. And they think security is more important than liberty?


"Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security" - Thomas Jefferson

Let's stop with the huge government. Get the government out of the schools and let the teachers do the teaching. Give the power back to We The People. We can do a lot more on our own than we can ever do with some government that knows nothing about us. Let the people decide their future. And give a clear warning to all of the news channels that swing way to left and way to far that if they can't do their job(giving us the news without their political bias), then they don't deserve those jobs at all.

Let's keep our borders secure and encourage young men and women to look forward to starting families and contributing to the country when they're older, so they won't end up having tons of unprotected sex with strangers and help spread diseases. We need more families in this country, not more babies out of wedlock.

I agree with you all around. Except that President Bush did not lie about the WMDs, after 9/11 he had to take decisive action to protect the country from another terror attack. All the intelligence centers around the world believed Hussein had WMDs and was about to sell them to terrorists. Read his book "Decision Point" it lays it all out. WMDs were not found (some suspect they were shipped to Syria) but Saddam Hussein himself was a weapon of mass destruction who had killed thousands of his own people in cold blood. Do you wanna live in a world with Saddam Hussein? I don't. President Bush did the right thing.

 

[TLK Valentine]

I agree with you all around. Except that President Bush did not lie about the WMDs, after 9/11 he had to take decisive action to protect the country from another terror attack. All the intelligence centers around the world believed Hussein had WMDs and was about to sell them to terrorists. Read his book "Decision Point" it lays it all out. WMDs were not found (some suspect they were shipped to Syria) but Saddam Hussein himself was a weapon of mass destruction who had killed thousands of his own people in cold blood. Do you wanna live in a world with Saddam Hussein? I don't. President Bush did the right thing.

Saddam Hussein was a maniac for decades... the only difference is, in the beginning, he was our maniac.

 

[contango]

But those people are only giving 2% of their income to charities, that is the national average.

Whereas, those who are lower income actually typically give 4% of their incomes to others and to charities.

You really think the poor can be helped and not die off from 2% being given to them? Give me a break.!!!

That's why the government has to step in and force the rich to pay, because otherwise they'll continue only paying 2% (basically... zero for most on average).... and just let people DIE

48,000 people a year DIE because they lack access to healthcare... 55 million have no access to healthcare... 10 million will still lack access to healthcare... but actually probably more than that probably lik 25 million b/c REPUBLICAN states are rejecting medicaid dollars and the expansion, they'd just let them DIE

A child with no healthcare insurance is 60% more likely to die than the child with insurance on the health bed next to them.

There are 1.6 million homeless in American 23% of children are in poverty, what do the conservatives and republicans say about that? "LET THEM DIE"... they do nothing

Democrats/liberals? Affordable Care Act, single payer, poverty helping programs for the poor, public educational funding, college funding, affirmative action, human righs, ect... ect. ... ect...

Conservatives and republicans if they weren't combated by the democrats/liberals would have this country in ruin and people living o like age 40 on average and in sewage.


(( AND you don't think I know Republicans? I know A TON. I've lived in 2 mostly republican areas in my life, and guess what? they HATE the poor, they lecture me to not give anything to them and have random racist outbursts against ___ ___ ____ and hate healthcare, education, and anything to help the poor... "let them die!" they say. One of my family members is a conservative/republican, we get into HUGE arguments and they HATE that I want to go into the medical field, they DON"T understand why I want to help people or he pooor.... insane and they don't help the poor ever, they tell me not to help the poor and tell me not to give anything to homeless beggars... I have to fight that influence and give... all the republicans I meet are like that and TRUST ME there are MANY I have met/talked to/known...


also, that's the republican platform... OBVIOUSLY.--- JUST LOOK AT THEM, vouchers, anti AFC, ect ect, anti-unions)

THEY THE CONSERVATIVES/REPUBLICANS "heartless... LET THEM DIE" are the PROBLEM.

Interesting post, although it's a shame you couldn't find a brush any broader than that one.

Rants like this assuming everyone on one side of a fence is practically the antichrist incarnate really do nothing to support your cause. All I see in your post is venomous hate, which isn't one of the virtues Christ encouraged us to show.

And for what it's worth, I'm not a Republican.

 

[contango]

Do you wanna live in a world with Saddam Hussein? I don't. President Bush did the right thing.

Need to be a little careful with thoughts like that. Today it might be Saddam Hussein but what if someone said "I don't want to live in a world with mandyangel, let's kill her with a drone attack"?

 

[HalfoffSale]

American's have only themselves to blame for the decline. They'll point to the government to blame, but the government is made of Americans. No nation can be great with so much inner competition. We complain we're fat, but yogurt is considered a diet food because one group of Americans found it profitable to tell people. We complain we're falling behind in sciences, but many Americans are holding us back from adopting metric. We complain people are not raising their kids, but then force both parents to work. We complain about gas prices an oil wars, but have incredibly outdated infrastructure based only on cars.

Americans can only blame themselves, but since they're too busy pointing, the decline is inevitable.

 

[seashale76]

American's have only themselves to blame for the decline. They'll point to the government to blame, but the government is made of Americans. No nation can be great with so much inner competition. We complain we're fat, but yogurt is considered a diet food because one group of Americans found it profitable to tell people. We complain we're falling behind in sciences, but many Americans are holding us back from adopting metric. We complain people are not raising their kids, but then force both parents to work. We complain about gas prices an oil wars, but have incredibly outdated infrastructure based only on cars.

Americans can only blame themselves, but since they're too busy pointing, the decline is inevitable.

What's with the Metric thing anyway? I recall way back in first grade being told by my teacher that we had to learn both Imperial and Metric- and that we'd be going all Metric very soon. That was over thirty years ago. I'm currently back in school for a career change and I took Organic Chemistry last fall. I recall thinking that all of the chapter one homework on conversions wouldn't have existed for me if I had been taking the class in the UK. It was pointless. Metric is so much easier. The government needs to just make the switch.

 

[dies-l]

America is the greatest nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in. Of course, like most Americans, I have never lived anywhere else, so it is the only nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in. But, I have two brothers who have lived elsewhere, and I think that their experience is helpful.

John was born here and moved to Canada to marry his girlfriend when he was in college. He has since settled down in Canada, obtained dual citizenship, moved back to the US when his then-wife got a job here, and moved back to Canada following his divorce. Based on my conversations with him, I doubt that he would call America the best nation he has ever lived in.

Edwin was born in Liberia, where he met my father on a mission trip in the late 80's. During Liberia's civil war, he sought permission to move to the US, and was ultimately sponsored by my parents (which is why I call him my brother). Now that the war is over, he routinely visits his family in Liberia, but he raises his own children as Americans (and two of his three sons are US citizens, as he, his wife and their oldest son will be soon). Based on my interactions with Edwin, I trust he views America as a pretty special place.

What all that says to me is that, for some people, America is pretty special, and there are legitimate reasons for feeling that way. For others, it is one of a pretty sizable handful of nations that are relatively free and prosperous. And, there are legitimate reasons for feeling that way as well. To me, true patriotism is about loving and respecting our nation's greatness without being narcissistic or obnoxious about it. Our problem, in my opinion, is that too many of us want to view ourselves in superlative terms -- either we are the best or we are the worst. We either minimize our strengths or ignore our shortcomings.

 

[HalfoffSale]

What's with the Metric thing anyway? I recall way back in first grade being told by my teacher that we had to learn both Imperial and Metric- and that we'd be going all Metric very soon. That was over thirty years ago. I'm currently back in school for a career change and I took Organic Chemistry last fall. I recall thinking that all of the chapter one homework on conversions wouldn't have existed for me if I had been taking the class in the UK. It was pointless. Metric is so much easier. The government needs to just make the switch.

As far as I can tell, it's mostly because a large number of American's don't want to switch. It seems they're less willing to put up with the inconvenience of learning the new system, upgrading speed limit signs, or tool kits, etc. That it places themselves and the next generation at a substantial disadvantage like having to devote college class time to learning the metric system, or the difficulty in not having it be "native" seems irrelevant to them. I'm not sure where they think it's going, that we're somehow the "greatest nation" enough that the other 193 countries that use metric will switch back is a pipe dream, and it's keeping us disadvantaged.

 

[Oafman]

America is the greatest nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in. Of course, like most Americans, I have never lived anywhere else, so it is the only nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in.

That line made me giggle

But that was a good post. I used to live in America, and it's a wonderful country, of which you should all be very proud.

Two caveats: (i) it's not the only wonderful country (ii) there's still plenty of room for improvement

Actually, a third point: believing that God favours your country over those of his other children is clearly very silly

 

[I Eat Pie]

I agree 100% about us thinking that yogurt is a diet food. I've probably seen the activia commercial a million times by now.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

America is the greatest nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in. Of course, like most Americans, I have never lived anywhere else, so it is the only nation that I have ever had the opportunity to live in. But, I have two brothers who have lived elsewhere, and I think that their experience is helpful.

John was born here and moved to Canada to marry his girlfriend when he was in college. He has since settled down in Canada, obtained dual citizenship, moved back to the US when his then-wife got a job here, and moved back to Canada following his divorce. Based on my conversations with him, I doubt that he would call America the best nation he has ever lived in.

Edwin was born in Liberia, where he met my father on a mission trip in the late 80's. During Liberia's civil war, he sought permission to move to the US, and was ultimately sponsored by my parents (which is why I call him my brother). Now that the war is over, he routinely visits his family in Liberia, but he raises his own children as Americans (and two of his three sons are US citizens, as he, his wife and their oldest son will be soon). Based on my interactions with Edwin, I trust he views America as a pretty special place.

What all that says to me is that, for some people, America is pretty special, and there are legitimate reasons for feeling that way. For others, it is one of a pretty sizable handful of nations that are relatively free and prosperous. And, there are legitimate reasons for feeling that way as well. To me, true patriotism is about loving and respecting our nation's greatness without being narcissistic or obnoxious about it. Our problem, in my opinion, is that too many of us want to view ourselves in superlative terms -- either we are the best or we are the worst. We either minimize our strengths or ignore our shortcomings.

Excellent points, Dies. I can't agree more with what you said here.