(01-21-2020, 11:07 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(01-21-2020, 10:09 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: Don't they all.

I wonder how the American people would react to a non-sycophantic politician who just honestly told people like it was. No platitudes, no niceties... just the reality.

America is only number 1 in the world at 2 things... childhood obesity and military spending. We have more aircraft carriers than the entire world put together.

I’ve never understood this dump-on-America-to-look-enlightened attitude. We’re number 1 in a lot of things, good and bad, just as other countries are. But it can’t be all that bad if so many are flocking here. Elon Musk says America is the only place in the world where he can turn his ambitions into reality, as many other self-made folks can attest. 
We’re not perfect, but we’re not awful either.