Reply With QuoteRationalist (06-28-2012)
America Is Not the Greatest Country In the World!!!
This man makes his Point Too!
Rationalist (06-28-2012)
He says America is not the greatest country in the world anymore which means America was the greatest country in the world at some previous point. When was that point?
It was written by Aaron Sorkin and he made quite a stir in an interview this week where he said it was greatest during the 1940's. You know, when white male hegemony went unchallenged, women had no rights and blacks were beaten to death for looking at a white woman, or raped at will by white males. So you know, that was an awesome time for a lot of people.Originally Posted by cawacko
He then topped off his prick rant by calling the woman who was interviewing him for a newspaper an "internet girl" and telling her it wouldn't kill her to read a newspaper once in a while, apparently completely unaware she writes for one.
I never liked him, and I always picked this up about him, but even I didn't know just how big of an entitled prick he is.
Seriously! I so liked the show, now I will see it in a new light.
An Egyptian writer, Ptah Hotep, put patriarchal beliefs as clearly as
anyone in the early civilizations: "If you are a man of note, found for
yourself a household, and love your wife at home, as it beseems. Fill her
belly, clothe her back. . . . But hold her back from getting the mastery.
Remember that her eye is her stormwind, and her vulva and mouth are her
strength."
LadyT (06-28-2012)
Sunday Morning, Dec 7, 1941.
He asked "When were we the greatest?" He didn't ask "When were we perfect?"
It's a stupid fucking question. There is no such thing as "The Greatest Nation". We have no innate supriority over any nation or groups of people or cultures. What conceit! What arrogance!
We are a great nation and we strive, warts, flaws and all, to do better and to strive towards greatness in the light we have to see that greatness but we are not the greatest nation and we have never been because there is no such thing. Like any other group of humans we have our flaws and our failings and we should recognize our flaws and our failings and embrace them and see them for what they are because the day we stop doing that is the day we stop growing as a people and to better ourselves as a nation.
On that day we stop being great.
China Apologist (06-29-2012), christiefan915 (06-28-2012)
God will smite thee, first there was Israel and now the USA, don't you read these forums?
An Egyptian writer, Ptah Hotep, put patriarchal beliefs as clearly as
anyone in the early civilizations: "If you are a man of note, found for
yourself a household, and love your wife at home, as it beseems. Fill her
belly, clothe her back. . . . But hold her back from getting the mastery.
Remember that her eye is her stormwind, and her vulva and mouth are her
strength."
Mott the Hoople (06-28-2012)
I am always amazed at those who continue to rant that we are the greatest nation in the world.
Look at where we rank in terms of education, infant mortality, average income, Healthcare ect ect, and you see we are not even close to the top.
The USA ranks #1 in 3 categories I know of. Percentage of population incarcerated, percentage of population who believe angels are literally real, and money spent on defense. Other than those, we are usually not in the top 10.
And as far as money spent on defense, we are ranked #1 by a WIDE margin.
We're number 1, we're number 1
How many angels on a pinhead?
An Egyptian writer, Ptah Hotep, put patriarchal beliefs as clearly as
anyone in the early civilizations: "If you are a man of note, found for
yourself a household, and love your wife at home, as it beseems. Fill her
belly, clothe her back. . . . But hold her back from getting the mastery.
Remember that her eye is her stormwind, and her vulva and mouth are her
strength."
Five minutes ago, that was my favorite new show. Thanks for taking that away from me Darla.
"Fuck you niggers" July 11, 2009 Tinfoil explaining how conservatives are unfairly labeled as racists.
"You deserve to be beheaded and for your head to placed on a pike, in the middle of the park, where children can see what happens to those that act the way you do." August 5, 2009 USFreedom911's response to a left leaning opinion.
Rana (06-28-2012)
Careful, you're gonna get dogged by the American exceptionalists.
Rationalist (06-28-2012)
China Apologist (06-29-2012), Rana (06-28-2012)
What makes the US the greatest country is our tradition of individualism, entrepreneurship, and personal responsibility. Unfortunately, these traditions are precisely what Barack Obama and many other liberals despise.
“When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.” -Carl Sagan
Atheism is not a religion. It is a personal relationship with reality.
christiefan915 (06-28-2012)
Glad to finally see some honesty from the left on this issue.
“When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.” -Carl Sagan
Atheism is not a religion. It is a personal relationship with reality.
Wow, you are just hilarious this week.
An Egyptian writer, Ptah Hotep, put patriarchal beliefs as clearly as
anyone in the early civilizations: "If you are a man of note, found for
yourself a household, and love your wife at home, as it beseems. Fill her
belly, clothe her back. . . . But hold her back from getting the mastery.
Remember that her eye is her stormwind, and her vulva and mouth are her
strength."
China Apologist (06-29-2012), christiefan915 (06-28-2012), Mott the Hoople (06-28-2012)
The rightwingers have fought against individualism, entrepreneurship and personal responsibility too. To claim otherwise is insane.
Rana (06-28-2012)
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