Quote Originally Posted by melvin walker
America is the wealthiest and has the most powerful military in the history of the world.
now you're comparing apples and oranges. America is an entire continent. compare America to the European Union, and you'll find we're richer.

and having a powerful military doesn't make you a 'good' country.

[quote]America has protected the Canadians from foreign intervention and made the hemisphere safe for all to prosper.
War protects American and Canadian interest. it allows the Canadians to spend less on defense and more on social programs , because the United States protect Canada.
you're almost saying war is good.
here's what war does: it makes countries poor, makes many people hate and kill eachother, destroys entire cultures & eventually both parties lose.

the war in Iraq is a good example: Bush said 'he' was going to 'free the country'. actually, he went there for the oil, he doesn't care about the people there, in fact, he wants them to keep hating eachother, so he could keep the story going on a little longer. And that's exactly why 9/11 happened too. Osama's family was into oil, so was Bush's family, they were friends, now they hate eachother, just because of oil. btw, on 9/11 they first waited for all the rich oil sheiks to fly home in their jets before they closed down the airports.

In America we believe in individual responsibility , not collective. The poor in America has the opportunity for improvement. America spends more on public education than any nation in the world.
and even so, our education system (and overall education) here in Europe is proven to be far better. school in the USA is almost like a private company, they are sponsored, which causes influences, which means schools are biased: not a good thing.
same with social cary system.
and the USA's health care system sucks, and it's only there for the rich.

History has proven that the more citizens are involved in government and the smaller
government is the more government works for the people. Examples The Soviet Union , Sweden , France , Italy , and even Great Britain and Germany. All put together has a GNP one third of America.

um, the soviet union? that's longtime history...

and I think the government should indeed work for the people, why else do we need them? But I think they should work for everyone, not just the rich.


other remarks I have on the united states:
their media, america's media makes the people afraid of anything, which is also the reason why your oh so glorious country has the most 'murders' every year.

not that everything in America is bad though...

So much for my counterpoints.

Keep them spinning,
Bert.