Why is America so awesome?

[Nevins]

To those that have not, read this, it is a very BIASED, which conveniently ignores huge amounts of American history and attempts to explain every historical event through Marxian class struggle, book.

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_United_States

There, I fixed it for you.

Zinn states that

Objectivity is impossible, and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of a social aim, if you think history should server society in some way, then it requires that you make your selection on the basis of what you think will advance causes of humanity

This "historian" in essence, states that if a particular part of history (something that should be objective) does not aid the writer in what cause they are attempting to benefit (something that should not be in a historical text) they should be ignored.

Howard Zinn is essentially the Karl Marx of the history world. He writes that

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle

He also out and out lies several times. He states that the wealthiest man in America during the Revolution was George Washington (not even close). He states that unemployment rose during the Reagan years, but Reagan inherited an unemployment rate of 7.5% and left office with one of 5.4%

He also leaves out enormous parts of American history that don't fit his class struggle version of American history. Washington's Farewell address, the Gettysburg Address, Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg gate, all of them are simply omitted. He notes Valley Forge once, ignores the Normandy Invasion and Gettysburg, and yet dedicates several pages to My Lai and several more to the bombing campaigns in the original Iraq War. This is not history. This is a work of fiction.

 

[rattling_bean]

Don't kid yourselves. Britain had to fight off Nazi Germany in the Battle of Britain on our damn own. (A little help from a few foreign pilots). America was happy to see us under a Swastika. It was only after Pearl Harbour that they felt it necessary to take the war to Europe, when they could gain influence over the severely weakened countries there. So NO, America has not lovingly leapt into the fray whenever there is trouble and don't even try to suggest that they have.
*Edit, sorry this was a reply to ZorroFonzarelli's "America is the World's Guardian Angel and would take a bullet for any of her beloved fellow countries" rant.

 

[rattling_bean]

America is the world's greatest country because Our military owns, and we have really good marketing people.

Like Richard Jeni said, "If America was a person, he would be a Used Car Salesman with a Flamethrower".

Seriously, how old are you? 5? "Because our military owns"... That is the most immature thing I have heard for a long time. America is awesome because, what? They have a high friendly fire count? Often kill innocent civilians with misguided airstrikes? Charge guns blazing into a country raping, and napalming yet more civilians only to lose the war to a bunch of farmers and women and children with severely outdated weapons and equipment? Or maybe dropping atomic bombs onto 2 cities of no strategic importance or military value?Yeah... your military sure does "own"...I would be so proud of those achievments...

 

[iseko]

I don't... America isn't bad but I wouldn't call it awesome.

 

[Sycker]

When i went on the 4th of July, everything was so dramatically partiotic and historically inaccurate and viewed with rose-tinted glasses that i could help but love the lardy buggers.

I think they're strangely endearing.

Bless their cotton socks.

 

[Sycker]

I'm an American and I plan on leaving the US as soon as I finish college. I personally don't agree with the priorities of the US and feel that I would fit in better some place else.

The one thing that we can do is make a cheese burger better than the Brits. Good god, what do you put in those things? And cheese burgers aren't supposed to be served "open-faced"!

second.

We put cheese in ours, you seem to place a yellow rubbery plastic material in yours.

 

[Steven Kyzburg]

It's subjective, to your credit Americans are the most patriotic people on the planet, except maybe the Chinese. I'm not sure the Russians count since they all look back at the Soviet Union not the Federation...

On the other hand however I look down upon you all through my monacle and English nature and laugh at your every action and acheivement for it's sheer hilarity. You won the Revolution? *Laughter* The greatest men in the history of your nation agreed to white peace with the maddest most incompetent King Englands ever had and who couldn't tell his own son from a tree and you consider that an accomplishment?!

On the other hand America could certainly crush us today... *runs and hides whilst laughing*

 

[TerraMGP]

ameriaca
can not speak
say aluminium...

can not speall (lol)
mum, colour

are religious extreamists, and are stupid.
more than 60% of americans believe the earth is less than 5000 years old

have WAY too many guns, WHY?!? why do you need to all be armed?

have ridiculus cars. why a 4x4 in the city?!? and why a "Muscle" car? is it to make up for your small "muscle"?

and all thote giant Nukes, definately phalic. and compansating.

Homophobic. if you like being with a guy, why should it matter to you what de does in bed with other guys?

yeah, i totally believe that the twin towers was NOT an inside job and that the "Patriot" act just happened to be lying around.

Guantunamo bay. an illegal military base, doing illegal things to people, who you arrested illegally. leave Cuba alone, just because they made comunisum work you didn't have to screw up the country.

you are too big. not just fat people, but your contry should be split into 3-4 differnt nations. so should china and russia, australias OK because most of the land is uninhabbitable, and aussies are too lazy to take over the world.

stop bashing the "scientific minority". creationists are stupid. NO ARGUMENT. EVULUTION HAPPENED THE BIBLE IS BULL. and athiests are 25% of americas population, so the nex time someones wants them to lose all rights as a citizen (like Bush Sr), go die.

you are a horrible nation that needs to look at what it is doing to the world. you are not the world police.

and you KNEW about Pearl harbour before it happened, stop your lies and brain washing. making little kids pleadge alliegence is EVIL. it is something Hitler would have done.

no do what you people always do. dont address the issues, just bomb me with flame and make fun of my spelling like you always do. why dont you accuse me of being unreasonable, nothing like americas war with Vietnam, or the war of terror, or your whole Frickin sex obsessed society.

what is with you people and sex? its always about getting "down and dirty" or "Hot and sweaty". rarely is it about closeness and love. or affection, trust, careing. personally, i like the adds for "i want to be an engineer, sex can wait", but people need more sexual education other than "dont do it" and "how to do it". how about "when to do it" and "why to do it"?

but why do you hake such disgusting sex scenes, and SO MUCH porn?

Yes raven we get it, Your a transparent Bigot who can't stand americans. Can those of us who don't base our opinions of people in other nations off of their sitcoms now continue a rational discussion please? Or do you want to go on a stint about the Japanese or Germans or French now? I'm sure you must have lots of interesting thoughts on them.

 

[stompythebeast]

Too many responses, but ill add mines anyway. I immigrated to this country as an 8 year old boy, and the opportunities that i got by living in this country made the move worth it. I love americans, the same way i love idiots. Even though i was not born here, and even though i still keep the traditions and culture of my birthplace, i consider myself an american. Because i like porno; i enjoy beer; and i believe that freedom is something you must fight for. But im not one those patriotic fucks that go around pissing off other countries. Just because you came out of a vagina into this country does NOT make you an american, its your believes and ideals that count.

 

[Bocca]

Who said they were awesome -.- ?

 

[Beowolf99]

The reason we're awesome is because we're so rich!

The reason we're rich is because over the last 30 years we spent TEN TRILLION DOLLARS we didn't have

It's far from the first time it's been done. Traditionally, the next step is to print EVEN MORE dollars we don't have to fight the oncoming depression, eventually making the dollar so worthless you have to cart a wheelbarrow-load of money to the store to buy a loaf of bread.

I hope the next "world megapower" has the sense to teach their kids history. Here, it's been nothing but memorizing a list of names and dates for decades, but then the corporations never wanted us any more educated than we needed to be to use an ATM and buy crap.

 

[Steven Kyzburg]

*looks up at Bright Ravens comment*

Right... I have nothing to say, it's a potential landmine given my inclination to correct people via humurous means...

All I will say is that if the Cubans got communism to work then I'll renounce my communist ways because that is not commuism. More like a heriditary dictatorship with an offcial communist dogma.

Also if communism had some how worked on that island then it raises the question as to why there's any form of government at all... I'm going to assume you don't know your communism.

 

[rayman 101]

America is not awesome....Um..... that's basically it.

 

[Lulzovich]

Ammurrka Sucks.

 

[BlueMage]

I love America because:

- it has fewer economic freedoms than my own country
- everyone has at least one gun, even the pacifists
- whitey is keeping everyone else down (for the most part)
- profit can justify anything.

I love you America!

 

[goodman528]

I'm not American. America is not a guardian angel, but the world would certainly be a worse place without it. No, we wouldn't be under the Nazis, nor the communists, nor the monarchy. But we wouldn't be eating Big Macs and drinking cola either.

 

[Tartarga]

we are the guys with the nukes
nuff said

 

[whoops1995]

I think its awesome that the first black president is also a comic book geek.

I am suddenly happy I voted for him. Does anybody know when his inaugural address is?

really?.. it's the 20th... like every other president since george washington.

 

[photog212]

4. We don't have any castles besides the ones in Disneyland.

Spoiler: Hearst's Castle

White Castle

 

[s0ap sudz]

I live here. It's not.