Why WE Are An Exceptional People...And Should Be Proud Of Who We Are

[The T]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

 

[Avorysuds]

We are all just people, that's just fact. We as Americans have slowly destroyed what was given to us, Dems and Reps alike. It is natural to shift towards welfare until it all falls apart. It's a cycle.

 

[blastoff]

What, no Arbys?

 

[konradv]

The Grand Canyon IS truly exceptional, but what did Americans do to create it?

The Boy Scouts are exceptional also, but that organization was founded in Britain.

This more like "76 things I like", than proof of American exceptionalism.

 

[HUGGY]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

Didn't read it.. Was the Native American genocide and slavery on your list? Probably too small to mention compared with all our "accomplishments"...

 

[Katzndogz]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

Didn't read it.. Was the Native American genocide and slavery on your list? Probably too small to mention compared with all our "accomplishments"...

Had we not had those accomplishments, we could not possibly have built a great nation. So, they should have been on the list.

 

[Plasmaball]

Being a drunk is not special tommy.

 

[Avatar4321]

Im not exactly sure why John Wayne makes us exceptional.

 

[JakeStarkey]

...In fact? Seventy Six of them. I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.
Happy Independence Day folks... ENJOY! 4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

We the People, when living up to the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, both of which comport our cultural and social compact, we are exceptional. When we abandon those principles, we are no different than any other peoples in history.

God can raise up stones to become Americans, if He so wished.

 

[Mr.Nick]

Is someone hacking this forum or something? because the this has gone haywire...

 

[midcan5]

It would be too easy to have fun with that list of 76, but why be cynical on this hot, too hot, summer day. Anyone know how to add AC to a bicycle, that could be 77. Here's my list.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/writing/126242-an-american-life.html#post2547091


My mom often told us stories of the great depression and when we only had stale bread and coffee to dunk it in, she would remind us that they had nothing so stop your bitching. But oddly maybe it is dopamine but I have always felt life was good and work would eventually bring us some of the good things. But does it matter that we live in America, could a savage be just as happy or a Iranian or an Iraqi? When people claim some particular ideology is best, they forget people do not live in ideology, they live in communities.

repost

Uniquely American - In no particular order

The Amish living peacefully in their way
A smoke filled diner on a busy street filled with calloused hands
A tractor trailer passing a Chevy at 75 in the middle of the night along 95
A USO bus in a hot Florida city windows open
A bicycle all decked out in red white and blue on the fourth with a girl’s large smile
A bum helped in from cold by a child who noticed
Volunteers signing up to help
The patience of visitors to our national treasures hot with child hanging on them in awe of it all
The Salvation Army taking a family lost for a moment and helping them along
A tall church steeple on a dirt road with little sign of anything else
A V8 engine with four barrel and no muffler filled with a bunch of kids looking cool going too fast
A worker staying late to tutor another
Stuckey’s surprise packages promised to the kids to keep them quiet till the next destination
A big MAC, KFC, Dunkin donuts, drive throughs
Cruising a Bob’s Big Boy
The open road riding shotgun enjoying the view
Barbecue and beer and softball
Sweating / freezing at the edge of your seat screaming 'defense'
Friday dances where you only stood and the girls danced
Revving the engine and racing off the line as the light changes
Corn fields upon corn fields upon corn fields
Commencements and jobs and getting up at five
April 15th

It seems to me that the uniquely American things are the small things that sometimes go unnoticed.

 

[aaronleland]

I believe that America is the greatest nation on Earth but almost nothing on that list barring our 2nd Amendment makes us exceptional. Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon? Really? Did an American create those? Reality TV? The Statue of Liberty? You know the French gave that to us as a gift right? Resolve? Fighting back against an attack doesn't make you special, it makes you human. Winning? Did Charlie Sheen write this list? #1 was the American People, but I bet you only mean the American people who agree with your political views. Everyone else is a statist/commie/fascist/un-American.

 

[Mr.Nick]

It would be too easy to have fun with that list of 76, but why be cynical on this hot, too hot, summer day. Anyone know how to add AC to a bicycle, that could be 77. Here's my list.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/writing/126242-an-american-life.html#post2547091


My mom often told us stories of the great depression and when we only had stale bread and coffee to dunk it in, she would remind us that they had nothing so stop your bitching. But oddly maybe it is dopamine but I have always felt life was good and work would eventually bring us some of the good things. But does it matter that we live in America, could a savage be just as happy or a Iranian or an Iraqi? When people claim some particular ideology is best, they forget people do not live in ideology, they live in communities.

repost

Uniquely American - In no particular order

The Amish living peacefully in their way
A smoke filled diner on a busy street filled with calloused hands
A tractor trailer passing a Chevy at 75 in the middle of the night along 95
A USO bus in a hot Florida city windows open
A bicycle all decked out in red white and blue on the fourth with a girl’s large smile
A bum helped in from cold by a child who noticed
Volunteers signing up to help
The patience of visitors to our national treasures hot with child hanging on them in awe of it all
The Salvation Army taking a family lost for a moment and helping them along
A tall church steeple on a dirt road with little sign of anything else
A V8 engine with four barrel and no muffler filled with a bunch of kids looking cool going too fast
A worker staying late to tutor another
Stuckey’s surprise packages promised to the kids to keep them quiet till the next destination
A big MAC, KFC, Dunkin donuts, drive throughs
Cruising a Bob’s Big Boy
The open road riding shotgun enjoying the view
Barbecue and beer and softball
Sweating / freezing at the edge of your seat screaming 'defense'
Friday dances where you only stood and the girls danced
Revving the engine and racing off the line as the light changes
Corn fields upon corn fields upon corn fields
Commencements and jobs and getting up at five
April 15th

It seems to me that the uniquely American things are the small things that sometimes go unnoticed.

It's supposed to be 105 degrees here in Chicago today (could break a record).

Sucks because I want to go fishing - just too hot..

 

[bodecea]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

That list is HILARIOUS! Grand Canyon? Oil? Underarm deodorant?

 

[onecut39]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

Didn't read it.. Was the Native American genocide and slavery on your list? Probably too small to mention compared with all our "accomplishments"...

He was more concerned with hot dogs and beer.

 

[Mr.Nick]

We are all just people, that's just fact. We as Americans have slowly destroyed what was given to us, Dems and Reps alike. It is natural to shift towards welfare until it all falls apart. It's a cycle.

I suppose every civilization destroys itself.... I just don't like to see it happen in front of my eyes......

But I think eventually we will say "enough is enough" and stop the destruction.....

750,000-800,000 people didn't die so we could lose freedom and go back to authoritarianism and tyranny.... Real patriots wont allow that to happen....

 

[Ravi]

Im not exactly sure why John Wayne makes us exceptional.

First gay leading man.

 

[WillowTree]

People like George and Laura Bush make us exceptional. They're over in Africa now building clinics and schools.


http://www.voanews.com/content/george-bush-africa-cervical-cancer/1363615.html

 

[Mustang]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

Because, for the most part, the rich and powerful make exceptions for themselves when it comes to the rules that the rest of us are expected to follow.

 

[Mr.Nick]

...In fact?

Seventy Six of them.

I liked this piece. WE are indeed unique in the world...and what we have is worth preserving and defending.

Happy Independence Day folks...

ENJOY!

4th Of July Special: Here are the 76 Most American Things Ever

Because, for the most part, the rich and powerful make exceptions for themselves when it comes to the rules that the rest of us are expected to follow.

No the elitists do.............

I don't know why the left have to act like anyone that has more than they do is some sort of criminal.....

Like making money and building capital is bad??

Soros is an evil motherfucker yet progressives adore him. No those batshit crazy progressives point fingers at those who have money and lean right. No they point fingers at small business owners that have 2-3 million in capital. Then they go all OWSon their asses and bust up their businesses - all the while praising the likes of Michael Moore and Soros.