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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:33 PM Original message |
So what is it about America that makes us great, or more precise, unique? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. French fries? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I do believe you mean Freedom Fries |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. LOL |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. a beautiful and profound question |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don`t think we are. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. True. We're not "unique" nor are we "exceptional". We've been successful in many ways, not so |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Curbside service |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Demolition Derby is what makes us unique. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well done... |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. the hookers and coke? no,seriously the business political leadership |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here, you've put your finger right on it: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. A good reminder. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here's the link to Obama's comments on it in France last week, in case anybody missed it |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great? Size and power. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. The fact the people can bind together and get rid of a corrupt government like Bush & Cheney |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Barack Obama. nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. We certainly have it easier and better than some countries and I'm lucky to have been born here |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. The fact that we currently occupy the continent of North America between Canada and Mexico? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. The ideal was freedom but the reality falls short |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. we are unique, just like everyone else. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. imo we have a great Constitution, which we haven't lived up to - yet. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. And that is the point of why we, meaning DU and other like-minded |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think our best claim to uniqueness is a historical argument, |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not so much America, but in my State, Taxis can deliver beer to your home for you... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Not a damned thing. We're just another empire state & we do a piss poor job of it. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hubris |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Ironically, such hubris is not unique |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. yes, we share hubris with north korea |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. It's the idea that we still all basically get along even though we are all |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
25. Our status is an ideological framework more than anything else. n/t |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. gullibility |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. The only thing unique about America is that it was the NEW World. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Then how do you explain the evolution of democracy, the assimilation |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. You have a hammer in your hand, and you think everyone but the Russians |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. I really loathe the term "American exceptionalism." |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. That is the perversion of the ideal.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. We're probably the worst country in the developed world. That makes us unique, I guess? nt |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. A continent to exploit and two oceans for protection gave a big head start. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Nothing at all |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. It is exceptional, as it is the one country in the world, the only one, |
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