Is America the greatest country in the world?

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  • I opened this album in grade 6 at X-mas. The song is appropriate for this thread... but not my favourite of the fourth side:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFKaY8AwOU
    Larger than Life might be the greatest - but in competition with:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG6cdD_osNU

    Hate them having studio tracks on the albu though. They had more live tracks to have on it instead.

    That's a gooder. In the bigger picture, I was never a huge Ace vocalist guy (Shock Me one of my faves though). He's not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but I always preferred Paul.
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  • I opened this album in grade 6 at X-mas. The song is appropriate for this thread... but not my favourite of the fourth side:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFKaY8AwOU
    Larger than Life might be the greatest - but in competition with:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG6cdD_osNU

    Hate them having studio tracks on the albu though. They had more live tracks to have on it instead.

    That's a gooder. In the bigger picture, I was never a huge Ace vocalist guy (Shock Me one of my faves though). He's not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but I always preferred Paul.
    I think Shock me is a bit... stale of a song. haha. 

    But love his poppy contrubutions to Unmasked!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Yuck, can't we contain the KISS talk to one thread?? I mean, you keep the toilet in the bathroom, you don't put one in the kitchen, you don't have one in the living room...shit goes is a special place and KISS is some stiiiinky shit!
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  • rgambs said:
    Yuck, can't we contain the KISS talk to one thread?? I mean, you keep the toilet in the bathroom, you don't put one in the kitchen, you don't have one in the living room...shit goes is a special place and KISS is some stiiiinky shit!
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  • rgambs said:
    Yuck, can't we contain the KISS talk to one thread?? I mean, you keep the toilet in the bathroom, you don't put one in the kitchen, you don't have one in the living room...shit goes is a special place and KISS is some stiiiinky shit!
    So, you're saying that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKyu14Lgkg
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    rgambs said:
    Yuck, can't we contain the KISS talk to one thread?? I mean, you keep the toilet in the bathroom, you don't put one in the kitchen, you don't have one in the living room...shit goes is a special place and KISS is some stiiiinky shit!
    :rofl:
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,292
    edited October 2018
    America is great.  Why?  Because we have Neil.

    Oh wait, he's Canadian so yeah, I guess we suck. :lol:
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    But he loves enough of us to keep coming back and that's good enough for me!
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    brianlux said:
    America is great.  Why?  Because we have Neil.

    Oh wait, he's Canadian so yeah, I guess we suck. :lol:
    I think you’ve basically got him now. 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,292
    edited October 2018
    brianlux said:
    America is great.  Why?  Because we have Neil.

    Oh wait, he's Canadian so yeah, I guess we suck. :lol:
    I think you’ve basically got him now. 
    America is great.  Why?  Because we share! 

    By the way, here's a little quiz:

    What do Neil Young and Stone Gossard have in common?

    Here's a hint, look carefully:


    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • The guitar. Or is it the sideburns 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,292
    The guitar. Or is it the sideburns 
    Good try, last exit.

    OK, hint #2:


    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337

    US life expectancy drops for second year in a row


    https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html

  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,292
    dignin said:

    US life expectancy drops for second year in a row


    https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html

    Considering how polluted the world is, I'm guessing the article could read "Almost Every Place on Earth Life Expectancy Drops".
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,987
    brianlux said:
    dignin said:

    US life expectancy drops for second year in a row


    https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html

    Considering how polluted the world is, I'm guessing the article could read "Almost Every Place on Earth Life Expectancy Drops".
    I'm pretty sure it has to do with lifestyle/diet almost exclusively in the USA.....
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    PJ_Soul said:
    brianlux said:
    dignin said:

    US life expectancy drops for second year in a row


    https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html

    Considering how polluted the world is, I'm guessing the article could read "Almost Every Place on Earth Life Expectancy Drops".
    I'm pretty sure it has to do with lifestyle/diet almost exclusively in the USA.....
    Probably more to do with people walking in front of oncoming traffic while messing with their cell phone.
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,194
    Jason P said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    brianlux said:
    dignin said:

    US life expectancy drops for second year in a row


    https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html

    Considering how polluted the world is, I'm guessing the article could read "Almost Every Place on Earth Life Expectancy Drops".
    I'm pretty sure it has to do with lifestyle/diet almost exclusively in the USA.....
    Probably more to do with people walking in front of oncoming traffic while messing with their cell phone.
    Or the drivers messing with their phones and hitting legit pedestrians.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    edited November 2018
    Would the greatest country in the world have serious problems with voter supression and a thing called "gerrymandering" ?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,349
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Would the greatest country in the world have serious problems with voter supression and a thing called "gerrymandering" ?
    Sure, why not? Humans do human type of shit 
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
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  • my2hands said:
    Would the greatest country in the world have serious problems with voter supression and a thing called "gerrymandering" ?
    Sure, why not? Humans do human type of shit 
    Maybe try a bit harder with being "humane" than "human" then.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,876
    my2hands said:
    Would the greatest country in the world have serious problems with voter supression and a thing called "gerrymandering" ?
    Sure, why not? Humans do human type of shit 
    Maybe try a bit harder with being "humane" than "human" then.
    Well humans on all continents are pretty inhumane.

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    Gang-related gun murders, now mainly a phenomenon among men with immigrant backgrounds in the country’s parallel societies, increased from 4 per year in the early 1990s to around 40 last year. Because of this, Sweden has gone from being a low-crime country to having homicide rates significantly above the Western European average. Social unrest, with car torchings, attacks on first responders and even riots, is a recurring phenomenon.

    Shootings in the country have become so common that they don’t make top headlines anymore, unless they are spectacular or lead to fatalities. News of attacks are quickly replaced with headlines about sports events and celebrities, as readers have become desensitized to the violence. A generation ago, bombings against the police and riots were extremely rare events. Today, reading about such incidents is considered part of daily life.

    The rising levels of violence have not gone unnoticed by Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors. Norwegians commonly use the phrase “Swedish conditions” to describe crime and social unrest. The view from Denmark was made clear when former President of NATO and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview on Swedish TV: “I often use Sweden as a deterring example.”

    https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,292
    PJPOWER said:
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
    It might help if we chose one definition:

    great
    adjective
    1. of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average
    2. of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above the normal or average.



    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    PJPOWER said:
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
    Total GDP is highest, but as per capital GDP it’s only the 19th.

    As with everything, there are many ways to look at an issue.  
     
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    PJPOWER said:
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
    Total GDP is highest, but as per capital GDP it’s only the 19th.

    As with everything, there are many ways to look at an issue.  
     
    I concur.
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    brianlux said:
    PJPOWER said:
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
    It might help if we chose one definition:

    great
    adjective
    1. of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average
    2. of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above the normal or average.



    Exactly :)
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    brianlux said:
    PJPOWER said:
    PJPOWER said:
    I think it's pretty much a proven fact that the US is not the greatest country in the world. when you look at overall population happiness, life expectancy, overall health, etc, etc, the stats don't lie. 
    Unless you consider the GDP stats.  But yeah, definitely not the happiest country in the world.
    I don’t think anyone is disputing that the US buys and sells a lot of crap. Does anyone argue that this makes it the best? 
    I think the thread title says “greatest”, which could apply to the GDP.  Our economy is pretty great.
    It might help if we chose one definition:

    great
    adjective
    1. of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average
    2. of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above the normal or average.



    Are we talking weight, then? 
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