The United States of America

Collin
Collin Posts: 4,931
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
There are certain aspects of the US I dislike or even loathe. But this thread is about the things I like about the US, and the things you like about it.

Now obviously, there will be posters who do like the current administration, its policies and its wars, but I ask you not to mention them because it will ruin this thread even more rapidly. Please also refrain from posting insulting comments about other countries, people ... Keep the negativity out. If you have nothing good to say about the US, don't post here.

These are some of the people or things I like about the US:

American writers/poets:
Hunter S Thompson
Hemingway
Jack Kerouac
Edgar Allan Poe
Chuck Palahniuk
Robert Frost
...

American Music:
Blues in general
The Doors
Pearl Jam
Tool
Ani DiFranco
Mazzy Star
Soundgarden
Mother Love Bone
Johnny Cash
Tim & Jeff Buckley
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
...

American Actors:
Al Pacino
Johnny Depp
Robert DeNiro
Marlon Brando
Mickey Rourke
Gene Hackman
Jodie Foster
Morgan Freeman
Kevin Spacey
...

There are definitely more people like comedians, sportsmen... I'll add some later I'm a bit tired.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    I like the Northwest Music scene.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I love the strength of American business and entrepreneurship
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Regardless of which side of the political spectrum an American lies on I cannot help but envy the pride an American feels for their country....both sides argue and bitter but in the end they are proud of their country....just see different visions for her.....so American pride is my choice.....don't get me wrong I am a passionate Canadian but Americans just do it better.....which is a great thing to have....
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    i like in-n-out burgers. those are some tasty burgers.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    The Constitution


    and those In and Out Burgers are the best
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i like in-n-out burgers. those are some tasty burgers.

    so west coast.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Regardless of which side of the political spectrum an American lies on I cannot help but envy the pride an American feels for their country....both sides argue and bitter but in the end they are proud of their country....just see different visions for her.....so American pride is my choice.....don't get me wrong I am a passionate Canadian but Americans just do it better.....which is a great thing to have....


    great post. i'm surprised you would even get that impression, being a poster on this board. but I agree with you. there are certain things this current administration has done and some fuck ups in the past. but I am proud to be an american.
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    jlew24asu wrote:
    great post. i'm surprised you would even get that impression, being a poster on this board. but I agree with you. there are certain things this current administration has done and some fuck ups in the past. but I am proud to be an american.

    Thanks....it really comes from personal experiences with Americans....very proud....which is good....the country has done many great things to feel that way....no matter where home is mistakes will have been and will ultimately be made again....it really all comes down to whether your vantage point is represented that decade or not...may have been which is great and you show your pride proclaiming current victories...if your on the other side and disappointed you make the effort for change and the urge to fight back because you are proud of your country....
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Fender, Gibson, C.F. Martin and Taylor guitars... Mesa Boogie Amps.
    The NFL, MLB and NBA (and our friends up North for the NHL) for providing the 4 Seasons for us out here in Southern California.
    Orville and Wilbur, Laurel and Hardy, Rock and Roll, Jack Daniels and Coke.
    We DO try to help... we should be responsible for our government... we will survive in spite of our leaders.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • bryanfury
    bryanfury Posts: 461
    i love the hearts of the people. when 9/11 hit, or the tsunami, our citizens bucked up to help out. (where was bin laden when the tsunami ravaged muslims?)

    i love being able to say george bush is a terrorsit at the highest level without fear of punishment.
    those undecided, needn't have faith to be free
  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    The Constitution; the Bill of Rights; division of power between Congress, the Administration (president) and the Supreme Court; girls; entrepreneurship; jack daniels; disneyland and disneyworld; college football; girls; guitars; rock n roll; technical innovations; medial innovations; taking on the role of world police when no one else wanted to or were capable of it; and finally girls.
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Since everyone has pretty much summed up what is great about this country I'll just add a few things to it.

    The Rocky Mountains
    New York City
    Cultural diversity
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • CaterinaA
    CaterinaA Posts: 572
    NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite city of all I've visited so far, too bad I've not returned since 1999 :(.

    Film makers:
    Orson Welles
    Howard Hawks
    John Houston
    Elia Kazan (regardless of his Mc Carthism the man made fantastic films)
    Gus Van Sant
    Quentin Tarantino
    Wes Anderson
    PT Anderson
    Martin Scorsese
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Brian De Palma
    Spike Lee
    Sofia Coppola
    Clint Eastwood

    Authors:
    Paul Auster
    Jack Kerouac
    Charles Bukowsy
    John Cheever
    JD Salinger
    John Kenndy Toole
    Allen Ginsberg
    Susan Sontag
    Truman Capote

    Actors:
    Marlon Brando (the best ever)
    Karl Malden
    Cary Grant
    Bette Davis
    Robert De Niro
    Sean Penn
    Forest Whitaker
    Denzel Washington
    Ethan Hawke
    Johnny Depp
    Al Pacino
    Steve Buscemi
    Harvey Keitel
    Meryl Streep
    Kyra Sedgwick
    Stockard Channing
    Cristina Ricci
    Susan Sarandon
    Robin Wright Penn

    Music:
    PJ
    Screaming Trees
    Soundgarden
    Nirvana
    REM
    The Strokes
    The White Stripes
    Natalie Merchant
    10,000 Maniacs
    Janis Joplin
    Jimmy Hendrix
    Bob Dylan
    The Band
    Bruce Springsteen
    MC5
    The Velvet Underground
    The Ramones
    Iggy Pop
    Johnny Cash
    Loretta Lynn
    Jefferson Airplane

    MLK, Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, Andre Agassi, Chris Evert, Jennifer Capriati, James Blake, NBA

    I also like how diverse the country is, I've been to Florida, California and NYC and people, landscapes, everythings is so different. My experiences over there have been always extremely nice. Hopefully sooner than later I'll have the chance to go to Chicago, Boston, Seattle and NYC!!
  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Steven Colbert
  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Regardless of which side of the political spectrum an American lies on I cannot help but envy the pride an American feels for their country....both sides argue and bitter but in the end they are proud of their country....just see different visions for her.....so American pride is my choice.....don't get me wrong I am a passionate Canadian but Americans just do it better.....which is a great thing to have....

    wow, nice post. i've read a lot of your posts and wouldn't have thought you'd say something like that. i don't mean you'd say shitty things about the USA, just didn't think you'd say something like that.

    i love my country, warts and all. you have to take the good with the bad, just like anything else. i think what i love the most is the the fact that no matter where you go, there's always something that reminds you of home and also something you never would have seen if you hadn't travelled away from home, all in the same place.

    i also dig the fact that if i'm lost while travelling, i most likely can find a fast food joint to fill my belly, a gas station to fill my tank, and a toilet to drop a deuce in.
    "PC Load Letter?! What the fuck does that mean?"
    ~Michael Bolton
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i like in-n-out burgers. those are some tasty burgers.

    animal style
    make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
  • WindNoSail
    WindNoSail Posts: 580
    Wrigley Field
    NYC, all of it.
    South Carolina beaches
    Rocky Mountains
    The Ozarks (Missouri and Arkansas)
    Hy home town
    Chicago downtown
    Maine
    Washington DC and all its history
    Seattle and the Great Northwest
    Napa and Sonoma
    My back yard and my dog Laredo
    Oklahoma thunderstorms
    The Gorge


    Pearl Jam

    Freedom
    HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    Dunkin donuts
    America...the greatest Country in the world.
  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    Welfare
    Rampant abortion
    and most of all:
    Pearl Jam forums
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    WindNoSail wrote:
    Wrigley Field
    NYC, all of it.
    South Carolina beaches
    Rocky Mountains
    The Ozarks (Missouri and Arkansas)
    Hy home town
    Chicago downtown
    Maine
    Washington DC and all its history
    Seattle and the Great Northwest
    Napa and Sonoma
    My back yard and my dog Laredo
    Oklahoma thunderstorms
    The Gorge


    Pearl Jam

    Freedom


    I love that list

    let me throw in The Grand Canyon

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