The United States of America

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I think "Rampant abortion" would be a good name for a punk band.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • WindNoSail
    WindNoSail Posts: 580
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I love that list

    let me throw in The Grand Canyon

    Thanks :)

    I agree. Made me think of Mojave desert....hot and dry, but actually quite cool.
    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
  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I think "Rampant abortion" would be a good name for a punk band.


    lol Nice.
    "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
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Notre Dame football
    Fishing off the Florida Keys
    Surfing at Cape Hatteras
    1995 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    The spirit of so many of our young people.
    The Blue Ridge Mountains
    Wonderful springtimes full of life and natural beauty
    Diversity
    Strong women
    Loving, close knit families
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • CorporateWhore
    CorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    I enjoy the European-American literary tradition.
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I think "Rampant abortion" would be a good name for a punk band.
    ...
    I hear they're opening for 'Rage Against The Machine' at Coachella.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    hmmm...you forgot ME. :D

    i love where i live, and most of the people here...the lifestyle, the overall attitude, the culture, the food, etc. i live in a very international area...which suits me as i love people from all over, different viewpoints, cultures, etc.

    i love that i can find a restaurant, a pharmacy, a gas station, etc...open 24 hours a day, 24/7 here. i love that there is always someone, somewhere....who you can ask for help, and 9 times out of 10, they WILL help you. i love the hustle and bustle...and then right nearby, the nature and peacefulness.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    I hear they're opening for 'Rage Against The Machine' at Coachella.


    Anyone heard if Greenhouse Effect will be performing?

    They like, totally kick gas!
    "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
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    CaterinaA wrote:
    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!!


    Add "The Constitution" to that list and it would be pretty much perfect.

    EDIT: Also add Kyuss and telvision violence. Then it is perfect.
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Hmm, what do I love about America?

    Lots of things, really.

    When it comes to music, American bands make up over half the cds in my sizable collection. (the rest being british or norwegian for the most) I could mention at length all the great music, but suffice to say that among my top 10 artists, probably 7-8 are american.

    Writers: You have Stephen King, a gift to humanity as far as I'm concerned. You have also a lot of great non-fiction writers and activists like Chomsky, Zinn, Quinn and so on. Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut! (although he's a bit of an import really)

    Generally, you have some of the best and brightest minds living within your borders.

    Americans seem to be more open to other opinions actually. (a diversity which somehow fail to manifest at the national level politics) You have great traditions for activism and charity.

    You make a mean sandwich! Even the chain-store ones are pretty good.

    Food in general, you get heaps of it. That can also be a bad thing, really. :p

    I truly love many aspects of american culture and activism. But along with all the best, you have some of the worst in other areas to temper it with. I won't go into that here, since we're gonna focus on positive here.

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    I've only seen a small part of the US,

    But I absolutely loved Maine!
    Those little peaceful towns with the friendliest people!

    Most Americans I met were very friendly and hospitable.

    Mountain Dew.

    And there's that feeling I can't quite articulate. That peaceful, adventurous feeling.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Ron Jeremy
    King Dong
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Black Elk
    Crazy Horse
    Sitting Bull
    Geronimo
    Cochise
    Red Cloud
    Russell Means
    Dennis Banks
    Leonard Peltier

    Walt Whitman
    Mark Twain
    Sherwood Anderson
    Henry David Thoreau
    John Herbert Dillinger
    Robert Kennedy
    Jack Johnson
    Muhammed Ali
    Henry Miller
    Billie Holiday
    Hank Williams
    Johnny Cash
    Bob Dylan
    William Buroughs
    Kerouac
    Ginsberg
    Hunter Thompson
    ken kesey
    Emma Goldman
    Edward R. Murrow
    Seymour Hersh
    Noam Chomsky
    Howard Zinn
    W.E.B. DuBois
    Malcolm X
    Eldridge Cleaver
    Huey Newton
    Frances Farmer
    John Fante
    Charles Bukowski
    Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)
    Lenny Bruce
    Bill Hicks
    David Lynch
    Richard Linklater

    The Grand Canyon
    San Francisco bay
    Harley Davidson motorcycles
    Levi's
    Blues
    Jazz
    Rock and roll
    Northern Exposure :)
  • CaterinaA
    CaterinaA Posts: 572
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Add "The Constitution" to that list and it would be pretty much perfect.

    EDIT: Also add Kyuss and telvision violence. Then it is perfect.

    Well I'm not acquainted enough with the US Constitution. However I do know that most Latin American Constitution writers were inspired by the Bill of Rights.

    About Kyuss, well no idea what kind of music they play, and television violence is not a good thing in my book...

    Peace from Argentina
    Caterina
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    The Grand Canyon, The Rockies and the beaches along the Gulf Coast.
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    I forgot...College Football.
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • pearljammed73
    pearljammed73 Posts: 5
    America rocks and i love it!
    You can pretty much just be what you want to be. Ok, socially it can suck and theres no help for the hopeless.... Go to any big city and see the people on the street corners! Its not nice.
    Nevertheless, check out the cars, the scenery, the music scene, the industry, the movie, the athletes.
    Its got em all.
    Stop bashing the US i say. The world knows who it will be calling on when it needs the heavy lifting done..
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Cosmo wrote:
    Laurel and Hardy


    Stan Laurel was English i'm afraid :D


    edit: someone else mentioned Elia Kazan... i think he was Greek
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • CaterinaA
    CaterinaA Posts: 572
    dunkman wrote:
    Stan Laurel was English i'm afraid :D


    edit: someone else mentioned Elia Kazan... i think he was Greek

    I did. Yes I know he was greek, but his whole career was pursued in the US. Maybe I should have written Elia Kazan movies

    Peace from Argentina
    Caterina

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