To those who live outside the US: What is your opinion of the US?

[Pekka]

I hope I get to move to the US of A and work there, and serve in the military.

[CerberusIV]

You missed an option in the poll. I want to vote for "The US is an imperialistic evil empire that should be encouraged".

I presume most americans are fairly ordinary people (the one's I have met are anyway - but I don't get out much), it is just the political leadership who have an exaggerated sense of their own importance.

The reason I want this option is that it gives the rest of the world something to unite against. That may be tough on americans but there is a simple alternative for them (invent a political system that doesn't elect idiots and sh**heads to political office).

[Method]

why #5 of course

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by aaglo
Kramerman -

I would rather see almost any of the american apolytoners ...

fez?

[Spiffor]

Fez would do wonders to the US compared to Bush, if only he was elected president

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Fez would do wonders to the US compared to Bush, if only he was elected president

I dunno about that one... might as well have john ashcroft be president

EDIT: america got kinda screwed in the last election, I mean, we were really between a rock and a hard place. Bush or Gore? Cyinide or Nerve Gas? We picked our poison, and for the most part im confident we picked the lesser 'evil'. I think too many give Bush too hard of a time. We could definately have done better, but being pres is a hard job. Not easy trying to make the most people happy and still trying to not compromise what you believe to be in the best interest of the state.

Kman

[DuncanK]

The most popular answer would be, "I hate the US and I want to move there."

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Demerzel
The USA with its constant patting itself on the back is as comical as its insistence with forcing young children to pledge their allegiance on a regular basis.

We don't really force them to pledge allegiance to the flag anymore. At least not in public school. Well maybe the little ones we do.

[molly bloom]

I like collard greens, cornbread, blue corn chips and cioppino. Oh, and those day old sourdough loaves, with soup served in'em.

I also like Big Maybelle, Alberta Hunter, and Merle Haggard.

Sorry, what was the question?

[Velociryx]

It was a good try, Joe.

I live here, so I'm not really a member of the group you were targeting, but I will say this about the country of my birth:

First, I've seen a fair bit of the world, and I'd rather not live anyplace else.

And second, as a nation, we fall well short of the ideals we were founded on, but the difference is, we WERE founded on ideals, and once in a great while, there are brief shining moments when we live up to them.

I view America as a titan who has no good sense of himself. Hopefully, one day, we will find that sense.

-=Vel=-

[Velociryx]

Edit/Expansion to the above: When I say we are a nation founded on ideals, I mean...as opposed to being founded on something silly like the divine right of kings, or, borne up on the back of a power-hungry dictator. If you recall, our first president HAD the opportunity to pretty much become "King" of America.

He did not, and his nemesis, King George, of England said once that "if Washington returns to his farm after his tenure in power, he will be the man of the age."

The English King was right.

-=Vel=-