"America is the greatest country on Earth..."

[MikeH]

Are you seriously contesting it? We practically invented BBQ. Thousands of rednecks compete every year to cook the best pig. The only people who even come close are the Koreans, and they lose for mediocre sauce. Oh, and Mexico gives it a game try. Carnitas aren't bad. But they do not hit the spot like a really piled pulled-pork sandwich.

BBQ means something different in the UK/Australia to what it means in the US.

[DanS]

I don't know about the Koreans bit. They do some mean barbecue, Elok.

[DriXnaK]

Pulled pork sandwich with amazing barbecue sauce = awesome.

[Elok]

To be fair, I've never had it prepared by Koreans. My brother spent a year over there, came back and cooked us some Korean skewers. Good grilling technique, wussy sauce.

[MikeH]

Maybe your brother isn't the best Korean sauce chef in the world?

[MOBIUS]

Him not being Korean in the first place...?

So, basically, Elok is saying America's is the best because he's never tried anyone else's!

Hey Elok, have you ever even been out of the US?

[BeBMan]

This thread makes me hungry.

[Elok]

USA! USA! USA!

[MOBIUS]

I take it that's a big fat 'NO' then...

[Elok]

These colors don't run, except to get back into the line for more BBQ.

[C0ckney]

anyone who thinks the yanks do the best BBQ clearly hasn't experienced churrasco...

[Whoha]

Like many Americans, I used to take that as a given. But, also like many Americans, I'm beginning to have serious doubts.

There's no doubt that, in spite of the recent economic doldrums, we remain the richest country on Earth. We also have the largest, most powerful military (although one could make a good argument that is more to our detriment than our benefit). But beyond that, how exactly do we qualify as the greatest country on Earth?

We're been surpassed by many nations in the question of civil rights. Our education system is outmoded and our educational performance is rapidly declining. Our infrastructure is crumbling, our energy grid obsolete. The gap between rich and poor is widening at what seems to be a geometric rate, the true middle class disappearing before our very eyes.


So, true blue patriots, convince me.

We clearly don't need education, because businesses aren't spending their own money on it to address any perceived shortfall. Likewise, our infrastructure is overstressed, but this clearly heralds the end of the environmentalists, and further dissolution of the Democratic party.

[Barnabas]

I was going to say that, although it is more associated with Argentina and Uruguay than Brazil, it is part of Gaucho culture, and in Brazil it is only native to Rio Grande do Sul (that used to be spanish and not portuguese), they also eat much less meat than in Argentina and Uruguay







Normal house one

[Lorizael]

Forget barbeque. American has the best sandwiches.

[Al B. Sure!]

USA! USA! USA!

My sentiments exactly.