From our Canadian Friends................... TOP-10 'Only In America ' Observations - by a Canadian:
1) Only in America , could a certain politician talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
2) Only in America, could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General, and an 18% black federal workforce, but a black population of only 12%. .
3) Only in America , could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department, and Charles Rangel, who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.
4) Only in America , could they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.
5) Only in America, could they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while they discuss letting people who sneak into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens.
6) Only in America , could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
7) Only in America , could they need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
8) Only in America , could they demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up, when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of the return of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).
9) Only in America , could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.
10) Only in America , could the rich people - who pay 86% of all federal income taxes - be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any federal income taxes at all.
1. Circumstantial (necessary in our political environment -a non partisan thing all the d-bags do it). Doesn't make the greed any less real. 2. Discrimination is real. If the government is a representation of it's constituency it is VERY real. I drove past a restaurant in SC called Tar Baby's recently and to say that racism isn't real is retarded. 3. yeah, they all suck. This is a non-partisan thing imo. At this level they essentially all suck, just look at the guy the GOP just put up for election? Off-shore accounts etc, people will do all they can to earn as much as they can. Left, right and center. 4. Really? From what I've gathered, muslims have taken a pretty strong backlash despite the fact that historically Christians have been pretty active when it comes to terrorist activity. From where I sit, knowing that your god is the god = some horrible shit. 5. Yep, immigration is a mess. No doubt about it. That is some effed up stuff there. Good people going through the proper channels are made to wait. Not cool. 6. Hyperbole. Come on man. 7. Reform is definitely needed here. The technology exists, but let's not wait till 3 months prior to an election to do it. That's just silly. 8. What. Silly comparison. Come on, you're better than that. 9. No doubt this needs reducing but where? Most sacred cows are off the table from either party. 10. False narrative, nobody should be "accusing" anyone but the Clintonian tax levels didn't seem to disrupt our viability, why not cut spending and reinstate those levels of income? p.s. I just got back from having some brews with my high school buddies so cut me some slack for spelling/grammar errors. P.P.S - I like the numbered narrative, this way you can respond directly to that which I brought up and stay on topic and I will do the same. Deal?
Let me add some: 2. those were not or not-directly elected. Screening quickly wikipedia pics (I might be wrong on some ethnicity) I found 1 black Gov, no black Sen, about 8% non-white Reps. 3. they all suck, and not "only in America" 4. right, the media was all for Muslims, sure... 5. not "only in America" and not only about immigration 6. Article 1 of the Constitution creates... legislative powers, i.e. extending the law further 7. I had never heard you can present a driver's license to vote anywhere, except at the Triple-A (rimshot) 10. how much of the GDP do those "rich people" earn or own? If more than 86% then they are indeed not paying their fair share