The land of the free?

[BB-35]

I will say this: Of the people traveling to various locations other than the US, which ones are going to one that has experienced any number of terrorist attacks and are sure to suffer many more, as America has. Which ones have necessitated the added security that such attacks tend to demand.

But beyond that, i agree with both of you whole-heartedly. US citizens (not ex-pats) live in an environment of fear of potential attack, whether they realize it or not. There's lots of ways to view this: exactly what is actually going on here; and why; and who is controlling it all.

I've never lived outside of the US, but i can just imagine the feeling described in the posted article. I'm not a flag-waver. I don't hate my country, but i certainly don't accept that everything it does is in the best interests of it's people. I don't want to list them all. It would take up too much space.

I'm sure, and i've heard it from too many people, that the US has become a joke to the rest of the world. One of the things that people going abroad are told is to try to keep a low profile. Show some humility, and don't buck local laws and traditions. Don't mock their customs. Do your best to avoid drawing attention.

Like i said, i don't hate America, but i don't think it's the "best country in the world". Not by a long shot.

You,fortunately are in the minority..I may not like how the government is being run,but it's people make it the best country in the world

Not many others have people making rafts out of old Buicks just to get into this country

[patrickt]

BB-35, it was your father and grandfather who made America the best in the world. Then came the baby boomers, and the self-absorbed twits, and the parasites and deadbeats and two generations of people voting only their own self-interest. The people now are making Detroit the model for the U.S.

[Chris]

Right, a blowhard on the internet in credible.

If you're asking, you're not.

[Chris]

BB-35, it was your father and grandfather who made America the best in the world. Then came the baby boomers, and the self-absorbed twits, and the parasites and deadbeats and two generations of people voting only their own self-interest. The people now are making Detroit the model for the U.S.

Hey, I'm a boomer. An early one. I'm libertarian, middle brother ultra-conservative, younger ultra-liberal. So it started around that time.

[patrickt]

Hey, I'm a boomer. An early one. I'm libertarian, middle brother ultra-conservative, younger ultra-liberal. So it started around that time.

That means you are just a bit older than me. I squeaked in under the wire. But, boomers as a group are responsible for a lot of the problems but that doesn't mean all boomers are. My children, for example, came after the boomers but they were raised to be responsible adults and not liberals.

I would also guess you're about as popular with other boomers as Tuffy the Clown is with the NAACP.

[Chris]

That means you are just a bit older than me. I squeaked in under the wire. But, boomers as a group are responsible for a lot of the problems but that doesn't mean all boomers are. My children, for example, came after the boomers but they were raised to be responsible adults and not liberals.

I would also guess you're about as popular with other boomers as Tuffy the Clown is with the NAACP.

That is all true.