Recession - Thank you America.

[CrashMan]

insomniac17 said:

akuma587 said:
Americans are stupid, trust me, I am one. We know less foreign languages than the rest of the world's citizens, our high school students perform less well measured by objective criteria than many foreign countries, and we elected someone like George Bush to office, TWICE.

I think we are getting smarter, but we are pretty damn dumb, especially the South (I live in the South).

 We haven't had a good president since Reagan. and I'm not very impressed with ANY of the current candidates. and this is the year I can finally vote in a presidential election too...

Interesting claim from someone who wasn't ALIVE when reagan was president, and who was, what, 10? when the current president took office.

Do you believe everything your parents tell you?

I will be the first to admit that America is in the crapper at the moment, but to blame all of this on the US seems far from fair.  How much Domestic oil does europe produce?  The US is the only country importing from China?  Wasn't GB there at the initial invasion of Iraq?

We live in a world where politicians rarely make decisions based on what is best for the country.  This isn't unique to the United States. 

But its nice to live in a Country where all media isn't reviewed by the government and many times banned (see Manhunt 2)  or one which doesn't hold on to an outdated monarchy, or ban religions, regardles of how stupid they are, or crack down on free speech using public order laws.

None of our respective nations are with out fault, or stupid people.  The global trend needs to change in which those elected are viewed less as in a position of power and more in a position of a public servant.