US Media Makes Me Ill

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Its just a select few people i dont like, by the way they act. Such as is in other country's and my own.

Yes, but America is targeted more often than "those countries" because we are the only world power. So you can understand how it becomes rather tiresome to hear this same thing over and over again.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Bond

because we are the only world power.

i wouldnt go as far to say that America is the only world power....maybe the only Major world power...

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

i wouldnt go as far to say that America is the only world power....maybe the only Major world power...

US not the only world power? No offense... but are you on crack? Name ONE country that can match the US.

[Crono]

Sorry for the double post, but let's see:
China - large numbers, but they're really weaker than you think. Besides, once their government falls it'll all be gone.
Russia - LOL. No comment.
India - Meh, they're not bad. Worse than China, but still good. Not many technological advancements here. They have nukes however.
Britain - They're small. Not as big and as advanced as the US.

The U.S. is the super power. The technology it's army has is well beyond any other army in the world.

[Typhoid]

Japan?...and are you solely basing this on military or something?....and ya....rofl at Russia


(and just think how much better the American economy would/could be if they cut off a few "bucks" a year from military and put it into other things, like school, or healthcare..)

[Crono]

Japan is nothing. They have potential but their constitution limits their abilities, by a long shot. When we think of Japan, we think of cutesy anime characters, nothing "strong" about that.

And yes this is based on current military power.

In fact, Japan is so weak right now, I'd go as far as saying that Canada would probably have a good chance at winning if they both faced each other without other armies joining in.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

(and just think how much better the American economy would/could be if they cut off a few "bucks" a year from military and put it into other things, like school, or healthcare..)

We've already been over this... 3.2% of our GDP is spent on the military. North Korea is 33.9% and China is 4.3%.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

(and just think how much better the American economy would/could be if they cut off a few "bucks" a year from military and put it into other things, like school, or healthcare..)

And just think how much better America would be if it didn't continually pump the world with aid... yes, aid... some loans, but indeed aid.

The United States would be a lot better if it shut out the rest of the world, sat in its corner, and made its people happy... yes, and to further make its people happy, it'd cut off immigration. Our military would be downsized...

And what happens then? The United States and all of its allies get invaded. Oh, but not before all of the nations cry out that the US of A is hoarding its riches.

Read the Bum thread if you want to see people's sympathy for those who genuinely have it bad.

[Typhoid]

Bond...i wasnt comparing Americas GDP to other countries for military spending...it was philisophical..And actually when i think of Japan i think of DDR and crazy technology stuff..And no Canada couldnt even beat Japan..what are we going to do...we have no guns, the best we have is plastic forks, why do ou think our beer is so strong, so if anyone invades us and drinks, they'll be too pi**ed to remember what they are doing. Canada has virtually no military, we put our money into free healthcare.

Get this, our Navy has about 3-4 Submarines ( i think...plz no reeming) and West Edmonton mall...has 2 submarines...man that is one well protected mall..