New Rule: America must stop bragging that it's the greatest country on earth and start acting like it. Here are some numbers; Infant mortality rate, America ranks 48th in the world, overall health 72nd, freedom of the press 44th, literacy 55th.
Sadly we are no longer a country that can get things done. Not big things, like building a tunnel under Boston or running a war with competence. We had six years to fix the voting machines. Couldn't get that done. The FBI is just getting email!
In most of the industrialized world, nearly everyone has health care. And hardly anyone doubts evolution. And, yes, having to live around so many superstitious dimwits is also something that affects quality of life. It's why america isn't going to be the country that gets those inevitable patents in stem cell cures, because Jesus thinks it's too close to cloning.
Did I mention we owe China a trillion dollars? We owe everybody money. America is a debtor nation to Mexico! We are not on a bridge to the 21st century. We are on a bus to Atlantic city with a roll of quarters.
As long as we believe being the greatest country in the world is a birthright, we'll keep coasting on the achievements of earlier generations and we'll keep losing the moral high ground. We may not be the biggest or the healthiest or the best educated. But we always did have one thing no other place did... we had a little thing called the Bill of Rights. A great nation doesn't torture people or make them disappear without a trial. When you are number 55 in this category and number 92 in that one, you look a little silly waving the big foam "Number One" finger.
Submitted by: Sara
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