Nationalism on meth: why is your country the greatest in the world?

[Dodie16]

The United States is the country that everyone just loves to hate.

That's gotta count for something. Right? Everyone else in the world is united by how much they hate the US.

If you do decide to get off of your pedestals and actually visit the US, then come to ARKANSAS because it's pretty cool:

Wal-Mart. It originated in Arkansas. I don't know if it's as big anywhere else in the world, but it's huge in the States.

George Newbern is originally from Arkansas (Little Rock to be exact) and he did some voicework in a couple of Square-Enix games, like Nooj in FF X-2 and also....SEPHIROTH!! He also did the voice of Superman in Justice League series.

Can't forget about these guys:

Bill Clinton- 42nd President of the United States. Yeah, he had a bit of a sex scandal, but he did do a lot of awesome things, and he was an Arkansan.

• He balanced the budget for the first time in 35yrs.
• He reformed welfare.
• His ecconomic policy created 22 million new jobs.
• Lowest unemployment in 30yrs
• Increased education spending
• He signed the family and medical leave act.
• Took the largest budget deficit and turn it into the largest surplus in history

Johnny Cash- Here, you can read about him yourself if you want to.

Mountain View, AR is home to one of the largest producers of handmade dulcimers in the world, and dulcimers are awesome. "Dulcimer" was the codename used for the iPod while it was still being created.

Arkansas is called the "Natural State" for a reason. It's damn beautiful here. I would show pictures, but I'm having a bit of trouble with Google Image search.

[Shan'do Spike]

Mountain View, AR is home to one of the largest producers of handmade dulcimers in the world, and dulcimers are awesome. "Dulcimer" was the codename used for the iPod while it was still being created.

Okay, I can't let this go on. Mountain View, AR isn't even the best Mountain View in the United States. That honor duly belongs to Mountain View, CA. You think that handmade dulcimers are cool? Who do you think brought you that Google Maps that you were trying to use to get pictures. If you said anywhere but Mountain View, CA, well, you're wrong. Mountain View, CA is the home of Google and is probably the biggest density of tech companies anywhere in the United States. Heck, we have a museum of Computer History--and people GO to it**. Even ignoring Google, we have beautiful weather. We're within a short drive of the beach, and basically every relevant major technology company is located within a 45 minute train ride of the city.

Oh, yes, and we have the Shoreline Ampitheatre, which was one of the home perfoming centers of the Grateful Dead. Not to mention, being in California, we have In N Out burger, which makes everyone else jealous.


As for my country, well, everyone knows the US is the best*. That's why everyone's so clearly jealous. Heck, that's why some people come here illegally.



* Note, by best, I'm not talking about social issues. I'm really not.

**Admittedly only open one day a week, but still.