What Are The Good Things About America?

[Partridge]

In no particular order...

Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, The Black Panthers (Heuy Netwon etc, not the so-called New BPs), the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X, Eugene V Debs and the early Socilaist Party, James P Cannon and the early Socialist Workers Party, The Industrial Workers of the World, Joe Hill, Paul Robeson, David Rovics, Counterpunch, Democracy Now, Flashpoints, Pacifica Radio in general, Hunter S Thompson, Interpol (the band), the Abolitionists, The Revolutionary War, The Civil War (the results of), Blues, Folk, Soul, Hip Hop, Free Speech, Trial by Jury, the Native American struggle, the Womens' Lib movement, the LGBT Lib movement, the Anti-War movement (past and present), Tom Paine (ok he was Brit, but Common Sense was the intellectual force behind the Revolutionary War), the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Spanish Civil War), the GIs who fought fascism in the 40s... but most of all I love the millions of United Statesians and immigrants who are still fighting for a better future for humanity, locally, nationally and globally.

And Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders are ok too.

[Partridge]

Almost forgot Michael Parenti.

[PhilosophyGenius]

*donk donk*

[amman254]

i like going back to the states after living in germany for the last 31 years, and am once again going to be counting how many people ask me
...."oh, you live in germany....cool...what language do they speak there?"

at least most everyone has heard that communism is not what it used to be, and i don't get asked about "living behind the iron curtain" any more. (was always in western germany).

but i havn't been back since 911, (i'm flying back to denver monday to spend christmas with my mom)....maybe the new questions will be about all the "terrorists in europe" or something like that.... LOL

sorry you guys, i couldn't resist getting in on this one. i've really been asked these questions more often than either any of you, or myself, would want to believe...

but i'm glad to get back for a few weeks, really...i'm loookin forward to it !!!!

headin "home?", ron

[rachel]

Treatment of women. I know women are still fighting to make as much money as men and the modeling industry is single-handedly killing the self esteem of young girls, yadda yadda yadda, but at least we have a voice here. And we don't have to dress a certain way or be considered "less than" just because we're female. There's a lot to be said for that.

I don't want to even try making a list of all the things I like about America. There's too many!

P.S. SVU is the best Law and Order out there!

[Gold9472]

Treatment of women. I know women are still fighting to make as much money as men and the modeling industry is single-handedly killing the self esteem of young girls, yadda yadda yadda, but at least we have a voice here. And we don't have to dress a certain way or be considered "less than" just because we're female. There's a lot to be said for that.

I don't want to even try making a list of all the things I like about America. There's too many!

P.S. SVU is the best Law and Order out there!

You say something?

[rachel]

You say something?

Oh, someone is freaking hilarious...

[ThotPolice]

America makes some damn fine porn!

As well as two or three good tv shows and at least two or three good movies a year.

[jetsetlemming]

Yeah, I'd hate to live in an Asian country when it comes to porn. You can't show downstairs there! At least that's what I've heard about Japan, don't know about the other countries.

[ThotPolice]

Yeah, I'd hate to live in an Asian country when it comes to porn. You can't show downstairs there! At least that's what I've heard about Japan, don't know about the other countries.

They focus a lot on porn cartoons but these cartoons are way more graphic than any western porn, animals, children, poop, torture, rape its popular in cartoons down there.