Only In American, An Observation By A Canadian.

[booybob]

TOP-11 "ONLY IN AMERICA" OBSERVATIONS -- BY A CANADIAN*
1) Only in America could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes - be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.
2) Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black while only 12% of the population is black
3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.
4) Only in America can they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.
5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens.
6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as"extremists."
7) Only in America could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
8) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes(Nike).
9) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.
10) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
11) Only in America can a man with no background, no qualification sand no experience ... and a complete failure at his job ... be reelected.

[Bro]

[Bosch76]

[Bosch76]

TOP-11 "ONLY IN AMERICA" OBSERVATIONS -- BY A CANADIAN*
11) Only in America can a man with no background, no qualification sand no experience ... and a complete failure at his job ... be reelected.

is this one about GW?

[Bro]

[Bosch76]

Only in Canada would Howard Stern be banned for being "offensive".

[I invented that]

the facts aren't disputed, they're actually embraced.

[deidler]

#10 tells you all you need to know.

[Skyway]

Great post, booybob. +Rep

[newcastlefan]

the facts aren't disputed, they're actually embraced.

USA! USA! USA!

and,
Only In American would the citizens be proud of the prior 11 items!

[I invented that]

the people have voted

[RiotGrip]

3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.


Most responsible? That is a bit far fetched.

[I invented that]

3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.


Most responsible? That is a bit far fetched.

You're cool with everything else?

[Bosch76]

You're cool with everything else?

Pick one you like and I'll tear it apart.

[Goo For You]

Only in American people think they look smart by propagating lists like this.

[BeetTheBoxer]

5 star thread. awesome list. major reps

[I invented that]

Pick one you like and I'll tear it apart.

i'll take #5

[RiotGrip]

You're cool with everything else?

No, the others are basically half truths, distortions, or an example of something that happens very rarely, or suggested by less than 2% of congress. Suggesting, that Charles Rangel is one of the most important tax policy deciders, well that is just fantasy of the highest order. Who is this insightful Canadian by the way? Wouldn't he/she like to take credit for his brilliant observations?

[I invented that]

Only in American people think they look smart by propagating lists like this.

na, they do it in other countries too.

[Bosch76]

5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens.

Who has magically become a citizen?

Bullshit.

the question is bullshit also, it should say this...

Only in America would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss people who have risked their lives for the American dream to come work in America for cheap wages without the protection of the law to benefit the US economy languish for years with the threat of deportation if they report the illegal and dangerous working conditions they are forced to accept just to feed their families.