# Reasons to be proud to be an American. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798 "2001-11-28T22:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/21 "2001-11-30T00:56:10Z")
transistors intergrated circuits the Internet video games sourdough bread B2 bombers ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/22 "2001-11-30T03:28:12Z")
1. You said go. I went. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/23 "2001-11-30T03:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > - Wine in a box. > > > > Hey, we got boxed wine in the good ol’ US of A too, ya’ know! \*\* > > Aah, but it’s an Australian invention. OK, so we also invented inconsequential little things like the black box flight recorder, but who cares about those? I’m talking about the ones that really count! > 😃 \*\* Well, what other country has invented beverage dispensing device which be inflated into a comfortable air pillow once its contents are consumed? (Of course, one may well require a place to lay one’s head after imbiding said contents.) A great source of national pride, this invention is IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/24 "2001-11-30T04:34:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofis \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Crunchy Frog_ > > **An ex-actor became President of the USA, an ex-pro wrestler is govenor of Minnesota, Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel, and Sonny Bono was elected to Congress. Only in America, baby.** > > Um, is this a good thing or a bad thing? 😕 \*\* I’m not sure, but it gives the youngins hope. If Sonny Bono can do it, by God, so can the kid who served me my supersized fries. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/25 "2001-11-30T12:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JRDelirious \* > \*\*- A People who are not really interested in throwing their considerable weight around the world unless and until directly attacked. > \*\* Sorry you lost me there. Are you talking about the US? Is this some bizarre irony attempt? ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/26 "2001-11-30T13:52:55Z")
1. Cheap used cars that last forever. 2. Low taxes (at least compared to other countries). 3. Good roads. 4. Good honest police (for the most part) and amazing Fire Departments. 5. Deer hunting and all the other seasons that allow you to walk in the woods with a loaded firearm. 6. The legal right to ignore as innefectual anyone who is offended by walking in the woods with a loaded firearm. 7. County, State, and National Parks, Forests, and Waterways to be used by **all**. 8. G. Gordon Liddy, I love his show and the fact that even though as a convicted felon he is not allowed to own firearms, he can still get his wife to buy them and borrow them with impunity! 9. President George W. Bush (Gore and the Dems couldn’t even cheat right, ha ha what a bunch of boobs!) 10)Just waiting in the wings for Quebec to opt out of Canada and break it to pieces so we can swoop in and grab us a couple of Provinces and all their stuff. Bhwaaaa Haaa Haaa Bhwaaaa Haaa Haaa! (OK, I know that would probably never happen, but just in case I got dibs on Manitoba - there are some sweet fishing lakes up there.) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/27 "2001-11-30T22:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > If Sonny Bono can do it, by God, so can the kid who served me my supersized fries. Heck, George W. Bush got as far as _President!_ Now even crackheads can rejoyce! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798/28 "2001-11-30T23:24:22Z")
**An ex-actor became President of the USA, an ex-pro wrestler is govenor of Minnesota, Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel, and Sonny Bono was elected to Congress. Only in America, baby.** Didn’t some porn star in Italy acheive political office about 10 years ago? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-an-american/95798.md?page=1)