Top 10 things AMERICANS do BEST!

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....just my humble tribute to Memorial Day, and why we bear arms.....

Top 10 things AMERICANS do BEST

10. Entertain the masses.......

9. Barbecue!

8. Speak their piece.......

7. Call in the Cavalry

6. Feed the World......

5. Explore Outer Space

4. Spend money - personally, politically, etc

3. Define the Human Frontier....

2. Recognize Women

1. Raise the Best Damned Kids in the World - Generation after Generation!!


Interpret, or understand EACH of them as you choose; as Americans, you Have That Right........ :D :D :D
 
Americans: The people who gave the world:

1. The airplane
2. The self-contained metallic cartridge, the automatic rifle, the machinegun, smokeless gunpowder and every other major advance in modern small arms.
3. The helicopter
4. The Internet
5. The personal computer
6. The lightbulb
7. The airconditioner
8. Rubber.
9. The telephone
10. The concept of interchangeable parts.

That enough?
 
Sorry MicroBalrog, but the concept of interchangeable parts was not by Americans. It had been around a long time. It took Eli Whitney to make it possible for production. However, his goal wasn't just the parts, but figuring out a way that he could take the largely unskilled American work force of the day and put them to work making products typically made by highly skilled labor in Europe so that the US might be competitive.

Rubber was not an American invention at all. It had been in use for centuries by several cultures around the world before the US ever existed. Charles Goodyear did manage to come up with vulcanized rubber, however.

Also, Americans did NOT invent the airplane. The Wright brothers simply produced the first successful airplane. Heck, the airplane concept was put to paper by DiVinci, but not built.
 
Favorite American things........

Republicans and Democrats.......... The so-called check and ballance of democratic government.............. Some days I wonder how so many well paid people working for the tax payers can honestly cash that check? (not all but many)

I think rootbeer was an American invented drink too? Just think how much of it was consumed since the 1800's.

The AR-15 was an Armalite (American) product that floods the world now.... In one form or another....


*and most important............. Betsy Ross did her needle work on what we call Old Glory........... That ranks at the top of my symbolic list as #1 :D
 
Double Naught, I think he meant synthetic rubber.

I meant volcanized rubber.

It took Eli Whitney to make it possible for production
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Exactly my point. Same with the airplane.

Hell, there were experimental motorbikes made by Daimler before Harley-Davidson came to the world.
 
10. insist on fairness and individual rights.
9. collect stuff...Americans collect more arcane sh*t than anyone else I know of.
8. party for any reason, any season.
7. don't tolerate bullies, liars or cheats
6. enjoy an incredible diversity of music and the arts
5. enjoy traveling and spending money
4. use combined arms to put warheads on foreheads.
3. pull for the underdog
2. bobbycue, blue crabs and beer.





...and the number one thing we do best...

In a world that sucks...we prove that we suck just a little less than everyone else. OOOOORAH
 
Uh... MicroBalrog, you missed two things that IMHO should be mandatory on the list of America's gifts to the human race.
Those are the two finest "enforcers of personal freedom" ever invented, to wit:

1: The M1A rifle
and
2: The 1911 .45 automatic.
 
Not to be a total downer, but these lists read like "What American's used to do."
I wish we had a space program of the caliber we had in the sixties.
I wish we "fed the world", instead of turning corn into a bad gasoline additive.
I wish stood up for the little guy, like before the end of WWII.

Mainly, I agree with Gburner's assessment: We suck much less than the rest of the world. I just think we could do so much better if we emulated the American's of the past.


We do deliver pizza better than anyone, though.
 
We do deliver pizza better than anyone, though.
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I don't know about that. The last dozen or so delivery people to hit my doorstep were of the non-mom, apple pie and Chevrolet variety.

I still stick with David Lee Roth.
 
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