comrade, you should be thrown in the brig for aiding and abetting the enemy with that list of antisocialist poopaganda. turn off the msnbc and try to summon some more of your own brain faculties. do you have to be reminded who is in the white house right now brother? you make it sound like King George Bush the Turd is still there. nope, it's the Profit of "hope and change," as in he hopes he can get some mo of yo change in yo pockets. he's the guy running the show now. the passage of obamacare with its penalizing mandates and irs enforced taxation will guarantee he even gets that 1982 penny rattling away in your dryer...that is if you can still afford electricity. ~50% of the things on your list are issues directly effected by individual choices. (obesity, criminal justice, drugs, religion, guns.) you can't change them unless you want to tamper with social engineering or pass some unconstitutional law. maybe 25% are legitimate issues that I'd agree need attention. and the remaining is just a bunch of nonsensical hooey balooey. i was just at pearl harbor. there are still bodies of sailors down there, under the water. are you willing to sacrifice your life for this country if a threat were to arise? your apathetic, apatriotic language speaks naught

Happy "Independence" Day to all....

This comparison is always humorous. And moronic. How many other countries have you lived in or spent any time in? In my case it has been 17 to date. With one exception, I would chose my country (the United States) over any other. Does this mean we do not have serious issues? No, but that is hardly a unique circumstance. This must an utterly terrible country given the fact that people immigrate here every day, legally or not. I served this country (USMC, Semper Fi) because I believe in what it really stands for and the promise it holds. I suppose you probably think I am an idiot for that belief. Perhaps, but at least I am not a disgruntled 20 something whiner who uses Google to drum up things to moan and bitch about.

Frankieb......my mother is half French and I lived there for 3 years as a youth......I believe it has been changed 4 times. It is also a country that has changed more than ours in the last two decades