The fact is that America is corrupted and needs to get things together. July 04, 2014 at 06:38 PM. I watched it about five times and it said so much that I wish I had written about the status of our country. Mexico? Why would Israel ever have a reasonable dialogue or negotiate lasting peace with their neighbors knowing we stand behind them with our finger on the trigger? Facebook Initiative Debunking false stories. The more money is revered, the bigger the damage is that it does - and nobody is more in love with the notion of money and combat over it, be it actual combat or just mental battling, than America. Brian Hines: Break Free of Dogma: Churchless sermons preaching the gospel of spiritual independence, Brian Hines: Life is Fair: The Law of Cause and Effect, Brian Hines: God's Whisper, Creation's Thunder: Echoes of Spiritual Reality In the New Physics. http://diktyoellinwn.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CF%87%CF%81/, Looks weird to me. June 30, 2012 at 09:27 PM. For up-to … Why the hell would France or Spain "do shit" if they know we will? Yeah, it accounts Remember no matter what you are told, always follow the money and that is where the honesty lies. I have little doubt that the rampant militarism is also a cultivated effect, the military industrial complex is the recipient of much of the yearly trillion dollars the taxpayers pump into killing people abroad so there is an obvious upside in telling Americans they had it coming in order to keep the gravy train rolling. Posted by: Your comment has not yet been posted. Them. Posted by: It also depends on whether or not you want to count the EU as a country, which the survey that "The Newsroom" used does. This is the allegro. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57411981-10391704/u.s-teen-pregnancy-rates-at-an-all-time-low-across-all-ethnicities/, Posted by: Pretty low, because they count that as a war even though it's warlords cutting up women and children with machetes. I read all these comments here and know I am playing to a hard audience, but what I sense from the comments from the 3rd world "developing nations" are cultural and materialistic envy of a nation that succeeds on so many levels its too long to list here. November 25, 2014 at 03:07 AM, Official documents(AND FACTS!!!) Now we slow down and get a glimpse into his pain. Your comment could not be posted. If you’re a small European country and don’t want to spend money on defense, just join NATO and let the United States protect your freedom. We simply don't have immigration or police officers in sufficient numbers. We had the Magna Carta - centuries later we still have inequality and children living in poverty. My wife thinks I'm crazy. You only have one choice! Firstly a couple of things, the infant mortality rate is a long debunked myth, and the fact that Jeff Daniels character uses it here shows us the “unbiased” slight of hand that I’d mentioned earlier. My critique in this post was of the notion that "America is the greatest country." Sorry. We have allowed the news, where we were informed, to be replaced by opinion and spin, yet we, as the whole of the viewing public, still continue to believe these opinion-peddlers to be giving us actual news and facts. tom dauria | It was the same generation who has been slagging mine from the time we started coming of age, all the while stealing from us the opportunities and resources that they enjoyed as young adults. The difference over here is that we, the voters, aren't permitted to own guns - except shotguns for hunting - so the populace would be on a hiding to nothing if the people decided it was time to enforce their will and take back what is rightfully theirs. We used to have Jim Crow. Here's a You Tube video that shows part of Will's truth-telling at the beginning. tolbob | Skip to 10:45 to begin. June 25, 2012 at 09:03 PM. What country would that be?...France, Sweden, Denmark, Fiji, Brazil, Argentina, Possibly the only ones to qualify, I would suggest, would be those in such as Indonesia, who knew how to live peaceably, content with such minimal resources as were available to them. Monkii 360 is my favorite Covid-era home workout device, How to get MacOS Big Sur to show a flag next to emails, Here's why I loved The Queen's Gambit on Netflix, DIRECTV back to its irritating channel-losing ways, If you can't be with the life you love, love the life you're with. October 16, 2017 at 10:26 AM. UK wants to continue enjoying their right to censoring social media and the press, You now have to defend the free world. Thanks to GQ.com, here's a transcript of the terrific mini-speech from How to Write an Aaron Sorkin Script, by Aaron Sorkin. Now try and keep your economy afloat while stopping terror cells around the globe and giving more foreign aid to third world countries than any nation in the history of ever. Firstly this is a red flag, this is the bipartisan journalism that ONLY occurs in Hollywood. Jeff Daniels plays a news anchor who can't take the bullshit anymore during a panel discussion and tells it like this country is. He’s blaming the rest of us. Posted by: Think about that before you cheer the speech of a man who looks down on the generations whose opportunities his generation ruined. Like many of the movies and TV series, the true agenda is hidden. "We used to go to the moon." The late George Carlin nailed a politician during a Press Club Luncheon. It backs up his argument, it reveals him to be exceptional (what normal person has these stats at their fingertips? What may that lead to? I've learned a lot about using a catheter. This month 6 Asians were imprisoned for 'grooming' young girls for their own sexual gratification - the same people who still circumcise girls, here in Great Britain. They grew up spoiled - the Greatest Generation's callow spawn. Chris Davis | Some areas of London are now 'no go' districts - Asian youths and women tell local whites to get out - they don't belong there. Clean and tidy. At some point in time we have to improve ourselves beyond "might" and actually be the best and brightest again. Neo | ... As we see in “Mrs. On top of that, it's a nation of laws. For you (like the gentleman above) who simply type whines about the USA without any facts to substantiate your comments, begone. Posted by: Moderator [pause] You're saying— Will Yes. Whether we can undo what they've done is doubtful. @willie r: I think when he mentioned that you are part of the worst generation period ever period is because he thinks your generation is so misinformed and you will be leading the country in a few years with that misinformed mentality. They also create cheats. As someone a bit older, I didn't take it as a negative directed at you, but rather directed at those that came before. A place where where the right to spontaneously protest and peaceably assemble has literally been BANNED in provinces like Quebec a place where there’s a gun-registration because you’re not even allowed a handgun unless you extensively justify your right of self-preservation to the government just for them to likely turn you down anyway? I will be whatching this show!!! There are links with documents inside in Elnglish. Not so much self-contempt anywhere else around the world. Many don't truly want either. http://alfeiospotamos.blogspot.gr/2014/03/blog-post_4570.html, Posted by: Because they claim to be free, it must be so. It is interesting that liberal Americans like to denegrate their own country. We have become resigned to the truths that in our democracies we no longer have a say. Freedom isn’t afforded to a citizenry because it inherently produces the best results, it’s afforded simply because it’s right. Posted by: Please try again. I wanted to brag on my country for a bit, but to get back to the point, none of those statistics, had they even been true, have anything to do with freedom. A song in a musical works best when a character has to sing— when words won't do the trick anymore. Posted by: There are an awful lot of illegal aliens in the United States - why do you suppose they come here? They might not get elected, but I'd vote for them. And you—sorority girl—yeah—just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there are some things you should know, and one of them is that there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. September 16, 2013 at 12:02 AM. The next time an earthquake hits Haiti, or a huge tidal wave rips into Indonesia, or a massive tidal wave submerges Tacloban, or an Ebola epidemic hits Africa who are you going to call to rescue you with massive amounts of aid, much of it offered from the decks of equally massive aircraft carriers and helicopters that no-one else seems to have handy when it's most needed? America. The U.S. ranks high on the infant mortality list largely because we actually measure neonatal deaths, notably in premature infant fatalities, unlike other countries that basically leave premature babies to die. Posted by: In support of this topic: At a recent dental convention, one of the lead dental researchers who travels internationally, told us how, on average, American dentistry & dentists are far behind Europe & Japan (and possibly others). Posted by: Scott | It's just that there are more opportunities for enrichment here than anywhere else on the planet. No matter how great this country once was, there were always people who chose not to think so and unlike a lot of other countries, they can get on national television or behind a university podium and say so. Rick Heitmann | See if you can make it work. [to the liberal panelist] Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Screw America's rank on mathematics or science; without America it won't matter anyway. Either that, or the ones in other countries are more apt to log off Facebook and take action. You’d think that a “non-partisan journalist” like Will McAvoy could have an intern do a modicum of research, that is… if he wanted the truth. That’s my answer… [turns to a panelist] Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Having trouble reading this image? And the Millenials are worthless milksops. 7 days ago. It's a cherry-picked list of whines and it's not even a very good one at that. Eastern Europeans, allowed by membership of the EU, come here freely now and set up brothels and trade young girls. Yet of course he goes on to elude to his support for of consistent progressive, consistent violation of the Constitution, because you know, he’s objective. How exactly do you rank nations "in science?" It is not a scientific achievement when someone "invention" wearable dog toilet. The Newsroom Script Episode 1 Quotes Showing 1-3 of 3 “Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world? I disagree however in the defense of "the worst generation ever", of which I am a member. March 21, 2016 at 07:54 PM, Posted by: George Turnbull | Our energy, transportation, and other infrastructures are crumbling, while other countries are investing much more than us and moving ahead. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. August 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Posted by: Mchall1972 | (Try humming "Mary Had a Little Lamb" right now, but leave off "snow." Why did we stop demanding the same standard of our elected officials and our journalists that we demand of ourselves? ... First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. Greed is what causes just about all the problems that are listed in the great speech up here too, and it is no doubt what is causing the dentists to be slow on the uptake of new tech. u/XiphiasZ. This is a man and one idea will be a bag to the dog's ass. While the left and right mentally m*sturb*te, the ptb and their puppet (the prez)along with 535 go about selling their core values for money. America used to be great, perhaps the greatest, in many ways. Criticizing the USA won't make your countries (you know who you are) seem greater in comparison. I stop reading your retort once you mentioned that the United States leads global "original patent". The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Unfortunately it seems that the vast majority of these understanding people's are found in countries outside of our own. His assertion that unlike today, we once wrote laws for moral reasons. In a nutshell, as with the USA, there is simply not enough to go round. But joblessness actually rose slightly for African American workers, to 16.8% from 16.7%. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. It's more and less the same situation on all over the world.None of us humans is actually free.All we have is the illusion of freedom.Do a researce about the world trust and the world bank.And what was agreed between the allies after the world war 2 at the Bretton Woods agreement.And then ask your self why they put countries into fake depts... Posted by: July 31, 2012 at 08:53 AM. China Hand | ", Posted by: America is not the greatest country in the world anymore." The only thing keeping the terrorist regimes in check is America. Commie China? Alps. A lot to like. November 30, 2015 at 06:11 PM. "We used to stand up for what is right." Konstantinos | The first part of the speech was awesome, the remainder didn't fulfill it's promise. Certainly not academic papers, where America leads in citations globally. Them. I stopped reading your retort as soon as you mentioned that America leads globally in "original patents". All Rights Reserved. This is not the greatest subreddit in the world any more. Because that over-abundance and free choice that allows you to become a glutunous pig, allows Americans the choice to create the optimal, healthiest lifestyle possible. We fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons. The Newsroom: 'America is not the greatest country in the world anymore' speech, Jeff Daniels The Newsroom is a TV series that only went for 25 episodes from 2012 to 2014. Agreeing with this films premises doesn't make you a social scientist. Moderator Let's talk about— Will Fine. View an alternate. That scene would never take place today in the real world. It's necessary to be specific: in which way. Medical coverage. But the USA has a lot going for it. P.S. Someone needed to say this -- no, scream it -- on nationwide TV. The last guy wrote a lot of nonesence wich can easily be answered...if i could speak good english,but i can't so that's why i sent the link.So some people can see the real picture of what is happening. And then you can set to work picking apart his backhanded criticisms. Fact check:Satire article misrepresents Biden's abortion stance. If the techniques that exist hurt more but do the job, for instance, then only the highest-class dentists that serve the wealthiest are going to go to the expense and effort required to learn how to use them and then adopt them. Close. (I'm taking astragalus), Sirius XM on Toyota's Entune 3.0 disappoints. See whether you, the self-loathing Americans in the comments section happen to like American art or not is irrelavent to the fact that the world, the entire world has spoken with their dollar. If anyone is not taking me seriously, just take time to listen to our national anthem - it's all about one person - not the people, nor the country! Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. It’s why most Olympic athletes competing for other nations, want to get here to train. We have known this for so long, and have opted to bury our heads in the sand because we are either too lazy or just believe we are too far behind everyone else. To repond to George, we are the "world's only hope" becasue we have said to the entire world we will fight the fight any where any time (except in Africa becasue they have nothing we want). A great speech, so good they had to say it twice. It's funny how the countries he listed as being free are mostly NATO members. -Charlie Skinner. June 29, 2012 at 08:31 PM. The United States of America is just another place to be - no better and no worse than many other places. Canada enjoyes their free right to censor public speech, fine, let’s change one thing… protect your own borders, and your own vast, underpopulated country, rich in natural resources, because the United States is no longer your big brother. And most of them would tell you - if you could understand the language that they speak - that they would much prefer to be in their native land. But that's not even the case, because there are a lot of first here. June 26, 2012 at 07:36 PM, The first part of the speech was great. George | Charles Rignall | It's like he is not only blaming the liars, but those who believed in those lies. All that speech means is there are a great number of sanctimonious pessimists indulging their adolescent angst tendencies well into adulthood. 3. July 03, 2012 at 01:47 PM. After rightly telling us over and over how bad modern media is, The Newsroom caps the story of McAvoy's redemption with NOTHING that relates to "good old journalism." Is it true? Both the country and the middle class. Thank you, HBO. Below, a fact check: 5-minute long monologues about the state of news that happen in glass-walled, not soundproofed offices: False. Socialist professors don’t like free enterprise and atheists definitely don’t believe in God given rights. That’s my answer. Posted by: Take America away, France and Spain won't do shit to save the world from the nut jobs in the Middle East or Russia or North Korea or the dozens of other rogue states which threaten global security. (See clip of full sequence here ). To turn off your TVes and playstations would be a good start...and then throw the freaking guns out of your homes...and stop eating all these humbergers and junkfood all the time!Make your own gardens!The ancient Greeks used to say:"Healthy minds exist into healthy bodies." ... Posted by: Obviously I can’t go through every country to list the differences, but I do encourage you to do so. We don’t have a great life expectancy, but ironically, that comes as a consequence of freedom. June 26, 2012 at 09:34 AM. Posted by: 1 being the least corrupt and 100 being the most corrupt. A place where pastors have been banned from free speech for speaking from the pulpit? Sweden? 2020 Players Guide The special interest groups behind the TV ads. Wow and you really want to know something were are not and, i think our fore fathers are rolling in there graves to see how we are now.If you haven't seen this, do it is good and by the way, i looked up the facts he quoted and there right ,dead on. While self-righteous armchair critics sit back and poke at the USA, we are still exploring outer space, plumbing the worlds deepest oceans, inventing medical cures and giving more to charity than any other nation you can name on planet Earth! In short, Daniels, sitting on a panel, is asked by an earnest young woman why America is the greatest country in the world. And sacrifice. The reality of the situation however is that you can only blame your parents for so much...and while you do so, someone with a better understanding of how to accept their faults and achieve their goals, will once again surpass you. Russia? October 29, 2014 at 09:33 PM. Posted at 08:26 PM in Current affairs, Entertainment | Permalink. They are the ones who teach our children we’re a slave nation, like it was invented here and still exists. 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