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the US was once the best in the world at everything

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the US was once the best in the world at everything and being that again would be nice.  we were not number one by accident. 

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this is my opinion!!
thank you for ruining my optimism

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i so hope that President Obama succeeds in making this country the best that it can be. 

the US was once the best in the world at everything and being that again would be nice.  we were not number one by accident.  it happened because every single citizen worked hard and took pride in their own successes which in turn made our country great.   

if only President Obama will use his gift to inspire everyone to work hard, to conserve, to penny pinch, to knuckle down, roll up their sleeves and not pull our country down by running to the trothe everytime we experience a financial set back.  social programs should be reserved for the weak, the sick and the children.  wall street should bite the damn bullet, cut the unnecessary wasteful spending and tighten their damn belts like us working class will be doing.  it will take all of us, not just wall street and not just main street. 

the tax and spend policies must end and now!  if our taxes must go up to pay our debt and to keep our country safe so be it.  but i beg President Obama to get rid of the deficits and balance the budget.  if this is not accomplished, i am so afraid our nation will be destroyed from within.  our suffering may be giving up our cell phones, gas guzzling vehicles, vacations, other play toys etc.  but we all have to be willing to sacrafice. 

we are in a recession.  why keep sucking from the government money it doesn't have???

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the US was once the best in the world at everything and being that again would be nice.  we were not number one by accident. 

It's so funny. Every country I've lived in cultivates the same belief about itself that it is the best, most beautiful, developed, perfect country on the planet. When you ask the people who make these grandiose claims what they are referring to, however, you are usually met with a blank stare and a mumble. So keep up the touristic slogans, baby: it won't give you a career in PR, but I just know it makes you feel so much better  .

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this is my opinion!!
thank you for ruining my optimism

....what you call optimism i call, jingoistic claptrap........

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the US was once the best in the world at everything

...er......when?

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It's so funny. Every country I've lived in cultivates the same belief about itself that it is the best, most beautiful, developed, perfect country on the planet.  

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*snort* NG.. how come I can visualize an editorial cartoon featuring (Uncle Sam, Queen, etc ) in a rocking chair with a speech balloon saying that?? 

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i so hope that President Obama succeeds in making this country the best that it can be. 

the US was once the best in the world at everything and being that again would be nice.  we were not number one by accident.  it happened because every single citizen worked hard and took pride in their own successes which in turn made our country great.   

if only President Obama will use his gift to inspire everyone to work hard, to conserve, to penny pinch, to knuckle down, roll up their sleeves and not pull our country down by running to the trothe everytime we experience a financial set back.  social programs should be reserved for the weak, the sick and the children.  wall street should bite the damn bullet, cut the unnecessary wasteful spending and tighten their damn belts like us working class will be doing.  it will take all of us, not just wall street and not just main street. 

the tax and spend policies must end and now!  if our taxes must go up to pay our debt and to keep our country safe so be it.  but i beg President Obama to get rid of the deficits and balance the budget.  if this is not accomplished, i am so afraid our nation will be destroyed from within.  our suffering may be giving up our cell phones, gas guzzling vehicles, vacations, other play toys etc.  but we all have to be willing to sacrafice. 

we are in a recession.  why keep sucking from the government money it doesn't have???

I'm confused what tax and spend policies are you speaking of.Certainly not anything that has take place over the last 8 years,what we had from the Bush administration was a cut-tax's and spend policy.Quite frankly it was government for the rich by the rich....so before you decry those looking to the publc trough,lets first redress the inequities of the Bush administration.
Suprising post from you bestbaby,after weeks of listening to you decry the prospects of an Obama Presidency,you now speak of his "gift" and plead him to use it in a responsible way.Have no fear though as Presient Elect said on election night he hears you too....I'm not sue though ,given your priorities and the repulsion you seem to feel for social government programs you are going to like the answer.One way or another he will tick you off,compassionate government does seem to strike conservative leaning people like yourself the wrong way.