Don't get me wrong, i'm not one of those anti-american friends, but i've come to realize our government and country has turned to complete stuff.
1. We're slowly losing our freedoms.
Yeah, ever since 9/11 our freedoms are slowly being taken away. I don't really need proof since it's blatantly obvious, but here you go:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=12. About half of the US population is dumb as stuff.
A little less than a third of the US population don't know that the sun is a star. Yeah, it's true. We're getting dumber, and I don't know why. After WWII we just don't give a stuff anymore. This does not help with our image at all. I can't blame the people though, it's the education system.
3. We don't care about our money
Hey guys, let's go invade another country and spend more money on the war than we gain from the resources! forget that. This is exactly why we're in a recession. George Bush was a loving idiot, he started two wars at once. Sure, the Iraqi people are better off now then they were when Hussein was leader, but that wasn't our mission over there. George Bush wanted oil, he knew there wasn't any WMDs.
4. The government will do anything to increase patriotism.
Yeah, we knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened. The US govt. knew there was an invasion, they just didn't warn the guys down at Pearl Harbor. We LET it happen to get more soldiers to fight for our country. For you friends who think i'm lying, here's some proof:
http://www.warbirdforum.com/pearl.htm. I think that's pretty forgeted up. It could also be said that the same thing happened with 9/11 but I think that's unlikely.
5. The media.
Look at Fox news. Doing anything for a loving story. The media is just as corrupt as the government, if not more.
That's all I have to say. Hopefully this changed your view on this country. I love America, yeah, but I don't love what it's become.
Oh, i'll just leave this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLRQvK2-iqQ