Embarrassing: The U.S. Is Ranked 182nd In The World Alphabetically
As Americans, we are lucky to live in a first-world country. We have an abundance of wealth and one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world. That’s why it’s utterly stunning that the United States of America consistently ranks 182nd in the world alphabetically.
Simply put, it’s embarrassing. On a list of 195 countries, the United States is only ahead of 13, and we should be ashamed about that.
While countries like Venezuela and Zimbabwe fall below the United States, it’s the list of countries that have outpaced our country alphabetically that’s truly eye-opening. France is ahead of us. Brazil is ahead of us. That may be shocking enough. But guess what else is alphabetically in front of us? Laos. Ukraine. Even Syria, a country that’s been embroiled in civil war for almost four years now.
It’s time for Americans to take a long, sobering look at this country, and how it ended up all the way down at 182. There’s a lot of hard work to be done, but now is the time. Write to your congressperson and your senators, and demand that they do something about our deplorable ranking—if not for our sake, then for the sake of future generations
Come on America, we are better than this!
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
Embarrassing: The U.S. Is Ranked 182nd In The World Alphabetically
As Americans, we are lucky to live in a first-world country. We have an abundance of wealth and one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world. That’s why it’s utterly stunning that the United States of America consistently ranks 182nd in the world alphabetically.
Simply put, it’s embarrassing. On a list of 195 countries, the United States is only ahead of 13, and we should be ashamed about that.
While countries like Venezuela and Zimbabwe fall below the United States, it’s the list of countries that have outpaced our country alphabetically that’s truly eye-opening. France is ahead of us. Brazil is ahead of us. That may be shocking enough. But guess what else is alphabetically in front of us? Laos. Ukraine. Even Syria, a country that’s been embroiled in civil war for almost four years now.
It’s time for Americans to take a long, sobering look at this country, and how it ended up all the way down at 182. There’s a lot of hard work to be done, but now is the time. Write to your congressperson and your senators, and demand that they do something about our deplorable ranking—if not for our sake, then for the sake of future generations
Come on America, we are better than this!
Time to bomb some countries. I guess we could start with Afghanistan. OH SNAP@|!
"I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines," Paul, an eye doctor, said in a subsequent interview while suggesting vaccines were "a good thing." ''But I think the parents should have some input. The state doesn't own your children."
If I'm not mistaken, there's absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. That's been completely discredited and there is no science to back up that claim.
Lol read the comments on that link I just posted.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
"I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines," Paul, an eye doctor, said in a subsequent interview while suggesting vaccines were "a good thing." ''But I think the parents should have some input. The state doesn't own your children."
If I'm not mistaken, there's absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. That's been completely discredited and there is no science to back up that claim.
Lol read the comments on that link I just posted.
That's a lot of ignorance in one place, I'm surprised it doesn't create a black hole. This should be a few more minutes of entertainment for me.
O.O
EDIT: There are a lot of people saying that Mexico has higher vaccination rates than the U.S. (Because they're blaming the Mexicans) I don't know if it's true, but it's interesting.
"I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines," Paul, an eye doctor, said in a subsequent interview while suggesting vaccines were "a good thing." ''But I think the parents should have some input. The state doesn't own your children."
If I'm not mistaken, there's absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. That's been completely discredited and there is no science to back up that claim.
Lol read the comments on that link I just posted.
That's a lot of ignorance in one place, I'm surprised it doesn't create a black hole. This should be a few more minutes of entertainment for me.
O.O
EDIT: There are a lot of people saying that Mexico has higher vaccination rates than the U.S. (Because they're blaming the Mexicans) I don't know if it's true, but it's interesting.
Yeah I don't know if that's true or not either, but it wouldn't surprise me. Upper middle class yuppies have the money to throw around to latch onto stupid fads, whereas poorer people do not. They need a hobby-cause to rally behind. Gives their plastic lives purpose.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
bannination wrote:Well according to the data I've found it's true that Mexico had higher vaccination rates up until 2013 - the latest year that data is available.
So I guess I'll rate their comment as "mostly true".
Ain't it funny how the world works sometimes.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
Embarrassing: The U.S. Is Ranked 182nd In The World Alphabetically
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Come on America, we are better than this!
Time to bomb some countries. I guess we could start with Afghanistan. OH SNAP@|!
Yeah, but "America" is #4 on the list. Afghanistan has already ceased being a functioning nation. Albania and Algeria, you're next.
all fixed now, boner took time out from defunding Homeland Security and overturning AHC to have a quick vote on renaming the country. to no surprise the vote fell along lines of the past freedom fry vote. We are now AAAmerica
and as always, we are #1
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
All this controversy with regard to the Department of Homeland Security being shut down because of a lack of agreement on how to authorize their funding makes my head hurt. Can someone explain to me how the practice of inserting completely irrelevant side issues into an issue, thereby making an issue a controversy that shouldn't exist, came about? Who in the hell came up with the idea of attaching side issues to the debate of a main issue? And who the hell is responsible for letting this come to be? It's like "we'll call the fire department to come and put out the fire in your house, but in order for us to do that, we want you to agree to not buy anything made in Honduras." What kind of fucked up reasoning is this? How can supposedly smart people even agree to such dubmass activity? On top of that, the sticking point to the funding issue is over the president's supposed "overreach" and "violation of the Constitution." Last time I checked, the Supreme Court decides if something violates the Constitution, not some group of wingnut politicians. How the hell did we get to where we are now? It all makes my cerebellum flop around in my brainpan.
Vrede wrote:It's not so complex - Hate on Hispanics, nothing else matters.
Well, ok. let's have a vote on hate for Hispanics. But let's not let it be part of anything else. Why isn't it set up like that instead of the way it is? The way these groups of political morons agonize over problems of their own design just makes me want to break things. I doubt the Chinese or Japanese do things this way; they bring up an issue and decide it on its own merits or lack of them; they don't bring into the argument how they think the Prime Minister is having his way with farm animals or how they think the Minister of Defense is allowing soldiers to write slogans on their weapons or any other such bullshit. Our "leaders" should be above that sort of juvenile trivial behavior. It's just crazy.
Vrede wrote:It does suck but it's part of political compromise, and that applies to budgets more than other law.
I lived in a state where non-budget law could not have mixed aims. They just compromised by trading votes on unrelated bills.
Still, I agree with you in preferring "clean" legislation.
I want legislation so clean it has to be made in a "clean" room with everyone wearing those white bio suits. And the only thing any of them have with them is a peice of paper and a pen. The piece of paper will say "the issue at hand has previously been described in great detail' and then it will say "vote for the issue at hand - circle yes or no." Sort of like those notes you'd give to girls in second grade...."do you like me?" and down below it has "yes" and "no." Simple and effective, but sometimes painful.
Vrede wrote:"second grade"? Y'all do start young in TN.
Well, my birthday is in December, so rather than start me in school three months before I was six years old, my mom kept me out and I was three months from being seven when I started first grade. But it was pretty common, as I recall, for girls and boys to give these little notes to someone with the "do you like me ? circle yes or no" by second grade. My first "girlfriend" was one of a set of identical twins.....Laura. Per the note, she liked me, but her sister Nancy did not. The sisters were not in the same class, so I guess Laura got my note by default. If they were together, I could not tell them apart except Laura would smile at me and Nancy would not. I always sort of wondered if Nancy had been in my class instead of Laura, would neither of them liked me or both of them liked me. It's a pretty heavy philosophical thing for a seven year old to deal with, and it's ruined my life.
I read a story yesterday about a Mississippi state legislator named Gene Alday who says he's against any additional funding for Mississippi school systems because he thinks it "will just go to blacks, and the already get those crazy welfare checks." He also related a tale of having to once go to the emergency room and had to "wait there for hours because it was full of blacks that had gunshot wounds." I don't think I'll even write to this clown; he's too far gone.
Vrede wrote:It's funny when GOP Mississippi state legislators say anything about education.
I think what ruined your life is that you had a shot with identical twins and couldn't make it work.
When I was much older that you were a friend and I were dating non-identical twins. The fit wasn't right so we all agreed to switch partners (yeah, teens are weird that way). It still didn't work out, maybe that's what ruined my life.
Yeah, well, me and Laura and Nancy all attended the same elementary, junior high, and high schools. Laura was a high school cheerleader, Nancy was just your plain studious type. They still always looked alike with their clothes on, though. So for these past forty plus years I've always wondered......
neoplacebo wrote:I read a story yesterday about a Mississippi state legislator named Gene Alday who says he's against any additional funding for Mississippi school systems because he thinks it "will just go to blacks, and the already get those crazy welfare checks." He also related a tale of having to once go to the emergency room and had to "wait there for hours because it was full of blacks that had gunshot wounds." I don't think I'll even write to this clown; he's too far gone.
but, but, but,... he denies he meant that what he said you said he said and he really really loves the darkies
Alday didn't deny the comments attributed to him. However, he said he was not a racist.
"I am definitely not a racist, at all," Alday told Mississippi News Now
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
billy.pilgrim wrote: . . . "I am definitely not a racist, at all," Alday told Mississippi News Now
" You keep using that [phrase]. I do not think it means what you think it means."
I told you guys a while back that the rules of grammar state that when you precede whatever racist thing you're about to say with "I'm not racist, but..." whatever follows is not racist. This is simple high school English 101.
This guy should have said "I'm not racist, but I'm against school funding because it will just go to blacks, and they already get those crazy welfare checks.". and he would have been totally in the clear because there is nothing racist about that statement. Remove the "I'm not racist, but..." part and the guy is now on par with Adolf Hitler in terms of racism. He messed up and now he must own it.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.
Well, my birthday is in December, so rather than start me in school three months before I was six years old, my mom kept me out and I was three months from being seven when I started first grade. But it was pretty common, as I recall, for girls and boys to give these little notes to someone with the "do you like me ? circle yes or no" by second grade. My first "girlfriend" was one of a set of identical twins.....Laura. Per the note, she liked me, but her sister Nancy did not. The sisters were not in the same class, so I guess Laura got my note by default. If they were together, I could not tell them apart except Laura would smile at me and Nancy would not. I always sort of wondered if Nancy had been in my class instead of Laura, would neither of them liked me or both of them liked me. It's a pretty heavy philosophical thing for a seven year old to deal with, and it's ruined my life.
