Name a thing America should be proud of since 1982

[mudesi]

Michelle Obama is 44 years old. If we officially call her "adult" at the age of 18, that gives us from 1982 to the present.

I want everyone here to start brainstorming. You can't cite world war 2 or the civil rights movement, since those things happened before 1982. Let's see how many things America did in the last 26 years that ought to bring true pride to every single American. Let's make a list.

Now that that's out of the way, here is Ms. Obama's quote in CONTEXT:

"People in this country are ready for change, and hungry for a different kind of politics and let me tell you something, for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."

She was clearly talking about the political process; as in "different kind of politics". Not to mention that the word "really" completely makes a difference in meaning.

But let's assume we buy the mainstream media's and the Hillary campaign's spin and that she meant she wasn't proud of America at all. Let's get that list going!

[Bread and Circus]

1. The internet

That's about it.

[mudesi]

2. The Internet was invented in the 1960's

And the world wide web was invented in Europe by Tim Berners-Lee, a Brit, at CERN.

Try again.

[NashVegas]

23. And Clinton / Gore Helped Its Exponential Growth

With their policies.

[Bread and Circus]

38. Certain advances of the internet occured in the 1980's but you are right the invention

goes back further than that.

Still, U.S. involvement in the development of the internet is still something to be proud of.

[jasmine621]

102. Point of clarification. She did not use the word "really" in first speech that day. nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Pork rinds.

[leftynyc]

4. Kosovo, Haiti,

2 former presidents traveling the world to raise money for tsunami victims. That's right off the top of my head. Give me an hour and I'll come up with lots more.

That said, I understand her larger point however, she should just clarify and move on. Mountain/molehill.

[HEyHEY]

10. Kosovo is something be proud of?

Sitting around doing fuck all until a distraction was needed cause someone sucked off the president?

[BobbyVan]

12. It was a good use of American power to stop Serbian aggression n/t

[HEyHEY]

16. After how many years of slaughter?

[BobbyVan]

31. We came late, but it was the right thing to do

Also remember how close the Serbs and Russians were. If the USA went in guns blazing from the get-go, it might have created bigger problems between us and the Russkies.

[HEyHEY]

33. Canada was in there from the get-go

The russians never caused shit. Face it, yeah, it was the right thing to do. But it came late and only came as a distraction. Just like Rawanda.

[BobbyVan]

34. Was Canada bombing Serbia? That's what ended it. nt

[HEyHEY]

47. No, but we were protecting people as best we could while the US ignored it.

Then someone sucked your president's cock and he needed to look good. So, you decided to get off your ass and do something. So, you don't get to gloat about it being a good thing. Why? Because you never woulda gone if it wasn't for that hummer.

[BobbyVan]

55. You were only there to send a message to the Quebecois about breaking away

Screw Canada

[HEyHEY]

57. Are you this retarded for realzies?

Don't make me burn your stupid capital, yankee doodle.

[ORDem]

46. FWIW: No American soldier was lost in that war. Compare that to Iraq. n/t

[HEyHEY]

50. Totally different wars

[leftynyc]

104. You're right

We should have continued doing fuck all and let hundreds/thousands of people die. That would have been better. Of course.

[psychopomp]

88. Haiti??

I recall that (under President Clinton) we hung elected president Aristide out to dry and turned away thousands of Haitians fleeing crippling poverty and murder, a situation that festered in an era of American benign neglect. This, while we were welcoming Cuban boat people with open arms and offers of naturalization. Haiti continues to be a basket-case.

[HEyHEY]

93. Yeap.

We shit the bed on that one too.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. the US governement has been corrupt and evil long before 1982

and it still is. What we need is a good clean out.

[DemzRock]

30. Some things to be proud of since 1982

American Artists part in the New Wave and Punk Music and fun pop music in the 80s
Winning the Cold War (No, I don't credit Reagan solely)
The intenet of the 90s! Well, the internet didn't become available to the general public until the 90's right?
Booting out Bush 1 in '93
Alternative and Grunge music of the 90s
Clinton's wondrous economy, the longest peacetime expansion...
Booting out the GOP congress in 2006


I could name a lot of negatives too, of course!

[HEyHEY]

6. Not giving Bush SR a second term

[blm]

85. Bush1 expected to be impeached after Dec 1992 BCCI report was released. He wanted to lose

and he needed to lose, so Jackson Stephens had his boy in Arkansas ready to go, and GHWBush proceeded to run the worst campaign in history.

And when Bill took office he deep-sixed all the outstanding matters in BCCI throughout the 90s for GHWBush and Jackson Stephens (who brought BCCI into this country for GHWBUsh), for Dubai and Saudi royals, Marc Rich, AQ Khan, Adnan Khashoggi, Bin Ladens, James Bath, and scores of others.

That worked out well for this country in the long run, eh?

[Kolesar]

7. Grunge

For the first time ever, we had a music that did not sell out to the corporations!

[Sock Puppet]

110. first time ever?

:rofl:
that's cute.

btw - this is the label Nirvana was on:

[Kolesar]

112. your graphic's blocked at work

I'm glad you got the joke, anyway

[incapsulated]

8. The first two term Democratic administration in my lifetime

Something she can only wish for herself and her husband at this point.

[BuyingThyme]

9. It's hard to be proud of something

from which you have been systematically or inherently excluded.

I don't think that's what she meant, but how can somebody be proud of, say, a volcano?

[rockymountaindem]

11. Bosnia, Kosovo, our attempt to fix Somalia

Gulf War I, tsunami relief...

[GarbagemanLB]

13. Nothing. Go Obama!

[MrScorpio]

14. Dumping George H.W. Bush in 1992

One of my faves

[SKKY]

15. One word...

Napster Baby!!! It started it all!!!

[NashVegas]

17. I Listed One In a Thread Earlier Today

That dropped off the face of the planet in a hurry.

Here's the main point:

When the shit started flying was in the latter half of the decade, when college students were protesting en masse to force their schools to divest their endowments of, and stop doing business with, corps that did business in South Africa. When one big school (Harvard?) dropped Kodak, it was headline news. I had already graduated, but my roommate was in NYPIRG, she was always organizing stuff for SUNY Albany. The phone never stopped ringing. It was going on at campuses all over.

I'm guessing that Michelle Obama wasn't a part of this movement when she was at law school, because if she was, then surely the work of her peers, then, would be something to be really proud of.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4678573

[MonkeyFunk]

18. It baffles me that

people think this is a winning campaign argument.

[rinsd]

Its the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

Stopping rwers from portraying Michelle Obama as some kind of America hater by enforcing that view in ways she would never do.

I know what she is saying but this is better dropped if this is going to be the defense.

[incapsulated]

49. shhhhh.....

nonono.... I think this is an EXCELLENT IDEA.

:evilgrin:

New Campaign Slogan for Obama:

America Suxors.... UNTIL THERE WAS ME!!!

[HEyHEY]

52. Really? IS that how it's being treated?

I thought it was just a bunch of hoopla about a poorly planned remark. Glad I don't have to vote down there.

[MonkeyFunk]

59. It's being treated

as one more piece of the Big Lie they're going to run against Obama - that he's not "American" enough.

The lapel flag pin, the madrassa, the muslim father, the hand-over-the-heart, and now this. They're gonna push all of those ideas, and more to come, non-stop to instill the idea that Obama is unpatriotic or unamerican.

[HEyHEY]

Well, he does have a weird name. So, I'd watch him carefully.

[frylock]

100. it would have sounded better filtered through mark penn's grocery hole

[cbayer]

I was proud of the way people cared for each other after 9/11

Until we totally squandered it and started our aggressive mid-east policy.

But for a few weeks there, we really felt for each other and it showed.

[adabfree]

19. Madonna??

[rinsd]

20. Yeah let's dive right into the Republican trap.

By discussing as Democrats, why we have nothing to be proud of this country in the last 30 years.

:eyes:

[whatchamacallit]

42. OK, let's join the "America can do no wrong fairytale myth parade"

because that's the only position sanctioned by the MSM and our republican opponents :eyes:

[rinsd]

63. So let me get this straight.

When the right wing twists the meaning of your candidate's (in this case his wife's) words to try and portray her as having nothing to be proud of this country in the last 30 years (vs what she actually said), the best response is agreeing with that mischaracterization?

:shrug:

[whatchamacallit]

86. The RW will twist everything, that's what they do

I'm confused by the fuss being made by democrats; what do YOU think she meant, and what do you propose she/we do about it?

[rinsd]

87. I thought she meant that she was proud of her husband's campaign & the response it was generating

That seems to be borne out by her clarification.

[whatchamacallit]

91. Yes, but she made her point by contrasting America's past with America's future

She does indeed have more to be proud about now than in the past. I agree, and the republicans can go to hell.

[Moh96]

21. obama running for president in 2008

[griffi94]

22. fall of the berlin wall

citizens response to 9-11.......aid we sent to tsunami victims......huge protest by ordinary citizens concerning the start of the iraq war......our country is more than just out government....and if she can't find a single thing to be proud of in her adult life she's either not looking very hard....or it was rhetoric whose only purpose was to inflame......either way it's a dumb thing to say

[SammyWinstonJack]

89. I vote "or it was rhetoric whose only purpose was to inflame..."

She is just that shallow and so is her lying "I won't run for President before I finish my first Senate term" husband. He is a liar!

[Apollo11]

106. America did not cause the fall of the Berlin Wall

It was Gorbachev who introduced glasnost and perestroika to the Soviet Union and refused to continue the Stalinist approach to politics (which included jailing, torturing and executing anyone who questioned the legitimacy of the regime).

Then Gorbachev told his Eastern European allies that the Soviet Army would not help them suppress their own populations.

Freedom of movement across borders was started in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, then spread to East Germany.

[Apollo11]

107. By "America" I think she means the Federal Government

So when America invaded Iraq, despite the protests of the anti-war movement, that was not a reason to be proud of America.

Michelle was not saying that no American citizens have done anything they can be proud of.

She was talking about America the country. i.e. the Federal Government.

She was also talking about her own feelings, which nobody else has a right to criticize.

[greguganus]

24. Nintendo and Ipods.

[tularetom]

25. Craft beers/Microbrews

[THUNDER HANDS]

26. the 1986 world series*

*Boston not included.

[RoadRage]

27. OP: After looking at this list.. i think you make your point!

Madonna & Pork Rinds are really the most that we have to be proud of in Michelle's adult life time. Wow.. i do tend to see where she's coming from now.

[Beaverhausen]

28. Space shuttles; first (finally) female speaker of the house...

Ok, so Pelosi is a disappointment - at least she got in there.

I am proud every time I vote - YMMV on that one as well.

I'm also proud of ex-presidents such as Al Gore and Jimmy Carter.

There is much to be proud of and of course much to be disgusted by.

[ContinentalOp]

39. The first shuttle flew in 1977,

and the first shuttle mission to space was in 81.

[Beaverhausen]

41. So? One just ended a mission this morning

I'm proud that we have kept the very important space program going.

[ContinentalOp]

54. I have great respect for the individual scientists and astronauts

who have worked on shuttle missions. But as a project that symbolizes something about America as a country, wasn't the mission accomplished already by 1982? What big, awe inspiring feats of American ingenuity has Nasa pulled off since then?

[northzax]

65. how about the Hubble?

the Mars rovers that were built cheaply and lasted many times longer than they were supposed to?

I, personally, am proud of the fact that Americans are, per capita, the largest donors to charity in the world. Not the government, but individuals. And I am proud of an America where a woman can go to princeton and hls, join a firm, quit, end up in the public sector and finally earn a lucrative gig at a hospital, while getting married and having children, and no one thinks this is odd, no one thinks she's a bad mother, or a bad wife. That would not have been the case in 1982. Oh, and did I mention this woman is black? And no one thinks that is anything odd, to see a successful black woman outside the entertainment world. Try that in 1982.

[provis99]

40. space shuttles?

Hmm, well except that the Challenger blew up thanks to Reagan's stupid groupthink NASA administrators, leaving me to be less proud of NASA, which I was actually proud of until 1982. The destruction of Columbia didn't help me get over my embarrassment of NASA bureaucrats, either.

[Beaverhausen]

43. So don't be proud of it then

whatever floats your boat. This is a big country and I'm entitled to my opinion - just like Mrs. Obama is entitled to hers.

[Bicoastal]

29. FUCK YOU, LYNYRD!!

*I* was born in 1982. :mad:

[Tatiana]

32. Maybe we should be proud of supporting the Contras?

"My purpose was... to send a signal that the United States was prepared to replace the animosity between us with a new relationship... At the same time we undertook this initiative, we made clear that Iran must oppose all forms of international terrorism as a condition of progress in our relationship. The most significant step which Iran could take, we indicated, would be to use its influence in Lebanon to secure the release of all hostages held there." - Ronald Ray-gun

[Straight Shooter]

35. The passengers of Flight 93.

God knows how many more people would have been killed. They sacrificed their lives to save others. Don't forget all the rescue workers at ground zero.

I may be incorrect, but I believe the campaign to spare dolphins from tuna fishing nets was begun within the last 20 years. Because of animal activists, cosmetic companies are much less likely to use animals for testing products.

The phenomenal rise in organic/environmental-conscious consumer awareness.

Outpouring of generosity in terms of time and dollars to disaster-afflicted areas around the world.

Advances in diabetes treatment. Tireless crusade by medical science to find a cure for AIDS.

Those who continue to join the military and wear their uniform with pride, believing they can make a difference.

Sometimes it isn't "just one thing" that makes me proud, it's the ongoing effort to achieve a better life not just for Americans, but for others that share this planet. Most Americans are good at heart. I've always been proud of that.

The U.S. government? About the same as the government anywhere else. Not much to brag about.

[melody]

36. "America" doesn't do much of anything, her individual people do

Some of them have lots to be proud of. Michelle Obama is welcome to her opinion. I don't know why people
are leaping on her for it, except for political reasons.

[Straight Shooter]

45. I think that's why they're jumping on her, melody.

People are taking it personally. That's why it's stirred up such controversy, particularly amongst those on the right, who believe America is the best country in the world, by gosh. Love is blind.

[northzax]

67. political reasons?

that's a bad thing? Forgive me if I am mistaken, but I understand from some sources that her husband is running for President of something or other, and she was speaking on his behalf. If she is going to spray off the cuff and be his attack dog, then she'd better get some coaching quick. The microscope starts to focus in right about now. And you don't get many chances to change your image once people decide.

[melody]

70. Oh, I agree it was a misstep but most reasonable people would be forgiving were they not seizing it

... for political reasons.

And I said the same thing about people beating up Bill Clinton for the "fairy tale" remark.

[GOPBasher]

37. Innovation, leading the world economic explosion, etc.

I'm an Obama supporter, but I do think we had plenty to be proud of in the 1990's.

I think Clinton was a decent president (not great), but he was a much better global stateman. America's image in the world was great during his term. Also, we led the world in innovation which helped lead to explosive growth during that decade. I'm less proud of what we did (or didn't do) during the 90's regarding ecological sustainability. We should have signed Kyoto.

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

44. UH, CRACK COCAINE???!!!

AND ALAN KEYES?!!! WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS MOVIES???

[Political Heretic]

48. I completely stand by her quote - I haven't been *REALLY* proud in a long time either

That quote, in context, is perfect.

Of course from a political standpoint, it was a mistake, because its too easy to be taken out of context of snipped up.

[Moh96]

51. Here is a list of things I am REALLY proud of

1- We Killed 100 times more Iraqis than Saddam ever did
2- Torture and abuse of POWs
3- Assassinations of people we do not like
4- Abu Ghraib
5- Guantanamo bay
6- The whole world hates us but who care we are better than them
7- US is ranked #37 in Health care right after Costa Rica (we need to work on that and beat these dam Costa Ricans)
8- French became a cuss word
and the list goes on and on

come on where is your Patriotism, we should be proud of what we accomplished

[Seabiscuit]

82. Here's my list of things I am REALLY proud of

1. My wife
2. My 3 year old son.
3.... (drawing complete blanks).

[theHandpuppet]

53. Okay.

Here's just a couple of examples:

To Jimmy Carter and his attempts to bring peace in the ME through the Camp David Accords. Also credit Carter for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II).

To Bill Clinton for the Family and Medical Leave Act, major tax cuts and a budget SURPLUS, worked to bring peace to Northern Ireland, and really too many positives to post here unless you're looking for an encyclopedia.

[LostinVA]

115. I totally forgot Northern Ireland -- that's a great one

And, I'm half Irish.

[Tom Rinaldo]

56. Hillary Clinton's speech to the entire Chinese leadership

standing up for the rights of women world wide.

OK, I just threw that in to rib you (but it was something we in America should be proud of and America is playing a positive world role regarding the rights of women.)

The growth of the environmental movement has been strong inside America, even if our government hasn't always led.

Our societies decision to promote the rights of people with disabilities, with laws that require public buildings to be handicapped accessible for example. We are way ahead of most nations in that regard - with much still left to be done of course.

Lots of instances of disaster relief, not just after the Tsunami. And stuff other people have written above - like finally standing up against ethnic cleansing and rape camps in the old Yugoslavia.

P.S. I strongly stand behind Michelle Obama regarding this entire flap.

[citizen snips]

58. xbox 360

[lame54]

60. The establishment of Democratic Underground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUiEd0IHaDs

[sniffa]

61. Where to begin?

- Liberating Grenada
- arming and training the future Taliban (and Bing himself)
- abandoning Afghanistan once the Soviets withdrew
- the 1984 Olympics; with no comp' we cleaned up
- invading Panama and liberating them of their thug, dictator
- sitting on the side lines while Rwanda happened
- punishing the Iraqi citizens for the uh, sins? of their leader
- letting 9/11 happen (I do think it was LIHOP... via utter incompetence)
- giving up on Afghanistan because it was dire to focus on Iraq
- fucking Iraq!
- Walter Reed
- Katrina
- in general, most of our foreign policy
- in general, how the government usually treats its people

[Tom Rinaldo]

62. Restoring Aristide to power in Haiti n/t

[x-g.o.p.er]

64. Are you fuckin' kidding?

We ended the Cold War and as a result spread democracy to eastern Europe, stopped genocide in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia (temporarily), Haiti, threw Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait (and we had the world with us, so don't give me this bullshit that it was an unjust war).

We provided humanitarian relief and medical supplies to dozens of countries affected by natural disaster, including Bangladesh, Honduras, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Thailand. When a global disaster occurs in the world, France and Germany isn't called, it's the United States.

We provided hope for millions more, for an opportunity at a better way of life and a standard of living not possible in 90% of the world.

We provide more foreign aid to impoverished nations than any other country in the world. We lead the world in speaking out against human rights violations by China and of female mutilation throughout the world.

I'm proud to see the generosity of America when I volunteer at the local food pantry, or when I see neighbor helping neighbor when the power goes out, or a tornado rips through a town.

I was proud to be an American on 9/11, as I watched the heroic efforts of the NYFD and NYPD as they struggled to rescue ordinary citizens, and their own. I was proud to go to Afghanistan and do my part in bringing those vile motherfuckers that perpetrated that attack to their goddamn knees. You can legitimately question Iraq, but don't tell me Afghanistan wasn't warranted, because it was, and it still is.

I am proud to be an American, and although my country has faults, it is still, hands down, the greatest country in the history of this world.

[Straight Shooter]

68. Nope, they aren't kidding, because the great Obama's wife is being impugned.

Rightly or wrongly, that must not stand.

As for your post: :thumbsup: :patriot:

[x-g.o.p.er]

72. I get the fact that there are a lot of people with...

self-loathing issues, and want to look at America as the bad guy in every situation.

That's bullshit. I'm not naive enough to think that America is holy and pure, because we know that's not true, either. Yeah, America has done some downright nefarious shit, and we're not perfect, as a people or as a nation. But we are still the standard bearer for the rest of the world.

But don't believe me. Go outside our borders, and meet people that live in abject hopelessness, who's country as been ripped apart by war, famine, disease. Their one goal?

To someday go to America, where they can be free to use their talents and abilities to make their own way in the world.

This fucking self-loathing and hate America all the time crowd is what got this party into the fucking mess it's currently in, and it's gotta stop.

[Straight Shooter]

75. I learned all about what our government does from a well-traveled friend of mine

I don't close my eyes to the wrongs committed in our name, but I'm well aware of the blessings that arise from living in this country. There are blessings in other countries, as well, and I don't dispute that. They also have their negatives.

I'll never stop working to make things better in this country, and although I'll never be jingoistic, neither will I disparage America.

As the daughter of an Army "lifer" and his immigrant wife, I just can't fathom not being "really proud" for all of one's adult life. I just can't fathom it.

[x-g.o.p.er]

76. Thanks for that!

Very well said.

[Straight Shooter]

78. You're welcome, and thanks again for your eloquent post. n/t

[leftynyc]

105. Bravo - great list (eom)

[hiaasenrocks]

90. Excellent post.

Also, on a larger scale, I would add that we live in a country that people risk their lives to get into, not out of. And THAT has certainly been on the rise in Michelle's adult life. Are they coming here because this is such a bad country? Hmmm.

Anyway, your list is the best post in this thread.

[x-g.o.p.er]

96. Thanks, I appreciate it.

But yours was more eloquent in three sentences than mine was in four paragraphs.

[Hamlette]

66. that 70% of us saw through the BS impeachment of Bill and supported him at the time

This is not an "I support Hillary" post. It's not even and "I support Bill" post as I was pretty mad at him for what he did BUT the impeachment was over the top and Americans got it.

We also got that Schiavo what BS. Polls show most of us thought it was BS for congress to get involved.

[WCGreen]

69. MTV...

Becuase they did more to bring down the Berlin Wall than anything Ronnie did...

[elixir]

71. No more records by Lynyrd Skynyrd

[bpeale]

73. Iran Contra!

they did get away with it after all.

[WillyT]

74. Viagra ???

:evilgrin:

[adabfree]

77. lol

:rofl:

[depakid]

79. No, she wasn't CLEARLY talking about process

and it's insulting to peoples intelligence to imply that she was.

That said, I understand the statement- and agree with it to some extent, but the fact is that it was impolitic.

Hopefully, she'll realize that she's inder the microscope and be a bit more cautious about off the cuff remarks in the future, because the far right echo chamber just eats that stuff up.

[DemGa]

80. Sorry, the context didn't help

Additionally, this angle will do nothing to redeem M.O. -- it was a bad comment, I don't think it can be "spun" in any positive sense.

[Seabiscuit]

81. We had one president who turned a deficit into a surplus. But it didn't last long. The next

president blew the surplus in less than a year.

Can't think of anything else.

[Raine]

83. The election in 2006 that made Nancy Pelosi speaker but

beyond that the next thing would be Obama doing so well.

[Florida22ndDistrict]

84. Why 1982?

I'm proud of the IMB 5150 PC, which was created in my hometown and released to the public on August 12, 1981. It was the first commonly know and commercially available PC.

In 1985 Windows was innovated by Microsoft. While many love to hate Windows (for good reason), it has helped the world to become far more productive.

While the person who created the Wold Wide Web was born in England, he lives in the USA now and has worked with many Americans to improve what he started across the pound.

In 1996 Google was created in America. I'm sure most of you use that enough to be somewhat proud of it.

In 1990 we launched the Hubble Space Telescope which has allow the human race to have a better understanding of the universe.

The International Space Station began in 1998. America provided an opportunity for Japan, Canada, Russia, and several European countries to conduct experiments in space by our side.

There are plenty of things America has done that help the world. Not all help has to come by way of shedding blood.

[harun]

95. You list some good ones

I would include in those technological achievements the work of Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Larry Wall and Richard Stallman to keep good software free and open. The Internet and software in general (free and proprietary) would not be where it is today without these people.

This is very much an international effort but a lot of people and organizations in the U.S. played a big part of that.

Oh yah, and Slashdot.org was created by Americans.

[Rockholm]

92. Let's assume it's the RW spin machine at work.

I am so sick of the OBAMA people blaming Hillary for every fucking thing. Now, that's out of the way.

Get used to this. This is what Obama is going to get every second of every day.

Dumb comment taken obviously out of context. I can get what she was trying to say, but poorly said.

I am proud of our response to the victims of the 2004 tsunami.

[goldcanyonaz]

94. Botox.

[JVS]

97. Hands Across America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZorfXa5pBc

[1awake]

98. Things I'm proud of....

1) The American people on 9/12
2) The people on Flight 93
3) The majority of the world on 9/12
4) humanitarian relief we do all over the world
5) Our part in ending the cold war, and most of what followed it
6) .. many more

[RandomKoolzip]

99. "Three Men and a Baby."

[skooooo]

109. My heart swelled too. nt

[Name removed]

101. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[mitchum]

103. Absolutely nothing

[donheld]

108. Reading down through this thread makes me even more aware that

America has a flawlessly beautiful history,,,if we leave out the ugly parts.
Too many Americans are just totally ignorant of what their country has really
been up to.

[Aviation Pro]

111. My two children.....

...any arguements with that Mrs. Obama?

[LostinVA]

113. FEMA under Clinton, Reno freeing Elian

I lived through two very destructive hurricanes in NC, and FEMA kicked ass. Reno pretty much ruined her chances of ever holding a Florida office, etc., by ordering the right thing done in the Elian case.

There's more, but that's enough for now.

[Cameron27]

114. Scientific and technological advancement

particularly the Hubble telescope.

[Phx_Dem]

116. Microsoft

:hide:

[MethuenProgressive]

117. I'm proud I didn't marry a dumbass like Michelle Obama.

Once again education is proved to have little connection to intelligence.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

118. ENDING ETHNIC CLENSING IN KOSOVO!

Sheesh... Its not even hard..