On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:13:28 -0800, Stephen Trapani
wrote:

......objectively, by any reasonable measure.

Not according the UN, or many other studies. Tell me that your life
expectancy is the longest in the world, that you have the lowest rate
of infant mortality, that you have the highest rate of literacy, that
you have the greatest percentage of population with decent health
care, that you have the lowest rate of violent crime on the planet,
that you have the lowest rate of recidivism, that you have the most
civil liberties, that you have the most open government.... the list
is huge.

Put it all together, along with economic freedoms, climate, quality of
life, etc, etc, and the US is number one, like it's been for a long time.


Ah well, yet another example of the shortcomings of your educational
system; conversely a tribute your Ministry of Propaganda...

Ah, the ad hominem fallacy, refuge of those with no argument.

BTW, my education left me a lefty liberal like you, which I've been
until the last ten years ago, despite the ongoing worldwide lefty
liberal media deluge.

Stephen


What the unfortunate comment was meant to represent is the
sad but true fact that the US does not have the best life expectancy
and as a consequence not the best infant mortality figures.
The US does not have the largest proportion of population exposed to
Health care, not the highest literacy rate, etc., etc.

But as many people who are willing to court death to get here will
agree, it is a very desirable place to live.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK