How did the USA become so awesome?

[UnknownGhost]

They have me.

[goodz]

they invented the internet and filled it with cats

[goodz]

Wow they are even good at soccer now.

Things they are good at:
Basketball
Baseball
Football
Soccer
Tennis
Volleyball
Science
Math

Things they are bad at:
Having a strong lower/mid class.

[Landro]

Things they are bad at:
Having a strong lower/mid class.

You forgot:
Freedom
democracy
responsible use/handling of firearms
civil rights
peace
public education
public healthcare
taxing the rich
the war on drugs
the war on terror
getting along with other countries

[Palem]

We get along with Canada and Mexico pretty well. Neither have been invaded...

[neanderthal]

We get along with Canada and Mexico pretty well. Neither have been invaded...

Ahem........

On July 12, 1812, an invading American force of about 1,000 untrained, poorly equipped militia across the Detroit River and occupied the Canadian town of Sandwich (now a neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario).

By August, they retreated to Detroit, where they surrendered to a significantly smaller force

The surrender not only cost the United States the village of Detroit, but control over most of the Michigan Territory.

Several months later, the U.S. launched a second invasion of Canada.

[khronosschoty]

We get along with Canada and Mexico pretty well. Neither have been invaded...

That is not strictly true. There has been wars between the USA and Mexico and there were plans at one time to invade Canada.

[freemehul]

We get along with Canada and Mexico pretty well. Neither have been invaded...

uhm Mexico was invaded in the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848. You can hear evidence of this in the U.S. marines song "from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli"

Canada was briefly invaded in the war of 1812, granted it was British held territory then and granted things didn't go well for the U.S. in that war, so I can understand why you keep forgetting about this war. You got your precious little White House in Washington sacked, but don't be sad at least you managed to keep your star-spangled banner as is evident in a poem.

;)

[Palem]

I mean recently people.
C'mon.

[Landro]

I mean recently people.
C'mon.

Although many Americans don't believe it, science tell us that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. So things that happened 200 years ago can be considered 'recently'.

[Palem]

The first human skeleton would also be considered very recent.

America itself is hardly over 200 years old. That didn't "recently" happen.

[goodz]

Give Texas and California back to Mexico then you can say you beer invaded them;)

[Crazyguy]

Give Texas and California back to Mexico then you can say you beer invaded them;)

California and Texas was bought from Mexico, not taken by invasion.

[Landro]

The first human skeleton would also be considered very recent.

America itself is hardly over 200 years old. That didn't "recently" happen.

America = a continent. it's been around since before humans learned to walk on their hind legs
usa = a country (let's leave it at that)

[Palem]

America = a continent. it's been around since before humans learned to walk on their hind legs
usa = a country (let's leave it at that)

There is no continent called America.

Here in the US, we use America as a short version for the United States of America. The rest of the world may continue going on pretending that America is a continent.