[Ruby]

She said it all!! I love that letter!!! I totally agree!

9-11 not an inside job? Explain why that huge plane that hit the pentagon didn't leave any skid marks on the ground? Why there were parts of that "plane" found in the area that did not even COME from that plane? Why there were no more pieces found then there were? Why two planes hitting the twin towers could make such an explosion and fire that EVERYTHING was incinerated? It would have taken much more than jet fuel. There's more to it than we are being told. I DO believe it was an inside job. It was planned.

[eaismeg]

Poor Cristofor Colomb, he is culpable.

[Bubba5135]

A hard statement. I understand but I'm afraid its not going to change.Just too many people.The only good thing is I'm old with a bad heart and won't have to see where its leads.(I'm already know where)

[BradMorris]

The person who wrote this overlong idiotic diatribe is a delusional conspiracy nut who has the mind and reasoning capabilties of a retarded five year old. She does make some good points about illegal immigration, though.
The solution to all her whining is to pack up all her s**t and leave. Go live somewhere better.

[RachelR]

I agree with the majority of Susan's article. I had lived in the USA for 26 years and born and raised by white Christian parents. A few years back , when i was out of college and began working is when I started to see there was a problem with the government. To see 30-50 % of my income going to taxes, and for who knows what. To pay for all the Social Security for the "so-called" disabled. I am not saying the government shouldn't help them, but there are so many people cheating the system. Taxes also going to baseball stadiums, fountains, and a war in which I don't agree we should be involved in. Our gas prices have soared because of it.
The language is English primary in AMerica and secondary is Spanish. Many countries have two languages. I am not upset by this because the Spanish speaking people are fairly peaceful people. But then again, when the people who are already Americans havea difficult time finding a job, it is a real problem to keep letting in others.
I also agree that is is obsurd to take all religion out of school, even for somethign as simple as the Pledge of Allegience. Our country was founded on Christianity and if people don't like it they can quit using our money that says "in god we trust", and quit our schools. I am NOT saying Christianity should be forced upon people, but if we go to India we can't protest at any place with Hindu beliefs that are present (almost everywhere!).


ok ...so that was my section on why AMerica is bad
On the other hand, I came to a realization that American is not as bad as i had thought previously once I had moved to India for 6 months. Litter everywhere! , homeless people by the thousands everywhere you look, bad water, sexist people, really TERRIBLE government, police that don't even have cars or guns!!, little medical technology, not to mention many other things as well as some bizarre superstitions.
So , alll of the Americans who say America is terrible come to India !! hahah or actually India is a developing country! SO try Africa, or the middle east. It gets far worse.
American government has a lot of changes needed, but one thing is for sure::::IM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN NOW!!!

[JamieRocks]

Long letter, is that how you feel. Sounds more of a whine than a solution. That is the American way, to whine while providing no solutions. How about you stop posting your complaints in Y!A! and start sending them to government officials, that would be a start. I agree with some of it but not all of it, but if you really feel that way, once again stop whinning and do something about it.

[scubadiver50704]

I am angry that people are allowed to rant like this on this site. I love Bush and think the US citizens and the free world should be on their knees daily thanking him for his service to our country.

This women has some serious issues, only one of which is a disconnect from contemporary US societal / politcal issues and trends.

[the_lateman]

The ACLU is looking for you. You've been blacklisted. Check your house for bugs!!!

[proud_2ba_american]

I agree with quite abit of what Susan had to say.

Unfortunately she repeatedly pointed to the government as a whole and not the power hungry politicians (on both sides) where the root cause of the problems are.

What is interesting is there are those who are going to look at her comments as Republican/Democrat issues. (Is the glass half empty or half full?) They are neither, they should be considered bipartisan issues.

I myself thought when I first started reading it that oh boy, here we go again, another Republican bashing thread. The further I got into the article it became clear that this article stretched on both sides of the political fence.

I am happy I read it... Thank you for posting it.

[RichardB0028]

She and I share common ground, but I disagree on the 9/11 theory as well as some of the Bush stuff.