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Did you know that of all developed countries, the US is #1 in:

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dumbo-tron
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prison population, teen pregnancies, drug use, child hunger, poverty, illiteracy, obesity, diabetes, use of antidepressants, income disparity, violence, firearms death, military spending, hazardous waste production, recorded rapes, and poor school performance?

USA! all the way!
Feb 9 2010 11:43PM
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Sklar
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if you don't like it you can leave
Feb 9 2010 11:45PM
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fsscott
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Neat
Feb 9 2010 11:45PM
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charmander
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our penises are also +1 in size because of it.
Feb 9 2010 11:46PM
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highindasky55
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if he doesnt like it... he can:

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Feb 9 2010 11:47PM
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-Mugatu
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The states is awesome. Canada sucks up here.
Feb 9 2010 11:49PM
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Campeador
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Too many god damn minorities
Feb 9 2010 11:50PM
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dumbo-tron
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i'd love to. move to canada and get me some quality health care for the price of on the house. walk city streets not covered in trash and homeless people. and hang out with people who are generally friendlier. unfortunately it's not as simple as wandering across the border and asking for citizenship.
Feb 9 2010 11:50PM
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JASTEW206
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anyone could argue that we have more population unless your considerin india and china as devolped
Feb 9 2010 11:50PM
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Billek
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I am having a pretty good time, and I expect the same for years to come.

Go fuck yourself.
Feb 9 2010 11:50PM
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assface
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and thats bad.... why?
Feb 9 2010 11:51PM
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dumbo-tron
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it's all rates and percentages, not total numbers
Feb 9 2010 11:52PM
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dylansiggers
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Canada is the best
Feb 9 2010 11:52PM
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OhMyBosh
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ITT: People in denial.
Feb 9 2010 11:53PM
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charmander
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have you been to canada?

doubt it.

go to vancouver... see how ya like it, then report back.
Feb 9 2010 11:53PM
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GreekAR6
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Could we see said rates and percentages?
Feb 9 2010 11:54PM
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Keyjibbs
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The US is #1 in every aspect got it? Our country was founded on sex, drugs, and rock n roll. If you got a problem with it move north with the fuckin Canadians, we don't want your kind in our awesome country. AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
Feb 9 2010 11:55PM
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GreekAR6
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^ wow no idea how I screwed that up, but again, OP could we see said rates and percentages?
Feb 9 2010 11:55PM
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SteezyasPie
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I hate when people say stuff like "x country/state/town/company is #1 in ________" and don't back it up with numbers or how the rank was calculated. I'm not saying whatyou said isn't true; but what defines a developed country? Is that rank based on raw numbers or on percentages per citizen or what? How were the polls taken? Etc.

Sorry, /rant
Feb 9 2010 11:55PM
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Mr.Panda
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As they say on Sherdog, TGR, and 4chan. Post link to the source or GTFO!
Feb 10 2010 12:05AM
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Nicholas.
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ahahhahaahahhaahahaha
Feb 10 2010 12:11AM
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prontocuts.com
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I know for a fact that the US isnt #1 in illiteracy, obesity. We are one of the most literate countries in the world, and australia is #1 in obesity.
Feb 10 2010 12:15AM
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Joshua.
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Feb 10 2010 12:16AM
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soulskier
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i was going to say something, but then i thought back to my kindergarten days
if you cant say something nice, dont say anything at all suddenly rang through my head
Feb 10 2010 12:20AM
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squibble
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but most of that stuff doesnt interfere with your day to day life, i live in canada and i dont notice anything besides health care and the lack of guns, there are also lots of homeless people, the states and canada are relatively similar compared to europe, where everything is 10x better
Feb 10 2010 12:26AM
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squibble
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but most of that stuff doesnt interfere with your day to day life, i live in canada and i dont notice anything besides health care and the lack of guns, there are also lots of homeless people, the states and canada are relatively similar compared to europe, where everything is 10x better

basically north america sucks if you wanna get into details, and if i didnt live in vancouver i would leave and go live in france
Feb 10 2010 12:28AM
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marinejonny19
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I like it here. Think I'm gonna stay and continue supporting this great country.

oh p.s Government health care isnt free, you pay for it through additional taxes. 1000 pages.... GO!
Feb 10 2010 12:28AM
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Mr.Panda
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Feb 10 2010 12:33AM
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Delphi
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where does HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING fall on this list?
Feb 10 2010 12:52AM
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powday
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we still get to ski pow
Feb 10 2010 12:56AM
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charmander
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Did you know that of all developed countries, the US is #1

yes, yes i did.
Feb 10 2010 12:56AM
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dmc12380
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im not racist or anything, but that is mostly due to mexicans and blacks.
Feb 10 2010 12:57AM
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dumbo-tron
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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

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Feb 10 2010 1:11AM
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dumbo-tron
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i don't have the exact rates for each one and i'm not going to take the time to look them all up. if you don't believe me, go check "blessed unrest" by paul hawken out of your local library. it's a book that will change the way you look at the world. and no, america isn't the only country with problems, but it's humbling to know that even though we think we own the fucking world, we can't even solve our own damn problems.
Feb 10 2010 1:14AM
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dumbo-tron
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and i would like to respectfully retract the literacy claim. i don't know where hawken got his numbers, but that doesn't seem to be right.
Feb 10 2010 1:18AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Id say that we also have the largest amount of different ethnic groups in our country which is reason for it being so "developed." Not to mention but we also have millions of people coming into our country illegally
Feb 10 2010 1:33AM
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Shredneck
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Feb 10 2010 1:36AM
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An10a_Eng
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you, the population of newschoolers.com greatly contribute to that poor school performance one
Feb 10 2010 1:37AM
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HKizzle
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Yeah, every country has its problems. In Canada, we get taxed a shitload.
Feb 10 2010 1:39AM
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rontonsoop
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in my water park.... and even the authorities.... are minorities
Feb 10 2010 1:42AM
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johanblaze
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If you don't like it, get the fuck out.
Feb 10 2010 1:42AM
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sniper_6
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Nice, way to show your work. is there some source you got this from or did you just make it all up?
Feb 10 2010 1:47AM
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cobra_commander
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Really all that shows is that we keep better records then other countries.

As for the military spending thing. FUCK YEA. I like spending your money.
Feb 10 2010 5:06AM
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EastCoast315
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Alaska shouldn't count. Too great of a place to be associated with that shit.
I know I'm not going to stay in the US, either to Canada or a Nordic Country like norway
Feb 10 2010 5:30AM
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theabortionator
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Feb 10 2010 5:33AM
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EastCoast315
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not at all
Feb 10 2010 5:37AM
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sneezin
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in sheer number or percentages?

number means nothing. We have far more people than impoverished countries in Africa. And our military spending can be attributed to the number 1 or close to it military in the world.
Feb 10 2010 6:30AM
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sneezin
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i take back my above post, didn't realize it was "developed" countries.

but to the post i quoted, those stats are from 2002, I wonder if anything has changed? its been 8 years
Feb 10 2010 6:33AM
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Pocoyo
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You should try a day living in the happy country of Zimbabwe. That place makes even your worst 'hood's in the USA seem like an agreeable holiday destination.

Feb 10 2010 7:36AM
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-dva-
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haha i don't think that's what he was getting at. of course we're better than developing countries. we just need to get our shit together inside our own borders.
Feb 10 2010 10:43AM
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Bob_Gnarley
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Your a badass?..? No one move to America it sucks here.. especially the skiing.
Feb 10 2010 11:11AM
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