Not that the U.S. doesn't have problems, but I share your irritation at smug lectures from has-been European nations. Those old farts have not been world powers for 100 years now. It's time for them to get over it, don't you think?


>There you go again, Walter. Not only with the we-are-so-much-better routine, but also with the insults and half-baked ideology.
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>Yes, the US has a higher infant mortality rate than a lot of Western Europe. We also have a very high immigrant population. Gee - perhaps there's a correlation?
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>We're still stuck on the imperial measurement system. So what. Have you ever given any thought on how complicated - and costly - the switchover might be? Not just in the retail area, but manufacturing, medical, computer technology...the US is huge, and perhaps our government decided that the cost wasn't worth it. Or that we needed to go much slower than the original plan is. Or that perhaps we don't care to take on something just because you happen to find our measurement system cumbersome. Last I looked on a box of cornflakes, both English and metric measurements were listed.
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>Comparing our TV system to yours? Gimme a break. So what. In a few years we're going to HDTV anyway.
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>Congrats to the Netherlands having the highest high-speed internet connection count in the world. Whoopee. We have counties bigger than your country in Texas. You pay for the cost, we'll be happy to hook every last Joe and José up that wants a connection.
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>And I have to laugh at your comment regarding unemployment. Statistics don't lie. They are numbers, pure and simple, but they can be used for any purpose whatsoever. Weren't we having an arguement not too long ago about the believablitiy of statistics? If I remember you were ranting about wanting numbers, yet when your own were proved false, you were strangely quiet.
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>Go troll somewhere else, unless you have something constructive to add to a discussion.