Pretty high up on capital punishment as well :-)

Not so hot at soccer (probably the most common world game)

Nick

>I've been thinking about this for the a few years, the US is the best at everything. I've tried to find a few things that they aren't the best, and posted these at the end of this. I appreciate any comments on this.
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>Economics:
>- it's GDP is greater than the next 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
>- even GDP per captia it is still 3rd
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>Military:
>- by far the strongest and most effective military. It is said that no combination other other militaries can defeat.
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>Arts:
>- music - they invented every new music form in the 20th century (Jazz, Blues, Rock, Rap, Hip-hop, Punk, Grunge)
>- movies - more good movies than anyone else (Schlinders List, Munich, Capote, Shawshank Redemption...)
>- art - the last great artist with world-wide fame was an American Andy Warhol
>- literature -
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>Science:
>- a disportionate amount of Nobel prize winners are American http://www.aneki.com/nobel.html
>- the most varied and innovative space program
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>Human Development
>- pioneers in women's equality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage
>- pioneers in civil or minority rights
>- pinoneers in indivual rights
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>Sports:
>- most Olympic medals of any country by far http://www.olympic.it/english/medal
>- has a few sports leagues made of of the world's best athletes (basefall, football, basketball, and one of the top for hockey)
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>The only things I can think of that they aren't the best at:
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>- cars: Europeans make the better, the Japanese make they better and cheaper
>- peaceful diplomacy: this is a weak one, but the Americans are a little to quick to war. I can't prove this one, so I am willing to withdraw this.
>- quality of life - on these types of indexes, the US can either be in the bottom of the top 10 or out of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index