Not so hot at rugby either, probably the worlds second biggest game.
Not so hot at cricket.

Not so hot at peace either. Has been involved in more wars than any other country in the last century.

Geoff
from down under.

>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)
>
>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