I mainly think of people and places I’d like to visit.
Then there are social, environmental, and diplomatic stuff I’d have messed up in a different way if I had been president.
I’ve had trouble picking my stereotypes lately. They’re not consistent enough.
USA? hmmm
People:
Loud
Big egos
Bigger stomachs
A bit dim
No/odd sense of humour
Country:
Big
Loud
Guns
old towns
Murders
Dumb president
bullys (towards poor countrys)
I think that this image is mainly the governments fault though. All the yanks iv spoken to on unicyclist.com have all been very friendly and helpful and dare i say it: normal!!!
Ride on!
Edd
My first thought when I hear ‘USA’ is this quote by Gerge Clemenceau
The French-bashers among us would no doubt love to know that he was French Prime Minister during the First World War.
Tim, wow, wicked post.
Remind me to buy you a beer someday.
And as much as I think of all these 'orrible things when I think about the USA, I also think of all the exceptionally kewl american people I’ve met via these fora. JJuggle, Harper, John_Childs, TomBlackwood, UniBrier, Dave Stockton.
And especially Yoopers.
Why especially Yoopers?
Because we don’t agree on anything. We don’t agree on politics, religion, abortion, hunting, death penalty, legalising marijuana, you name it, we disagree on it. And yet we’re able to have completely civilised discussions about life, the universe, tea/coffee, wrestling/soccer and stuff. If the Americans are so kewl, why is America such a mess?
Who is John Galt?
I guess being from a country that was an international pariah due to the actions of a minority gives me a slightly different perspective as well.
But whenever the USA comes up in conversation, I’m still going to quote Clemenceau.
Just an after-thought: Why yanks? Is there a meaning behind that?
More info over here.
And the relevant Wiki entry.
Isn’t the USA an international pariah?
America is such a mess because Americans don’t have much say in what America does.
JOHN Galt? Why the reference to anarcho-capitolism here?
Billy
C’mon. Lay off Mickey-D’s. They serve only the finest.
The reference was to an unanswerable question.
Dave [re: John Galt]: You don’t think my answer is an answer?
Only in the strictest anarcho-capitalist way.
Dave: You have much too much MR in your repertoire…
That’s a generalization towards the government, I think. I agree with everything else, but most of the people I know have a really good sense of humor.
Just for the record, I think I’ll move to England when I get older. Probably take up a computer-related carreer over there. I’ve got mostly English genes, but a little bit of Norwegian popped in there somewhere. Off topic, but because most of my dad’s family is Mormon (my parents, brother, grandparents, and I aren’t), they have really good record of family history, so we traced my dad’s family back to the 1300s up to the 1930s living all around England. There’s still some of my family living over there, too.
They’ve been worried about you. You should phone more frequently! I’m sure you could stay with them, since in England, family is everything. 
Glad you’re back, Tyler. I’ll give you a course on writing like a teenage boy, if you want.
Billy
yeah right 
iraq 1&2
hawaai
afganistan
WW1&2
vietnam
kambotscha
cold war
…
GILD i think of you as an american. if you ever come to america, we can throw back or a cold one. or you can, and ill watch. but none the less come, and you can kick it with the rednacks here.
Chosen: I think of you as a South African.
I hope you didn’t scare Dave away or worse…
Chosen: I think of you as a South African. If you ever come to NYC, we can throw back or a cold one. Or you can watch, tho that’s a bit odd. No rednecks here in NYC, but we’ll try to make you feel at home,
For a visitor to the USA, would you say Florida is a MUST-SEE?
I’m still trying to make up my mind if he insulted me or complimented me.
Either way, its accompanied by an offer of beer, so I’m good.
Back? When did I leave?
According to your earlier post, around 1930 or so?
Ayn would tell you were she still a kickin’. Do you think he was the one who shrugged?