Americans think they're the best at everything.

[LogicWarrior]

<p>america won’t be the best much longer, we’re exposing our throat:</p>

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We’re all somewhat familiar with the body language dogs display when they greet each other. The dominant alpha male approaches directly, asserting his authority, while the beta male genuflects, crouches, tucks his tail, and may even end up on his back, exposing his neck in acquiescence, making sure the alpha male knows he has no intention of challenging him. With his “we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist” opening to the world’s dictators, the President is exhibiting classic beta male behavior, in essence rolling over on his back and exposing his throat to them to make sure they know he has no intention of challenging their authority.</p>

<p>Of course, the problem is that he’s not simply exposing his throat, he’s exposing America’s collective throat, sending the message that he’s a typical beta male intent on submitting to all the alpha male leaders around the world, and damn the consequences. His response to the discovery of Iran’s newest, and heretofore “secret,” nuclear facility was, as Daniel Henninger (Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2009) points out, to have our State Department offer to start a direct dialogue with the tyrannical Burmese regime.</p>

<p>The Obama administration has also offered conciliatory gestures to the genocidal Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and it has dispatched none other than John Kerry to meet with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. This, of course, is not to mention his somewhat more visible overtures to the world’s alpha male thugs: Obama has consorted jovially with Hugo Chavez and his counterpart Daniel Ortega, he’s bowed down to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, he’s agreed to halt plans to install a missile defense system in eastern Europe to placate Vladimir Putin, and he’s offered the aforementioned hand to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite the latter’s expressed unwillingness to even agree to acknowledge the truly important issue of Iran’s nuclear weapons in our talks, all quintessential beta male behaviors.</p>

<p>While we’ve all been seeking a political rationale for the president’s actions, his behavior goes beyond the political to something deeper and more personal: like all beta males, Barack Obama simply does not have the temperament to confront tyrannical alpha males around the globe. In this light, even his inability to work with American allies Gordon Brown and Nikolas Sarkozy is a function of his being incapable of facing down the world’s tyrants: to cooperate with our allies would require Obama to display alpha male behaviors, including demonstrating courage, something he’s simply not capable of doing. The president’s beta-male proclivities are arguably putting the safety of his constituents, the citizens of our country, in serious jeopardy.</p>

<p>Another cue to this unfortunate character trait of the president’s can be found in the lack of assertiveness of his oratorical style. While many people insist that Barack Obama is a wonderful speaker, in fact, he exhibits less emotional range when he addresses a crowd than his predecessor, George W. Bush, did. He may have better speechwriters than W, but his delivery is monotonic and his cadences clipped, both signs of a beta male, unsure of himself, putting his words out there more for the purpose of seeking approval than of providing leadership.</p>

<p>The president’s characteristic head tilt when he’s speaking to an audience or having to deal with a tough question when he’s being interviewed (although there are certainly very few instances of his having to do this) is another sign of submissive behavior. It crops up less than a minute in during an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly (YouTube - Barack Obama Interview With Bill O’Reilly Sept 4, 2008 - FNC ) in answer to O’Reilly’s question, “Do you believe we’re in a war on terror?” After an initial “Absolutely,” the Candidate begins to hedge, his head tilts as he explains the difficulty in sorting out the good guys from the bad guys in the Middle East. Like beta males everywhere, Obama is not about to commit to words that he might have to back up with assertive action.</p>

<p>Being a beta male is all about developing strategies for deflecting aggression, and for this reason, beta males do have an important place in society. Within the confines of a social unit, beta-male behavior can help to defuse aggression and maintain domestic peace. But in a world where other nations’ alpha-male leaders are constantly probing for even the smallest signs of weakness, having a beta male president has thrown into stark relief the dangers to which this president’s unfortunate character trait is exposing his country.</p>

<p>To return to the canine metaphor: It’s the height of folly to think that other nations won’t be doing everything they can to make President Obama their *****.

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[east89]

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Guys, racism is over. Slavery was abolished 140+ years ago, and last racist laws were struck down in late 60’s. Virtually 100% of American-born students here in CC were born free of every “separate but equal” ridiculous laws for good!</p>

<p>Let’s get over it, racism should be mostly a history subject.</p>

<p>As for gay marriage, that is just crappy ‘I’m entitled’ policy. There’s no reason to poison the basic social fabric collective institute (heterossexual monogamic family) with cry-me-an-ocean pleas from people who happen to practice sex in different ways.

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<p>Initially, I was prepared to write a long rebuttal about why you’re wrong for believing racism is over but then I noticed your username, so I can see why you’d think that way (then again, I know that some European nations are highly racist). Just so you know, it’s not over. I won’t deny that this country has made great strides towards equality, but we’re far from a state of total bliss.</p>

<p>As for your opinion on gay marriage, I strongly disagree. In fact, in opposition to what you stated, we’re actually poisoning the social fabric by not allowing gay marriage and only permitting heterosexual marriages. I say this because marriage itself is a custom which exists in nearly all developed and undeveloped societies and cannot be defined as being between a man and a woman since marital customs often involve more than two people as well as people of the same sex. Furthermore, marriage was not created under the purview of Christianity, and therefore, gay people would not be breaking the rules of marriage itself if they were to be married.</p>

[iamsounsure]

<p>I’m sorry LogicWarrior, but did you just compare the entire human race to dogs?</p>

[prismacolors]

<p>“Just take the civil unions with benefits and don’t call it marriage. Problem solved.”</p>

<p>I don’t understand why people are against calling same sex MARRIAGE marriage. Strange. Very strange.</p>

<p>There are genocides going on and people are worrying about the definition of a word. : (</p>

[romanigypsyeyes]

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Just take the civil unions with benefits and don’t call it marriage. Problem solved.

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<p>Why give it a different term? If it’s the same thing, CALL IT the same thing. </p>

<p>And ruining the sanctity of marriage or whatever Europegrad said, give me a break! The average marriage ends in a divorce, affairs are rampant, and people like Brittney Spears have 48 hour marriage. But oh noez! Don’t let those women down the street who have been together, committed, and in love for 20 years ruin the social fabric of our society!!</p>

[ThisCouldBeHeavn]

<p>What if at the same time marriage between men and women was retermed “civil unions” by the government.</p>

[romanigypsyeyes]

<p>^ I’d be perfectly fine with that. In fact, I think they all should be called civil unions. Marriage to me implies way too much religious involvement.</p>

[LogicWarrior]

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I’m sorry LogicWarrior, but did you just compare the entire human race to dogs?

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<p>here is the link:</p>

<p>[American</a> Thinker: Did We Elect a Beta Male As President?](<a href=“http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/did_we_elect_a_beta_male_as_pr_1.html]American”>http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/did_we_elect_a_beta_male_as_pr_1.html)</p>

<p>we need an alpha male to protect the pack that is america</p>

[darshelrosopelli]

<p>If you want to know the answer to your question, collegefever101, I suggest that you come the United States and find out for yourself.</p>

<p>You just gave us the most disgusting, bigoted, stereotypical, outdated view of America. I could say that your country is full of ignorant people and use you as an example. But, here’s and answer to your question: AMERICAN’S THINK WE’RE THE BEST BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DEGREE OF CLASS…(cough cough)</p>

<p>If you lived in America, you would know that in our EFFECTIVE system of government, which has survived for over 220 years without change, the president cannot do anything without Congress’s approval. So until hundreds of representatives all approve of Obama’s ideas, they will not be enacted. So actually, Obama is doing a lot of work with the power he has.</p>

<p>What is the problem with bearing arms? Do tell me, what do you think we should be allowed to use? If you say knives are arms, will we not be allowed to cut our food anymore because knives are banned? What about fireworks? You can kill someone with a rubber band, so should they be banned as well?</p>

<p>Our foreclosure problem?? If you actually read the news for once, houses are being foreclosed because people are being laid off of work which is a result of the declining economy. The economy had to come down at some point; it’s not a magic, ever-expanding money machine. If you’re mad that your country suffered from our economic decline, then maybe your country should learn to be economically independent.</p>

<p>America is good because of diversity, answering your NYC question. We have people from nearly every country in the world living in NYC. And the United States does not revolve around NYC. Don’t believe in Hollywood: not everyone lives in California or NYC.</p>

<p>And about your prejudiced comment? I suggest you realize that you live in a world that is 1/3 black, 1/3 asian, 1/3 caucasian, according to the UN. Speaking of UN, nearly all of the European countries STILL haven’t paid back their WWII debts to the United States.</p>

<p>So why are we “the best?” Because we are a mix of nearly every culture in the world, and we don’t live in ignorant homogenity.</p>

[iamsounsure]

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here is the link:</p>

<p>American Thinker: Did We Elect a Beta Male As President?</p>

<p>we need an alpha male to protect the pack that is america

I can’t quite tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. Either way it’s ridiculous.</p>

<p>My analogy: There are a lot of alpha males that strut around the gym I go to that think they’re hot **** but I could still kick their ass if I had to.</p>

[LogicWarrior]

<p>could you kick america’s ass?</p>

<p>didn’t think so, go back to europe and drink wine and eat smelly cheese</p>

[iamsounsure]

<p>You missed the point entirely… You’re not very logical you know. Nor am I from Europe. However, I’d prefer wine and cheese to big macs.</p>

[LogicWarrior]

<p>right, because it’s not like america has great cuisine from nearly every country</p>

[psychedelic]

<p>On the topic of racism, I have a little anecdote, not meant to attack any race or make any implications. I just found it interesting.</p>

<p>I was talking to my black friend today and he was reading an article in a magazine about white babies being racist. Not black, not Asian, not Latino babies; white babies. We got into a heated discussion and as I was saying it was unfair for only white babies to be targeted, he went into a rant about how black people are “never” racist and “don’t have the time or money” to be racist. He continued to say that because whites enslaved blacks, the white generations following this (even over a hundred years after slavery ended) would have to pay the price and deserved the discrimination. He likened this to Eve taking a bite form the apple and humanity suffering the consequences (he is very fundamentalist/religious). He excused me from this burden of carrying my ancestor’s wrongs since my great grandmother was pure Native American, despite me being mostly white. </p>

<p>And no, he was not kidding.</p>

[iamsounsure]

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right, because it’s not like america has great cuisine from nearly every country

And Europe doesn’t? Why is it ok for you too stereotype Europeans as eating “smelly cheese and wine”, whereas I can not stereotype Americans as eating big macs? They’re basically equivalent in terms of the stereotype. So what double standard are you operation on? As I said before you’re not very logical and you seem to have trouble following the train of thought through posts.</p>

[PlattsburghLoser]

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On the topic of racism, I have a little anecdote, not meant to attack any race or make any implications. I just found it interesting.</p>

<p>I was talking to my black friend today and he was reading an article in a magazine about white babies being racist. Not black, not Asian, not Latino babies; white babies. We got into a heated discussion and as I was saying it was unfair for only white babies to be targeted, he went into a rant about how black people are “never” racist and “don’t have the time or money” to be racist. He continued to say that because whites enslaved blacks, the white generations following this (even over a hundred years after slavery ended) would have to pay the price and deserved the discrimination. He likened this to Eve taking a bite form the apple and humanity suffering the consequences (he is very fundamentalist/religious). He excused me from this burden of carrying my ancestor’s wrongs since my great grandmother was pure Native American, despite me being mostly white.</p>

<p>And no, he was not kidding.

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<p>So a stupid person said something stupid. What’s your point?</p>

[psychedelic]

<p>No point at all.</p>

[iamsounsure]

<p>I love these kinds of anecdotal evidence.</p>

<p>Black person says something offensive about white people. Therefore, all black people are racist.</p>

<p>White person says something offensive about black people. Therefore, all white people are racist.</p>

<p>Bad logic everyone.</p>

[Mr.Bojangles]

<p>I am seriously the best at everything I do.</p>

[ThisCouldBeHeavn]

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So why are we “the best?” Because we are a mix of nearly every culture in the world, and we don’t live in ignorant homogenity.

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<p>So why was your post so full of ignorance?</p>

<p>Obviously the OP is an idiot, but why do so many of the people disagreeing feel the need to stoop nearly as low?</p>