Man Inside The Child
The Fly
Somebody emailed this to me... I thought it was interesting, ironic, and at some points sad.
Anyways.......
AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE IN:
-millionaires
-billionaires
-military spending
-firearm deaths
-beef production
-per capita energy use (25% of the world's energy to be accurate)
-carbon dioxide emmisions (more than Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom combined)
-hazardous waste produced (by a factor of more than twenty times our nearest competitor; Germany)
-total and per capita municipal waste (720 kilograms per person per year)
-oil consumption
-natural gas consumption
-the least amount of tax revenue generated ( as a % of GDP)
-the least amount of federal and state government social spenditure compared to all the developed world.
-budget deficit(as a % of GDP)
-daily per capita consumption of calories
-loest voter turnout
-least number of political parties represented in the lower or single house(democrat or republican)
-recorded rapes (by a factor of almost 3 times our nearest competitor; Canada)
-injuries and deaths from road accidents (almost twice as many as runner-up Canada)
-births to mothers under the age of 20(again, more than twice as many as Canada, and nearly twice as many as number two NZ)
-the number of human rights treaties not singned
-among countries in the UN with a legally constituted government to not ratify the convention on the rights of the child
number of known executions of child offenders
likelihood of children under the age of 15 to die from gunfire
-likelihood of children under the age of 15 to commit suicide with a gun
-lowest eight-grade math scores
-becoming the first society in history which the poorest group of the population are children
-America Also has the highest rate of church goers among the developed world
-59% of Americans believe that they have a special place in God's heart.
-46% of Americans consider themselves to be "born again" or "evangelical" Christians
-the lowest health coverage for its citizens
-the highest number of Tvs per house (98% of Americans own atleast 1 TV)
-67% of welfare recepients are children
-the highest rate of date rapes, auto accidents resulting from alcohol, teen drug addiction.
-15-20 million Americans are homeless.
-Over 30 million Americans are without health coverage including many children.
-the highest media monopoly among the developed world ( only 3 media giants own practically all the newspapers, magazines, tv channells and radio stations)
-the highest rate of per capita owenership of guns (more guns in America than people)
Anyways.......
AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE IN:
-millionaires
-billionaires
-military spending
-firearm deaths
-beef production
-per capita energy use (25% of the world's energy to be accurate)
-carbon dioxide emmisions (more than Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom combined)
-hazardous waste produced (by a factor of more than twenty times our nearest competitor; Germany)
-total and per capita municipal waste (720 kilograms per person per year)
-oil consumption
-natural gas consumption
-the least amount of tax revenue generated ( as a % of GDP)
-the least amount of federal and state government social spenditure compared to all the developed world.
-budget deficit(as a % of GDP)
-daily per capita consumption of calories
-loest voter turnout
-least number of political parties represented in the lower or single house(democrat or republican)
-recorded rapes (by a factor of almost 3 times our nearest competitor; Canada)
-injuries and deaths from road accidents (almost twice as many as runner-up Canada)
-births to mothers under the age of 20(again, more than twice as many as Canada, and nearly twice as many as number two NZ)
-the number of human rights treaties not singned
-among countries in the UN with a legally constituted government to not ratify the convention on the rights of the child
number of known executions of child offenders
likelihood of children under the age of 15 to die from gunfire
-likelihood of children under the age of 15 to commit suicide with a gun
-lowest eight-grade math scores
-becoming the first society in history which the poorest group of the population are children
-America Also has the highest rate of church goers among the developed world
-59% of Americans believe that they have a special place in God's heart.
-46% of Americans consider themselves to be "born again" or "evangelical" Christians
-the lowest health coverage for its citizens
-the highest number of Tvs per house (98% of Americans own atleast 1 TV)
-67% of welfare recepients are children
-the highest rate of date rapes, auto accidents resulting from alcohol, teen drug addiction.
-15-20 million Americans are homeless.
-Over 30 million Americans are without health coverage including many children.
-the highest media monopoly among the developed world ( only 3 media giants own practically all the newspapers, magazines, tv channells and radio stations)
-the highest rate of per capita owenership of guns (more guns in America than people)