World according to Americans

[BigusDicus 9,822]

Got to have a sense of humor here.....perhaps sometimes, just sometimes we are a tad self-absorbed!

Edited May 16, 2008 by BigusDicus

[shamasdog 1]

Yep, pretty much right, good to know where coffee comes from, all the time I thought it was grown inside the machine.

Shamas O'Dognasty

[joekicker 53]

Hard to believe that map. If coffee comes from down there, wherever that is, why do they have coffee machines in Safeway, huh?

[js007 795]

Got to have a sense of humor here.....perhaps sometimes, just sometimes we are a tad self-absorbed!

 

Believe it or not, this map is a bit too complicated for many Americans. If you gave them a map of the world they might be able to find the USA. That's about it. It's pretty scary. Those type of people vote, which is one of the reasons we have our current president.

 

J

[BigusDicus 9,822]

Those type of people vote, which is one of the reasons we have our current president.

 

Most countries have those types, including the countries where they are not allowed to vote.

 

BTW, I wonder what "type" voted for Jimmy Carter?

[midlifecrisis 4,030]

Hard to believe that map. If coffee comes from down there, wherever that is, why do they have coffee machines in Safeway, huh?

Whoa! Too complicated to ponder when doing my grocery shopping!

 

Thanks a lot, Joe!

 

[joekicker 53]

Americans. If you gave them a map of the world they might be able to find the USA. That's about it.

 

As opposed to... ?? Thais who can find Thailand? Germans who can find France?

 

That old joke-map comes from the USA, by the way, where some people can laugh at themselves. Lots of similar ones from people who can't, though, such as:

 

http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip.asp...52-b4923c42e1f2

 

Reminds me of the scene in The King and I where the prince is furious that the world map shows Thailand to be such a small country and Anna says, "Not as small as mine". You either have a chuckle about this stuff or fly into a rage, doesn't seem to be anything in between.

[js007 795]

Most countries have those types, including the countries where they are not allowed to vote.

 

BTW, I wonder what "type" voted for Jimmy Carter?

 

Actually, Jimmy Carter wasn't that bad. He gets a lot of bad press because of the inflation, but that problem was set into motion long before he ever ran for office. Take a look at LBJ and his guns and butter philosophy during the Vietnam war. It all came home to roost in the late 70s.

 

In any event we got a slew of bad presidents after Carter, and America is now broke, with Bush begging the Saudis for more oil.

 

J

[JONPAT 222]

Geography was a one minute class.

 

Canada is North.

Mexico is South.

Pretty much everything else is overseas.

[MrMango 665]

Actually, Jimmy Carter wasn't that bad. He gets a lot of bad press because of the inflation, but that problem was set into motion long before he ever ran for office. Take a look at LBJ and his guns and butter philosophy during the Vietnam war. It all came home to roost in the late 70s.

Your wrong, he was the worst president that the U.S. EVER had, IMHO

 

In any event we got a slew of bad presidents after Carter, and America is now broke, with Bush begging the Saudis for more oil.

Kinda funny - The libs will not allow the U.S. to drill for oil in the U.S. where there is a ton of it, so he has to ask the Saudis for more - Go figure...

[zaphodbeeblebrox 0]

Geography was a one minute class.

 

Canada is North.

Mexico is South.

Pretty much everything else is overseas.

 

And, Hawaii, as on the map, is backwards and upside down (Big Island is drawn in northwest position, instead of southeast). Most frequently asked question by U.S. mainland tourists visiting Hawaii: "Where do I exchange my dollars?"

Edited May 17, 2008 by zaphodbeeblebrox

[joekicker 53]

Most frequently asked question by U.S. mainland tourists visiting Hawaii: "Where do I exchange my dollars?"

 

My times in Hawaii I never had any problem finding islanders willing to help with that. Sometimes you give a good exchange rate, but not often enough considering the severe case of Rock Fever you throw in on about the second day.

[Scumbag 0]

I thought the US was a lot bigger than that compared to other countries...

[joekicker 53]

And, Hawaii, as on the map, is backwards and upside down (Big Island is drawn in northwest position, instead of southeast).

 

I thought that was Guam and the Whatchamacallits and they gave Hawaii the full respect over on the left side of the map???

[joekicker 53]

I thought the US was a lot bigger than that compared to other countries...P

 

Good eye. I think they made it out of scale like that so they would have enough room to print the names of the other places. Actually, it's not all that easy to find a map that shows the US in proper scale. This one from the 1980s is pretty accurate for its day.

 

 

There is a map key here:

http://tinyurl.com/57g5p6

[BigusDicus 9,822]

Actually, Jimmy Carter wasn't that bad. He gets a lot of bad press because of the inflation, but that problem was set into motion long before he ever ran for office. Take a look at LBJ and his guns and butter philosophy during the Vietnam war. It all came home to roost in the late 70s.

 

 

Are you serious?

 

Can you think of anything he didn't mess up? Anything he was successful at?

 

He was by far the most incompetent president we have ever had.

 

His behavior today is beyond despicable.

Edited May 18, 2008 by BigusDicus

[js007 795]

Are you serious?

 

Can you think of anything he didn't mess up? Anything he was successful at?

 

He was by far the most incompetent president we have ever had.

 

His behavior today is beyond despicable.

 

The best thing Carter did was to nominate Paul Volker as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Unlike Greenspan and the current clown, Bernanke, Volker was an honest man who did his best to control inflation.

 

J

[m_right 0]

Are you serious?

 

Can you think of anything he didn't mess up? Anything he was successful at?

 

He was by far the most incompetent president we have ever had.

 

His behavior today is beyond despicable.

 

I thought you were talking about Bush at first.

[bug27 1]

Believe it or not, this map is a bit too complicated for many Americans. If you gave them a map of the world they might be able to find the USA. That's about it. It's pretty scary. Those type of people vote, which is one of the reasons we have our current president.

 

J

 

 

 

Yeah, when Clinton won the West Virginia primary (67%) recently one of the statistics mentioned was of the white voters 60% had not finished high school.

[kimchikid 0]

didnt jimmy give the panama canal back to panama?

[joekicker 53]

Yeah, when Clinton won the West Virginia primary (67%) recently one of the statistics mentioned was of the white voters 60% had not finished high school.

 

One of the other statistics was that Clinton is winning Kentucky because Arkansas is closer to Kentucky than Illinois. Actually, Illinois is attached to Kentucky. That statistic was by Barack Obama, who is from Illinois.

 

 

I haven't got the slightest idea what high school completion has to do with basic geography, though. Basic outline world geography isn't taught in later high school or college in the US so far as I know.

 

How many white voters does it take to know geography?

[whilliam_mancon 2]

Some good comments here, and definitely worth a thought!