Is America the greatest country

[Thumpalumpacus]

Americans, too, should be judged on individual qualities. Many Americans think America is the Greatest Nation Evah. Many Americans also are aware of the nation's shortcomings. Judging anything -- a country, a faith, a company, a people -- by headlines is going to be necessarily inaccurate, insofar as details will always get glossed-over.

Don't need to tell that to me. But the international public judges based on headlines. That's why I called it bad advertisment.

Well, it's a good thing my post didn't hit the newspapers, now isn't it?

I look forward to the day when my utterances are cable-news fodder. Until then, an online post is not an advertisement.