America The Conceited

So there's a trend in American media this week. It's always been there but this week I've seen it on CNN (which I only watch because of my constant search for stuff that pisses me off), Bill Maher had it in his comedy special on the Comedy Network and it even invaded the sacred Daily Show in the form of an asshole republican who wrote some stupid book. They all have this opinion that every other country doesn't hate the United States, they just wanna be them. It's the most self-rightious bullshit I've ever heard. Being Canadian I can tell you that I definitely do not want to be American. Honestly I don't think I could ever be that pig headed and arrogant (as most of the American public is). About six months ago I saw a special by RickMercer called Talking To Americans. This showed the ignorance of Americans towards other coutries. Actually it was almost scary to think how many people interviewed didn't hesitate when it was suggested to bomb Saskatchewan without knowing where it was. I'm not saying that American's are stupid (although most that Rick interviews definitely are). I'm just saying that they are too absorbed in their own nation to realize that there's more out there. The simple fact is that Americans tend to have this opinion that they invented civilization and that the world couldn't function without them. I'd like to see what would happen in the U.S. if every contribution from other nations was removed from them. Since most of their "inventions" and "technology" couldn't exist without inventions from other countrys, I'm pretty sure that they would be grunting cavemen...which many of them appear to be today anyway. I just with they'd stop thinking that the world revolves around them and start acting like a "part" of the world instead of it's "ruler". Okay I'm done venting. Chow.