U.S. Falls in Competitive Ranking for Fourth Year in a Row

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Nautilus

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Did you expect one country to be on top forever? I mean there is national pride and then there is delusion. We are still in the top 10
 

Nautilus

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Why do we have to be?
 

Nautilus

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id rather just be comfortable
 
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Then you go be that way but get out of everyone elses way
 

Nautilus

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clearly the US was in the netherlands and germany's way. This insane need america has that makes people think we have to be the best is why the rest of the world doesnt like us. It makes us seem arrogant and selfish. Being in the top ten in great, and great is great.
 
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So you have been defeated by just words. You have allowed someone to dumb you down. Make you feel bad by just telling you they don’t like you. It’s kind of like kids in school always pick on the smart kids. You would rather be cool, then good. You would rather fit in then excel. You would rather be one with the world then stand up / stand out for the lord Jesus Christ.
See how one leads into the other
Who cares what the world believes / thinks -- everybody is always shooting for the one on top. Stand UP and be proud, work hard and hold your head up and say if you want my title then come and get but I want you to know I have been working hard and I’m not just going to give my title up, my starting position, my education, If you want what I got I’ll give you a shot at it but I’m telling you better bring you’re a Game.

But then on top of you not wanting to bring you’re a game. You want to try and make everyone else feel bad for bringing theirs. Well I’m sorry I DON’T.

Now as the rest of the world goes it doesn't bother me to call them out. That can't manage anything, but Israel is a place that was so bare that Mark Twain said



http://zionismandisrael.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/mark-twain-in-the-holy-land/



Mark Twain in the Holy Land



A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country


But the Jew made the dessert bloom



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel



Agriculture in Israel is a highly developed industry: Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of Israel is not naturally conducive to agriculture. More than half of the land area is desert, and the climate and lack of water resources do not favor farming. Only 20% of the land area is naturally arable.[1] Today agriculture represents 2.5% of total GDP and 3.6% of exports.[2] While agricultural workers make up only 3.7% of the work force, Israel produces 95% of its own food requirements, supplementing this with imports of grain, oilseeds, meat, coffee, cocoa and sugar.

I see you want to fight but you want to fight to be lazy. STAND UP / HAVE PRIDE IN YOURSELF.
 

Nautilus

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Lol, Im college educated with a degree in political science and working on a law degree. I have my own place, im independent, and I enjoy my life I have nothing to prove to anyone nor anyone to answer too. Maybe america so focus on itself before it worries about how it measures up? I guarantee we have more problems here than where we rank on one list.
 
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I would say you are the rich 1% -- but wants everyone else to be dumb and bow down. You are a deceiver
 

Nautilus

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If getting a political science degree is all it took to be in the 1%...wow
 
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Going to school making something of your life but you want everyone else to just be average, because they world doesn't like us
 

Nautilus

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You like to assume and twist words a lot. How is going to school making something of your life? It's simply called following a fairly standard life path at this point in time. Everyone Im friends with went to college and now lives on their own, we are all twenties-thirties age wise. Not being where we are in life would be under-achieving or failing. We are probably though the definition of average young adults.
 
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So that's average in your world?? Sounds like the rich white man speaking – The 1%
 

Nautilus

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lol living on your own at 25-32 is not average? Having a college degree is not average? where do you live?
 
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I'm not the one complaining about America being so special and the world hating us. I say make all the money you can. Shoot for the stars, but you are telling America not to while the hole time you are. LOL

Talking about the baby boomers and the things they did but you are doing the same thing.
 

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as long as greed strips investment capital from business, using their labor pool as pawns, other countries - whom invest in their long term - will always be ahead of the US...... and it can only get worse until business practices in this country are turned around.
 

Nautilus

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I'm not the one complaining about America being so special and the world hating us. I say make all the money you can. Shoot for the stars, but you are telling America not to while the hole time you are. LOL

Talking about the baby boomers and the things they did but you are doing the same thing.
how is living comfortably making all the money you can? i could probably make more money but im satisfied with my life and dont think working harder would be worth the extrra money. I have no innate desire to be number one and above everyone else. I honestly dont care what other people make or how well off they are. If im comfortable then thats fine for me.