Liberals, can you name 10 positive things going on in the US today?

Question

I welcome comments from conservatives.

Items that are against Republicans are not positive. Delay being out of office is a negative not a positive. I have yet to see 1 answer.

Answer 1

I'm not sure I'm a liberal or a conservative, but here are 10 positive things:

1. If you're in the upper 40% for income and wealth, you making a lot of money. If you are in the top 1% you are now what they call "Super Rich" meaning that you are worth billions, i.e. thousands of millions.

2. The Center for Disease Control in conjunction with other world health organizations has kept a pandemic from emerging.

3. Computers keep getting, better, faster, smarter, and cheaper.

4. Almost all of us have a job.

5. The Internet has replaced the TV as something to do in the evening.

6. We have not blown ourselves up with nuclear bombs.

7. The stores have every kind of every possible thing a human being could possibly want or need in every possible color, flavor, and size and much of it is amazingly cheap.

8. The Chinese have yet to just buy the United States outright using their huge surpluses of balance of payments.

9. You can still pretty much do what you want and say what you want in spite of some Government intrusion in its so called battle with terrorism.

10. While it is true that 30% of Americans have no form of health care insurance and have to pay premium rates for health services, 70% of us do have health insurance and get breaks in the rates charged for health services.

Answer 2

Conservative Libertarian. an undemanding Liberal could point out those issues: a million. Abortion 2. bigger taxes for the wealthy 3. Open borders 4. Open marriage 5. Hillary Clinton 6. Democratic controlled Congress 7. u . s . a . of america is dropping the conflict 8. Imus became fired 9. Keith Olbermann 10. President's approval score

Answer 3

We are one day closer to election day.
Gas is under $3 at a few stations. That's positive because it was $3.49 not long ago.
Cheney may lose his funding because he can't decide which branch of government he's in and he can't bring himself to abide by regulations.
Bush hasn't attacked Iran yet.
Bush is going to close Gitmo.
I'm still working although several co-workers lost their jobs Friday due to a drastic slow down.
So far, we still have freedom of speech.
The case of the multimillion $ missing pants law suit was thrown out.
It was a beautiful day here today.
Last but not least, I haven't seen any reports of an American dying in Iraq today.

EDIT: I'm going to have to ask this question for conservatives when Hillary is President.

Answer 4

Democrats are talking about more universal health care. I think that's a positive step for this country. It's insane that we don't fully cover children and the disabled with free health care. Every other western nation treats health care as a right, yet America seems to treat it as a privilege. I'm a nurse and it's disgusting how our health system is so money driven. Bush isn't the only one to blame, congress can never agree on anything good for the American people. Instead of voting for their own pay raises and health care, maybe they could think of their own people for once. I'd like to see everyone go in 2008 and bring in all new people. I want new people in Washington who aren't corrupted by special interests and who genuinely care for the people in this country.

Answer 5

Oh sure!
George Bush is going to be evicted from Pennsylvania ave.
Scooter Libby is going to jail
Hillary Clinton is a Candidate for the Presidency
Al Gore might be back in the "game"
Dick Cheney hasn't shot anyone in the face lately
Rumsfield face is on a milk carton
Congress is run by the Democrats
Rush Limbaugh "must" being feeling better, now that his meds have been "cut" down
Rep Foley isn't "really" a pedophile
Joe Lieberman is really a "Republican"
How's that???

Answer 6

1) My income is up.
2) my Taxes are down.
4) Terrorist attacks are being thwarted.
5) Gasoline prices are dropping.
6) Amnesty hasn't passed yet.
7) Welfare rates are down.
8) Employment is up.
9) People are demanding more accountability from politicians.
10) America is STILL FREE!

I wrote about things going on in America NOT the government...that was the question, right?

Sorry I was in a hurry or i would have added more.

Answer 7

Unemployment is at a very good level

Inflation is pretty much non-existence

Our military has rebuilt itself

Dow Jones has been steady

More women are going to college than ever before

Now all of our law enforcement agencies can talk to one another

There has not been another terrorist attack outside of Iraq and Afghanistan since we started the war on terror

Although Americans still have their prejudices it is becoming a much more excepting society.

I only came with 8 off the top of my head.

Answer 8

Politically, the only positive thing I can think of going on in the US today are Bush's Capital gains Tax cuts.

Answer 9

1) growing anti-war movement
2) growing impeach Bush/Cheney movement
3) growing awareness of global climate change
4) decline of "religious" right
5) growing anti-bigotry movements
6) low level of public support for Bush Jr
7) increasing concern for other-than-sex morality issues
8) growing awareness that the dollar is losing value
9) growing movement of counter protests against Phelps' protests at soldiers' funerals
10) incresing interest in returning to traditional limits on the power of government

Answer 10

Duke Cunningham is in jail

Libby is in jail

Tom Delay was run out of office.

That Christian Evangelical leader was outed as a queer and a drug addict.

Rush Limbaugh was outed for buying drugs from his cleaning lady.

Bill O'Reily had to apologize for chasing his female employees around with a dildo.

And the last five are...

Democrats won the last election.