Only in America - Observations by a Canadian

TOP-11 "ONLY IN AMERICA" OBSERVATIONS -- BY A CANADIAN*

1) Only in America could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income  taxes - be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who  don't pay any income taxes at all.  2) Only in America could people claim that the government still  discriminates against black Americans when they have a black  President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal  workforce is black, while only 12% of the population is black  3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsible  for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury  Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means  Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher  taxes.  4) Only in America can they have terrorists kill people in the name of  Allah and have the media primarily react, by fretting that Muslims  might be harmed by the backlash.  5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally become  American citizens, wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while we discuss letting  Anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become  American citizens.  6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the  budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as  "extremists."  7) Only in America could you need to present a driver's license to  cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.  8) Only in America could people demand the government investigate  whether oil companies are 'gouging' the public, because the price of gas  went up, when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company  (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes  (Nike).  9) Only in America could the government collect More tax dollars from  the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion  dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million  PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.  10) Only in America could politicians talk about the Greed of the rich...  at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.  11) Only in America can a man with no background, no qualifications  and no experience ... and a complete failure at his job ... be re-elected.