We're 22nd! USA! USA!

[Michchamp]

Canada is the most admired country in the world, again.

We're 22nd! WOO!

not surprising:

"Russia had the largest gap between their self-image and how they are perceived by other nations. Russian citizens scored their country as the third-most reputable country in the world, but other nations ranked them 52nd out of 55 countries, ahead of only Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq. ​

The gap between internal reputation and external reputation was also large for China, India and the United States."
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[byco42]

Wow ... I figured we'd be a lot higher with all the patronizing this current administration has been perpetrating since 2009.

 

[Spartanmack]

Canada is the most admired country in the world, again.

We're 22nd! WOO!

not surprising:

"Russia had the largest gap between their self-image and how they are perceived by other nations. Russian citizens scored their country as the third-most reputable country in the world, but other nations ranked them 52nd out of 55 countries, ahead of only Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq. ​

The gap between internal reputation and external reputation was also large for China, India and the United States."
​

Of course that has a lot to do with the fact that the rest of the world only sees Russia through the eyes of their respective biased home country media - just like how you said we as Americans all have the wrong impression of Iran and Iranians because we only know what our media portrays them as. In fact, this whole survey is pretty much useless as each respondent is likely being misled in different ways by their different, agenda-driven medias.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Canada is the country I've traveled to most ootside of the U.S., eh.

 

[Thumb]

Wow ... I figured we'd be a lot higher with all the patronizing this current administration has been perpetrating since 2009.

I'm surprised we're not lower considering the warmongering of the previous administration.

 

[byco42]

I'm surprised we're not lower considering the warmongering of the previous administration.

"Warmongering" is the piano on the back that, when lifted, considerably lightens the burden of opinion. Usually.

 

[turok]

"Americans" should admire China the most, since that is where their precious smartphones and other electronic doohickeys are made. They also make Capitali$t $ocialism a cool word.

 

[TheVictors]

China is sort of fucked right now, financially ...they might not be the Shining City on the Hill much longer

 

[grandy]

Sounds like people are just jealous of 'Murica

As for the Russia bit...based on the comments section for various articles on RT, I'm not entirely surprised.

 

[tomdalton22]

Canada is a suburb to the USA. Everybody considers the suburbs superior but all you do is live there. They don't contribute anything...they are just nice, safe places to live.

 

[Michchamp]

Canada is a suburb to the USA. Everybody considers the suburbs superior but all you do is live there. They don't contribute anything...they are just nice, safe places to live.

whoa that's deep

 

[turok]

For pro-football die-hards, the CFL has already played their 3rd week. Fall begins on July 21.

 

[turok]

China is sort of fucked right now, financially ...they might not be the Shining City on the Hill much longer

China's debt to GDP is 63%, their annual GDP is about 1/2 of the US, and their debt is <1/3 @5.2T

The US debt to GDP is 104%

So how are they fucked?

Japan and China own @ least 15% of the US federal debt, from the last figures that I could find.

 

[TheVictors]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...d-into-recession-morgan-stanley-s-sharma-says

 

[turok]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...d-into-recession-morgan-stanley-s-sharma-says

"The International Monetary Fund last week cut its forecast for global growth this year to 3.3 percent, down from an estimate of 3.5 percent in April, citing weakness in the U.S"

Well...perhaps we US consumers need to put down our smartphones, game controllers, and TV remotes, and go shopping more often @ Wal*Mart, Target, and Dollar Tree!! :tup:

Perhaps we will elect Hillary, Jeb! or Teh Donald, any one of whom is likely to find some way to get US involved in the 3rd world PacRim nations' territorial disputes vs China for the black gold under the South China seafloor, which would force China to drastically increase spending on their MIC...a win-win scenario fer shure!!

 

[Spartanmack]

China's debt to GDP is 63%, their annual GDP is about 1/2 of the US, and their debt is <1/3 @5.2T

The US debt to GDP is 104%

So how are they fucked?

Japan and China own @ least 15% of the US federal debt, from the last figures that I could find.

Because over 40% of the loans on the balance sheets of Chinese banks are worthless and they haven't been written down by even a penny yet. Add to that their massive real estate bubble and margin-fueled stock market bubble they have a massive 3 pronged pending banking crisis and thanks to the global economic slowdown they have now had two quarters of shrinking real GDP growth. This is why I don't see the Fed raising rates any time soon - if China has to recapitalize their banks they'll likely need to sell treasuries to do it. Who is going to buy those bonds besides the Fed? And they'll have to unless they want the PBOC to set the pace for rate increases in the U.S....

 

[TheVictors]

Because over 40% of the loans on the balance sheets of Chinese banks are worthless and they haven't been written down by even a penny yet. Add to that their massive real estate bubble and margin-fueled stock market bubble they have a massive 3 pronged pending banking crisis and thanks to the global economic slowdown they have now had two quarters of shrinking real GDP growth. This is why I don't see the Fed raising rates any time soon - if China has to recapitalize their banks they'll likely need to sell treasuries to do it. Who is going to buy those bonds besides the Fed? And they'll have to unless they want the PBOC to set the pace for rate increases in the U.S....

Bingo!

 

[Michchamp]

wow, spartanhack provided some actual insight in a political thread for once, instead of just race-baiting or name-calling.

 

[Spartanmack]

wow, spartanhack provided some actual insight in a political thread for once, instead of just race-baiting or name-calling.

That's all you ever do. But the best part of this post is you don't understand any of what I wrote in my post and are just giving me credit in your own prickish way because Vic gets it and agrees with it and said as much before you read it. I guarantee if he hadn't responded already you would have posted some dumbass article from the Huffpo or Mother Jones to try to dispute my post.

 

[byco42]

I just decided we are 222nd in my personal poll of nations.