Are we really like that Mac? Look at my post, th second one right up there at the top. Everyplace has ways and things about it that are a product of it's history and indeed, our history is quite short by all comparisons. Perhaps we as a country are guilty of overstatement but we have little history and therefore have oft gotten by on bravado. I think as a nation we may be getting passed that. Oh, it's still there, but not nearly strong as it used to be.

It's hard to make generalizations about any country or culture but the US is especially tough because of the numbers who have come here from so many places in so short a time and settled over a broad land.

Spaw