The Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, in Brantford, Ontario.
The lightbulb, by Swan, a year before Edison(the same Edison who refused to let Jewish Theatre owners use his system and forced them to Hollywood).
Insulin, by banting and Best, in toronto.
Great American Artists, maybe in America, but to think that the U.S. has produced a Mozart. a Renoir, a Shakespeare,a Dickens, a Voltaire, is truly laughable.
True, every Empire was built on the cruel treatment of others, in that the U.S can stake its' claim, the genocide of the Aboriginals, the Apartheid Era that ended less than 40 years ago, the disenfranchised minorities who toil in sweat shops.
The gap in America between the Have and the Have Nots is widening, Gated Communities are springing up to protect the haves from the intrusion of the Have Nots, the Upper and Lower Classes % are increasing, the Middle is shrinking.
The constant propaganda that bombards the populace daily is right out of 1984 , the chest beating, the bumper stickers,the flag waving, a well orchestrated machine, an attempt to take people's minds off of the reality of their day to day existances.
30% of U.S Homeowners now have negative Net worth in their primary residance, literraly eating themselves to stay afloat.
80% of all NEW R&D Facilities are being built in China and in India, a sure sign of the shifting of power.
You ask if America is a Super Power, then shoot the messenger who dares to show a mirror on your society, you do not tackle the issues, you respond like a howling mob, how dare someone disagree with what must surely be right, that is what they told us in Schools, that is what Kate Smith sings to us umpteen times a day .
Canada is not a Super Power, but it is a Good Society, the majority share in the largesse of its production, we do not invade Third World Countries to justify a War Machine.
We are quiet, we don't boast, but we do get the job done.
America is a Meringue Pie, very nice to look at, tastes good but causes obesity, full of air and subject to a total collapse after the air in the Meringue escapes.
America has had its' 15 minutes of fame, a World Power in the brief annals of time, but 300 years from now, it will just be a foot note to History.
France gve us Chateaubrian and Fine Red Wine, America gave us the Super Sized Big Mac with Diet Cola, and of course, Freedom Fries.
My country 'tis of thee, Music stolen from God save the Queen.
