Originally posted by TurboSmoke
ahh, you mean the ones that consistently got shot down by the enemy during the Kosovo war?...the one you can see with you own eyes not to mention basic radar equipment...?
i would also like to point out that 90% of the items supposedly listed to be american inventions were infact invented by immigrants, educated in europe and gained american citizenship later....
You often make up "statistics" that overstate your case to such an absurd degree that it totally invalidates everything else you're saying. I'm sure that doesn't concern you, since you're not interested in basing your thoughts on anything approaching reality. I just thought, in the public interest, that I would point it out to you. The way you, in the public interest, like to point out every little American failing that you think totally invalidates America.
90% of the items supposedly listed to be american inventions were infact invented by immigrants, educated in europe and gained american citizenship later.
the telephone may have been invented by Bell, a Scotsman..? (please clarify)
I'd tell you to go do your research, but you're not intersted in anything approaching openmindedness (or effort, for that matter).
Approximately 80% of the inventions I listed were from people who were
born in America. The rest were from people who received the bulk of their education in America. Yes, Bell was born a Scot. His adult life was lived in America, and the telephone was invented while he was working here. Ever heard of Bell Labs? An American company he founded.
That aside, allow me to drive at least two large trucks through the holes in your thinking:
1) Until the last decades of the 19th century or so,
most American people were born in Europe and educated in Europe. Not surprising, since America had only
existed for about 100 years. We had no Oxfords or Sorbonnes here, with their precious thousand year histories. Also, immigration played a huge role in the growth of America, since our native population couldn't begin to reproduce quickly enough.
2) If your supposed 90% of these inventors' home countries were such wonderful paradises of scientific development,
why did they go to America in the first place? Better resources, better opportunities.
electricity wasnt invented....like trees and planets, they are discovered, or more correctly applications that exploited the energy contained in electrical charge were discovered...not invented...the mere notion tyhat electricity was invented by someone is laughable...
Are you really that stupid? Or do you just pretend to be when it suits your purposes? Electrical appliances, the use and generation of electricity, was American. Yes, there were tons of Europeans working on harnessing it as well. But only after Franklin discovered it as a force.
You know, being on the staff here prohibits me from describing the true extent of my opinion of you. So I'll just say this:
You are quite possibly the most pig-ignorant, illogical, narrow-minded, pompous and bigotted ass I have ever encountered. I refuse to spend another milliwatt of mental energy on you.
Enjoy your life of smug, self-satisfied and self-inflicted ignorance.