America- The Land of the ...

Why is America so great? Is it because we have a huge GDP? Or is it because we can vote? Or is it because of our great military? Or maybe is it because of our huge mesh of cultures? Well sure we have a tremendous GDP for the population of our country but the majority of that money is funneled towards big business executives, most of the countries working population is in a credit crisis and are struggling to hold on to their houses from day to day. With our GDP so high we purchase 25% of an indefinite fuel supply that powers everyday essentials such as cars, buses, and airplanes, petroleum. Consuming so much drives up the price of petroleum for the third world countries who don't have a GDP able to support promising research on alternative fuels, something the U.S. could easily fund. Voting. This is an election season and personally i believe we have two incompetents running for office. Barack Obama has served only one term in the Senate, no experience, has plans of increasing the US budget, poor economics, and plans to cut taxes. He wants a change without explaining how his is really gonna work. John McCain on the other hand would rather sit at a debate and repeat himself time and time again with his housing market "buyout" and then point fingers at Barack and say nasty things. McCain might as well read George Bush III supporting almost identical funding planning as the Bush Campaign, keeping taxes off the wealthy. Our great military is fighting a ten billion dollar a month war that most people believe is to hunt down the people responsible for 9/11. They are confused. The bulk of this money is spent in Iraq which we first entered seven years ago under the suspicion that Sadam Hussein, who I believe is dea, was hiding nuclear weapons, which we have. Well if its none of those it must be our huge mesh or cultures, right? One in every five black men is in some phase of the correctional system, one in seven of hispanic men. Gangs once formed in means of protection are now soliciting illegal activities and substances that flood the streets of low income city areas into battle grounds and trafficking networks. Im not being racist but simply trying to say that if this is what so called "minorities" have to do for oppotunity than something is wrong with the equality system. I still want to know what makes America great.