From Germany's Spiegel Online: (I can't believe they listed Michael Moore, ugh!)

Germans love bashing the United States. But one German newspaper has decided to take another tack. Here are 100 reasons to love America.

John Kerry has conceded and more than ever Germans are perplexed about America. One Berlin daily, the Tageszeitung, offers a fun reprieve from an otherwise gruelling political marathon. Here's its list of 100 permanent and decidedly non-political things that make America great.

Cheerleaders
Jazz
Johnny Cash
Air Conditioning
Halloween
White teeth
Jeans
National parks
Fishing
Motels
Indian summer
Hot dogs
"Are you ok?"

Aspirin
Basketball
Hollywood
Obesity
Horsepower
Bookstore-cafes
Non-smokers
Risk taking
Open doors
Tolerance for all foreigners
Anti-smoker discrimination
Sports Illustrated
Optimism
Olympic medal count
The mail
Political party conventions
Research
Blues
Late Night Shows
Press conferences
Hustler
Bike helmets for adults
Plastic surgery
Pancakes
Sidewalks free of dog crap
Politeness
Immigration
Steaks
Foreign reporting of The New York Times
Football rules
Patriotism
Second chances
Women in leadership positions
Not being shoved aside in the elevator
The ability to get excited
Orange juice
Equal rights in the workplace
Cool T-shirts
Bagels
John Updike
Slogans at leftist demonstrations
Skyscrapers
Home shopping channels
Campaigns against American companies
Refrigerators with ice machines
The ability to remember the first names of people one has only met once
Women's soccer
Self-confidence
Street musicians
Hydrogen-powered Hummers
The size of pizzas
Viagra
Space, lots of space
White socks in tennis shoes
Fog in San Francisco
Jack Kerouac
Taxes
Californian oranges
Corpses with cement boots that stand on the bottom of the Hudson River
Microsoft
"Pursuit of Happiness" in the Constitution
Dish washers
"Coffee"
Neil Armstrong's footprints
Lawyers
Harley Davidson
National Rifle Association
Beer in brown paper bags
Speed limits on the highway
Foreign trade deficit
Michael Moore
Star Wars
Lower gas prices than in Europe
Homer Simpson
The Dollar
Burgers at Sabrina's and breakfast at Carman's in Philadelphia
Hip Hop videos
Starbucks
"I love you dad!"
Fidel Castro
Free refills
Monster trucks
Barbara Streisand
Cornflakes
The sky over Idaho
Martin Luther King
Graceland
The music charts

Posted by Michael at November 4, 2004 12:00 AM