OpenGov - Open Government Brainstorm

Name one foreign diplomat who has come to the United States and not observed our "traditions".

It isn't going to happen, because we do not collectively have any traditions. We are an immigrant country composed of all different cultures. That is our culture, to embrace others as our own and look past our cultural differences and find common ground.

You sound like you're anti-american.

I don't have to learn to speak spanish. I don't have to learn to pick up my trash and quit committing crimes. I'm talking about people who come and live here buddy.

I thought the tradition of this country was christian, based on our National Motto "In God We Trust."

I did a desert trip for Prince Saud a few years back. While I was in his presence, I was not allowed to speak. Unless I was serving him, I was not allowed to be in sight. All this because I'm a woman.

Don't come in here thinking you know what you're talking about. I've lived it Sir. They don't observe our "traditions." We don't think women are second class citizens for one thing.

If you don't like it here and you think, like Nobama, that there's something wrong with this country, MOVE.

Thank you for proving my point by simply resorting to personal attacks, slander, and the stereotypical - "if you don't like what I have to say... you can GET OUT."

We don't live in Saudi Arabia. If that behavior is exhibited here, and you have witnessed it, then I urge you to pursue police action as it is domestic abuse and women coming from that culture may truly be unaware of their rights.

Otherwise, if you find a method to judiciously police the populace and arbitrate over all crimes committed, righteously, regardless of time or location, than please expound its principles as our system is always open to further improvement.

If you think our tradition is christian then you've missed some very prominent parts of your nation's history - namely the separation of church and state or the first amendment to the constitution. "In God we Trust" was not part of our founding principles nor is it a tradition of ALL Americans.

Furthermore the word God is a euphemism used in the English language to denote any spiritual higher power and in no way applies specifically to a Christian faith. Christians, Muslims, and Jews alike worship the same personified omnipotent deity which uses this moniker in the English Language.

To claim there is nothing wrong with our country is to claim perfection. Do you think we're perfect?

I love my country and what it sands for. No xenophobic opinion is going to convince me otherwise.