Originally posted by cpxxx
It's an American thing I think. Australians do it to sometimes. Maybe it's a new(ish) country thing?
You're just jealous of their cash and our climate
The similarities between Aussies and Yanks are far far more than our differances too, so it isnt all that much of a suprise to find the people are alike in our pride.
It's just that both countries originated as penal colonies, and both now enjoy an equal, if not better quality of life than the countries from which our ancestors came.
In a sense it could be you are right about it being a 'new' country thing, we don't have thousand year old grudges against our neighbours. Allso, as someone mentioned, our cultures (American and Australian) arent singular, we have a huge mix of peoples from all over the globe, each of whom bring the best aspects of their heritage and culture with them, usually leaving behind the things that cause thousand year grudges.
Funnily enough, we happen to have strong military alliances and economic/trade agreements with each other too.
In short, it's because just like the good ol' US of A, we too rock
BTW, who is this 'sometimes' we are apparently doing it to?
Oh yeah
Yanks, not everyone hates ya 
Wouldn't swap for the world, but I would be proud too, were I you.
