Comments on: Top 10 American Icons That Are Not American

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:54:02 +0000

What about the Floozy with the torch, I mean the Statue of Liberty. A second hand gift originally offered by the French to the Egyptians. They haowever, turned it down as they felt she looked too “Western”> She certainly fits the bill.

By: Croyles

Croyles — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:35:45 +0000

Ron Raygun is right.

However, the real Budweiser is Czech, because thats where the actual city and the much much better beer is and older than the USA itself.

By: Julio

Julio — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:33:02 +0000

“The thing we should be thinking about is that the money we pay to these companies are going to foreign countries. We wonder why our ecomony is down. Without even knowing it we are finacing other countries. Maybe what we should be doing is researching these companies to see who is really behind some of them and what they stand for in their countries.”

Yes and when you americans do that everyone else in the world will embargo your goods just like you did with cuba and then youll see how fucked you get.
Your supposed to be a capitalist/globalised nation yet some of you act like communists with tendencies for embargos.

By: Ron Raygun

Ron Raygun — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:02:48 +0000

Let’s get something straight: most of this list is completely irrelevant.

Just because these companies were eventually bought by people in other countries doesn’t mean they’re not American! It’s ridiculous to assume a building created in America by Americans is a product of the United Arab Emirates. The first 7-11 was in Texas not Tokyo, the first Trader Joe’s in California not Cologne.

It’s like arguing that the Nissan that came off a Japanese factory line is now American because I purchased it!

By: Andres

Andres — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:21:02 +0000

Bonus: Dr. House

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:37:45 +0000

My grandfather is a chemist at Budweiser. Although it was recently bought out by a Belgium businessman, the beer and the quality assurance that goes into it remains the same. The workers and breweries are also American, so I wouldn’t top the list with this.

By: curious_missy

curious_missy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:43:59 +0000

that explains why caribou coffee is so…what’s a good word???
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TASTELESS!!!

By: Will

Will — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:41:49 +0000

what about the statue of liberty, it’s not really an “american” icon more than a “newyork” icon, but still gotta give it credit???

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:42:42 +0000

Well, I haven’t read all 191 previous comments but has anyone mentioned the statue of liberty? It was built by the french wasnt it?

By: dutchie

dutchie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:37:01 +0000

The americans stole shell from us! ( Well not exactly stealing)
And Its tru Belgium people make the best beer..mmm..beer.