In the case that you mention, yes, many of the scientists were from abroad, and there are other cases, but the statement that most American technology was bought rather than created just isn't true.
As far as the bomb being built in Britain, well, that is something we will never know, but it is a fact that even though the Germans were in possession of the scientists, they weren't about to build the bomb or they would have. It isn't sensible to think that they would have been able to build it later either, because they had just gotten the sh** beaten out of them and had to surrender to Russia and America. It's highly doubtful if Britain would have had the resources and infrastructure to built it either, as they were in very poor shape and were even having difficulty feeding their citizen, requiring food to be flown in. In the absence of the American military the Russians would have been able to move west across Europe and they very well may have had to deal with them in the near future.
To say simply that “everything was smuggled to America” as if there was a build-a-bomb kit is a bit funny. Come on, man...it took a tremendous amount of work and money along with mining, testing grounds, and research facilities to develop and build the A-bomb. The task was far more complicated than you make it sound. Again, it is highly doubtful if Britain would have been able to build it under the circumstances. But yes, the British, and Canada were a helpful ally. As were the Australians in the Pacific war against the Japanese.
Keep in mind that I didn't just decide to just come here to boast about the achievements of America; I'm writing this because a little *****[not you ] made an offensive post and I'm replying to it in an effort to put things in proper perspective.
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No problem BR, just put my post in the most simplistic way. God knows how much work was put into the whole thing. I read the whole 12 Volumes of Winston Churchill about WWll and it took me nearly two years to complete. No doubt without Churchill and Eisenhower the World would be a much worse place today. Their co-operation is legendary, but the World soon forgot .....
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t'was the Manhattan Project.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project I seriously doubt that the UK had the wherewithal to undertake a project of this magnitude during the war.. The U.S. isolated from the combat zones by the Atlantic and Pacific and with its tremendous natural and human resources was probably the only nation in the world at the time that could have done it..
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In fairness, the real unemployment rate is far closer to 32% than 6%.
Does the 13% immigrants number include illegals and various guest workers and foreign students? I'm guessing no and there are a lot of them. Plus for anyone who lives in the cities the percent is far higher which distorts perception for the country as a whole.
Why would people think the murder rate is rising? Hmmm, maybe the constant hysteria coming from the media, politicians and leftist gun grabber groups. Ditto for Muslims except substitute right wing groups for leftists.
And the fact that a bunch of stupid fat Americans run the world and have the most powerful economic and military empire in the history of the world doesn't say much for everyone else. :-"
Does the 13% immigrants number include illegals and various guest workers and foreign students? I'm guessing no and there are a lot of them. Plus for anyone who lives in the cities the percent is far higher which distorts perception for the country as a whole.
Why would people think the murder rate is rising? Hmmm, maybe the constant hysteria coming from the media, politicians and leftist gun grabber groups. Ditto for Muslims except substitute right wing groups for leftists.
And the fact that a bunch of stupid fat Americans run the world and have the most powerful economic and military empire in the history of the world doesn't say much for everyone else. :-"
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The US is considerably more transparent in the production of its statistics than most countries.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures and produces 6 alternatives sets of national unemployment statistics (U1 – U6); each of those rates is published as “Not seasonally adjusted” or “Seasonally adjusted” as can be seen below:
The “official unemployment rate” which is the rate that is assiduously tracked by the major parties, economists and the financial media is “U3 – Seasonally adjusted” indicated by the red rectangles above.
For those who are interested, the latest U3 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate can easily be found on a couple of interactive chart pages on Bloomberg:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures and produces 6 alternatives sets of national unemployment statistics (U1 – U6); each of those rates is published as “Not seasonally adjusted” or “Seasonally adjusted” as can be seen below:
The “official unemployment rate” which is the rate that is assiduously tracked by the major parties, economists and the financial media is “U3 – Seasonally adjusted” indicated by the red rectangles above.
For those who are interested, the latest U3 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate can easily be found on a couple of interactive chart pages on Bloomberg:
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Disgusted that the UK is “governed” by a squalid bunch of economically illiterate, self-serving, sleazy and corrupt neo-fascists.