Our Great Leap Forward
Roper does a worldwide survey to show how much admiration people have for different countries. It's called the National Brands Index. Last year, the United States ranked 7th, behind: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and Italy.

This year, the United States ranked first.

I think that's a good thing. If you're a Republican (as are 90% of my Facebook friends), you may think that's a bad thing, because it could be a "win" for Obama. Kinda like getting the Olympics would have been, which is why so many conservatives cheered when Rio got the Olympics.

Or maybe, like me, you cheer for your country no matter who lives in the White House.

The survey included 20,000 respondents from 20 countries. 

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About Me

Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
I write primarily for my own amusement. If anyone wants to eavesdrop, they're welcome to it. My heartbeat is serving God faithfully through the local church. But my posts repeatedly stray into sports, politics, movies, and other nonsense.
I've been blogging since 2004, and it's been fun. Please understand that, though I work for the United Brethren in Christ denomination, the nonsense I spew out here comes from my own semi-functional brain in a totally personal, non-official capacity. Yes, that's a disclaimer.

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