GDP Comparisons

Why We Win

At first glance I thought this map I received from Mostly Cajun represented square miles, and was about to call bullshit, but after going to the source I discovered it was a map with the names of the states replaced by countries with the same gross domestic product. He linked it to Coyote Blog, which blogger pondered, "And is it really saying New Zealand and the District of Columbia have the same GDP?" And I'm thinking, "not unless GDP stands for Graft, Democrats and Parolees." So I looked it up. New Zealand has an exchange rate adjusted GDP of $98.77 billion, while the District of Columbia has a GDP of $81.83 billion. Sumbitch. Close enough for gummint work. My problem with Cajun's post headline - "Why America still matters" - is it seems to insinuate that there is some question about that. He does make this spot-on observation though. That, dear readers, is a key to a lot of anti-American sentiment: it’s just really easy to fall into jealousy. [continued] All I can add to that is USA-UAS-USA!