Showcase Magazine logo
Search
  • Home
  • Our Town
  • Local
    Random
    • Hampton Wilkins: Community Strong Person of the Year 2016

      Showcase Magazine
      June 14, 2017
      Community Strong
    Recent
    • The Biggest Smile

      Davin Wilson
      February 23, 2021
    • When Life Gives You Lemons

      Joe Philpott
      February 19, 2021
    • Every Tattoo Has a Story

      Davin Wilson
      February 8, 2021
    • Culture
      • Art + Music
        • Smokestack Theatre Company
      • Columns
        • Confessions of a 30 Something
        • Cool Stuff You Can Afford
        • Danville By Choice
        • He Said She Said
        • Reasons I Love America
    • Events Calendar
    • Business
    • Education
      • Averett
      • From the Superintendent
    • People
      • Our First Responders
        • Danville Police
    • Community Strong
  • Food + Drink
    Random
    • Big Bear's Wife

      Paul Seiple
      September 4, 2017
      Food + Drink, People
    Recent
    • A Brew Lover’s Utopia

      Lee Vogler
      April 18, 2019
    • Celebrate Craft Beer Month at Mountain Valley Brewing

      Beth Stinnett
      August 16, 2018
    • From the Kitchen of Big Bear’s Wife: March 2018

      Angie Barrett
      March 12, 2018
    • A Tasty Holiday in MHC

      Heather Hoffman
      November 28, 2017
    • The Craft Beer Revolution

      Scott Buckner
      September 4, 2017
  • Health + Fitness
    • Dental Care
    • Mental Health
  • Magazine
    • 2021 Issues
    • 2020 Issues
    • 2019 Issues
    • 2018 Issues
    • 2017 Issues
    • 2016 Issues
    • 2015 Issues
    • 2014 Issues
    • 2013 Issues
    • 2012 Issues
    • 2011 Issues
    • 2010 Issues
    • 2009 Issue
  • About Showcase
    • Meet the Team
    • Pickup Magazines
  • Careers
  • About Our Town
  • Evince Magazine
  • Home
  • Our Town
  • Local
    • Culture
      • Art + Music
        • Smokestack Theatre Company
      • Columns
        • Confessions of a 30 Something
        • Cool Stuff You Can Afford
        • Danville By Choice
        • He Said She Said
        • Reasons I Love America
    • Events Calendar
    • Business
    • Education
      • Averett
      • From the Superintendent
    • People
      • Our First Responders
        • Danville Police
    • Community Strong
  • Food + Drink
  • Health + Fitness
    • Dental Care
    • Mental Health
  • Magazine
    • 2021 Issues
    • 2020 Issues
    • 2019 Issues
    • 2018 Issues
    • 2017 Issues
    • 2016 Issues
    • 2015 Issues
    • 2014 Issues
    • 2013 Issues
    • 2012 Issues
    • 2011 Issues
    • 2010 Issues
    • 2009 Issue

Reasons I Love America

There are many reasons to love America. Of course the United States is awesome, amazing, wonderful, complex, and every other cool adjective. But, the best thing is that its people don’t take themselves too seriously even when the country itself is super serious. Enjoy this ever expanding Top 100 Reason I Love America. (Along the way it will be the Top 10, Top 20, Top 50, and eventually the Top 100.)

Home
Columns
Reasons I Love America

Class Action Lawsuits – Reason #19 Why I Love America

scott
July 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
Where else can one person get rich while suing over the pain and suffering of a whole group of people while the damaged people get a coupon or a discount for their trouble. It’s only a small stretch to ima...

Stand-up Comedians – Reason #18 Why I Love America

Showcase Magazine
June 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
There is nothing more American than Standup Comedians. Where else but America can you be paid to pick on the government, tell anatomy jokes, and be a racist. Try going on stage in Russia today and telling a j...

The Empire State Building – Reason #17 Why I Love America

scott
May 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
The Empire State Building is the symbol of real America at its best. It was built in 14 months from start to finish during the Great Depression. (By contrast, it’s more than a decade since 9-11 and there is s...

George Lucas – Reason #16 Why I Love America

scott
April 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
George Lucas is awesome. His mind is a galaxy just after being born, the cosmos lit by its brilliance. And that's putting it mildly. Considering the probability of a limitless number of stars, galaxies, and uni...

Walt Disney – Reason #15 Why I Love America

scott
March 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
Walt Disney, the man, not the company although all things considered the company should make the Top 100 Reasons too. Walt Disney created some of the most special pieces of true American art. His contributions...

Breakfast Cereal – Reason #14 Why I Love America

scott
February 1, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
Breakfast Cereal is a home grown American goodie. And much of it can be attributed to American’s need for cleaning out their bowels. Cereal originated as a natural treatment for constipation. The early cereal...

The NSA – Reason #13 Why I Love America

scott
January 3, 2012
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
The National Security Agency is looking out for us. It loves us and wants us all to be safe and secure - Safely and Securely tucked into a little box where they can watch every single thing we do to make sure t...

Television News Crawls – Reason #12 Why I Love America

scott
December 3, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
Isn’t it grand that in our fast past lives we don’t even have to wait for the newsperson to get around to the basics when we can read about it as it floats across the bottom of the screen? It’s great that...

Interstate Bypasses – Reason #11 Why I Love America

scott
November 3, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
I love being able to get where I want to go without having to go through every little Podunk town to get there. That is, when I’m in a hurry to get somewhere. Who really wants to get their hands dirty with th...

Television Evangelists – Reason #10 Why I Love America

scott
October 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
TV Evangelists are the fast food drive thru of religion. It’s entertainment, fund raising, spirituality, and education all wrapped into a convenient package you can watch in your boxer shorts on your couch. W...

Hybrid Cars – Reason #9 Why I Love America

scott
September 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
OK, I know that Hybrid Cars are the result on the Japanese automakers beating the American automakers to the punch. But, in America we have turned environmental friendliness into a social club. So here’s t...

Cheerleaders – Reason #8 Why I Love America

scott
August 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
It’s interesting that Cheerleaders show up on this list before any other kind of sports related thing. Cheerleaders are the gender neutral part of a sporting event. Women watch them for their dance, tumbling,...

Native Americans – Reason #7 Why I Love America

scott
July 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
American Indians are the most humble people in America. Their culture was stolen and destroyed by the settling Europeans and despite every negative thing that has ever happened to them, they are still fair trad...

Banana Pudding – Reason #6 Why I Love America

scott
June 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
Banana Pudding is manna from Heaven. Where else but America could you take some cookies, some bananas, and some generic vanilla pudding and somehow make the most delicious concoction ever created? To top it off...

Big Budget Hollywood Movies – Reason #5 Why I Love America

scott
May 1, 2011
Reasons I Love America, Web Exclusive
It is the season of Big Budget Movies. Actually, every season is the season of Big Budget Movies. Here are some of the requirements for a great Big Budget Movie: -         Gratuitous CGI -    ...
    • 1
    • 2

March 2021


Current Issue

Showcase TV

https://youtu.be/uKnG80rSU94

The Showcase Mixtape

Subscribe


Subscribe

Browse Our Library

Contact

Showcase Magazine
753 Main Street, Ste 3
Danville, Virginia 24541
Phone: 434-709-7349
Email: info@showcasemagazine.com

Need Promo Swag?


Shologo

2017-18 Media Kit


Evince 0912

copyright 2006-2018 Showcase Magazine, Inc.
  • About Showcase
    • Meet the Team
    • Pickup Magazines
  • Careers
  • About Our Town
  • Evince Magazine