Fortune Magazine names the '100 greatest things about America'

[Dpantherman]

1. Opportunity

We live in the land of it. It's knocking. And all the other adages -- all true.

2. The Interstate Highway System.

Road trip! Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Chevy Chase -- and you.

3. The Sears Tower

Naming rights are well and good, but the Willis Tower is still Sears (SHLD) to us -- and still the nation's tallest building.

4. Wal-Mart employees in Joplin, Mo.

Store employees saved lives during the tornado. Now that's service.

5. Navy Seals

They get the big jobs done, and they don't talk about it.

6. ESPN

More than sports, it's a cradle of pop culture, coming from an unlikely-ville: Bristol, Conn.

7. FedEx

The iconic trucks with their orange-and-purple trim always come through.

8. Steve Jobs

The brain behind the iPhone, iPad, and iEverything finally managed to get the Beatles onto iTunes. What can't this guy do?

9. Whole Foods

It's a locavore market, it's a scene -- and if you bring your own reusable bag, most stores will knock a dime off the bill.

10. Microsoft Word

RTF, PDF -- these mean little to us. The doc is king.

Entire list: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/07/01/100-great-things-about-america-part-1-2/

I fuged the up the title. Should say '100 Great Things' not the '100 greatest things'

[Dpantherman]

Should be higher-->

16. Duct tape

Everyone's first fix-it choice. Just ask MacGyver. Or MacGruber.

[Grammer]

you can find 75% of this poo everywhere

[Guest MaskedMilitant]

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[GritsRgreat]

Hmm, i don't see bored teenage chicks with phone cams on this list....

[blackcatgrowl]

Yeah, that list stopped being relevant at #6.

ESPN is a joke.

[Davidson Deac II]

I do agree with 1,2,4, and 5.

[bredy087]

weak list... come on Mormons and scientologists aren't even on it.

[Hawk]

appreciate the amount of pride the majority of Americans have...sometimes it's a fine line often crossed!!

[Happy Panther]

I think if you made a list of the worst things about America, more than half of those things would be included.

[Carolina Husker]

Carlos Santana and Detroit.

Can't explain that.