FYI -
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2008/04/usa-is-fundamentally-uncivilized.html
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2008/03/meet-american-gulag.html
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2007/09/ahmadinejad-us-big-prison.html
I won't even go into the issues of torture, extraordinary renditions, Guantanamo, Bagram, secret CIA jails worldwide, clearly racist laws, clearly racist sentencing practices, ICE raids, police brutality, deportations, etc. etc. etc.
But the readers who actually live in the USA are more than welcome to add their own anecdotes and observations (as always, please feel free to post anonymously).
The Saker