Political science

In 1972, Randy Newman put out an album called Sail Away and on it was the song Political Science -- the blackly humourous railing of a patriotic American against the state of the world and the negative perception held by the rest of the inhabitants of the planet about his "great" nation:

Randy Newman - Political Science (1.87 MB mp3: right-click and Save As to download; play using the handy little embedded player below)

Here're the lyrics, in case you're hard of hearing:

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paris
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

Comical stuff, huh. Laugh? I nearly cried.

So today's comment to America, the so-called "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave": 35 years later, do you think anyone likes you any more? Any less? Got any ideas why?