Posted on 02/09/2006 4:16:26 AM PST by Crush T Velour
Some other Americans expressed concern that perhaps this means America is losing its edge. Does this mean that we are NOT the Great Satan this week? Now Denmark is the Great Satan? Is America losing its greatness? Can we get it back? Is this a result of our failing competitiveness in the maths and sciences?
(sigh) Americans, Americans, Americans. You have nothing to fear. Being "The Great Satan" -- just like being the original Satan -- is not a position you can apply for. Either you are the Great Satan or you aren't. You want proof? Who was the Great Satan before the US? That's right. NO ONE! We invented the role, just like we invented the lightbulb, the airplane, movies, and the telephone.
Okay, I know the telephone was invented by a Canadian. But he had to cross the border to America to invent it or else it wouldn't count. And that's why we are, and always will be, The Great Satan.
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