[Old Teufel Hunden]

When I went to Ireland on my "roots" tour in 2000 or so, I was astounded and saddened at the knee-jerk Bush hatred and warmed-over leftism concerning America."

My ancestors are from county Armagh or as they say Bloody Armagh. Have you ever read about their most famous leader Eamon de Valera? I won't say he was a fascist, but he definitely preferred them. Ireland was nuetral during WWII as a country and Sin Feinn and the IRA actually supported the NAZIs. When Islamo Fascist comes along, I guess nothing has changed.

[Albion Wilde]

Yes, I have read several comprehensive histories of Ireland and its transition into today's era, which of course contained accounts of de Valera. It's a beautiful island, and our ancestral town on Dublin Bay is a lovely small-farming and boating area, but I am oh, so very grateful that my illiterate great-grandfather and his sister (who stowed away) made the trip to Maryland and started over.

Europe has traditionally had serfdom, and it still has a mentality of serfdom -- moments away from the resurgence of islamic serfdom this time. At least our (red) states are still fighting for freedom.