Return of the ugly American (Euro-barf)

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 08/26/2002 | John Sutherland

[weegee]

We're still headed there. Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, people opened their eyes. The beaming beacon of television has lulled them once again. The libs are again in control of the runaway wagon of public opinion; it sure gave them such a fright though.

[InkStone]

Haw haw haw, now you FReepin nationalists have made some great comments, but never forget...

9% of Frenchmen NEVER wash their hands =^)

[ArcLight]

I'm a huge REM fan, and I'll keep listening to Michael Stipe even if Clinton does like his stuff.

Funny thing about this article, though...the author can't seem to decide whether the ABC anchor's name is Peter Jennings or Paul Jennings. I was waiting for him to write Mary Jennings at some point...

[McGavin999]

Well, it was nice of him to put the words to the song in there so maybe some of the Brits will remember what rightous rage feels like. Maybe it will stir something inside of them.

The British military is supurb and you couldn't find better men to stand beside you in a fight, the British people USED to be the same way. Basically, I believe, that somewhere under all that dripping liberalism, there remains the stiff spine of a stoic and courageous people.

I long for the day when they all step forward.

[Rudder]

Who is Paul Jennings?

[lucky7]

The reason we are ugly,in Europe is that most Euro women, like us hot red blooded American males, we not only turn them on we take care of them sexually, and do not treat them like crap,we know how to have a great time, dance laugh and love the dickens out of them. We also are not afried to change our undershort, socks, and take a shower. Heck the Brits and the Frogs, Germans are afried of soap and water.

[NovemberCharlie]

Gee, doesn't one's neck turn red from working hard out of doors? Stupid lazy Euros.

Actually, "redneck" began as a derogative term for the Irish by the English. "Hillbilly" was a similarly uncomplimentary name for the Scots.

I've been meaning to buy Unleashed ever since they started playing its songs on the radio. Need to drop into a music store this week.

[evolved_rage]

Actually, "redneck" began as a derogative term for the Irish by the English.

You mean some Irish peasant, working out of doors, getting a red neck from long days in the field, while some absentee fop swilled tea??? I guess I was completely wrong ;-)

[NovemberCharlie]

You mean some Irish peasant, working out of doors, getting a red neck from long days in the field, while some absentee fop swilled tea???

Pretty much, but I believe it actually referred to his red hair.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Yeah, and what kind of music do we get from eurosnots? Techno-crap monotonous thump-thump for hours, girlie-boys too numerous to mention, that Bjork thing,...

Hey, HEY, HEY! Watch the friendly fire here, ok?

Sincerely, from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, with a Prodigy CD in the car stereo (I hear it gives ya' dain bramage!) and who would do Bjork in a heartbeat ('specially a couple o' years back, before her "lifestyle" caught up with her)....

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Oh, and PS.

Toby Keith's song rocks (and I LOATHE country music...)!

[SkyPilot]

Paul Jennings..... Jennings is from that distinguished generation of newscasters who dragged middle America

Uhhhh, his name is PETER Jennings Beavis and Jennings is a Canadian.

I am surprised he spelled, A-M-E-R-I-C-A correctly.

I take it this clown is not a Cambridge graduate. The distinguished Soho School of Journalism must have really enjoyed his 50 quid in annual tution.

[shrinkermd]

Have a little sympathy for the Brits. Between 1918 and 1948 (30 years) they lost an empire and instead of being the work shop of the world they became crime capital of the world (at least they are now).

The psychology of envy is that when you recognize the importance of something (like military and political power) and know you are lacking in it, the only thing you can do is to destroy the posessor of it. The sun didn't use to set on the British Empire, but it has now. Shed a tear for the British they are now U.K.'S. Soon Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will escape their clutches and we can go back to calling them English.

[Looking4Truth]

Hey, HEY, HEY! Watch the friendly fire here, ok?

Yeah I know what you mean Bjork used to be kinda cute about 10 years ago.

I generally loathe country music myself, but some of it has been getting under my skin recently. Probably because of the part of the country that I am in.

Uh oh! All bets are off! The idiot box is on in the background and the Anna Nicole Smith show came on a few minutes ago. I'll never slam anyone else's popular culture again. That witch is purely disgusting. And her little hanger-on eunich assistant or whatever he is. Good God when she's trying to look halfway decent she still looks like Tammy Faye Bakker. I think I'm gonna hurl.

[Looking4Truth]

OK, I was being a jerk in my last post. They're human beings, too. I think. :-)

[moyden]

Anyone who angers the Guardian is definitely and American hero.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Don't be so sure...I know a couple of people who used to be blind who are now opening their eyes...

[Bohemund]

Actually, "redneck" began as a derogative term for the Irish by the English. "Hillbilly" was a similarly uncomplimentary name for the Scots.

Are you sure?

According to wordorigins.com, "(R)edneck dates to 1830, when it was first used to denote the Presbyterians of Fayetteville," whose necks were red because of anger, sunburn or pellagra.

Hillbilly, according to word-detective.com (citing the Oxford English Dictionary) was first recorded in New York in 1900: "The earliest written occurrence of the term on record is from the New York Journal of 1900, which defined a 'hillbilly' as 'a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.'"

I guess that makes me a hillbilly.

[NovemberCharlie]

When I first heard of it, I looked them up on the OED online. Unfortunately, I do not have access to it anymore.