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NEW YORK: The popularity of the United States in India has shot up dramatically since 2002, in a period in which Uncle Sam's image took a beating globally, a survey has said. America turned out to be the most popular in India, with its ratings rising up to 71 per cent, up from 54 per cent in the summer of 2002, in the survey conducted by an independent body - the Pew Research Centre - over 16 nations to assess favourabilty ratings of five major countries. Besides, India is the only country outside the US where a majority of people...

Browsing through an American bookshop does not lift the spirits. Books that chart the end of American supremacy, predict wars over finite natural resources, study the squeezed middle class or the catastrophic Bush presidency proliferate. The United States is going through a period of introspection and the Boston bookshelves, at which I spent part of last week, heave with the results. In one respect, it is hardly surprising. Iraq, Afghanistan and the rise of China. The credit crunch. The $124 a barrel oil price. The unbelievable unfairness of Bush's tax cuts. The racism and violence that still pockmark American life....

Mark Steyn: World should give thanks for America November 17, 2007 Speaking as a misfit unassimilated foreigner, I think of Thanksgiving as the most American of holidays. Christmas is celebrated elsewhere, even if there are significant local variations: In Continental Europe, naughty children get left rods to be flayed with and lumps of coal; in Britain, Christmas lasts from Dec. 22 to mid-January and celebrates the ancient cultural traditions of massive alcohol intake and watching the telly till you pass out in a pool of your own vomit. All part of the rich diversity of our world. But Thanksgiving (excepting...

Frustrated by American companies exploiting and hiring illegal aliens to gain an unfair advantage? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frustrated by the unending wait for our government to secure our borders and enforce the laws? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frustrated by the difficulty knowing which companies do their best not to violate federal law?

05 06 2007 In contrast to many countries, where presidential visits are controversial, Albanians seem united in their desire to welcome the US leader, seeing him as their best ally in the world. By Besar Likmeta in Tirana Albania's capital, Tirana, is decked out in the stars and stripes of the American flag in preparation for the long-awaited visit of the US President George Bush, whom most Albanians consider their greatest friend in the world. The countdown for the June 10 visit has long started, with the government scrambling hard to complete the tight security measures needed to protect the...

Albania prepares to welcome U.S. president 8 June 2007 | 11:02 | Source: Southeast European Times TIRANA -- Albania is preparing for the upcoming visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, scheduled for Sunday, June 10th. Lawmakers have approved legislation to boost cooperation and security, leading up to the visit. Prime Minister Sali Berisha's administration is spending approximately EUR 1mn to refurbish government buildings, including the Foreign Ministry and other institutions that Bush will visit. Tirana is being decorated with Albanian and U.S. flags to mark the occasion. Bush will be the first U.S. president to visit Albania, a trip...

TIRANA, Albania, — The highlight of President Bush’s European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight. Americans here are greeted with a refreshing adoration that feels as though it comes from another time. “Albania is for sure the most pro-American country in Europe, maybe even in the world,” said Edi Rama, Tirana’s mayor and leader of the opposition Socialists. “Nowhere else can you find such respect and hospitality for the president of the United States. Even...

I sang my original anthem, “United We Stand” at the Gathering of Eagles rally in Washington DC at the Viet Nam vet’s Wall Memorial. I am black conservative republican singer songwriter and entertainer, Lloyd Marcus. A smaller anti- America rally received all of the mainstream media coverage. The mood and tone of the two rallies were strikingly different. So-called, ‘peace activists’ waved signs and screamed slogans full of obscenity and hate. Our pro-America rally over flowed with feelings of respect, unity and love. Viet Nam vets embraced and exchanged the words, ‘welcome home brother’. People spoke with pride of fathers...

A Worldwide Broadcasting Breakthrough on the Freedom Broadcast Network. For the first time, a LIVE Broadcast with resolution and clarity heretofore never seen on the Internet. Watch the LIVE Broadcast featuring Richard A. Stefani - CEO of the Freedom Broadcast Network @ 10AM PST this Thursday - February 1'st, 2007 on www.freedombroadcastnetwork.com or www.myfbn.comPlease click onto the "The CEO Report" Channel. Just in case "Connecting to Media" on video does not go away, please click on the channel button again. Conservative Businessmen in California are announcing the debut of a pro-gun, pro-life, pro-family television network. A new technology breakthrough has...

While anti-Americanism has deep resonance in the Arab world, the situation is quite different in Iran, where the United States has in recent years become profoundly popular. One indicator was the September 2002 poll commissioned by the Iranian Majlis' National Security Committee which found that 74 percent of Iranians favored resumption of relations with the United States and 46 percent felt that U.S. policies on Iran were "to some extent correct," despite the fact that Iranian media constantly harped on Bush's "axis of evil" remark in his January 2002 State of the Union speech.(1) The Ayandeh Institute pollsters who conducted...

Franco-German textbook launched French President Jacques Chirac and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. File photo Mr Chirac and Mr Schroeder backed the project in 2003 The first joint French-German history textbook is to be unveiled in France. The book, by French and German authors, covers recent history since 1945 - the year when World War II ended. It is the world's first joint manual on the sensitive subject that is often viewed differently by neighbouring states in some parts of the worlds. In 2005, China was hit by anti-Japanese rallies following Tokyo's approval of schoolbooks which critics said whitewashed its...

Amnesty foes respond WE REPRESENT MAINSTREAM, ACTIVISTS SAY By Jessie Mangaliman Mercury News Watching massive marches across the country calling for a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, Roberta Allen felt her anger slowly rising. ``They have a lot of gall coming here and demanding rights that aren't theirs to have,'' said Allen, 62, a San Jose small-business owner. ``I've no problem with legal immigrants. It's illegal aliens I have a problem with.'' Allen refers to her point of view as ``the other side'' in the debate over immigration reform. After ceding the spotlight in recent days and weeks to...

FLY OUR FLAG HIGH/div> By Michelle Malkin   ·   April 06, 2006 09:11 AM ***scroll for updates...reader photo submissions...Senate immigration legislation developments...Denver pro-patriotism rally tomorrow...a judge forced to recuse himself for leading the Pledge of Allegiance...Mexican flag-flyers defiant...*** ***1135am EST newsflash: cloture vote on Specter amnesty amendment...immigration deal announced*** It's Take an American Flag to Work Day. Fly one high and proud. Printable flag here. Here's the poster I have on my home office wall: Show your colors. Track back or e-mail your favorite American flag photos. *** Reader Paige D. sends her favorite: Charles Ryder at Age of Hooper...

"You have a view of America which is not a view I share." While in Indonesia this week, schoolchildren asked visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair probing questions which reflected the depth of mistrust toward the West that they may have been indoctrinated with. At an Islamic boarding school "twinned" with the Holy Family School in Keighley, West Yorkshire, Blair was given an "enthusiastic" welcome by pupils "concerned" about their "brothers and sisters" in Iraq and Palestine, followed by a question and answer session. Mr. Blair, without apology, told the students that despite their opposition to the war in Iraq,...

The vast land of America was once inhabited by a relatively small number of indigenous people. These native “Indians” had lived throughout the land for thousands of years, and they will always remain the true fathers of America. American Indians helped the Pilgrims survive the winter. Later, more European immigrants came, and American settlement finally outgrew the Indian fathers. Then, on July 4, 1776, America declared its independence from England, the old white grandfather across the sea. The miracle of America happened, and its dynamic birth rapidly changed the entire world. America developed into thirteen colonies, then into the strong...

Global Attitudes Survey reports that Indians lead the world for the most favourable impression of the US — 71% of Indian respondents approved of Washington, followed by 62% Polish, 59% Canadians and 55% Britons. The odyssey that India as a nation and a state has made from the Soviet bear hug of the 1970s to the American eagle’s embrace is a major transformation in world politics. President Bill Clinton’s admonishment of PM Nawaz Sharif and the subsequent Pakistani withdrawal from Kargil in 1999 were major diplomatic events that signalled new equations in the subcontinent. The Indian Cold War-era misgivings about...

The process of self-governance has always been a messy business that is never quite finished. Balancing the varied interests of nearly 300 million citizens from all corners of the earth, all ethnic, religious and ideological backgrounds, brought to America and melded into one society is not easy and it is sometimes downright ugly. But in recent years, our nation has polarized into two very distinct camps and though there are many mild single issue variations within those two camps, the polarizing issues break down to pure pro versus anti-American ideals and sentiments. Today, being pro America--supporting America, its founding principles,...

The process of self-governance has always been a messy business that is never quite finished. Balancing the varied interests of nearly 300 million citizens from all corners of the earth, all ethnic, religious and ideological backgrounds, brought to America and melded into one society is not easy and it is sometimes downright ugly.

For the past month, there has been heavy advertising for a made-for-tv movie on SAT1 Television called "Die Luftbruecke" (this means "The Airlift"). I was skeptical that it would be pro-American. However, I can't believe me eyes: the movie that everyone in Germany is watching tonight...accurately portrays the Americans as doing everything they can to save Berlin from Stalin, and the film is showing many American heroes dying as their planes crash from the chaos. German children are waving and cheering as the American pilots fly overhead...and German women are saying yes to marriage proposals from Americans. Am I in...

War Protests Will Devastate Morale Says VFW Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- News reports about a large anti-war rally in Washington this weekend are deeply troubling to the new national commander of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. "Our concern isn't with fellow Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to be heard," said Jim Mueller, the VFW's new commander-in-chief. "Our concern is how their political protest messages will be perceived by the 2.2 million American military personnel who protect and defend those freedoms daily," he explained. "Our concern is for...

Have you had enough of entertainers and the liberal bias news media bashing President George W. Bush, our military operations, and veterans simply because the Democrats have lost power? Have you tired of the over-reporting of Cindy Sheehan who is destroying her own son's military legacy? Is it time for Sean Penn to stay in acting with his high school diploma instead of trying to be a politician? Are you sick of the mainstream news media reporting bogus liberal bias poll results to attempt to swing public opinion their way? Are you angry at the over-reporting of the military prisoner...

Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan calls her mother's stroke a "devastating blow" that has forced her to leave "Camp Casey" temporarily. She left Crawford, Tex., on Thursday to be by her mother's side, but in a message posted on Michael Moore's website, Sheehan said while she's gone, her fellow protesters will "keep up the pressure on the president to meet with us and answer questions about the war." Sheehan said her 74-year-old mother was rushed to the emergency room of a Los Angeles hospital Thursday afternoon. Patricia Vogel of the anti-war group Military Families Speak Out also issued a statement, saying,...

Harvey M. Sapolsky, who directs the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told some unpleasant home truths to Canadians last month in a full-page article published in the National Post. There has been little response to it, either officially or editorially, and that is significant. "Canada is a security risk to the United States," wrote Sapolsky. "Anti-Americanism is the unstated essence of the modern Canadian identity." But there are reasons for this. After the Second World War, when Canada's historic British connection began to decline, "the threat of being absorbed, not by a conquering but by a...

In south Tehran there is a huge walled cemetery dedicated to the martyrs, the young men who died fighting in the 1979 revolution and the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. This vast city of the dead, complete with its own subway station and shops, does not share Arlington National Cemetery's sublimely stoic aesthetic of identical tombstones, row upon row. In Tehran's war cemetery, each of the fallen is remembered individually with his own martyr's shrine, a sealed glass cabinet on a stand. The cabinets are filled with faded photos of men forever young, some in helmets or red bandannas, some carrying...

May 13, 2005 - 07:38 PM Refugee Group Interview: North Korean Neocons! Defectors, Interviews, Politics, Refugeesby OneFreeKorea a/k/a WonsanGhetto Thanks again to reader Brendan Brown and his North Korean refugee students in Seoul, who have agreed to a second group interview to share their opinions about their homeland and give us a rare--albeit unscientific--glimpse into the perspective of ordinary North Koreans. Undoubtedly, it took great courage for them to discuss matters that could put them or their families at risk. For their protection, I have redacted details that could identify them. Brendan is an Australian national who teaches English to...

The case of John Bolton is about politics (unhousebroken conservatives must be stopped), payback (you tick me off, I'll pick you off) and personality. People who have worked with him allege he is heavy-handed, curmudgeonly and not necessarily lovably so. I don't know him, but I suspect there's some truth in it. Do the charges disqualify him to serve as American ambassador to the United Nations? If reports of his behavior are true--he is tough, pushes too hard, sends pressuring e-mails and may or may not have berated a coworker as he threw paper balls at her hotel door--the answer...

Romania hits back at French 'lecturing'By George Parker in BucharestPublished: April 18 2005 21:38 | Last updated: April 18 2005 21:38 Romania's president has warned France to stop lecturing his country over its close links with London and Washington as he prepares to sign the treaty to join the European Union.  Traian Basescu (pictured) says he wants to form a "special relationship" with the US and Britain to improve security in the Black Sea region, and he also aligns himself with London's liberal economic policies.Mr Basescu's stance has infuriated France, Romania's biggest supporter in the EU, and could exacerbate...

No one gives more than U.S. Americans face unfair criticism over big relief contributions, Peter Worthington writes By PETER WORTHINGTON -- For the Toronto Sun December 31, 2004 The Boxing Day tsunami catastrophe may well be the worst natural disaster in human history. It probably is in terms of lives lost, although one should remember the world's population has gone from under one billion in 1800 to over six billion in 2004 (it's tripled since 1927), so death from disasters keep increasing. When Krakatoa erupted on the Indonesian island of Rakata in 1883, it sent a tidal wave circling and...

WASHINGTON: Following reports that the Bush administration might be supplying F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, the Indian American community has started lobbying with the Congress and the Bush administration to deter Washington from supplying the fighter s to Islamabad. The Daily Times quoted a report as saying that two Indian-American community stalwarts Krishna Reddy and Sudhir Parikh, who co-chair the Indian Congressional Caucus, have begun circulating a "dear colleague" letter through their respective channels to dissuade the Bush administration from going ahead with the plan to supply the jets to Pakistan. It's expected that the letter co-signed by Rep. Gary...

The anti-capitalist america haters at direct-action.net are having a hate america protest September 21st at 6pm at the marriot in downtown East Lansing. If you love this country and want to make these people look like fools then there will be a large pro america rally going on at the same time and same location.

Saturday, August 21, 2004 Bletchley Park's USA Day celebrates American culture Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Thursday, August 19, 2004 MILTON KEYNES, England — Several events are planned to celebrate USA Day at Bletchley Park, the home of World War II codebreakers who cracked the complex German Enigma code.The American Garden Trail at the park will be opened as part of the events that start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.In addition, baseball and American football — complete with cheerleading — will be played. And American food such as hotdogs and Cajun chicken will be available, along with buttermilk pancakes and popcorn.The trail...

Pro-America film festival takes on Hollywood September event to screen conservative movies, documentaries By Ron Strom Has leftist Hollywood met its match? The organizers of a pro-America film festival believe it has, going on the offensive to present and promote conservative movies and documentaries in Dallas next month. The American Film Renaissance hopes its festival will be the opening salvo in a battle to get more patriotic and traditional-values oriented movies produced and seen by the film-going public in the U.S. Using a war analogy, festival president and cofounder Jim Hubbard explains his vision: "Conservatives have been on defense in...

Caption:"U.S. supporters gather in front of the City Hall to stand behind President Bush and his commitment in rebuilding Iraq, Friday, June 25, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun reaffirmed his resolution Friday to join global efforts to fight terrorism with a dispatch of more than 3,000 additional troops to northern Iraq to help rebuild the country despite the recent murder of a South Korean by Iraqi militants. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) "I would have NEVER thought Yahoo News (from AP News) was possible of putting up such a photo. Incredible.

The president of the United States is coming to Paris today. This should be a moment of joy, pride and friendship in these extraordinary days. The president, a wartime commander in chief, is in France to commemorate a sacrifice, to pay his respects to thousands of dead American teenagers who came to our deadly shores to save Europe from Adolf Hitler. I'm French, and I love my country. At the same time, with all my heart, I love the United States of America, and I strongly support its president. When someone dies to save your family, this act of pure...

I know this is a very unserious topic, but I have been looking for a War on Terror/US friendly computer game. I have played "America's Army", but that doesn't really have a plot. I have been a fan of the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series, but I have been REALLY PISSED OFF that Team Rainbow is presented as an arm of the United Nations. Also, frequently enough, the terrorists are neo-Nazis rather than islamofascists. I'm also annoyed at having the option of choosing Europeans from France, Germany or other Iraq-war wimps for my anti-terror forces (though I have sometimes enjoyed...

I want to see US says freed Afghan FOR a man who had just been freed after two years in Guantanamo Bay, it seemed odd that Haji Osman said he wanted to visit the "good people" in the US, writes Hamida Ghafour. Osman (35), had just been flown back to Kabul with 22 other men accused of links to the Taliban regime. But he said yesterday he did not resent his captors and Camp Delta was not as bad as rural Afghanistan. Osman said: "If you compare it to life in the village, it was good, except we were not...

There's a German political community called Dol2day at http://www.dol2day.com And there is even a Republican Party represented: http://www.dol2day.com/index.php3?partei_id=223&position=1900 These guys are hard-core pro-America.

South Korean conservatives have called for a tougher line on communist North Korea and closer ties with the United States at a pro-US rally that drew more than 20,000 marchers here. Christian church leaders and decorated war veterans led the rally in downtown Seoul on a national holiday to mark a 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule. Marchers burned a North Korean flag and said President Roh Moo-Hyun's policy of reconciliation with Pyongyang endangered national security. North Korean sympathisers had gained too much influence inside Roh's left-leaning administration, according to some activists. "We are very concerned about pro-North Korean leftists...

FOR 34 years, his eccentricities have been law. When he declared green the colour of his revolution, a nation repainted its doors. When he proclaimed his Third Universal Theory, academics wrote 1,000 studies of it. When he renamed the months of the year, Libyans celebrated Valentine’s Day in "Bird". But suddenly, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi finds himself scrambling to keep up with his people. In the latest incarnation of Col Gaddafi’s Libya, the government is opening up to the Western world, making amends for its terrorist past and vowing to give up weapons of mass destruction. Col Gaddafi had little choice:...

The old American embassy in Teheran might have been seared into the world's consciousness as the cradle of Iran's revolution, yet the talk among the young Revolutionary Guards stationed there does not match the murals shouting defiance from battered walls. "I would live in America, no problem," said one 22-year-old, who added that he associated the country with "love and freedom". Nearby, "Down with USA" was painted on the wall in garish red and yellow hues. Another guard, also in his 20s, added: "Our government has one view of America but the people have another. "Our government tries to show...

Great shining city.   There are many cities, some are glorious, and some are not.  But there is one city, which have hope and shines with bright light of love.  That shining city is United States of America.  On that hill, in that city, many disagree, many are in sorrow, many are in pain, but there is always a hope.  Hope and dignity. Freedom and prosperity.  Victory and glory, as bright light of freedom shines upon it.  God has blessed that city, gave all the fruits of love and freedom.  It started not long ago, but like a thunder,...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - One of the chief U.S. weapons in the battle to win Iraqi hearts and minds is Al-Iraqiya - a Pentagon-funded TV station with an optimistic, pro-American slant. Announcers on Al-Iraqiya, which reaches 85 percent of Iraqis, decry the guerrillas attacking U.S. military and Iraqi civilian targets as "terrorists." Problem is, those Iraqis fortunate enough to have satellite dishes consider Al-Iraqiya stodgy and slow on breaking news. They prefer Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, the flashy Gulf-based stations where anti-American fighters are branded "resisters."

My wife and I have lived next to a Russian church for about 4 years. We have been acquainted with some of the pastors but have never attended any services. Sometimes living next to the church can be an inconvenience. The parking is bad and they block our drive almost every Sunday. Also sometimes when one of their youth groups has a late night function they can be a little loud as they leave. Anyway the church has been aware that they can be a tough neighbor and have given us gifts in the past to thank us for our...

THE DRIVE from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace is one of the best taxi experiences in London. The view from a royal procession is even better - as Robert Mugabe, Nicolae Ceaucescu and Jiang Zemin have found over the years. The Queen has kept some dodgy company during her state receptions over the years, but London, at large, did not seem to mind. Human-rights abuses in Zimbabwe, Romania and China didn’t provoke mass demonstrations. It has taken the president of the United States for British protesters to bring London to a standstill. Dictators, it seems, can be paraded in safety...

Military commanders from Julius Caesar to Norman Schwarzkopf have paid as much attention to the group psychology of their opponents as to the quality and quantity of their arms. National character and shared temperament, after all, bear directly on a population’s fighting spirit. Such moral and psychological judgments of our Islamist enemies are currently off limits to our strategists and commentators, however; whether accurate or not, they are considered to smack of ethnic profiling, a contemporary sin. But in wartime, hard-won street smarts about national character are a military resource that should not be ignored, and at present we keenly...

The Associated Press reports that a new Gallup poll shows that Baghdad residents are far more pro-American than Democratic primary voters are. The poll "found that 71 percent of Iraq's capital city's citizens felt U.S. troops should not leave in the next few months." The AP story said, "The biggest surprise may have been the public's reaction to the questioners: Almost everyone responded to the pollsters' questions, with some pleading for a chance to give their opinions." Hmmm! I didn't catch that item in the Inquirer. I must have missed it. * * * Ex-CBS newsman Bernard Goldberg, who stunned...

A court in Denmark has upheld a sentence against a Danish pizzeria owner who had refused to serve French and German tourists because their governments opposed the US-led war in Iraq. Denmark's Western High Court upheld a lower court ruling issued two months ago that ordered Aage Bjerre to pay a £500 fine or serve an eight-day prison sentence. "I will not pay the fine, but I'll do the time instead," Bjerre said. "It's a matter of principle." Bjerre was fined for refusing to sell pizza to German and French tourists, whom he called "anti-American." Bjerre appealed to the Western...

Sense of obligation drives military rally Gatherers in Dallas unanimous in support for Iraq invasion05/18/2003 By CHERIE BELL / The Dallas Morning News The "I Love America Pro-Military Rally" drew about a hundred people, including Kurdish immigrants, to the Old Red Courthouse on Saturday to honor past and present war veterans. The event coincided with Armed Forces Day. "We have people here today who shed blood for you, and thank God for them," said event organizer Charles Lingerfelt, a Dallas businessman who put together a similar rally to honor the military in March. The previous event drew 500 people, who...

<p>SANTA CLARA -- Barbara Jensen took her seven home-schooled students to a strip mall on Coleman Avenue early Friday morning and waited to catch a glimpse of President Bush's motorcade.</p> <p>"We are on a field trip. We've been studying American history, and I wanted to show them that in this country, it's OK for people who have different opinions to go out and express them," she said.</p>

When it seems like most celebrities are working overtime to bash America and its presence in Iraq, Kiss co-founder - and flaming capitalist - Gene Simmons makes his Pro-America stance graphically clear on his website. -------------------------------- April 17th - Recently, because of the War in Iraq, our letters pages have become a forum for all sorts of views. A few of you have expressed concern and sometimes outrage at some of my responses. And, perhaps a word of explanation is in order. First, and most important, I stand by my words. I don't often use words like "fuck", "ass" or...