| I caught an British comedian in San Francisco in 1998 named Eddie Izzard. Whether he's a cross dresser, transvestite, gay or weird I don't know. I do know that he was incredibly funny and he spoke of Americans being hated in Europe. (Not news to me at the time) and in fact one of his exact lines from that show is as follows: So if you travel around the world, and, you know, ‘cause your American foreign policy does give you a difficult time to exist around the world, two tricks: one, say you're Canadian, that helps. It works in Europe, it's very good! And the second is just say, "Shaggy and Scooby." And they go "Shaggy and Scooby!" International credit card, I think! So yeah. Basically all this revisionist history about Europeans disliking Americans due to President Bush is really a load of Bull-O-Knee. I remember my first trip to Europe in '69. I was shocked to find that they weren't keen on us, especially in France. I did "extensive" business in England, France and Germany in the 80's and I'll guarantee you they were snobs to Americans at that time, except for those businesses that were buying our product and making tons of money from them. Anyway, the point is this; you can go back in time and read articles, or buy foreign made films or talk to people like myself that encountered first hand the "envy" that Europeans have for Americans and know in your heart that it has NOTHING to do with our current president. 
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