[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

With friends like this, who needs enemies?

[Paleo Conservative]

"The Republicans pick people for character traditionally and set up a really intelligent strong team behind them. I don't think we have to worry with Colin Powell and Rumsfeld."

Unlike the Clinton administration where Clinton would appoint mental pygmies in order to make himself look brilliant.

[krb]

"Oh, you're American." Then comes a barrage of questions and assertions about Bush and America's place in the world. If you can clear such political minefields, you find yourself with some friends for life, whose political attitudes about America do not extend to their opinion of individual Americans.

That's where we are different. That would be a filter for me. I long ago got tired of feeling like I was the only person who really understood the miraculous experiment in personal freedom our country is. Those blokes just don't get it.

If you are the type of person who takes this stuff personally (they make you cry?!?!?), then you need to move on.

[CaptRon]

I'm in the middle of Ann Coulter's new book. These conversations could have been included; unsubstantiated opinions, with no basis in truth, stated as fact. The M.O. of the left.

[Bob J]

I wondered out loud why they were convinced that he was so dumb. The answer was a bit feeble: "Our media has hyped him as stupid.

The Media is the Real Enemy

[BunnySlippers]

We wanted the other guy, what's his name? - Gore - to win."

Gorons! What does this guy expect? He's should try hanging out with Maggie Thatcher-ites.

[Red Jones]

bump

[dr_who]

You're a weenie.

[VRW Conspirator]

Nice read.

Point #1: The founders of this country rebelled against the Brittish rule - Thank God.

Point #2: The Brits are responsible for more wars and strife than any other country, ever. Look at India, South Africa and most of the middle east. It was the incessant meddling of the Brittish Empire that fomented conflicts in these regions. (Look what they did not do for Poland after WW2)

Point #3: These fools at that party, in fact, do not "get it". America is the UK's best and biggest ally. Those ingrates have long forgotten WW2.

Point #4: Socialists the world around are simply envious of the wealth and power of the US. They dream and drool over the prospect of looting America.

[VOA]

At a dinner party in the autumn, a boy I'd just met said: "You know, basically bin Laden is right."

"Anti-semitism was rather fashionable, until Hitler came along and over-did it."
(comment from a WWII-era British officer about the anti-Jewish sentiment in pre-WWII England)

Looks like it's "old times again".

[dr_who]

Britain is known for its disproportionate number of young soccer hooligans.

[Inkie]

My Australian nephew works in London for Goldman Sachs. He's 27. Wonder how he feels about it.

Sounds like this gal needs to get a new group of friends. These people have their heads up their arses.

[RicocheT]

I would cut these young Brits some slack as, like US youth, they often have little knowledge of events beyond thier own lives. The biased news there and here doesn't help.

My wife and I were in London when 9/11 happened and our flight home was delayed 3 days due to the airline shutdown.

We walked up to the American Embassy on the Friday after and were impressed by the flowers laid at the MacArthur statue in the square outside. There was a line blocks long of locals waiting to sign a condolence book to express their grief over the horrible event. The London folk we talked to were very sorry for us. One elderly lady said she was in the Blitz and 9/11 was just as bad. I told her thanks and both were bad, but London suffered the Blitz for years and at least we only had one awful day.

The fine behavior we saw the days in London after 9/11 make me feel most Brits are OK.

[irv]

What a sight: BA literature students, photographers, actors and people in the theatre - all British

Get a group of American lit students, photographers etc. together and you'll tend to find a huge amount of anti-Americanism, anti-Bushism and generally uninformed opinion, too.

[exit82]

Gee, these youths seem to forget that if America didn't save their grandparents' and great-grandparents' butts, they'd all be speaking German now. Or maybe Russian.

They are the descendants of the most oppressive empire since the Romans.

And pray tell, which countries have we enslaved?

The writer better grow a backbone. Otherwise, the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for the freedom the world enjoys now is diminished horribly.

[Tourist Guy]

For consideration:
The author of this writing is not an American. Notice the British spelling of words.

[Vinnie]

He didn't exactly engineer it, but he wanted to go into Afghanistan because of their oil resources.

Have I missed something? Afganistan has oil ? I know we were thinking of putting a pipeline through the country but I didn't know they had oil.

[Paul Atreides]

First of all, sitting there blubbering like a baby is not going to make people respect you any more. In fact, it will lessen what little respect they had.

Second, why are you inviting these neanderthals with blood pudding for brains over?

[Paul Atreides]

Turning away from a conversation revolving around an Alabama-style chocolate cake that one of our friends had brought us,

What on Earth is an Alabama-style chocolate cake?!

I have a feeling that, normally, this gal writes those ubiquitous musings columns so prevalent among female columnists, detailing the events of her day, how hard it is to get a good seat on the bus/subway, why she can't find a good man who will do the dishes, scooping up her cat's poop, and on and on and on and on..............

[Alas Babylon!]

"You know, basically bin Laden is right." I began to cry. "America oppresses every other country, and really exploits them just to get richer and, you know, crushes them if they try to stand up for themselves. Bin Laden was telling America to mind its own business; it needed to be told."

Let's see if they like the tables turned, so to speak:

"You know, basically Adolph Hitler is right." I began to cry. "Great Britain oppresses every other country, and really exploits them just to get richer and, you know, crushes them if they try to stand up for themselves. Adolph Hitler was telling Great Britain to mind its own business; it needed to be told."

India conquered. Half of Africa subdued and Africans turned into slaves. Ireland conquered and the Irish massacred and trodden-upon. New Zealand Maoris slain. Australian Aborigines wiped out and all their lands stolen. The Carribean conquered; the local Indians wiped out and African slaves brought in to supply cheap labor so that members of Parliament and Lords could get rich. Constant war and meddling in European affairs. Yup, Great Britain deserved Hitler.