[boris]

When a Japanese official called Americans "stupid" and "lazy", I believe it was (?) Friz Hollingsworth(?)--in what perhaps was his finest hour--who remarked:

"The Atomic Bomb: designed and built by 'stupid', 'lazy' Americans...and tested in Japan."

I believe we still got more where that came from.

Stupid, vacuous and lazy...but eventually if you get us riled enough...

We kicked Brit butt once before I believe, then bailed them out. We can certainly demonstrate the "kick butt" part again, if they have forgotten.

--Boris

[NorthGA]

There is hope if ANYONE begins thinking about the details of an issue.

If "left" people begin to examine/judge issues on an individual basis, rather than a sweeping generalized "If it originates in the US, it must be bad", then this is great for these individuals and the rest of us.

[aruanan]

Linked to prejudice against the death penalty is the general misunderstanding about crime in the US, with the image persisting of a land where life is cheap and arguments routinely settled down the barrel of a shotgun. Violent crime is undeniably a problem in most American inner cities; yet away from them the US suffers from significantly less crime than the UK.

I know a refugee from Rwanda whose wife and two sons got separated from him in the refugee camps in Uganda and ended up in the UK. She doesn't want to come to the US because she's convinced there are gangs shooting it out on every corner. That's how life in the US is portrayed over there.

[evolved_rage]

I didn't think Chelsea's boyfriend was 25.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"All men are equal; all men, that is, except Americans, Serbs, white Africans and Protestants from Northern Ireland. "

Excellent article! I just read a bood called the Abolition of Britian and it explains how the young Brits feel disenfranchised from their country and "hate" a lot more than Americans.

The list above needs to include Jews to be complete.

[scouse]

Americans are a laughing-stock, known mainly for their vacuous culture and profound ignorance.

In the words of that great American philosopher; Maxwell Smart":"And loving every minute of it"!

[redbaiter]

Noam Chomsky is devastating only to his own credibility.