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Bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys if you ask me.
They don't understand how americans can support pure fabrication.
They also mentioned that of all the americans they've met, not one suggested that they support our administrations actions.
I suggested that they probably had but were too ashamed to admit it.
These people are smart, friendly, funny and very generous. We didn't pay for one meal and never ate alone in France. Stereotypes are inaccurate. They deserve much more credit than we give them.
Bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys if you ask me.
Red-state Americans aren't that likely to be galavanting around Europe. That may explain why they haven't met so many Bush supporters.
That's a pretty big assumption there.
I think it's more that there just aren't that many supporters any more. No one can honestly sit there and actually win an argument about the merits of our war with Iraq against anyone with half a brain........believe me, I've tried, and since given up trying to defend the decision to invade.
One said were an unchained pitbull that will eventually need to be caged or worse. He hopes we (the people) take steps to tame this dangerous dog because we (the people) are the rightful owners of it's actions.
We (the people) will vote in November, then we (the people) will tell the dog what, or what not, we want done.
i would have punched him in his giant French nose.
And one I'll have to retract, since I can't find any evidence to back it up.
All I have is anecdotal evidence from colleagues who protest that there is nothing in the world worth seeing that can't be found in the good ol' U S of A.
Except Israel.
The pitbull comment came from Italy.
Do the Italians have a good track record of effectively curtailing the ambitions of powers they see as reckless? It's all well and good to say that the U.S. will "need to be caged or worse," but I've yet to see any evidence of their ever effecting anything beyond words against any country in recent history. If anything, Italy is somewhere around the nadir of its historical influence.
That always cracks me up when people say that......yes, God forbid you experience any other cultures then your own. That is usually followed up by the argument that America has plenty of different cultures such as the southerners, native-americans, etc.......which is then followed up by me with a giant roll of the eyes and a "you're an idiot".
Then I would have punched him in his LAZY nose.
Anyone been to London? There is a muslim for every blink of the eye!
I wonder why that is?
Ever been to Detroit? Me neither, but I hear they have lots of them there too.
Italy will never be confused with taking the forefront. Through hundreds of conversations, it was clear that europe has always looked to us for hope and stability. They are leaning toward making their own decisions now out of fear for our recklessness. I guess I feel they were saying we lost our way, and they must find their own.
They just don't understand how so many people (americans) can trust a liar. They feel very letdown by our government. They don't want their governments to trust and follow our lead.
A suburb of Detroit (Dearborn to be presumptive) but very accuarte indeed. 2nd largest Arab population in the United States resides in Metro Detroit (which includes Chaldeans whom are Christian).
I wonder if they count Nation of Islam in there because that is not Islam.
I guess they'll be safe when the nuke goes off.
Well... Europe has looked to the US since WWII, anyway. It is time, whether the US has a wise government or a foolish one, for Europe to embark upon following its own agenda. It can align with the U.S. on issues of common interest, but we no longer live in a bipolar world where nations need to choose one side or the other, and the last few years have pretty much shredded the notion that this is a unipolar world.
If you stay in contact with those folks, one insight to offer is that having the President serve both as head of state and head of government is a profound weakness of our system. The Founding Fathers meant for there to be no head of state like a king. We were to be free peoples with no need for such a thing. In other countries, there is a ceremonial king or president to be the object of national pride. The prime minister or chancellor runs the government, and the people can tear them up as much as they wish, because they are not symbols of the state itself.
Did you miss the big Hezbollah rally they had up in al-Dearborn? Good to see they're integrating into American culture so well.
Can you imagine an American President being the object of national pride? It almost made me choke on my coffee...........why am I drinking coffee at 2 in the afternoon?
The ins ution of the Presidency is an object of pride in a way that, for example, the Supreme Court or Congress is not. Even if a particular President is unpopular, the office itself is a national symbol.
When Clinton was being serviced in the Oval Office, people took great offense because the Oval Office is hallowed, and Clinton degraded the ins ution of the Presidency.
If Hillary were getting serviced by her courier in her Senate office, would it be considered quite as big an outrage?
**shudders**
Obviously humor isn't your thing.
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