The Neocon victim card is working frighteningly overtime on this one.
First off, how the hell is JTP a hero? Do we know what the word, “hero” means?
It was JTP’s C-H-O-I-C-E to be in the P-U-B-L-I-C EYE. Personal responsibility, anybody?
Now, he’s out of work? This non-contracted plumber who doesn’t pay his taxes, and can’t afford to buy the business that he was claiming to do is now *gasps* out of work(isn’t that a liberal thing?), and to top if off, he wants to be a congressman? Are you kidding me???
And now the Republicans who loathe the unemployed with their hands out accepting a free ride are actually collecting funds for JTP’s welfare?
SAY
IT
ISN’T
SO,
JOE
Dear Neo-Republican America, what’s the difference between those people purchasing homes making a mistake leading themselves to be had by predator lenders and JTP who made the mistake of making his questions to Obama PUBLIC not thinking of the risks he was taking in doing so?
Remember, we’re not talking about SOCIALISM here, we’re talking about personal responsibility.
Next, what’s the difference between Hurricane Katrina Victims who didn’t bail out fast enough to avoid the storm and JTP who not only talked in front of news cameras but continued to lengthen his 15 minutes of fame by talking to the media again, and again, and again and not realizing what he was getting himeself into?
Listen closely. When you decide to put yourself out there into the public eye, you must accept to be hated, loved, and talked about often. You must accept everything a celebrity must go through. You must have a thick skin and be able to take criticism even if they arefalse rumors!! I mean, isn’t this the advice that Palin gave to Hillary Clinton? Now if this Joe plumber dude cannot find work, it’s nobody fault but his own. Nobody put a gun to his head and told him to appear in front of nation-wide television cameras.
And he still hasn’t stopped talking to the media. Hmm….
Joe the Plumber, you and your cohorts are not victims. Sorry. You made choices. Accept them, and take responsibility for yourself along with the rest of us. Isn’t that what you tell the Dems to do, after all? And isn’t this why you support tax cuts for the rich? —>For “personal responsibility” sake? If you’re going to preach ad nauseam about personal responsibility, why not lead by example?
Oh, and look who was on welfare!
Republican hypocrisy at its finest!
Psst. When something doesn’t go your way, instead of looking inward at the bad choices that you’ve made and owning up to them, take the easy way out: Blame the Dems and the media. The Neo-Conservative Republicans have mastered this like no other.
In my town, we can take advantage of “early voting”.
And I voted for…..
Out of all the terrorists and terrorist sympathizers to choose from, he’s my favorite *on the issues*. I am not one of those mindless drone-like cheerleaders of Obama, contrary to popular belief of those who observe the Obama supporters and their chants. Yes, there are actually people out there that take this election seriously. I care about my country with just as much fevor as my conservative compatriots.
I read the websites of all these candidates. I favor Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton, and Obama. All three of these individuals are capable of satisfying my wishes in some way or another.
I am realistic. And I hope my fellow comrades are as well. No matter who gets elected president,
Nobody is going to be perfect,
All of them will screw up at some point in time,
And finally, NO president can please everyone.
People need to get over the fact that just because someone’s occupation is “president” that they will be “superman”.
With that said, if Obama wins, I am very well prepared that I will not like everything that he says, stands for, and does. However, if you take a peek at my political profile, you will very well know why I voted for Obama over the other choices I had.
There is no Messiah. There is no God. So, get over it, people. We just need this country fixed. I’d like to think that most of us have good intentions for this country when we put our vote in. Most of us agree that there are serious problems with the US. However, we don’t all agree on THE WAY to fix our country and improve foreign policy to suit the needs of those living in other countries.
Anyway people, please, please, please… get out and VOTE. Even if you think your vote isn’t going to count. Even if you think “the man” is going to win or lose anyway. Even if you hate all the candidates. Read their websites and DECIDE!!!! Voting is your duty as an AMERICAN CITIZEN! Get off of your lazy bums, stop making excuses, stop the smears and the vinegar pissing for ONE DAY and VOTE WITH PRIDE – even if it’s for the wrong one.
Under McCain’s plan, a family is given a $5000.00 tax credit. Ooooh. But if you’re single or don’t have kids, you only get $2,500.00. Your employer gets taxed under McCain’s plan which means that the overall costs of your insurance (if you think it’s bad now) is going to go up! Now, if you are the type of person that gets a cold once every two years and indigestion once a year, you should be fine. But if you have complex and/or serious medical problems, you are (as they say in France)shit out of luck.
If you are currently unemployed, looking for a job, in between jobs or whatnots, and you are looking for an insurance company with pre-existing health problems, once again, you’re shit out of luck.
Obama isn’t proposing a UHC (Universal Health Care) program. He’s realistic enough to realize that it doesn’t work – especially in the US. It doesn’t really work just right all the time in Canada either. What may work for us is a private-public system that is in Europe. France is rated for having the best health care in the world. And they have the closest system to ours, believe it or not. The only difference is that for those who have pre-existing conditions that can’t afford health care, it is available as Medicare is available right now for the elderly.
The majority of Americans have health care (over 250 million). Those people wouldn’t be effected. They will be able to get the best quality care because they can afford it. However, those who don’t have insurance, will be able to receive it at a lower cost and without having to worry about pre-existing conditions as a road block.
I am open to the possibility that I may be wrong as to whether the French health care system would be fitting for the US, but just to pick your brains, what do you think about this information?
Are you worried about “slavery” aka Socialism? We are already somewhat socialized if you look at the police, the fire department, public schools, school buses, the ER for those with no health care, the military, the president, the senate, the house, the department of state, the local government, the mayors, the city council, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Disability, the VA, Welfare, Public Library, The Judicial System, Roads, highways, traffic lights, jails, and prisons.
All that’s coming out of my taxes too!
I used to live in Japan where they had nationalized medicine and I was very pleased with the service. Quality service – that is. People in Europe claim to find that nurses and doctors are nicer and helpful. It’s easy for me to believe, and here’s why.
I have multiple medical problems. And the meanest, most absent-minded, ignorant and bitter people I’ve ever met were those in the medical community. Not to place all medical professionals under the same umbrella, but I’m certainly not the only one to notice that only half of the time can I find someone who knows their stuff and won’t treat you disrespectfully. I am talking from 40 years of experience. Now, with common everyday issues like having a cold – that’s a different story. But if you’ve got a complex problem, things are difficult here. You win top notch care if you have a PPO and some money in savings. You lose if you have an HMO with barely any money to spare regardless of how hard you’re working. HMO = Help Me Obtainqualitycare, in case you didn’t know.
I pay taxes for other people’s care. But I want to pay taxes for other people’s care. Why? Because if I run into trouble, I want them to care for me. I find that system more civilized – civilized being the operative word here.
Naturally, too much of anything is bad. But don’t you agree something needs to be done about our system?
I believe that you would find (and this theory is quite borne out throughout history) that if people are free, they WILL take care of one another. And the care will be much better than you can ever dream of getting from forced labor from the impersonal government.
According to Orge and many other conservatives, the above is their philosophy.
I replied…
Aaah… I see what you mean, but I just don’t trust my fellow man to come through for me if I can’t afford a surgery that will save my life or if I’m dependent on dialysis. I think we are a cut-throat dog-eat-dog society of jaded people who, for the most part, only think of themselves. Kind of a pessimistic way of thinking, isn’t it? But that’s how I see too many people. It’s taking a risk to wait for someone to come through for you or to even ask for help – which is very humiliating!!
The Fear of the Unknown: Will private charities really come through for me when my family won’t?
I mean, even as our society exists today, there are many genuinely helpless people out there dying and rotting away from our current system. Private charities are great, but they are either usually donated overseas or to those who attend church regularly.
I fear that if all socialist programs were to die out, the quality of life for those making low wages will get even worse. How do you expect people to be productive at work if their health is running ragged? You don’t have to be dying of cancer to call out a low quality of life. Sometimes it could just be someone who cannot afford their insulin that will get lost in the shuffle. And once again, I’m talking about people who work for a living!
While I was living in Japan, I had root canal done. I got excellent care and service (the Japanese are updated with America). The cost for all three visits were about 40-50-ish dollars total. My aunt had root canal done in NY for 950.00 out-of-pocket! But even if her root canal had cost 400 dollars, that’s nothing like what I paid for excellent service in Japan. I went to college with the Japanese and every time one had a problem with their teeth, it was more cost-effective for them to fly back to Japan to get their dental work done!
We only think that we have the best quality health care in the world because
Someone else said so, and
Because people from other foreign countries come here for care
Fair enough. People fly to M.D. Anderson in Houston, TX from different parts of the world to receive treatment for cancer, brain surgery, and heart problems because it’s the best. We’ve got the Mayo Clinic, John Hopkins, and all sorts of medical facilities that top the charts with the best quality doctors in the world. And that’s true. People come here from all over the planet to our universities to get degrees and get trained in the medical field. We are allowed to boast about this. But! What many don’t realize is that most Americans cannot afford care at these top notch facilities. Their HMO’s require them to only see doctors on their respective lists. So, naturally, they’ve got dolts taking care of them. Oh yeah. Every once in a while, an HMO doctor will know his stuff and actually send you off for tests despite how taboo it is. (They actually get bonuses if they don’t often send patients to specialists or for tests if necessary.)
Yes, in the “Greatest Country on God’s Green Earth”!
France may be in economic hard times, but the US economy is worse as at least with us, it’s trickled down to the people. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer doesn’t say too much about our economy, does it? The extinction of the middle class mirrors that of developing countries. Even “socialist” Canada is doing better than the US economically.
If “slavery” was truly what other countries were experiencing under a private-public health care system, wouldn’t you think they’d be unhappy people? If you think they are all miserable people, the statistics beg to differ.
I have something to compare America to: Japan. I even got better treatment over there for just having a fever. In Japan, they gave me a shot. The fever went away instantly, and I was able to return to work. In the US, you take aspirin and pray that it goes away fast. Sometimes you’re in bed for a few days. Even those “flu pills” take forever to kick in. Not in Japan. Like all other countries, Japan’s system wasn’t perfect. You realistically have to expect something wrong with every system out there. But if you ask me, to say America’s system is flawed would be an understatement. Why do you think others all over the world mock our system? Becaues they’re jealous? I hear testimony after testimony from those living abroad (in other 1st world countries) that they are happy with their care. Could they be lying?
Canadians sometimes visit us. So, instead of waiting for 3 months to get an MRI, they come to the US to get it done within a week. If you have Cushings Disease, America’s the place to be, but our HMO’s don’t pay for those specialists who give the best treatment here. I am in remission from Cushings disease right now, so I know many people who have it. My friend cannot get her brain surgery to cure the disease because she has to pay out of network for the specialists and the best neurosurgeons as they are few are far between here. She doesn’t have the money. And she’s getting sicker and sicker.
Some people from the US go to Germany, Japan, Mexico and other countries to get dental work and surgeries done.
I really think our government’s wanting to take away socialized services is not because they care about our freedom but because they want the money for themselves to “nationalize” with. Look how our elite classes are catered to hand and foot, but the little people must mind “personal responsibility”. Why can’t everyone be personally responsible? Or. Why can’t everyone be socialized?
I honestly don’t think our government cares about the welfare of its citizens.
I just ask myself – why are Americans complaining about health care, and those in other countries aren’t? You have to look at the complaint rate in all other developed countries.
Something needs to be done here, and McCain’s health plan depresses me in more ways than one.
…or is he just simply not giving a tax break to those who make over $250.000 a year?
Here’s the Republican answer:
Tax cuts for the rich = patriotism, social responsibility, freedom, pro-Americanism, money trickling down to little man, USA USA USA,
No tax cuts for the rich = socialism, communism, fascism, slavery, anti-Americanism, Adolf Hiter,
Do any of you know what socialism IS?
Sometimes, when a political campaign has run out of ideas and senses that the prize is slipping through its fingers, it rolls up a sleeve and plunges an arm, shoulder deep, right down to the bottom of the barrel. The problem for John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the Republican Party is that the bottom was scraped clean long before it dropped out. Back when the polls were nip and tuck and the leaves had not yet begun to turn, Barack Obama had already been accused of betraying the troops, wanting to teach kindergartners all about sex, favoring infanticide, and being a friend of terrorists and terrorism. What was left? The anticlimactic answer came as the long Presidential march of 2008 staggered toward its final week: Senator Obama is a socialist.
Read the rest about what is really inside the Republican Kool-aid here.
How is this stuff the taxpayers responsibility? Surely enough, Democrats make unnecessary purchases and make us taxpayers fork over the dough too. But seriously, if we’re going to disparage Obama for being a Russian-flag-waving Socialist, I am sure there are plenty of GOP members that are no less Socialist than Obama.
Hurricane Katrina, when hundreds of thousands needed help, Republican bloggers were saying that they should be on their own and how selfish it was for the victims to expect local, state, and federal governments to bail them out. But…! Nationalizing American banks to bail bankers out for their mistakes is perfectly fine?
Hurricane Katrina and The Wall Street Market Crashes are synonymous because they both made mistakes, right? Well, at least that is what the neocons say….
See, it’s okay to nationalize (socialism) our elite, political officials, and Wall Street bankers, but for those working class people who REALLY need help? Then, it’s all about how we should be “personally responsible”.
Redistributing the wealth is taboo in the US with the exception of special interests groups.
Sarah Palin keeps saying ad nausem that she wants to put the government back on the side of THE PEOPLE. How exactly does she plan to do this if she’s going to be forcing the working class people to continue bailing out Uncle Sam, the BIG CORPORATE GIANTS and other special interests groups of the ELITE?
(Yes, Neo-Conservatives can be ELITE too.)
You are naive to believe that she really has the Joe Six-Packs in mind.
One can certainly argue that if all the Joe Plumbers fund the BIG HAIRY FAT CATS that run America, that the wealth will trickle down to the Joe Six-Packs. But has it? Has it under GWB? Where is it? How can we ensure that all of these elite CEOs are using their tax cutswisely and making their profits trickle down to the people? How can we ensure that they’re just not spending their profits on buying more homes, more cars, more yachts, more plasma TVs, more clothes from Neiman Marcus, more private jets, and more weekend trips to Paris?
Yes. They deserve a profit for their own personal lifestyles, but the neocons keep saying that tax cuts ensure job creation, worker benefits, better salaries, and to keep the middle-class from extinction. They can’t do that if they are spending too much of their profits on minutiae.
Back to Socialism.
If you wanna use the dirty sacrilegious “S” word, we are already SOCIALISTS. Here are some examples of American Socialism:
The police
The fire department
Public schools
School buses
Emergency Care in hospitals for those without insurance
The Military
The president, the senate, the house, the department of state
The local government, the mayors, the city council,
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Disability, the Veterans Administration, Welfare
The Public Library
The Judicial System
Roads, highways, traffic lights, etc
Jails, prisons, half-way houses, homeless shelters, shelters for abused women
Do you want to get rid of all that too?
Dear Neo-Capitalist Conservatives, do you really want to resort to a caveman-survival of the fittest-primitive society in a planet where even 3rd world countries would have it better if we resorted that THAT?
What about Charity? Can we really trust charity organizations when most of them send money overseas and to only those within their own churches? Must I trust my fellow man to come through for me when I’m working two jobs, holding down a family and need to live on dialysis?
My fellow prisoners, this is why the hyper-patriotic celebrity craze over Joe the Plumber is foolish. And the hype is bought by only fools. It’s nothing but a well-planned ploy by the McPalin administration to somehow “prove” Obama is a “Socialist”.
SACRAMENTO — The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud.
State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.
“I am not a Republican,” insisted Karen Ashcraft, 47, a pet clinic manager from Ventura who said she was duped by a signature gatherer into joining the GOP. “I certainly . . . won’t sign anything in front of a grocery store ever again.”
YPM, a group hired by the GOP, allegedly deceived Californians who thought they were signing a petition. YPM denies any wrongdoing. Similar accusations have been leveled against the company elsewhere.
Voters using touch-screen voting machines for early voting in two West Virginia counties have complained that when they tried to vote for Democratic candidates, the machine registered their vote for other Republican candidates instead.
At least three voters in Jackson County, West Virginia, complained that when they tried to cast a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the machine recorded a check in the box for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
One of the voters reported the same problem in the governor and state senate races. In each case, the voter tried to cast a vote for a Democratic candidate, but the machine marked his vote for the Republican challenger instead. Another voter who tried to cast votes for two state Supreme Court candidates said the machine cancelled one of her choices twice before it finally accepted her selection.
Hmmm….. “Isolated cases”…”human error”…, eh?
More Republican Voter Fraud (just when you think it couldn’t get any worse!)
John McCain’s campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states.
According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of “registering voters.” The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket.
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The Web site of the Ohio state agency that handles voter registration and other election information was shut down briefly after it was hacked, an official said on Tuesday, vowing to guard against fraud in the key battleground state in the November 4 presidential contest.
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said the agency temporarily took the Secretary of State Web site at www.sos.state.oh.us down on Monday after “one or more” security breaches were detected.
About 56% of the U.S. population uses optical-scan machines, which are less error prone than older types like lever machines. Newer electronic touchscreens, giving many states their green color, are the least prone to voter mistakes.
The voting machine you’ll encounter on Nov. 4 takes the most important right in a democracy — your right to vote — and makes it real. And just like the people who make and use them, machines aren’t perfect. DVICE has researched all of the nation’s voting machines to tell you what technology you’ll be using on Election Day and what potential problems and vulnerabilities it might have. Click here for a detailed explanation of how we rated every state’s machines.
And don’t think for one moment that just because a fraudulent action was discovered at the voting booths in the US that it will change the results. Remember Election 2000? It was proven that Al Gore won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Nothing changed. They let Bush stay. Who is “they”. They are the richest and the most powerful. They are the GOP.
At its birth, the title of my blog was “Trials and Turbulations”(that’s not a typo). Having an interest in forensic science, true crime stories, criminal trials, all things Japan, and eye-brow-raising headlines, I initially began this blog back in Feburary of 2005. Going into full-throttle mode after about a month or so, headlines in politics moved me enough to share my thoughts and opinions on our leaders and their actions. So, I took the political ball and ran with that too. Some of my readers just wanted me to focus on one subject, but I wanted to discuss many. If you look back deeply into my archives, you will see the variety of subjects that I’ve entertained.
From June of 2005, I began to slow my pace down. I picked up my pace once again in September of 2005, and then I posted roughly once a month until April of 2008.
Why did I pick up my pace in April of 2008? Had something inspired me to write again? I had been a Facebook member for over a year by that time and was amazed and confused (not at the criticism of our government) but at the blatant and unashamedly bigoted attacks against the American people as a whole. I was also puzzled to find that what people thought about the United States were mostly rumors or the truth frighteningly exaggerated. I ate out of their hands (not just at Facebook) for a year before I got to the point where I wanted to shift my blog’s focus to challenge both the hurtful rumors about the American people and the US. So, I set out to do this in April of 2008.
At that time, I changed the title of my blog from, “Trials and Turbulations” to “Waging a War on Anti-Americanism”. (It’s my blog, I can change the title of it everyday if I wanted to. Life is complex. Things change. People change.)“Waging a War on Anti-Americanism” was to mirror my latests rants, myth-busting, and my challenging of the Americanophobes on their perception of the “average American”. I was, am, and will always be firmly against xenophobic behavior.
During that time, naturally like all other Americans that care about their country, I was watching and reading the news for updates on Election 2008. It was very hard for me to talk solely about Americanophobia without commenting on the election. But I did it. I bit my tongue for a month. I know that’s such a short period, but it was tough. MY aim was to be more organized then. I was trying to keep my blog to one topic: Americanophobia.
I was a bad girl. On May 23rd of 2008, I just couldn’t keep silent any more. With this post about Hillary Clinton, my silence was broken. Little by little, the American presidential election was grabbing me in a chokehold. And to the disappointment of some of my conservative readers, I opined about the election. And it’s not like my readers weren’t warned that I was a Liberal beforehand!! Some just turned a blind eye to it because they were so happy to see me aggressively myth-busting the Americanophobes! My over-the-top strident, sarcastic, and hammy writing style never bothered them, then.
I am 40 years old. I have been a Liberal since my young adult years. This was no secret. I am proud of myself and my beliefs, and for nobody or no reason, am I going to apologize for what I believe in. I like my opinions and my writing. Ain’t nothin’ gonna change, my fellow prisoners.
When one of my readers noticed me barking about the election a lot, I realized that it was time for me to change the title of my blog again – not just for myself but for my readers. People need to be clear of my focus. Even though since my blogs inception, I had always been mercilessly bashing the radicals on both the left and the right, I realized that “Waging a War on the Radical Right and the Radical Left” was the PERFECT name for my blog.
Why?
I am bashing the American Left for crap like this.
I am bashing the foreign Americanophobic Left for crap like this.
I am bashing the radical Right for crap like this.
And I tried to differentiate extremists from the majority with a post like this.
Lastly, I tried to summarize my thoughts of the radicals on both sides in a humorous wayhere.
The only people who “get me” seem to be those people not meticulously aligned 100% with any party, like myself. I only call myself a Liberal because I lean that way.
I have been accused of so many preposterous things since my “shift” – an Anti-American Liberal incognito conspiracy theorist that thinks all conservatives are racist – to be the most amusing.
Anywhoooooo……
I rail against the extreme Right and the extreme Left. What makes me write about one more than another at any given time?
It is simple.
If I am currently being annoyed by leftist inanity, I will lean my posts toward that nature. The opposite is true. If I am currently being provoked by GOPtards, I will focus on them.
If you’re from the Right or the Left and you say something outlandish to me, someone else, or to a TV camera, just know that you’re only encouraging me. My blog is about YOU.
Where do I stand politically? You hear me often say, “I’m a moderate with a liberal tilt”, and some people are probably thinking, “What the heck does that mean?”. So, I created this profile for myself and for you all to better understand where I’m at. By the way, this is in NO particular order. Have at me!
My Liberal Side
I believe in decriminalizing marijuana. (Just tax the heck out of it.)
I believe in decriminalizing prostitution. (Just tax the heck out of it.)
I’m against capitalist greed regarding the following issues and the following issues ONLY:
I do not support tax cuts for the rich.
I believe that our jobs should be protected. I don’t like them being sent overseas.
I don’t believe in free trade. There should be restrictions set.
Our government should allow for competition and prohibit the monopolizing of goods and services.
I do not support American Globalization. Let other countries make their own stuff in order to preserve their culture. We shouldn’t insult their intelligence like this as they are just as capable to create their own computer operating systems, all other technologies, their own blue jeans, their own music, their own TV programs, their own websites, their own advancements in medical science (including medicines and cures), their own literary pieces, their own military, their own arms, their own aid in case of natural disasters, and their own food and beverages. Americans realize that their stuff sucks anyway, and that it’s not making any sales abroad. America also realizes that she cannot survive as a country without YOUR exports. So, please continue sending us what you’ve got! This would benefit all parties involved.
I do not support Bush or Dick Cheney.
I do not support the war in Iraq.
I am against French-bashing.
I believe in multilateralism over unilateralism.
I do not support a Universal Health Care System, rather I believe that we should keep what we have right now, and have a UHC system (Medicare) accessible to those who cannot afford to purchase mainstream insurance. With that said, a private-public health care system would be the best fit for America. Or… wait a minute! I prefer the way the French do things!
I am an atheist. (I don’t know why this gets connected with politics, but it does, doesn’t it?) And here’s MY version of the “Ten Commandments”.
I believe that Church and State should be separate. (Psst… nobody’s saying that you can’t pray. You can do it at home, in church, or out in public!)
I believe in pro-choice.
I support stem cell research.
I believe in welfare, but I just think it needs to be reformed into stricter measures to prevent people from cheating the system.
I’m anti-fur, but if someone wants to buy a fur-coat, I WON’T taunt them. (I eat meat and wear leather, so feel free to call me a hypocrite!)
I support the Geneva Convention, and believe the Islamic prisoners (or any prisoners for that matter) should be accorded its protection.
I support Gay Rights meaning that I support gay marriage, gay adoptions, and support homosexuals who want to join the military.
I support DILDOS in Alabama. (I mean… c’mon – religion, STAY OUT OF OUR BEDROOMS!) (Is it any wonder why it’s hard to find cucumbers at a grocery store in Alabama???)
I’m STRONGLY against circumcision. Here’s why. More here.
I believe we should break the barriers with Cuba and start trade (with restrictions) with them again. I also want to be able to travel to Cuba if I want to!
I’m against the Patriot Act.
My Conservative Side
I believe in TIGHT border security and am against illegal immigration.
I support our presence in Afghanistan. (And *NO*, 9-11 was *NOT* an “inside job”.)
I support our troops whether or not I agree or disagree with the war. Click here to find out why.
I am FOR offshore drilling and am VEHEMENTLY AGAINST dependency on other nations for oil when we have our own areas to drill right here at home (Alaska, California, Florida etc).
I don’t have a problem with the Death Penalty, but don’t mind if criminals get LWOP (Life Without Parole). All I’m concerned about is that our criminals remain **PERMANENTLY** off the streets. And I don’t believe in any such nonsense that they can be “rehabilitated”.
Although, I don’t think that this should have anything to do with one’s political leaning, I’m proud to be an American, and consider myself a true patriot. If you want to know how I define patriotism, please see my glossary.
I’m against Americanophobia. Please see how I define it here.
I don’t believe that FULL multiculturalism works. Watch this to see what I mean. And read this for even more information.
I’m against the ACLU. (They are excessive and extreme. They need to be moderated and reformed.)
I’m against PETA. (I like their fundamental purpose, but they are way too extreme, and their own greed clouds their primary purpose.)
I’m AGAINST political correctness!
I can’t stand liberal elitist pseudo-intellectuals! What the hell is wrong with watching, “The Simpsons”??? You elitists are no better than the bible-thumpers who won’t let women in Alabama purchase a DILDO! Idiots! Stop complaining about religious fanatics and how “TV makes people dumb”. I think you tin-foil-hat self-righteous code-pinkos have a “religion” of your own that’s just as scary!!
Being that many countries are on the side of the terrorists and feel that they can fend for themselves without our help, can we get out of NATO?
I believe the laws here are way too lenient with drunk drivers and sexual offenders. WAY too lenient. What ever happened to victim’s rights?
Al Gore exaggerated and twisted the facts in his movie about Global Warming (Shame on him!)
Michael Moore exaggerated and twisted the facts in his books and movies, and right now other countries are giving him a virtual blow job. (Shame on him too!)
…asks hurt and offended Sarah Palin regarding the questions that Katie Couric asked her. The reason why Ms. Palin dodged and danced around every question asked was (according to “Pro-American” Sarah Palin herself) because they were questions that “didn’t matter” and because she felt threatened by the “liberal media”. Regarding the question, “What newspapers do you read?“: She then goes on saying that if she named a certain newspaper that she read, that she’d be mocked for that. The “straight talker” also blamed her inability to answer any questions based on the fact that she is not a part of the “Washington Elite”.
Sarah Palin is very sensitive to criticism.
Sarah Palin says her faith has been mocked by the media. Awww….. Won’t anyone give that poor woman a break?
But hey. Hold it right there, Ms. Palin, while you tell the whole world that the “gotcha journalism” just gotcha: Aren’t you the same person who told Hillary Clinton to get a grip and stop whining about the criticism that revolved around her?
If you want to talk about “flip-flopping” on the issues, one must try this for size:
How about this quote from 2007?
Nor is it snobbish, let alone sexist, to express doubts about someone who, as late as March 2007, could tell Alaska Business Monthly, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place.” This statement deserves to be called mindless, because, first, it is made up of stale and received and overheard bits and bobs from everyday media babble and, second, because you cannot really coherently say that you support both the administration and an “exit plan.”
Ya gotta love her.
Read more Scarahpalinisms here. Oh wait. It’s from the “liberal media”, so it’s all a lie.
And ya gotta love the GOP. Every time something doesn’t go just their way, they blame it on the “liberal media”. Hey, it’s a great scapegoat!
By the way, aren’t the Neo-conservatives supposed to be the party of “personal responsibility”? Hmm…
On a lighter note, this is the funniest damn piece of comedy that I’ve seen in a long time: (See it in full screen here.)
Note to readers:By my mere mentioning of the horrible GOPtarded ways, I am also secretly implying that all-things-liberal are the best ever, have a shiny clean record, never lie, never twist, and are the most righteous on the planet.
I am no longer a typical, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered Neanderthal American.
Please call me by my new nickname as I am now an…
intolerant liberal, secular jihadist, Hollywood parasite, Jew-hating, weenie, Nazi-appeasing-Hitler-apologist, hairy, smelly, tie-dye, tree-hugging, weed-smoking, homo-loving-marriage-destroying, lazy-welfare-mongering, acid-tripping, baby-killing, kool-aid-drinking, broccoli-granola-soy-tofu-eating vegan, treasonous, bra-burning, flag-burning, draftcard-burning, bleeding-heart, Jane-Fonda-loving and Charles Manson-admiring, constitution and freedom-hating, Anti-American incessant-whiner pinko commie A-rab-terrorist-sympathizer who has a hidden agenda to overthrow the American government and its people – especially those that are “accomplished females”.
So, because of my new nickname, well naturally, I’m voting for this one….
And based on the below video, it is now confirmed that I’m not a “real” ‘Merican.
This sure says a lot, doesn’t it? It says that people would rather see the world as either black or white. It shows that people are too afraid to see the grays.
People only see what they want to see. Those with an agenda will filter what they read as a self-serving pursuit to satisfy their egos.
Naturally, the Left don’t see how I stand against Right-Wing politics.
Naturally, the Right don’t see how I defend my people and debunk rumors about my country.
The more powerful your agenda, the more extreme you are, the less you will see what is in front of you – and more you will see what suits your needs.
I’ve been writing in my blog since 2005. Go look in my archives yourself – the ones all the way at the bottom that show post count. I have been bashing extremism mercilessly in my blog for four years. Ask the Gun Toting Liberal(who has been following me for that length of time) and he’ll tell you himself (he’s also into moderate politics – oh the horrors!!). Even with that said, people still label me either a typical, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered Neanderthal American….
OR
a Godless, hairy, smelly, tie-dye, tree-hugging, weed-smoking, acid-tripping, baby-killing, kool-aid-drinking, broccoli-granola-soy-tofu-eating vegan, treasonous, bra-burning, flag-burning, draftcard-burning, bleeding-heart, Jane-Fonda-loving and Charles Manson-admiring Anti-American pinko commie terrorist-sympathizer who has a hidden agenda to overthrow the American government and its people.
And people knee-jerkingly give me all of these wild labels without even caring FIRSTwhat I believe in.
Let me just tell you straight up. I do not have patience with you folk.
However, some people get me, my sense of humor, and most importantly, my sarcasm. You know who you are. And I thank you.
For those that don’t get me. Please tell me what don’t you understand, and I’ll be happy to debate you or point you in the right direction. Bring it on!! BUT.. If I have to keep repeating myself over and over again, I will eventually give up and stop reading your responses. I have A LOT of patience. I have a thick-skin and can take a lot of weirdness before I call it quitz. But I do have my limits. Please don’t press them. I just have a weakness when it comes to repeating myself. I’m NOT a Special Education teacher!
Finally, for the 2897410025269th time (my last repeat), let me just leave you all with my already posted in my glossary definition (or how I define it) of PATRIOTISM:
Q: What is Patriotism?
A: Most Anti-Americans will tell you that Patriotism is defined as unconditionally accepting its leader and every crooked thing that a government may do. But I beg to differ. Patriotism for me is being able to say that you’re proud of where you were born and have the willingness to defend your country from verbal slander or violent attacks. True Patriotism also believes in free speech in that if we disagree with what our government is doing, wewillquestionit. Patriots don’t always approve blindly of every decision made by our administration. Patriotism also believes that you can be a progressive-minded liberal and still be a patriot. Patriotism is ALWAYS optimistic, believes in change, and sees room for improvement when needed. If Patriotism doesn’t speak up and try to make changes, then our ancestors that died for this freedom, died fornothing.
Just like they accuse the liberals for, they are buying the snake oil too – and more of it. Yes, the neocons are buying the snake oil. They are living in a la-la-land-o-denial. Some of these people are racists and some of them aren’t. But all of them are dumb and ignorant. And as soon as they lose their insurance under McCain’s plan (that they refuse to see the reality of), they’ll be the first to whine. The red states will move further into poverty reaping what they sew.
The Americanophobes say we’re not all too different from the Fundamentalist Muslims. They have a point with the exception of the level of violence and the oppression of women. Other than that, our right wing fundaMENTAL Christianophiles are no different from “The Wild-Eyed-Arabs” they’re trying to “protect us from”.
We are repeating exactly what we fought against: The British Empire.
My fellow prisoners, these are the people that make Americans look like wackos. Here are some videos of the Lunatic Red State Fringe that’ll make you cringe:
The Ugly Americans Part I
The Ugly Americans Part II
The Ugly Americans Part III
The Ugly Americans Part IV
The Ugly Americans Part V
The Ugly Americans Part VI
The Ugly Americans Part VII
[Al Jazeera video removed. I am curious if the red state radicals finally get my point now?]
Why do the polls look so good right now? It’s because these red state confederate flag-waving inbred zealots don’t have the BALLS to tell the pollsters on the phone that they’re voting for McSame!
Now, my contributors and I have spent a fair amount of time talking about what is good in America…
and more if you look at the rest of my topics on Americanophobia. I feel like I am the only American out there that kicks ass when it comes to fighting bigoted opinions about the American people. The Americanophobes, instead of referring to the extremists, lump all Americans under the same umbrella. I rail against that.
But this is an appropriate time for me, these days, to talk about what is REALLY wrong with America. But to be fair, I think that about half of us are good and half of us are bad regardless of political orientation. It’s just that the bad people here are so much nosier and easier to see. And it is very tempting, even for myself, to exaggerate how truly sickening they are because of my own inabilities to calm my annoyances with them.
See, this is why the neocons (generally) have a reputation for being “happier” and “more positive”. Do you ever stop to wonder why? It is because they, as a defence/survival mechanism, live in denial. The liberals, on the other hand, comparatively are more cynical and live in reality. Liberals are happy too. They live like everyone else. It’s just that when the shit hits the fan, they’d say, “I see shit!” whereas the neocons would say, “What shit?”. A liberal would rub their nose it in, and the neocon response would be, “Hey, whatever this is, smells good.” A liberal would roll their eyes and then clean it up. Why? Because liberals (not the extreme left) are always trying to clean up America with their priorities on education, reading, civil rights and liberties, equal rights – you know — everything FDR was all about (social security, Americans Disability Act ect). You know, those same things that our red states milk the hell out of that their future Palin administration will take away little by little by little……
If the Scarah Palin administration takes over (and it will), America will be what the movie, “Idiocracy” dictated.
CALEDONIA, Wis. — Police in Caledonia are investigating the assault of a campaign volunteer as she was canvassing for Senator Barack Obama Saturday afternoon.
In an exclusive interview with 12 News, 58 year-old Nancy Takehara of Chicago says she was going door-to-door when she came across a disgruntled homeowner.
“The next thing I know he’s telling us we’re not his people, we’re probably with ACORN, and he started screaming and raving,” Takehara said. “He grabbed me by the back of the neck. I thought he was going to rip my hair out of my head. He was pounding on my head and screaming. The man terrified me.”
Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating. The tires were cut while people were inside the Crown Coliseum listening to speeches, said Maj. E. Wright of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Many of the damaged vehicles were parked on Wilkes Road. Representatives from Obama and Sen. John McCain’s campaigns said they were unaware of the acts.
[Snip!]
“This is an embarrassment to this city and to me as a citizen,” Revis said. “I’ve seen women out here crying and men cussing. This is a crying shame.”
Lynne Steenstra said she thought that the slashings were scare tactics designed to keep her and others from supporting Obama.
Even though it cost her roughly $120 to get her Dodge Caravan towed and fixed, Steenstra said the act would not intimidate her from voting.
“It hasn’t deterred us one bit,” Steenstra said. “It has only encouraged us more. I just hope whoever did this pays the price.”
It amazes me how people think that this will make liberals convert to conservationism. If anything, it has the opposite effect!
CULLOWHEE – A dead bear was found dumped this morning on the Western Carolina University campus, draped with a pair of Obama campaign signs, university police said.
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Maintenance workers reported about 7:45 a.m. finding a 75-pound bear cub dumped at the roundabout near the Catamount statute at the entrance to campus, said Tom Johnson, chief of university police.
“It looked like it had been shot in the head as best we can tell. A couple of Obama campaign signs had been stapled together and stuck over its head,” Johnson said.
Once again. Why don’t I think Obama’s going to win? The Blue voice said it best.(Oh, how biased of meeee!)
We all know that as the desperate GOP contends with the very real possibility of losing this election and losing it big, the dirtier and sleazier they will play.
First off, the US has never been a Democracy (close, but no cigar), but for all that it’s worth (if you thought that our Electoral Voting System was corrupt, this is equally worse or even more so).
A survey of 10 swing states suggests Florida, Georgia and Virginia may have the most problems on Election Day.
As election officials brace for record-breaking voter turnout on Election Day, a close examination of voting preparedness in 10 swing states shows that significant problems in the basic functions of the American election administration system persist, and in a few cases have worsened over the last few years, a new report by Common Cause and The Century Foundation shows.
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“While some states have taken steps to improve their election procedures, several still have a number of structural and statutory weaknesses that put voting rights at risk once again this year,” said Tova Wang, Common Cause’s vice president, a Century Foundation fellow and the report’s author. “In an election that we hope and expect will see unprecedented turnout, we are hopeful that steps can still be taken to make the election process a fair one for all Americans.”
[Snip]
As hundreds of thousands of new voters have been added to the registration rolls just in the last few months, one troubling finding is that problems with voter registration issues in many instances have gone unaddressed, or even worsened in the surveyed states. Many states have flawed procedures for matching the information voters give them when they register with other state databases, and some have no established protocols for doing so at all. Uniquely, Florida will continue to require that prospective voters prove eligibility by providing the exact information that appears on existing state databases. This policy often results in rejections of valid registered voters if the voter provides a variant of his or her name instead of a full name, a clerical error is made on the election administration side, or a voter makes another minor mistake.
[Snip]
Another problem in 2006 was state laws made it too easy to challenge a voter on a slim basis. The most famous example of this was the challenge to 35,000 voters’ eligibility to vote in Ohio prior to Election Day. There are already indications that with all the new voters registering, challenges to eligibility will be a major issue again this year. None of the seven states reviewed in this report have changed their laws since 2006 to lessen the chances of this occurring, and of the three new states included, Colorado and New Mexico have acceptable, though not ideal provisions to handle challenges to voters, while Virginia’s is fairly troubling.
The neocons have no problem listening to phone sex of private citizens in the name of “The Patriot Act”. So, Big Brother is OK there. But god forbid we universalize our election system. That would be too Communist and too “Big Government” for our leaders to take charge. With that said, the neocons need to quit whining about ACORN and “voter fraud” since they don’t support a federalization of one of our most basic, fundamental and important processes!
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sometimes, it pays to be pokey. Going slow has paid the state of New York about $27 million and counting. New Hampshire and Oklahoma, too, are sitting on a pile of federal money.
How did it happen? After the contested 2000 presidential recount, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, giving about $3 billion to states to replace old punch-card and lever voting machines. A lot of states, including California, Ohio and Florida, plunked down vast sums of money to buy shiny new machines, many of which were quickly deemed unreliable and mothballed.
America is beginning to look more and more like a third world country in my eyes:
No democracy regarding the voting process
Becoming a third rate economy and depending on other nations to clean up after our messes
Our Health Scare
Our products and food are losing quality day by day
The diminishing of the middle class
No separation of church and state (can’t become a president here unless you are a Christian)
Freedoms being stripped away from the Left and Right Wing
If you examine the above, those are qualities of living in 3rd world countries.
Soon, we’ll be jumping the fence to find solace in Mexico, Cuba (by way of Mexico), and parts of South America. Sounds funny now, but just give it another few decades, and you’ll see.
We all know how GWB *DIDN’T* get elected in 2000 (or I’d at least like to hope). The below comment that I just found in the status updates that belonged to one of my friend’s friends on Facebook depressed the hell out of me.
If she had been paying attention, she would know that Florida is one of the critical borderline battleground states where the vote counts THE MOST. My face wound up in my hands when I read this. Normally, I laugh at such ridiculousness, but this time, I really wanted to cry. And her six year old is going to choose for her – eenie-meenie-miney-moo-catch-a-tiger……??? *sighs* This is the second person I found with such an attitude. It surprises me because this person is an upper-middle-class individual with a HIGHER education and is a lawyer to boot.
It is this very attitude that got the dumbest man on earth elected in 2004.
I think that it should be a requirement to watch the movie, “Idiocracy” before voting. Because it’s those that don’t pay attention to what’s going on and those who really don’t give a fuck that are running this country into the ground by its nose!
Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.
Excuse my French, but what the fuck is wrong with these people??? Out of 300 million Americans in the US, there’s got to be at least 200 million eligible voters. Please tell me these doorknobs who don’t care about who becomes PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES are the minority.
Tomorrow, go vote. If you stay home tomorrow and don’t vote, then shut the fuck up until the next election. Don’t you dare utter one whiney-ass bitch or moan about the way of the world. Make your voice heard. Cast your vote and express your conscience.
Know, if you’re a parent, that your kids and their kids will be paying for the Iraq war. The current administration could give a flying fuck about the cost in human life or to the next generation – they’ll be dead by the time this debacle is paid for.
Disclaimer: Dumb people = Bush voters = that’s not what I’m saying. Apathetic people = Dumb = voting for Bush ‘cuz he’d be more fun to have a beer with and he just had that “straight-talk-effect” that dumb people are seduced by.
DEAR AMERICANS,
GET OFF OF YOUR ASSES AND VOTE
FOR WHO REPRESENTS YOUR ISSUES THE MOST.
DON’T NOT VOTE BECAUSE YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO WIN, ANYWAY.
VOTE REGARDLESS!
IN CASE YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ON NOVEMBER 4TH,
LOOK UP “EARLY VOTING” IN YOUR AREA
AND VOTE ON A DIFFERENT DAY PRIOR! DON’T MAKE EXCUSES.
THIS IS THE WORST TIME IN YOUR LIFE TO PICK A DAY TO BE LAZY,
Call it a whine or a perceived whine or whatever. This is CLASSIC right wing whining!
And how un-woman-like of Winkmaster Sarah Palin, the Female Sancho Panza (the same person who railed against Hillary’s “whining”). Scarah Palin is so wrong on so many levels here:
She cannot tell the difference between supporters and protesters.
She clearly cannot take criticism.
She’s trying to stifle the “perceived protesters” in the name of Jesus“our men fought for your right to protest” bla bla bla.
By Powerhouse Palin’s own words…
I would hope at least that those protesters have the courage and the honor of thanking our veterans for giving them the right to protest.
Um Palin? Psst…
What does protesting have anything to do with not appreciating who gave us that right?
If they fought for us to have this freedom, why, then, can’t we use it?
My recent results of having taken a political questionnaire. So, here is my political compass.
To take the test and compare your results with me, click here.
The results of past leaders: Many people confuse Hitler with Stalin. Hitler tried to sell socialism only to get the vote and gain control over his people. While he did open up his socialist-bag-o-tricks and save the German economy during the depression, once he had the trust of the German people in the palm of his hands, his true right wing character let loose. Hitler then executed is well-planned mission. Hilter was a right-wing nut-job. People who deny this are only trying to make you think liberals are all blood-sucking tie-dye wearing, tree-hugging, bleeding-heart, communist Arab terrorists that like dictators and no freedom. And they also call Hitler a right-winger to color pink the Bush administration’s poo. Conservatives till this day, still think Hitler was a hardcore leftist when it was actually Stalin.
What’s going on in the rest of the world.
When we look at Election 2008 in the US, here’s what the candidates look like on the map on the larger scale.
Notice where the Palin Administration is compared to Obama. Look closely at who wants more government and who wants less.
For more information as to where I stand politically, you can find my political profile here. What sucks about being a moderate is that you will always be called one of two things: (well, at least by the extremists, anyway)
a left-wing nut job … OR
a right-wing nut job
Anyway, please post your political compass results right here in the comment section!
You know how I feel? I don’t care if Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama and his friends are terrorists! Terrorist Barack Mohammed Hussein Obamawill be better than Palin/Bush any day of the week, my fellow prisoners. Bring it on! Our country needs a counterbalance to the extremism from the Bush administration over the last eight years. I’m fed up.
Did Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama lie about Bill Ayers?
Voters may differ in how they see Ayers, or how they see Obama’s interactions with him. We’re making no judgment calls on those matters. What we object to are the McCain-Palin campaign’s attempts to sway voters – in ads and on the stump – with false and misleading statements about the relationship, which was never very close. Obama never “lied” about this, just as he never bragged about it. The foundation they both worked with was hardly “radical.” And Ayers is more than a former “terrorist,” he’s also a well-known figure in the field of education.
Are three former Fannie Mae executives “economic advisers” to Obama?
No, claims made in a chain e-mail are false. Jim Johnson advised on non-economic matters but quit after a week. Franklin Raines says he took a “couple of calls” but was never an adviser. We find no evidence Tim Howard ever had a connection to the Obama campaign.
What about Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama’s association with ACORN and voter fraud?
I still have yet to hear how Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is directly connected to voting fraud. Additionally, Republicans have no right to talk about cheating as they had blood on their hands in the 2000 election and in the 2008 election AGAIN where they are trying to keep those who have lost their homes from voting!
There’s another blogger’s opinion which I highly recommend. Please read “On Voter Fraud”. Especially if you think Voter Fraud is a Liberal phenomenon. Oh, and never mind the fact that McCain is ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH ACORN!
Speaking of Anti-Americanism, could Winkmaster SARAH PALIN, the Female Sancho Panza, be considered Anti-American based on this?
Ever wonder why the conservatives are so hush hush quiet about this?
It is this Pentecostal association that most concerns and confuses the McCain campaign. As Minnery makes clear, millions of Evangelicals have accepted Palin because of her membership in a Bible church. But there is no denying that mainstream Evangelicals and Pentecostals, while political allies on many social issues, have historically had significant tensions over theological differences. The Evangelicals’ swoon for Palin might fade if it turns out that she continues to hold fast to Pentecostal practices and beliefs.
So what exactly is Pentecostalism, and could it really pose a political problem for Palin? Here’s a brief TIME primer on the religious tradition that is such a touchy subject for the McCain campaign:
Rest the rest of this controversial story here. (2 pages)
Oh, that’s old news about McCain and his terms of endearment with The Keating Five… or is it? Yes, if you’re going to talk about Anti-American connections, this must be mentioned as well.
Looks like all these candidates have some “stuff”. It’s up to you to determine whether or not their “stuff” will effect how they will run the country or whether their “stuff” is valid or not. I would like to think that whether it be Palin, McCain, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama, or Biden — that we judge THEM and not their “friends”. For some people, that will be a lot harder to do as both sides are getting pretty desperate, aren’t they? What a concept. Judging the actions of an actual candidate? Can the people do it? Can people even reach beyond the surface and see what is there aside from hairdos, accessories, height, weight, gender, race, accents, hobbies, lipstick, rumor, chain-emails etc? Can people venture the conservative opinion and the liberal opinion and think for themselves?
P.S. Just when you think things couldn’t get any weirder, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is suddenly being charged for having connections with Charles Manson.
P.S.S. Things are STILL getting weirder. Now, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is being charged by a grassroots organization for being a Kenyan – not a natural born US citizen despite proof of his being born in the USA.
This is how a Frenchman (who goes by the name, “Borborygme”) feels about the US economic crisis:
What tangible unpleasant thing have you personally suffered from ‘this crisis’? Hearing bad news does not count. Has anything bad actually happened to you? A decline in the value of your house only counts if you have sold it or tried to sell it for the lower price. A notional change in value is meaningless if you are not in the market to buy or sell. The same can probably be said for your stock positions unless you hold stocks in the financial sector. Even then, I suspect most insurance companies will profit from this in the end, even though their stock is down temporarily, because they can buy things so cheaply now, which, eventually will show up as an elevation in their stock price.
Obviously this was written by someone who has never had to worry about money. Must be nice.
I won’t get into the domino effect this has on the middle class and lower income families because well, that’s just obvious if you are an American. You sorta have a clue. I am one of millions upon millions of families directly effected by this mess, and I don’t take too kindly to my personal situation being belittled and laughed at when I didn’t do anything to harm anybody else.
When I say that I am effected (or any American for that matter), that doesn’t mean I am sad because I cannot buy that 4747882002569 inch Plasma TV. Or buy my 352597889005th car for my 8 door garage. Like most people, I live a very modest life. Maybe the Americanophobes need to read this and then STFU!
An Australian basically thought that the economic crisis was funny and being overreacted to under the disguise of “satire”.
Another thing that confuses me is that people like Borborygme are usually whining about how the states effect their every day life. Every little thing that goes wrong is always “America’s fault”. We Americans have to hear constantly how we are ruining THEIR lives – all the time. I find it troubling that Borborygme and people that think like like him are constantly whining about Americans oppressing them. Borborygme expects Americans to sympathize with HIM. Because HE is thuffwerring… Puleeeeze…
This Frenchman is a frequent commenter on a blog that rails against Anti-Frenchism. You gotta love the irony and the double standards. Typical of your every day kook-aid drinking quack-in-the-box Americanophobe ankle-biter.
Non-Americans:They suffer. Americans:They never suffer; they only cause it against others.
The above is how the world see us, generally.
Most people in other countries are nothing but “The Yanks are out to get meeeeee“ paranoid school yard bullies that don’t give a rats ass about anybody but themselves despite their phony puritanism. They always whine that Americans are giving them the middle finger. Well, yanno what? We really should, actually.
Like I mentioned in this post, I find it fascinating that while the Americanophobes are belittling our situation here, they are crying about how American Wall Street has effected them so much. So, apparently, we Americans are supposed to “feel sowwy for them” when they are barely even touched by the crisis. They lie to Americans because they need every and any excuse in the book to find fault with the average American. Fuck that shit.
As Andrei Markovits from Romania said, most of the whiny brats in other western countries are rich elitist mother fuckers. And they lie like a seasoned politician.
This reminds me of the following quote:
“As someone who takes human rights seriously, I’m appalled by the lack of sympathy the left feels toward the victims of any regime other than the Bush administration. Let’s shout it to prisoners everywhere: If you’re not harmed by an American, your suffering doesn’t count.” –Erik Svane
But wait a minute. Millions of Americans have been harmed by the American government. I will update his quote for him. So long as you’re an American, no matter what you go through negatively, it
never happened
and even if it kinda did, it was deserved
I get as angry as I do because
I don’t take kindly to my personal situation being minimized especially when someone doesn’t even know me or my personal life, and
because I’ve (for the most part) been againstMY government and on the side of other countries.
Another thing that is ironic is that the Americanophobes living in Europe criticize Americans for being too positive about life. But when we mention the slightest inconvenience in our lives, we are maimed a bunch of lying attention seekers. So, which is it, really? We are damned either way, aren’t we?
I will say loudly and proudly that I have more fight in me than your average Americanophobic Euro-weenie. And I AM positive. But that doesn’t negate the fact that I am human either.
Any other Americanophobe want to downplay the effect that the financial crisis has on the average American? Come to the US. Trying living in an average to low income zone. Then you can judge. Think all Americans are spoiled rich, read this.
It is people like Borborygme why I dedicate a big FUCK YOU to the rest of the vile sonofabitches in the rest of the world.
UPDATE!!
Oh dear…. it figures. The guy that I had thought was a Frenchman, I just found out today wasn’t. He’s an American yuppy living in California obviously not effected at all by the financial crisis, the bailout, or anything crooked that government has done in its blind movement to become a 3rd world country.
To the Americanophobic moonbat knee-jerk reactionaries abroad, you now have a friend.
The Americanophobic Leftards in Canada, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand, and Australia will absolutely LOVE this video. Get out your pom poms and chant with your friend, Winkmaster Sarahcuda, the Female Sancho Panza.
Oct. 7, 2008 | “My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.”
This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers back in his old Weather Underground days, right? Imagine what Sarah Palin is going to do with this incendiary quote as she tears into Barack Obama this week.
Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that’s the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. (“Keep up the good work,” Palin told AIP members. “And God bless you.”)
The AIP actually reminds me of the Americanophobic Canadian Action Party that is calling (unsuccessfully, mind you) for an independent Canada so that they don’t have to depend on the US any longer. I think the Canadian Action Party and the Alaskan Independence Party should merge. How convenient since they are so close to each other in proximity too. Not Russia-close, but you know what I mean. Their messages are similar:
The Canadian Action Party is, above all, a pro-Canadian party dedicated to the principle that Canada can best serve its citizens and the world by re-claiming and maintaining its political and economic sovereignty as an independent country.
It is opposed to the ascendancy of “corporate rule” and those aspects of unrestricted global investment that promote colonization of the world’s smaller powers and in Canada’s case its absorption by the United States of America.
Minus the heart-clenching, tear-jerking, human dignity bit (if you continue reading further), notice the similarities.
“I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.”
–Joe Vogler
Yep. You betcha.
Naturally, Sarah Palin and Joe Vogler aren’t your only friends in America.
I’d like to say that Bill Ayers is one of your friends as well, but I won’t. He’s not an Anti-American. He used to be, but he has cleaned himself up and has been doing good for America by way of charity projects and becoming a professor. He wants to fix what’s broken in America and I admire that. Better than the incessant whiners any day. (RE: ACORN: I want to know that Obama/Ayers are directly involved with encouraging voter fraud before I say anything, but that’s besides the point.) Ayers stayed in this country, after all, and did what he could to help after he rehabilitated. Americanophobes abroad would never think of helping a fallen American (obviously). Rather, they would step on them and mush them into the cement. But they like to call themselves, “tolerant”, “peace-loving”, and “considerate” all the time while patting their backs. I love the irony.
Now, I’d introduce you to Pastor Jeremiah Wright, but scratch that. Why? He believes in God, and Americanophobes loathe people who are religious. So, forget that.
Anyway…
There are more Americans that hate America than all those that hate America abroad combined. But see, you wouldn’t know that you have so many friends over here in the US because you know as much about the US as Americans know about the rest of the world. Because after all, Americanophobia IS based on ignorance and underdeveloped brains. You know, brains like this and this. Don’t matter how you sugar-coat it, bigotry IS bigotry. And bigotry stems from, once again, ignorance. DISCLAIMER:Before you people start foaming at the mouth, let’s not confuse being disgusted with America with Anti-Americanism because they are two different things.
Now, go on. Show Governer Sarah Palin your unwavering support, hold hands, and join together as you do whatever it is you do best i.e bullying innocent people and hating those that aren’t like you.
What’s wrong with anti-Americanism? I live in Australia and think it’s perfectly normal to be anti-American seeming as America is responsible for the global financial crisis.
I see anything involving anti-, as a means of freedom of speech. There’s no such thing as anti, only free speech. Well that’s what I think.
What is America? Is it a person? Is she faceless? A faceless group, perhaps? Is it those responsible for financial fraud on Wall Street? Is it our political figures? Is it all 300 million Americans? Or am I personally guilty by association because I happen to have been born in America – you know the kind of guilt-by-association like Obama is to ACORN/Voting Fraud as McCain is to Keating or as Sarahcuda is to AIP? Does it depend on who voted for who? Is it all Bush’s fault? Is it solely the fault of the Republicans? Is it solely the fault of the Democrats? Or were both parties equally at fault?
Some collective guilt here, much? Whiny mindless Americanophobia at its finest!
Most Americans (who sorta actually live in America) have a clue (probably because they live in America) as to what caused the financial meltdown. Most people with half a brain know that it was a BIPARTISAN DISASTER, but leave it to the neo-cons and the Americanophobic acne-puberty-stricken leftists door knobs to put the blame in the wrong ass direction.
Some recommended reading for those that are clueless and genuinely want to learn:
While the Americanophobes are squealing in their little shiny castles afar barely touched by the tragedy, Americans are pointing, blaming, and complaining. And rightfully so.We are the true victims. Furthermore, we did not choose our fate. Why would someone choose to become broke or purposefully want to loose what they’ve worked hard for, not being able to take care of their families, their health, becoming homeless etc. Sure, these unfortunate happenings have been going on despite the crisis, but it is worse now.
I worked hard to complete college with a professional degree. Despite being in academia for most of my career, I tried to save money regularly, and had built up a nice sum towards my retirement. I wasn’t rich, but at least I had saved some money and invested it. Now, because people who never should have been loaned money in the first place were given credit to the extent that it undermined our financial security – I find the markets in free-fall, and the investments that I had to be in a similar state. Meanwhile, the same people who caused the crisis are now getting bailed out with MORE of my money in the form of taxes.
Read the rest of this story from Expat Texan here.
Are Americans really trying to purposely destroy the rest of the world?
No. It’s your ignorance about the world around you. You’re so stupid that you don’t know you affect anyone else. You make one stupid mistake after the next.
How about you’re so stupid to be ignorant of the fact that there are more Americans being affected by the financial crisis than there are Australians, New Zealanders, Europeans, Canadians, Latin Americans, and the rest of the world put together? Yes, more Americans are effected. Now, get that through your fat thick xenophobic constipated heads!
The average American is *NOT* responsible for making your economy fall down with ours. We, Americans are actually the victims of this crisis. YOU Americanophobes are responsible for yourselves since you come from a free speaking democracy that you feel is superior to America, you’d think that you’d change things so that when the big fat elephant that is America rolls over or twitches, you don’t have to get squashed. What kind of country are YOU , how fragile a country are YOU, that you cannot fight to be independent enough to be immune from America’s failings, that you cannot fight to be independent enough to wipe the drool off of your own chins instead of waiting on Americans to make it better? Or how about becoming more resilient? Or making it so that fat elephants don’t affect you at all. You claim to live in a free-speaking democracy, don’t you? If so, campaign to become a sovereign nation INDEPENDENT from America and get off our lawns!
How about you’re so stupid to not being able to make an intellectual distinction between the American people and her government?
Yeah, but you voted for Bush twice, so you caused this mess.
When life sucks for you, you cry like a baby at the drop of a hat and point to America. That’s a crutch. Weak and cowardly people use crutches. Grow a pair, look in the mirror for a change, and turn the finger back at yourselves.
Being a young guy (20 years old), I don’t have any serious investments. I tend to stay away from investing stock or anything like that. I don’t own a house yet, but will one day. The financial crisis doesn’t affect me whatsoever, it’s over-dramatised and I say it’s time to shut the fuck up about it.
That’s funny. It’s that same lackadaisical attitude that Americans are accused of typically. And the only reason your media goes on and on about the crisis is because your own stock market crashed and some people in your country WILL be effected, ya dingbat. And your media is also aware that most people who hang on to every word at face value are tools like YOU. You fell for it. You adore your tabloids. Keep following the herd having others do your thinking for you.
Until people start jumping out of 25 story buildings, it’s not really an issue yet is it? I mean when people start to jump out of buildings onto the side walk it’s obviously an issue, because someone has to clean up that mess, luckily not me.
Little kid, I actually think it’s time you take a jump. In any event, it absolutely amazes me how one who claims to be unaffected by the crisis feels effected enough to moan about it in their own blog and on mine and give that as a reason to hate all Americans.
The spoiled brat continues…
If you were stupid enough to vote for George Bush once or even twice, you caused your own demise and I’ll happily watch you burn away. We all know the crisis was caused by government deregulation in regards to giving poor black people loans who could never have paid it back.
I guess the main reason the crisis doesn’t affect me is because I don’t make foolish long-term decisions when it comes to money. I make foolish short term ones, which usually still leaves me with money until my next pay day.
Well, of course, a foolish long-term decision can only be made by a yank, anyway, right? As the saying goes, “to err is to human American”. It can be pretty amusing to watch these moonbats play that “victim card” like nobody’s business.
And finally, the blame-gamer prepubescent 20 year old acne-face leaves some solid advice for America:
Lesson learnt: Don’t give poor black people home loans when they obviously can’t pay them back, lose their houses and the bank loses money because property values in that area went down when they try selling the house to get the money back.
Uh. Um. Mmm’kay? So, when Americans sign a loan, they don’t have to read the terms of their agreement? Wow. Is this the way things are run in Australia? No personal responsibility in your neck of the woods? You have the freedom to live carelessly and when your panties get soiled, you blame someone else like you blame the yanks for all of your woes that you claim are no big deal anyway unless you are jumping off of a tall building? Oh wait, but just a paragraph ago, you were blaming the problem on the buyers. Hey, you wanna make up your mind sometime in the near future? Anyway, I hate to break the news to you, but it wasn’t just black people that needed loans. More typical whiny Americanophobic elitist rhetoric.
Now, I await to hear how I’ve ruined the lives of the Canadians, Europeans, Latin Americans and the New Zealanders. I had no idea that I was so powerful. Thank you for rubbing my ego. One crossed off and four more countries to go.
But wait a second!! Isn’t she supposed to be one of us – yanno, the relateable REAL type of folksy-folk? You betcha. *wink* I mean, don’t we just adore her because she’s so real? *wink* She’s so in touch with the average “Joe 6-pack”. *wink* At least the way I see it, being real doesn’t equate with Photoshop.
And whining is a Liberal phenomenon, isn’t it?
Are you listening to me, you NATION OF WHINERS?!?!
(Psst… If this makes you depressed, well…. there’s always a Palin cookie you can eat.)
Canadians have more sex, have multiple partners, are planet-friendly lovers, are more adventurous in bed, don’t have to go to jail for crimes committed and more!
After digging through the data, here’s what we found: the staid, underpaid Canadian is dead. Believe it or not, we now have more wealth than Americans, even though we work shorter hours. We drink more often, but we live longer and have fewer diseases. We have more sex, more sex partners and we’re more adventurous in bed, but we have fewer teen pregnancies and fewer sexually transmitted diseases. We spend more time with family and friends, and more time exploring the world. Even in crime we come out ahead: we’re just as prone to break the law, but when we do it, we don’t get shot. Most of the time, we don’t even go to jail.
Additionally, Canada is a way cool place if you like to smoke pot, but ……… BUT(!) if you have smoked pot in the US (which is considered a criminal offence in the Great White North) Canada doesn’t like that and they may not let you enter the country without a fight.
But the good news is that Canada, (just a few months ago) took their very first step toward national sovereignty for the first time since her birth, and now has her own porn channels with …. *ACTUAL CANADIANS* (yes I did say that – Canadians are on TV!) instead of those nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, FAT, ugly, lazy, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, prude, sexless, monogamy-obsessed, raunchy, cheesy, dirty, smelly, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered neanderthal yanks from that cultural wasteland the the south. ———->
McCain didn’t even shake hands at the end of the debate with “that one” despite Obama’s putting his hand out to do so.
And people think Obama is arrogant and condescending?
And why didn’t McCain talk about all of Obama’s connections to his “terrorist friends”? That would have been a good one, no? C’mon! We’re talking about the “Straight Talk Express”, here! McCain missed a perfect opportunity to warn the American people that their lives are in danger under Obomba.
If the campaign is “Country First”, then McCain should do whatever he can to stop Obomba from destroying America.
I think Tom Brokaw and McCain forgot to take their Geritol this morning.
Of first priority, I would most humbly like to thank Ms. Monkey for allowing me this exalted venue to make a very important announcement.
Zontar the Magnificent (this is where my blog is), your ever faithful scribe has in the past been merely an observer of the machinations and follies of the events on your fair planet Earth. Zontar, however, feels he must now take bold action. Upon observing the very negative campaigning occurring in the “United” States for the current election, Zontar wishes to declare his intention to run for president!
I know all of my faithful minions from my own blog will be delighted to hear this news and will vote for me with no questions asked. It is incumbent upon me, in order to achieve victory, to give you Zontar’s campaign platform in this very fine blog of Ms. Monkey.
For those who don’t know me, I hail from Xenon which is a galaxy 12,000,000,000,000,002 light years from Earth. Zontar is eligible constitutionally to be president as Xenon was made a protectorate of the “United” States during the incumbency of Gerald Ford.
Don’t write me any letters! I know what you are thinking. “Zontar”, I hear you say, “This is absurd! You are an alien! How can you understand the problems of a (mostly) human country?”
Fear not, future faithful minion. I can assure you there is ample precedent. Simply look at history.
That is correct, oh ye of little faith. Abraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest president was actually a cyborg hailing from Uranus. During the 19th century, this tidbit was swept under the rug. But all Xenonians are very knowledgeable about this. The fable of his assassination at the hands of the mad actor Booth is a complete fabrication. What happened was his unstable wife through a glass of Big Red at him after a particularly heated argument. This caused him to short circuit. There was no cabal involved at all. It was just a marital spat.
Even in our own time there is proof that Aliens have been deeply involved in politics. It is well known that the neocon aliens endorsed George W. Bush:
Perhaps the most astonishing revelation of all is the fact that the current vice-president, Mr Richard Cheney, is an interloper from beyond the Milky Way.
This is certainly not hard to believe given the evil which he hath wrought upon the world. He was born on the Planet Fellatio and it is well known who malevolent and bad-tempered Fellatians are. Thank Allah he will soon be on the street in January.
But Zontar is not about finger pointing about others wrong doings. Nay! Zontar is benevolent and wise and is all about Change! Change we can believe in!
But what are Zontar’s stands on the issues? Why should I vote for him, I hear you thinking.
The reasons are sundry and overwhelming.
The most important reason is that Zontar is a good family man who has old fashioned family values. As an example I give you a picture of the most recent child which was given birth by his beloved daughter wife Placenta.
Don’t ya think Krok is adorable?
Among Zontar’s other accomplishments, are that he was co-chairman of the PTA (Parent Teacher Alien) association in Xenonia and later mayor of that fair city. While mayor Zontar made many fine executive decisions such as which books to ban and how much of a bounty to place of wolves legs.
The greatest reason to vote for Zontar is of his sacrifice for his planet of Xenon. During the Third interplanetary war between Xenon and Fellatio, Zontar was taken prisoner. He was tortured twice daily upon the electric chair
and inhumane toilet practices
Zontar would not give in to his captors. He would not divulge any military secrets until the second day of captivity.
Zontar is an intergalactic hero. Zontar is a maverick.
To make sure you can trust this ticket, Zontar is nominating himself as vice-president. Xenonians have a unique self cloning feature which comes in very handy.
So on election day, I want ya to ask yourself this question. Do you want four more years of Bush as represented by Mr. McCain?
Or do you really want a president who is a tax and spend liberal who will enslave you to his communist belief system and send you to a gulag prison camp if you disagree with him?
I think you know the answer my friends. On November 4th, as you enter the voting booth, make your choice for Change, Truth and the American Way!
This makes me sick as I hear that men all over the country are pleasuring themselves every time Palin comes on the screen. I keep hearing that American lesbians are voting for her after they lost the other vagina Hillary. Wal-mart stretch pants, soccer, and hockey moms will now have someone to relate to and will vote for Palin.
In the last election, some voted for Bush because they wanted to have a beer with him. Now, they either want to pork Sarah Palin, or just feel that she’s so reeeeeeeeeeeeal and relateable because she’s so reeeeeeeeeeeeeal.
Are we looking for friends or cheap dates in the sack or a president/vp that will run the country RESPONSIBLY with your well-being in THEIR hands?
There’s E-Harmony.com, Match.com, the Christian Virgin Singles Network, and others out there designed for finding “relataebles”, reeeeeeeeeal people, beer buddies, friends with benefits, marriage partners both heterosexual and homosexual and trannies.
Dearest America, this is a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – *NOT* E-Harmony.Com or American Idol.
And he’s got it right. If you don’t want your children being made fun of for having two babies out of wedlock, don’t display them on to our TV screens!!!! Decent Americans want to see the candidates and hear about their issues both past and present. There is nothing more manipulative and irrelevant to see the candidates children flood the stage after a political event. And what’s even worse is when I hear some of my neo-con compatriots speak of how “perfect” Palin’s family is and how they all “get along so well” and the “most perfect relationship everrrrr”. Yes, I have heard this all too many times. How the hell do we define one’s intimate relationships based on a few appearances in Hollywood after political campaigns?
Americans, please vote. But for for the ISSUES not the personality!
Sarah Palin wants to run the United States, and possibly use McCain to help her out at times. She doesn’t even like McCain because a year ago, he really was a Maverick. He has liberal principles that even if he denies them now, it is too late for Sarah Palin. And it will be easy for Palin to run the states sitting on John’s face as he’ll do anything for her with the right wink or her signature cutsey mommy-dearest-smile.
If any of you had your eyes open the last 8 years, you know that it was Cheney who ran the US (especially in the orchestration of the Iraqi War) – not Bush. Bush was his puppet. Palin will be – not another Bush – but another Cheney. And that is worse. I’ve always thought Cheney was worse than Bush. Cheney is the most criminal-minded sinister man ever to be in the White House, in my opinion.
On November 4th, when people line up to vote, you are naive to think that people are actually voting for McCain for the Republican ticket. No. They are all voting for Palin. People still know deep down inside that McCain is too Liberal for the Republican Party.
In all actuality, the Neo-Conservatives do *NOT* like Mavericks. They like those who represent all of their values. Not a few, but ALL of them. All of these “…but we’re the mavericks!!!!” are really intended to sway the Independents and the middle-of-the-roaders. If people truly think that Palin is a maverick, they are not paying attention.
If people are buying that words such as
you betcha
*wink*
yah
darn right
comin’
*wink*
We’re gonna shake it up
*wink*
yanno
doncha
we’re gonna put the government back on the side of the people
*wink*
boring hockey mom stories (intelligent people don’t give a fuck how many ankle biters you have!)
*wink*
darn right
*wink*
……cha
is her really “relating” to middle class America, please kill yourself now!
While I don’t agree with First Lady Laura Bush’s politics, I do find her to be a REAL lady. See, she has children too. She is the ultimate balance of a woman who is feminine and can work as hard and efficiently as a man. Hell, even Ann Coulter is more feminine than Palin. Did I just say that?
To me, Sarah Palin has a penis. I don’t see a woman. I see a bitter and pushy broad trying to take over while using softy young-people-talk to buy her way into the Oval scene.
Is it any wonder why the reporters are chasing Palin? Is it any wonder why there is obsession about this woman? If you are paying close attention to both sides of every story in the media, you will know that Palin has “stuff” out there that NEEDS to be laid on the table for the American people as done with Obama before Palin arrived on the scene.
I have heard over and over about
Obama’s so called “connections” with Muslim terrorists
Obama is a Muslim – therefore he must be a terrorist
Obama doesn’t have any experience
Obama’s pastor is an Anti-American white-hater, so Obama must be one too
Obama’s friends are all terrorists
Obama’s wife is an American hater
Obama didn’t put his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance
Obama said there were 57 states (that was a joke, by the way)
………….all this courtesy of the American media by way of FOX NEWS!! And the reporters NEVER let it go.
OK?
Now, it’s Palin’s turn. We want to see what trees she’s been rubbing her nose against all these years too!
And the fact still remains that in every single one of her interviews, she has struggled, stumbled, and only rarely answered the questions asked. Blaming her ineptitude on the Liberal Media is a cop out. Blaming her is harder to do.
Our Palin was given another chance last night in the debates, and all I heard was her pre-packaged talking points:
We’re gonna put the government back on the side of the people
*wink*
We are mavericks
*wink*
Alaska’s the biggest producer of energy
doncha
I cut taxes in Alaska
betcha
Lemme tell you what I did in Alaska……. (even though the answer had nothing to do with the question!)
*wink*
Ya
*wink*
cha
*wink*
betcha
darn right
I’m so cute
All of you die-hard Republicans know just as well as I do that Katie Couric was asking not trick questions, but very basic ones looking for clarification on statements that Palin has been making for the last 5 weeks. There were no camera tricks in ANY of her interviews, her words were not photoshopped , everything was raw. Sorry. Palin looked like a fool. The Liberal media did *NOT* tweak or twist ANY of her interviews. And even the time it was said that the camera “messed up”, that too was proven to be a big fat lie and the result of restless, sweaty-palmed neo-cons grasping at lipsticks straws. You don’t even need to watch the interviews. You can get access to all of these scrips online. And you will see what many of us have. Palin does not answer questions. And when Palin stood up from her chair, she left a puddle of sweat behind her.
I don’t think we Liberals would be as harsh if she weren’t touting her “STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS” balogna. One thing I have learned the most about Palin is that she is *NOT* a “straight-talker” by ANY stretch of the term. She has butchered what it means to be direct.
“…she got out alive, though there were white-knuckle moments along the way: questions that were answered with painfully obvious talking points that betrayed scant knowledge of the issue at hand and sometimes little relevance to the question that had been asked.”
[Snip!]
On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine (and a follow-up), the nuclear trigger, interventionism, Cheney’s vice presidency and her own greatest weakness.
Additionally, the very fact that she felt the need to repeat her lines over and over and over again during the debate was weak. It spoke volumes for me, at least. Repeating lines to compensate for lack of substance, indeed. And she admitted it herself in saying the following in the beginning of the debate:
“…And I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also…”
If we hadn’t just lived through a week in which news channels played some of Palin’s most embarrassing interview moments over and over again, I really think the story tonight would have been how badly she did in the debate. But because expectation levels were so low, she necessarily exceeded them. She did better than an average hockey mom plucked off the street would have, and therefore, we’re supposed to believe that she “held her own.”
But think about this. If a member of Congress had been selected at random and put on stage with no prep time at all, would that person have done better than Sarah Palin did last night? The answer is almost surely yes. Palin’s understanding of the issues was clearly confined to a handful of (poorly) memorized talking points. She often had to change the subject because she couldn’t answer a question. She almost never responded directly to the points Biden was making, and showed no ability whatsoever to engage in actual spontaneous thought or argument.
Even her emotional instincts were suspect. She blindly opened the door to Biden’s response about his own personal tragedy, and when he choked up, she responded in a weirdly disconnected way by smiling and saying something about how mavericky John McCain is. It was an odd moment, to say the least.
One example (out of numerous) from the debate last night is when she was asked to talk about her weak points, and all she did was tout her imagined “strong” points. Do you guys remember that?
I’d like to think that the American people would like to see what is behind all that incessant winking.
Anyway, for a laugh or a tear, I leave you with the following:
McCain “said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn’t sure whether they were aligned with us.”
Sarah Palin is going to do well. Why? Because she has rehearsed beforehand. It is as simple as that. When non-rehearsed and caught with questions off-guard, she’s an epic failure. Not that this phenomenon is specific to Sarah Palin, but I fear that too many people are not expecting much from her tonight — and you shouldn’t do that. Raise the bar. She is WELL-REHEARSED!
Mark my words.
And watch the polls that follow.
(By the way, while you’re tapping your fingers waiting for the debate to come on, let’s play Palin Bingo!)
Is it not interesting that on Youtube, (a website monitored by American-big-brother) bigoted hate speech (not criticism of US policies) against Americans is perfectly acceptable? Think about it. However, dare you say anything badly about Islam, your video will be banned or close to it. This is not, actually, the first time this has happened either. (Cartoons also making fun of Mohammed are also not very nice….)
But, wait a minute! Aren’t the Bush-loving-warmongering-red-white-and-blue-McD-Walmart-Americans in charge of monitoring and taking names on Youtube supposed to be banning hate speech against Americans along with Islamic hate speech?
Just some food for thought.
Feel free to see the video on Pat Condell’s homepage.
Pat, hold on a second, I thought the biggest problem facing Britain right now was McDonalds and denim jeans. Are you actually trying to say you find that Sharia Law and Muslim Extremism could actually be worse than walking past a Coca-Cola sign? Please tell me it isn’t so……
I don’t actually think anything will be done about Sharia Law in Britain. The Americanophobic Radical Left are too busy trying to persuade Americans that Bush is bad. (Psst… we’re still waiting for you to tell us something we don’t know…) But by the hair of their chins with any residual fight left in them at all, the Americanophobic zealots are trying to hold up Sharia law because anything other than that would be “racist”. I love the irony! Never mind that all these British “activists” are defending Muslim extremism at the expense of women’s rights(the very movement that they have historically stood behind, to make things even more ironic…) It is always fascinating how so many Americanophobes defend, protect, and even condone Islamic Fundamentalism, but should a flight attendant wear a cross, it is considered highly offensive. <—(Psst… that’s cuz God waz invented in AmeriKKKa, so……)
Nadia Eweida, who worked for British Airways, came to work wearing a necklace with a little cross on it.
Nadia Eweida (55), a Coptic Christian whose father is Egyptian and mother English, working for seven years at British Airways as a luggage inspector, was suspended from work for two weeks without pay because of wearing a cross.
The airline’s uniform code states that staff must not wear visible jewellery or other ‘adornments’ while on duty without permission from management. It makes exceptions for Muslim and Sikh minorities by allowing them to wear hijabs and turbans.
Congratulations to the Elitist Left. You have hit a home run.
UPDATE:
It turns out that Pat Condell’s video, “Saudi Britain” was taken down as Pat said that the country was mentally ill. There are over 1000 videos of that similarity to the US and its citizens. They are never taken down by Youtube. Americans are overseeing the site and agree with the Americanophobic attitudes. Like I mention often in my blog, nobody hates America more than Americans, themselves. If you’re interested in this topic, feel free to read how Americans are the most self-critical people in the world and condone all forms of Anti-Americanism. Yep. That is something you’ll never hear on the BBC, CBC, Al Jazeera, and all of your other favorite tabloids.
According to a questionnaire I answered a while back on Facebook, I am only 38% American.
Not that I’m all that surprised. I’ve always been told from others that I don’t act “American” – whatever “acting American” is. Oh yeah. Wait. It’s a typical, inbred, insular, nationalistic, unfashionable, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered, globalizing, Neanderthal American addicted to McDonalds, right?
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“There is a big difference between being anti-American and being critical of the United States….critiques are appropriate and necessary, provided that they rest on facts and address real abuses, real errors and real excesses–without deliberately losing sight of America’s wise decisions, beneficient interventions and salutary policies. But critiques of this kind–balanced, fair and well-rounded–are hard to find, except in America herself…” — Jean-Francois Revel
"The fundamental role of anti-Americanism in Europe in general, and particularly among those on the Left, is to absolve themselves of their own moral failings and intellectual errors by heaping them onto the monster scapegoat, the United States of America. The U.S. is charged with all the evils, real or imagined, that afflict humanity, from the falling price of beef in France to AIDS in Africa and global warming everywhere. The result is a widespread refusal to accept responsibility for one's own actions." — Jean-Francois Revel
"Anti-Americanism is hypocrisy at its finest, You can spend your evening catching the latest episode of "24" and then complain about Guantanamo the next morning." --the Berlin bureau chief of Der Spiegel
"Of course some Americans are stupid, but... "It all boils down to the fact that knowledge and intelligence are two different issues. Rote memorization of world capitals does not equate intelligence.
I do find it interesting that Canadians and Europeans have such strong opinions on this, considering that there are many more pressing issues to be concerned about. Perhaps the steady Canadian and European refrain of "Americans are stupid" is a reflection of their own deep-rooted insecurity. You know -- an inferiority complex." --Mohammed
"As an American, please allow me to begin by asserting that our nation has had its strengths and its weaknesses, its successes and its failures, and its justices and injustices throughout history and continuing into the present. Although I sense much patriotism for my homeland, I recognize our need for humility to understand that our country is not above questioning or reproach but is rather under the same standards as all other nations of the world. I would simply like to ask those who view our country from afar to maintain a balanced perspective and realize too that there exists good and bad in America, both in terms of its domestic society and politics as well as in its relations with other nations.
Whilst there may be growing anti-Americanism in the United Kingdom I do not believe such sentiment to be reciprocated on our side of the Atlantic. I viewed a recent survey that indicated most Americans view England positively, and never have I seen the flag of your country (or any other foreign land, for that matter) burned in the streets of our cities. Clearly we as American citizens have not meant to be your enemies." --Seth
"As someone who takes human rights seriously, I'm appalled by the lack of sympathy the left feels toward the victims of any regime other than the Bush administration. Let's shout it to prisoners everywhere: If you're not harmed by an American, your suffering doesn't count." --Erik Svane
"Ambivalence, antipathy, and resentment toward and about the United States have comprised an important component of European culture since the American Revolution at the latest, thus way before America became the world's 'Mr. Big' -- the proverbial eight-hundred-pound gorilla -- and a credible rival to Europe's main powers, particularly Britain and France . . . . While the politics, style, and discourse of the Bush administration -- and of George W. Bush as a person -- have undoubtedly exacerbated anti-American sentiment among Europeans and fostered a heretofore unmatched degree of unity between elite and mass opinion in Europe, they are not anti-Americanism's cause. Indeed, a change to a center-left administration in Washington, led by a Democratic president, would not bring about its abatement, let alone disappearance." --Andrei S. Markovits (author of Uncouth Nation - Why Europe Dislikes America)
"Is Euro Disney Land a threat to the French Culture? If French culture can be squashed by Mickey Mouse, or more exactly by simply moving Mickey geographically, it would have to be disturbingly fragile." Moreover, Revel argued, culture always circulates and, in the case of Euro Disneyland, California was merely repackaging for Europeans such European stories as Cinderella and Pinocchio. According to Revel, French culture was not being colonized and if any culture was in crisis, he contended, it was that of America with its fad for political correctness and other forms of "neoprovincialism." --Jean-François Revel
"Anti-Americanism is the only face of xenophobia still broadly accepted in Europe." --Mary Fitzgerald (New Statesman)
"Americans find themselves damned either way. If they remain within their own borders, they are isolationist hicks who are shirking their responsibilities. If they intervene, they are rapacious imperialists." --To hate America is to hate mankind
"The British find it very difficult to come to terms with the loss of their global dominance. We felt a deep sense of hurt and loss. We used to run the world, and we don’t anymore. So, in order to palliate that insecurity, we tend to run ourselves down too much. And we’re also snooty about the people who DO run the world." -- Boris Johnson (Member of Parliament)
"It is tragic that Anti-American ideas are so easily passed through rumour, while reconciliatory ideas and notions must be backed up with catalogues of evidence before they are even considered, purely because of the fact that it is so much easier to hate than to keep an objective open mind." --David Hatton
"Other common anti-American objections are ignorance and stupidity. In dealing with these two, I have no reason to suspect that the average American is any less intelligent than the average person from anywhere else. One trait I have noticed is that other cultures are generally much more ashamed of any deficit in the intellect of the individual, especially ours (the British), and as such will make a much greater attempt to hide it. If all cultures bar one are scared of looking stupid and take action to prevent that happening, then that one remaining culture is inevitably going to be lumbered with that image." --David Hatton
"We became not a melting pot, but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." --Jimmy Carter
"Most of the anti-Americanism these days stems from plain old nationalistic jealousy by a lot of countries that are born of insecurity about their own place in the world and their painful self awareness of their own failings and shortcomings...like the kids in the next block who are jealous of the boy who has a better bicycle or a newer fancier skateboard....phuque 'em all." --Robbins Mitchell
"Europeans, like the rest of the world, hate America and Americans, but love our aid when in distress, and our soldiers to die for THEIR COUNTRIES. You need to work, live and pay taxes from this side of the Atlantic to understand our vision of Europe and the rest of the world." --Jerry
"Unjustified hatred of Americans:
There is much unjustified hatred in the world. There is unjustified hatred of the USA. Much of this arises from the victimisation complex that sweeps much of mankind. Whoever is in charge, whoever is powerful or successful will also be hated. This immature hatred often evaporates quickly with a little reason or thought. There are some some invalid, unjustified criticisms. The most widespread hate is the hate by people the world over who fall victim to their own shortcomings, and want a scapegoat." --Vexen Crabtree
"USA citizens are not given world news in the same way as most the other developed nations, and may well be genuinely unaware that much of the world is as poor as it is. European news is highly world-centric, whereas due to its size most USA news does not have enough time to cover news in all neighbouring states, let alone news from around the world. " --Vexen Crabtree
"Despite the USA's dominance of mass media, it is frequently only the pro-USA, self-congratulatory messages that seem to arrive in Europe, the USA citizens criticism and disbelief of their own government is not apparent, which gives the overall impression that Americans are either gullible, ignorant or honestly uncaring." --Vexen Crabtree
"If a person outside of American culture is a hateful person, they may actively hate and verbally attack America. If the person takes this to include a hatred of Americans themselves, they are inconsiderate and have become a fool. If a person like this is brought up by people with vested interests in attacking America (and there are many), a person can be driven to take his opinions to a violent level. Generic hatred is not solved or soothed by adding more layers of hatred.
There is a belief and hope that if enough nations oppose America, the American people will realize what their government has been doing and will overthrow them. This hope is misguided, as anti-American actions are causing the opposite"--Vexen Crabtree
"I think it is best, when faced with people from other nations, to treat them as individuals. Yes, you can "hate" the injustices that governments perpetuate on us all, and yes, you can despise ignorance in all its' forms. But any sort of blanket prejudice punishes yourself more than anyone else, because it thwarts the opportunity to learn from someone else. It stops you from making potential connections that could ultimately change your life. As an "american" living abroad, I pity my fellow countrymen who still have the wool over their eyes, but I don't hate them. The fact that when I meet them, they are indeed traveling at the time, says to me that they are in the process of opening their minds. Being in Europe, for many Americans, is the first step to realizing that other cultures do indeed exist and thrive, and that other forms of social structures are both possible and desireable.
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Many ask me why I left. Political reasons aside, when I mention that my family now enjoys free health-care and that my daughter will have the opportunity to go to university virtually for free (O.K. not free exactly, because we all pay taxes, but these services are included in what we as citizens receive for our tax dollars here in Europe,) they always respond with a sigh as they realize that this is the way all societies should be run. They know that something has gone terribly afoul in their beloved "homeland."
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Americans, in essence, need to be re-taught what is possible in the world, they do not need to be shunned. Shunning them will only help to produce more negativity in the world. If we all, from without, can help them to change what is wrong with their country from within, by sharing our knowledge of alternatives, then the whole world will benefit." --Lily
"Sometimes the caliber of a nation is found not in why it is liked, but rather in why it is not." --Victor Davis Hanson
"Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage." --Winston Churchill
"With a military that has become a laughing stock and her increasing irrelevance in the world around her, I believe that the Canada I know and loved is gone. The sad truth is, Canadians have only themselves to blame since they meekly chose to accept everything without question and without fighting back. Most of them even pat themselves on the back for being so “progressive” and “multicultural” and “diverse,” while failing to recognize that all of those things will bring about Canada’s demise. America may not be perfect, but at least there is a strong conservative movement and a population who will fight to keep their rights." --Jayne Gardener (Why I left Canada)
"Regarding Race Relations in the South:
I once read an observation that ONE (and there are many) of the differences between the Northern and Southern approach to race is that the North tends to reject the Individual while embracing the Race. The South conversely seems to have prejudice towards the other Race while embracing the Individuals. It's a generalization to be sure but one with more than a grain of truth.
Blacks and Whites have always lived closely in the South, most southerners have an aquantince of another race whom they like, while at the same time generalizing about the 'others'.
The North has always been more segregated and less mixed in ordinary commerce and interaction. They accept the race but interact with few individuals of another group. Leading to less real experience with the other group. Fewer Northerners subsequently have friends of a different race.
I think we a need to be cautious when making these generalizations but I believe they still offer food for comment.
I guess I'm just saying that one shouldn't assume the South has a less open society because of some who have lingering, isolated, racist attitudes towards 'Canadians'. It just seems that these notions, are more exposed, and carry more gravity due to their past. --JG (reply #70)
"My “two cents” to all you Americans out there: speaking as a Brit, it pains me to see some of the comments emanating from this page by alleged British sophisticates. Much of the real reason for anti-Americanism of this type — though it will be hotly denied — is nothing more than envy. Truth be told, many an Englishman yearns for the day when we were the number one dog in town, with the world sitting obediently at the feet of hordes of short-back-and sides public school boys lording it over primitive tribes of Africans and Asians, whilst men such as Joseph Chamberlain and Winston Churchill sincerely speculated on the chances of the USA being welcomed back into the imperial bosom.
Americans, don't lose heart; you are the great power of the age. It is your lot to be envied and feared. Do not fall for the soft hearted illusion that this translates into moral superiority of any variety." --James
"It is sick that to be Canadian one must hate other people. I've been to US hundreds of times and England as well and they never equate their nationality with hatred of others. It seems we are a nation of people that are in serious need of therapy. Thank god I enjoy visiting other countries and felt no need to hate or denigrate others. When ever I go to United States or England I always leave the Canadian stuff at home and I get along just fine. I would recommend this for others." --Nov. 12th, 2005 5:08PM
"The only thing more annoying that a 'typical American' (and they do exist!) is a Canadian with a superiority complex! Americans do get the piss ripped out of them behind their backs but with the flag on your pack you probably will as well." --travoholic
"I grew up on army bases my whole life and nothing makes me prouder than watching Canadian soldiers do what they can, when they can, to help out more impoverished nations. I do, however, become angered at people who begin talking about who has the better, or bigger army and who can beat whom. Soldiers sacrifice their lives for the betterment of mankind, not to win pissing contests." --Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:12 pm
"I attribute European anti-Americanism to a state of prolonged “adolescence” from being protected by American treasure and military might throughout the post-WW2 era. I think about how teenagers rail against their parents actions and restrictions, all the while knowing, deep down, that they cannot provide for themselves.
On a somewhat lighter note, there was a program on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) a while back about why Europeans don’t like America. One interviewee attributed it to the Europeans knowing that America won’t hurt them." --Denis Eugene Sullivan
"In spite of the constant accusations of “arrogance,” Americans are really very self-deprecating in many ways and often place the French, and other Western Europeans, on a pedestal of cultural superiority; this probably goes further back into world history than virulent anti-Americanism does." --Jennifer
"Yes, anti-Americanism is a sad reality all over the world. I feel its simply part of "hatred of the superpower". Britian for most of its empire's history was mocked harshly by English speaking colonies and much of mainland Europe. Nobody likes the "big kid on the block". I think the fact that American media plays a more dominant role in English speaking societies around the world further reminds us of our inferiority complexes.
In short, America's ok with me. I can only hope that reason and the shedding of jealous ignorance can let other people see that America isn't that bad." --Matt
"Conservatives love America the way a six year old loves his mother. Mommy is perfect, don’t be mean to mommy, etc… Liberals, according to me, have a grown-up love for America — the kind that recognizes faults and works to improve the nation out of love." --Al Franken
The “straight talker” also blamed her inability to answer any questions based on the fact that she is not a part of the “Washington Elite”. 
Won’t anyone give that poor woman a break? 
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Americans are Overreacting to the Financial Meltdown?
In Americanophobia, Blame Europe, Current Affairs, Human Waste, War and Politics on October 11, 2008 at 3:20 PMDISCLAIMER: Lots of foul and vulgar language down below. If you are a mouse and get offended easily, please stop reading now. Thank you.
My Fellow Prisoners…
This is how a Frenchman (who goes by the name, “Borborygme”) feels about the US economic crisis:
Obviously this was written by someone who has never had to worry about money. Must be nice.
So, here’s a video of a bunch of Americans overreacting:
I won’t get into the domino effect this has on the middle class and lower income families because well, that’s just obvious if you are an American. You sorta have a clue. I am one of millions upon millions of families directly effected by this mess, and I don’t take too kindly to my personal situation being belittled and laughed at when I didn’t do anything to harm anybody else.
When I say that I am effected (or any American for that matter), that doesn’t mean I am sad because I cannot buy that 4747882002569 inch Plasma TV. Or buy my 352597889005th car for my 8 door garage.
Like most people, I live a very modest life. Maybe the Americanophobes need to read this and then STFU!
An Australian basically thought that the economic crisis was funny and being overreacted to under the disguise of “satire”.
Another thing that confuses me is that people like Borborygme are usually whining about how the states effect their every day life. Every little thing that goes wrong is always “America’s fault”. We Americans have to hear constantly how we are ruining THEIR lives – all the time.
I find it troubling that Borborygme and people that think like like him are constantly whining about Americans oppressing them. Borborygme expects Americans to sympathize with HIM. Because HE is thuffwerring… Puleeeeze…
This Frenchman is a frequent commenter on a blog that rails against Anti-Frenchism. You gotta love the irony and the double standards. Typical of your every day kook-aid drinking quack-in-the-box Americanophobe ankle-biter.
Non-Americans: They suffer.
Americans: They never suffer; they only cause it against others.
The above is how the world see us, generally.
Most people in other countries are nothing but “The Yanks are out to get meeeeee“ paranoid school yard bullies that don’t give a rats ass about anybody but themselves despite their phony puritanism. They always whine that Americans are giving them the middle finger. Well, yanno what? We really should, actually.
Like I mentioned in this post, I find it fascinating that while the Americanophobes are belittling our situation here, they are crying about how American Wall Street has effected them so much. So, apparently, we Americans are supposed to “feel sowwy for them” when they are barely even touched by the crisis. They lie to Americans because they need every and any excuse in the book to find fault with the average American. Fuck that shit.
As Andrei Markovits from Romania said, most of the whiny brats in other western countries are rich elitist mother fuckers. And they lie like a seasoned politician.
This reminds me of the following quote:
But wait a minute. Millions of Americans have been harmed by the American government. I will update his quote for him. So long as you’re an American, no matter what you go through negatively, it
I get as angry as I do because
Another thing that is ironic is that the Americanophobes living in Europe criticize Americans for being too positive about life. But when we mention the slightest inconvenience in our lives, we are maimed a bunch of lying attention seekers. So, which is it, really? We are damned either way, aren’t we?
I will say loudly and proudly that I have more fight in me than your average Americanophobic Euro-weenie. And I AM positive. But that doesn’t negate the fact that I am human either.
Any other Americanophobe want to downplay the effect that the financial crisis has on the average American? Come to the US. Trying living in an average to low income zone. Then you can judge. Think all Americans are spoiled rich, read this.
It is people like Borborygme why I dedicate a big FUCK YOU to the rest of the vile sonofabitches in the rest of the world.
UPDATE!!
Oh dear…. it figures. The guy that I had thought was a Frenchman, I just found out today wasn’t. He’s an American yuppy living in California obviously not effected at all by the financial crisis, the bailout, or anything crooked that government has done in its blind movement to become a 3rd world country.