Saturday, May 31, 2008

Smiling


The Telegraph observes European anti-Americanism, describes America as a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/30/dl3004.xml"
target=_blank>force for good and somehow concludes Americans need to project
a better image in Europe. Americans - most likely inbound from href="http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/019880.php"
target=_blank>Instapundit - respond in the comments. One of my
favourites.

I'm always slightly amused by these inane popularity polls.
Anyone who knows just a bit of the history of this country knows that our
forefathers thought very little of Europeans. Europeans were considered as
corrupt and effeminate (little has changed in 232 years). America was by design
the "anti-Europe." The fact that Europeans hate us today means we are doing
something right. John Adams must be smiling in heaven.
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