jail sucks. i know. stop reading this thread and write a letter. show the kid hes not alone. nuff said
randy On 2/1/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > absolutely, of course you're right. i realised how simplistic i > sounded. ironically, i was trying to convey the opposite - so many > brits i talk to simplistically brand all americans as being like > george w bush & dick cheney while considering their own political > landscape infinitely more complex and dynamic. a strange socially > acceptable european brand of xenophobia. > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 22:42, David wrote: > > You wrote "Half of you are crazy, thoughtless, greedy, parochial and > irrational, but only half." Dude the glass is half full. "Only > half?" And let's not forget that great swaths of the population of > other countries are also those things. The French may elect LePen > the next chance they get. This is not to say, don't criticize. But > it is salutary to remember that these problems are globally > pervasive. > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Um, sorry, before anyone replies, I realised I made it sound like > I > > was saying Republican half: bad, Democratic half: good - and I > > certainly didn't mean that, nor to specify a hard political or > > religious group divide. Nor did I really mean to specify a 50% > split > > in terms of good/bad. Obviously the good is in the majority. We > > just never hear about them in our press or at our dinner tables! > > GBA! > > Goodnight! > > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:34, Rupert wrote: > > > > Oh, I'm posting too much, but before I go to bed... > > > > There's a lot of anti-Americanism in Britain since George was > > elected, and since the war - and since before that, too, but less > > poisonously. Obviously it can get even worse in France and some > > other European countries, let alone the rest of the world. Your > > foreign policy hasn't helped - it seems State Dept decisions have > > always been made by fourteen year olds. > > > > Your constitution, though, remains a beautiful thing, despite the > > constant attacks on it from all sides by those in power. And I love > > America. I love all the good stuff, and there's a LOT of it. I go > > as often as I can, and if we Brits were allowed to apply for the > > green card lottery, I'd be applying as often as possible. (To stay a > > few years, though, there's too many other places to go as well) Half > > of you are crazy, thoughtless, greedy, parochial and irrational, but > > only half. Europeans and others should never forget how close the > > 2000 election was - and that for every American in the spotlight > > doing Bad Things, there's another American doing Good. If you speak > > to a lot of people in Britain and I dare say in continental Europe > > these days, you wouldn't believe it. I always make it my personal > > mission to Correct them, Grady/Overlook style. > > > > I believe in America > > > > Rupert > > > > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/fatgirlinohio > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
