Excerpt from an email.
So I wrote this to a friend and figured I'd blog it, spelling errors and all.
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That was also my luck that i went back in the days (Clinton years- Rubinomics... Treasury Secretary Rubin who wasn't an idiot like the clowns now) when the US dollar was still a good currency. I think that is what is so upsetting too, to know that I need a dollar fifty to buy ONE euro whereas it used to cost me only like 95 cents! I mean damn! Heck when I was in London it was still only dollar sixty for a Pound not two dollars. It's like we can go, but it would cost us soo much money for basic things. On the other hand the exchange should be attracting more Europeans to come here and spend their currency, help boost our reserves, but NO they have to be annoyed with us by the way we've behaved so they don't want to come and visit as much and spend money like they used to do. Obama was on Face the Nation and he was defending his Popularity in Europe (because in America a candidate has to defend himself when he is popular in other countries) and his defense was that he didn't get Applause when he criticized European "anti-Americanism". I mean jee whiz, he didn't get applause when he told Europeans that they were wrong to be critical of US government behavior... hmm... fascinating. Cheney and others basically denounced France and Germany when they didn't just toe our line and yet Obama is supposed to denounce Europeans for their "anti-Americanism". Also how he expects that they need to "step up" and help us in Iraq. This is especially funny given that none other than Colin Powell once said "you break it you own it" as in we messed up Iraq so we should own it, but Obama expects that Americans will appreciate how he DEMANDED that Europeans help us out of our mess.
I think what I hate most about this country is that we are most ignorant, self-involved people on Earth. I mean not a single politician could stand up and hope to win a national election by telling us the truth, YET we rip on "indulgent" parents who don't criticize their children or discipline them. UM, so parents are supposed to be harsh disciplinarians, smacking down their kids when they act up, but America is perfect and we are not allowed to ever point the stupid things we do or smack down out country when it does things wrong. It is amazing. Of course even funnier is the people who scream the loudest about how those who criticize the United States "don't love their country" are the same ones that profess that true love for children is "tough love." Hypocritical a-holes.....
Alright sorry a rant. It shows by Obama is a strong candidate. he knows how to kiss the ass of ignorati (as I call the more ignorant, xenophobic, jingoistic- and often proclaiming "Christian"- among us), and not dare to tell us the truth. Of course this he share with McCain who tells us in his commercials how "dangerous" everything is and how he will protect us. This country will never get better until we reward honest candidates. Funny that we denounce politicians as liars, and yet we don't like to hear the truth and denounce them for that too. Truth-tellers don't get elected. Our country is just broken and I despair of being able to fix it. Maybe i should just move to Europe. It's not that they are perfect, by any means, but they at least take to the streets and get their government's out when stuff goes wrong. We don't. We just whine and then elect the next Democrat or Republican who promises to change 10% of the problem.
Labels: Obama kissing-up Europe Truth Lies pandering
posted by travellinguist @ 9:06 AM
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