ah, but at least you’re free to enjoy your beer-and-cheese, without having anyone push it down your throat.
i avoided the inaugural speech like the plague. it’s horrifying to listen to that man talk—he is the worst extemporal speaker i’ve ever heard! i find myself flipping the bird at the TV every time ol’ W’s mug makes an appearance. i sure hope that people in other countries realize that most americans aren’t like that. this is gonna be a long four years.
As a Canadian, it is very interesting to read blogs posted by Americans expressing their political views. It is heartening to read expressions of frustration and disgust and to see opinions put forth regarding distressing and volatile issues which affect your country and, in turn, the rest of the world. It is common to hear sweeping generalizations in Canada about “Americans” (often said with a sneer) and how arrogant they and their world policies are. Reading posts and comments such as this are a reassurance (at least from the perspective of THIS Canadian) that not all Americans think the same way (of course I knew that already, but this just solidifies it) and that there is hope for this world.
Oh God, Randa just confirmed my worst fears, the World DOES think that asshat represents ALL AMERICANS!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! He won by 2%!! That’s all....and only because, as Dan pointed out here, he and his cronies are very, very good at lieing and convincing people that without them they will be killed in their beds by terrorists. I luv, luv, luv you Dan...I made my husband turn that idiot off because I too don’t need to get any angrier by listening to another pack of crap. It’s bad and it’s gonna get worse I only pray that at the end of these four years we’re not simply living in total chaos that can only be cured by violent intervention. Maybe Canada will be kind enough to invade and help us in that case.
Hey, you leave poor old marijuana out of your tirades from now on, it didn’t hurt you.
I thought Bush was the drugged monkey BTW.
Rant-on, my friend. Yeah. I cannot bring myself to listen to, or watch the man anymore. I just can’t stomach it.
oh, and “they slide another bag of burning poo onto our doorstep and tell us it’s the liberty torch” is classic!
"The golden Chains if freedom” came to my mind as I read that. Here in France we realise that not everyone in the States is pro Bush but it’s comfusing trying to work out how he got voted back in. We were just as bad with Chirac, by the way.
Man, I wish that Star Trek episode with the Yangs and Combs was on T-V right now.
worst case scenario, as i imagine it:
the day when we all move to other countries, and people ask where we are from, and we fearfully say, “i was from america,” and in response to their gasp we say the only proper thing left to say—“i got better. i left, didn’t i?”
i had that dream the other night. scary stuff.
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