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[coyotegoth]

...the Internet being the fickle mistress it is, the first part of this was lost when my comp crashed; it was essentially a long riff on how galling it is to have many of our European friends use "America" (as in, Shrub and his winged monkeys, and associated policies), and "American" (our humble marrator, for instance) interchangably, although I also return to this topic later on. Hate, hate, hate that. By all means, say we're undereducated, say we're wasteful of our natural resources, but do not continue to represent us as some lemminglike mass, happily following Bush & co. on their primrose path, please- my blood pressure is high enough as it is.


me (5:56:05 PM): It's not so much the idiocy- that's what good advisors are for. It's the ARROGANCE that makes me grind my teeth to powder. "Germany? Who needs Germany? FUCK 'em!"
friend (6:00:32 PM): Yeah
me (6:04:13 PM): I really, REALLY hate that we're becoming everything Europe used to accuse us of.
friend (6:04:24 PM): Heh, yah!
friend (6:04:28 PM): Well, WE'RE not.
friend (6:04:43 PM): Bush and his Odious administration are.
me (6:05:36 PM): Indeed- gods, it galls me that I have to consider Bush's policies as representative of America as a whole.
friend (6:05:48 PM): THAT's what galls me so.
friend (6:06:01 PM): I HAAAAAAAATE being associated with him.
friend (6:06:23 PM): But so far, at least, I can disparage him without suffering the death penalty for sedition.
me (6:08:17 PM): I know- it makes me want to scrub myself with wire brushes., screaming "unclean ! Unclean!"
friend (6:09:13 PM): (in my best Meryl Streep voice) I been contaminated, I been contaminated!!!!
me (6:09:27 PM): LOL
me (6:09:49 PM): If I ever travel abroad, i'm practicing my Canadian accent first.
friend (6:10:10 PM): Ay
me (6:15:26 PM): I just want to grab him, shake him (Bush) and yell, "Give me back my country!"o

Comments

[micahreborn.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU! >:(
...it's about fucking time somebody besides me said this!

[dozius.livejournal.com]

I can help you with that canadian accent, it's pretty much american except you sound intellegent. :P

jk!
(no wonder they wouldnt let me across the border :\)

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

"Hey, how about this sudden influx of Middle Eastern refugees, eh?" :Pm

fallout

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

It is my profound hope that the final legacy of the Bush administration is that the American people start coming out in droves to vote.

Re: fallout

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

You and me both- although the irony of having something to actually thank the Bush administration for- even inadvertantly- is breathtaking.L

Damnit!

[strontiumdogboy.livejournal.com]

I just wrote a longish piece in response to this, and LJ ate it.

Now I'm tired, I'm cold, I'm pissed off, and I'm going to bed.

Technology is almost as annoying as George Junior.

Re: Damnit!

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Feel free to have another go when the demons in the wires calm down; I always greatly enjoy our debates :))