can we re-name this board?

[Rat_Scabies]

Lets call it the "I hate George Bush" msg board.

[schwenko]

[quote]Originally posted by Rat_Scabies
[br]Lets call it the "I hate George Bush" msg board.

[/quote]

Good idea!![:D]

[SallyLightfoot]

Hating George Bush would be too limiting. How about the "I hate America" board?

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>Hating George Bush would be too limiting. How about the "I hate America" board?
[/quote]
No. More like "I love America...but hate Americans."

[i_like_lectric_motors]

How can you hate George Bush? He's just doing "god's" work, right? Shouldn't we all be allowed to do that without criticism? [xx(]

Nothing but a bunch of godless commies on this board.

[zill]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>Hating George Bush would be too limiting. How about the "I hate America" board?
[/quote]
No. More like "I love America...but hate Americans."
[/quote]

Over the years I've done business with South Americans, Africans, Saudis, Israelis, Indians, Pakistanis, Indonesians, Australians, Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, Japanese, and countless European nations.

One thing I always found odd was this widespread hatred of Americans...whilst all the time they dream of living in America. How do you reconcile that?

[phillyidol]

How about "I hate myself" board?

I love this board really. I try to post on another board but it is real inner circle stuff.

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[edisonoside]

One doesn't have to like Bush to Love America[:)]

[SallyLightfoot]

How about the "Self-loathing, America-Hating, Looney-Left Defeatist" board?

That should mostly cover it.

With regard to other countries, it's a love-hate relationship. Everyone seems to love Americans and american culture, but hate the US attitude that only americans matter. Once a country like the US becomes the world's sole superpower, it's perceived as responsible for all the world's ills and injustices.

I lived in France for a while (pre-9/11), and while most americans say that the French are rude, I ran into tons of french citizens who practically worship the US for what we did for them in WWII. I met older people who personally thanked [i]me[/i] and invited me to dine at their houses. As a young kid just out of college, I found that pretty odd/surprising.

[KYYX4ever]

that sounds about right, Sally.
that's similar to what I've encountered, as well, while travelling around Europe, the former Soviet Union, and parts of north Africa. I've found people to be extremely friendly and welcoming, with lots of questions and admiration for America as a whole. Our "culture" (whatever that is, exactly), our devil-may-care attitude about individuality, our intrepidness, our "freedoms". OTOH, lots of questions and not-so-admiring view about America's sense of superiority and foreign policy bullying. I got a lot of "man, America is so great, but what you're doing in _________(fill in country here) is terrible."

[NuWaveRx]

[quote][i]Originally posted by edisonoside[/i]
<br>One doesn't have to like Bush to Love America[:)]
[/quote]


I agree. Quite the opposite in fact.

[enzfan]

I am getting a head start on claiming naming rights to the "I hate Hillary Clinton" message board.

[marie3]

[quote][i]Originally posted by enzfan[/i]
<br>I am getting a head start on claiming naming rights to the "I hate Hillary Clinton" message board.
[/quote]

Please don't assume that if you hate Bush you like Hillary.

[Rat_Scabies]

The most powerful can never be loved, only feared or respected.

[SallyLightfoot]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Rat_Scabies[/i]
<br>The most powerful can never be loved, only feared or respected.
[/quote]
LOL! Gotta love the projection of macho strength in that statement. Forgive me but I can't resist tying in the Team America theme here:

America, F*CK YEAH!!!
Comin' again to save the mother-f*ckin' day yeah!!!