Re: Ah Larry!

"M.W.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Swanger wrote:
> > "Totalswimm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >>>Like it or not, George Bush IS the President of the United States and,
> >>>he has taken an oath to protect the US
> >>
> >>The oath notwithstanding, his interpretation of it seems to be "protect
> >
> > the
> >
> >>interests of corporations, polluters and his wealthy cronies."
> >>The US was in no danger from Saddam. On the other hand Bush's version of
a
> >
> > "war
> >
> >>on terror" (whatever happened to that - where's Osama these days?)  has
> >
> > been
> >
> >>effective mainly for creating thousands of new recruits for the
terrorists
> >>elsewhere, and abrogating civil rights at home.
> >
> >
> >     Terry,,,not again:-)   The U.S. is damned if they do and damned if
they
> > don't.  Bushwacker or not, we're still the unsightly Americans no matter
how
> > far right or left your sentiments lie.
> >     You've got a well respected business that charges fees for your
services
> > for a profit, yet plenty of folks would say you're inordinately rich and
> > succumbing to and becoming "the man".      You heard some of our fellow
> > swimmers reply here on RSS that "the business contingent is not an
accurate
> > assessment of the population".  They (them business folk) don't matter.
> > Even though all our jobs do rely upon it, making everyone part of the
> > business community.   You are walking proof that political opinions are
> > definitely diversified and do not necessarily follow typical
stereotypes.
> > This is true from, my observations, just about anyplace where laws or
peer
> > pressure permit such things.
>
> When you talk about anti-american sentiment, or refer to it obliquely as
you've
> done here, you always make it sound like the world doesn't like Americans.
That
> is emphatically not the case. It is the Bush administration that is the
object
> of anti-american sentiment in Europe, not Americans. Americans don't have
> political problems living in Europe. There is no dislike of Americans here
that
> I have detected after eight years. Nor did I detect any in Australia over
seven
> years. I expect this is the same everywhere around the world. When you
hear or
> read "anti-american" in a news report or op-ed piece, you really should
think
> "Bush administration and its policies and actions" because Americans,
American
> culture, and American business are not disliked in Europe, and I think
that is
> the same everywhere (with the exception of fundamentalist Muslim clerics
and
> their archons).
>
> If you want to eliminate this anti-american sentiment, the first step is
to
> elect a new broom in the whitehouse. Vote for Wesley Clark.
>

Actually Wesley Cark would be just fine.  He's a swimmer.  I appreciate your
comments regarding anit-american sentiment.  Some of my original comments
were that opinions, be they political or not, are just as diversified in
Europe as here in the U.S.  My comments may certainly seem too broad if they
do not apply to where you happen to be from.    But overall I understand
that sentiments are greatly varied.  And plenty of anti-Busch sentiment is
as well, broadly applied.  Remember, almost half the voting population voted
for him.

Rick Swanger