jared wrote:
....if its so fucking bad why would you want to visit?
Some people have the hope, the true situation would not be so depressing.
Hope? Please. The conversations that I was talking about,
these people weren't talking about 'hope'...they were flat out trashing the American people and government...and being very angry about it...it was funny because they knew I was American and they seemed to be trying to upset me...they were surprised that, for the most part, I agreed with everything they said...i think some people forget that no one is more angry at the American government than the American people....did you happen to see or hear about the many marches and protests against Bush after he was elected? I was in Europe after Bush's second election and I didn't see or hear anything about the protests of the American people. The media outlets there seemed to be happy with portraying all US citizens as stupid idiots who were sheep in the Bush flock....god, for the most part, the media there is worse than it is here...and that is saying something...
.....but who is worse: the Idiot, or the guy who follows the idiot?
except for romania, there are not so many countries in the world, who follow the US at the moment.
Good news there....
I didn't vote for Bush...neither did half of the American voters...that's over 150 million United States citizens who didn't
vote
for Bush
I am not sure, how you calculate this. because in 2000 50mio people voted for bush. which means 250mio citizens (including children and non-voters) did not. 51mio voters voted actively against bush, 249 mio citizens did not... (only 101mio people actively voted.) for years later (due to his successful policy...), 62mio voted for bush. marius.
Okay, my numbers are wrong...but you get my point, don't you?
So, say, 51 million people voted AGAINST BUSH in 2000...51 million is nearly the total population of Italy, or France...My point is that 51 million is a lot of people to ignorantly lump into the Fat, American Cowboy Bush voter category.
peace