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In article <MPG.18ebad9eb...@news.ywave.com>, rip...@olywa.net 
says...
> In article <l4u38v4nbq3leri13...@4ax.com>, 
> mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com says...
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/cador/petition.html
> > 
> > Just in case any of you missed this, just spotted it over in .rpg. Apparently
> > someone is worried
> 
> Uh, Mem . . . 
> 
> > that the American people are getting confused between the
> > Republican party and the Elite Republican Guard of Iraq. Bring on your stupid
> > American jokes as you see fit but this kind of ignorance really saddens me.
> 
> Excuse me, Mem, but . . . 
> 
> > Perhaps anyone who signs the petition should be put on a list and sent a
> > Geography book in the post along with some helpful crayon scribbles like "You
> > are here!" and "They are there!". <falls off chair laughing>
> 
> Uh, Mem, have you actually looked at the signatures?
> 
> Submitted for your consideration: it's a joke.
> 
> So far, there are 3 signatures: #1 is the "author" of the petition, #2 
> is a joke name, and #3 is a Mr. (or Ms.) fsdf, who's heartfelt comment 
> "asdfasdfa" pretty much says it all.
> 
> During my last trip to the UK, I was startled to discover that "Merkin 
> bashing" seemed very much in vogue.  What startled me, however, was not 
> the fact that criticism was being levelled at the US, but rather the 
> silly, misrepresented, and sometimes fictional objects of that 
> criticism.  I found myself a little disappointed by this, because there 
> are so many legitimate criticisms to be made regarding the US without 
> making shit up.

I know it's bad form to reply to oneself, but why stand on ceremony I 
always say.

As an example, on British television someone was having a giggle about a 
poll conducted in the US that showed a large percentage of people 
surveyed couldn't identify the name of the current US President (or 
something similarly simple).  Now, I happened to have heard a news story 
about this particular poll before leaving for the UK, and what the 
television host neglected to mention was that the survey was conducted 
among young school children.  I realize this would have spoiled the 
joke, but apparently some people lend some degree of credibility to this 
sort of caper.

Of course, if you wish to demonstrate Merkin idiocy you could just go 
read comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim.

Bret