THOUGHT THIS WAS FESTIVUS NOT POLITICS DUMB-ASS

I am not sure why it has been assumed that the comments in question were issued forth by a Frenchman (or woman)...to criticize greed, gluttony and self serving indulgence is to be Un-American? Huh...I did not know that.

If we as Americans are so DUMB,how did we ever manage to save France's ass during WWII. If it weren't for us there wouldn't
be a France- they would all be speaking GERMAN!!!!

Okay, I'm going to venture a guess and say that you have probably never visited the States. I happen to live in an area with a large immigrant population, and it never ceases to amaze me how it takes these folks about two years of working here in a high tech job with a fat paycheck before they’ve bought a nice upscale home and a gas guzzling sport utility vehicle to haul their family around in. I guess what I am trying to say is that most everyone who comes here fits in fairly well, unlike most other places on earth. If it troubles you that a place exists where nobody cares where you are from and where the opportunity exists to reap the rewards of your hard work, then you can f**k off. I say this not only for me, but also for all of the Chinese, Indians, Europeans, and Middle Easterners who live in my neighborhood and bust their ass day in and day out to support their families and make my country a better place to live in.

As for these next comments, understand that I like pretty much everyone no matter where you are from. However, I just cannot pass on the little tit for tat exchange we seem to be having here about who is superior to whom. While we Americans may not be a perfect lot with our history of slavery, genocide against our native peoples, and civil rights issues, let us not forget the great contributions to human civilization our friends from across the pond have given us including colonial racism, religious extremism, Facism, and Nazi death camps. And since we are making comparisons to the French, doesn’t anyone remember Algeria? You know, the place where superior French/European morality and sensibilities indulged in the liberal application of torture and summary executions. And let’s not forget about more recent events. If you folks have such perfect, superior societies, then please tell me and everyone else why your disenfranchised immigrant populations are either trying to blow things up or burn down half the countryside.

You know, it just burns me when people deal in generalities and paint everyone with the same colored brush. Stupid people deal in generalities. Here, I’ll say it so some of you slower folks can understand. “YOU…ARE…A…MORON!” As for the folks above who called us ass wipes, I’ll add this. If we are ass wipes, then you are the sh*t in the bottom of the crapper.

Signed,

A Very Proud American

Well thought out. I agree 100%.

I have to assume from your asswipe remarks that you are French. Go back to France you jerk. If you are not French, move there and live with the rest of the rest of the world's assholes.

Although I agree with many of your points, you are making a mistake in generalizing to all the people who live in the United States. For example, roughly half of all voters voted against the Bush administration. This is a democracy, and the price that we pay for it is that the majority often determines policy, although many of us do not agree with it. The alternative to democracy is unattactive, as we have been witness to other nations that are not democracies making poor use of their resources, dividing their wealth unfairly, and abusing the human rights of minorities.


On the other hand, the comments that you make can be applied to a large segment, perhaps the majority of the entire world. Because the rest of the world was not lucky enough to be born in a country built on a formidable stock of natural resources, there are many people who do not have enough. Would they not be complacent if they, too, were comfortable? Some would argue that this is human nature, not a trait of those that live in the United States.


I'm sorry that your experiences have led you to such a position of venomous hostility. I hope that you will get to know more inhabitants of the United States (in person, not through the media of any country) before making generalizations.