>>My point was this. The Germans have an axe to grind with Bush. After all, if it wasn't for Bush, they would still be recieving billions of dollar of bribe money from Saddam Hussein.

>My point was that no matter what your point is, the photo-ops were staged.

Isn't that what photo-ops are. To say that photo-ops are staged is rather redundant... Don't you think.

Cindy Shehan (spell?)... talk about staging.:)


>>Europeans in general, have an axe to grind with the United States. They love to humiliate the US.

>I wonder why would that be.

There could be many reasons rrom resentment to envy.
They may feel envy because the US has been the "top dog" for so many years.
They may resent that, in general, the US stands for "nobel" virtues. What do the Europeans stand for? I don't know.

Yes, they may resent that some Americans are culturally ignorant and come across as being arrogant.

There are probably way more possibilities.


>>Just their name "ProgressiveIndependent" says a lot about how they lean politically.

>I also like to hear the other side as well.

Does that mean you believe everything you hear/read? Or do you only believe what the FAR left put out there?


>>Obviously you have strong leaning towards the left as well. But that's ok, after all this is America. You can be "anything" you want.

>One of the major reasons I came here. The primary reason, though, is that my country was so screwed up that I saw no future for my kids there. Here, they have a chance.

That's a a huge reason why they all come and why we're all here.

>As Nikola Pashich, Serbian Prime minister a hundred years ago, once said - "who isn't socialist when young, has no heart; who isn't conservative later, has no brains". I figure I'm somewhere halfway - very conservative about some things (still listening to decades old music, wearing jeans and clogs) and to the left when it comes to social justice.

You conserative? Like what?


>>I'll just wait until everything settles before commenting on who, what and where. Again, not that you care what I think. :)

>>Let just blame Bush no, matter what. It's ok.

>Oh, he's not alone.

One would never know that you thought this from all your ranting about Bush. :)