They are like every other country – a combination of nice folk and people I would not give the time of day to…..

Its a shame that the nice people have such a low profile compared to the others really

three americans i dont like, mr bush, mr bush senior, and ronald mcdonald

1 cos hes a clown
2 cos hes caused so manyppls deaths, unintentionally
3cos his food sucks, most of the time, sometimes u get it all cooked right
4cos he could change his huuge corpertation into something amazing

haha … i just laughed for like 10 minutes, wasnt expecting that clown wanker on the end of adrians three most hated :laugh_at: :laugh_at:

Yankee dollar talk
To the dictators of the world
In fact its giving orders
An they cant afford to miss a word

Im so bored with the u…s…a…
But what can I do?

Never mind the stars and stripes
Lets print the watergate tapes
Ill salute the new wave
And I hope nobody escapes

Im so bored with the u…s…a…
But what can I do?

Hmmm.
Jester, that’s quite a Pandora’s Box you’re playing with there, mate. I agree with Raj on the “…like every other country – a combination of nice folk and people I would not give the time of day to…” comment. I’ve met some really cool Americans, and some not so nice.

Not any old President & Co takes it upon themselves to police the world. The world, rudderless and in crisis as it is, needs firm and considerate leaders who show compassion and vision. The Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld gang…all they care about is oil, cash and pushing the US economy to more and more (unstable) boom times to suit their greed. This dovetails well with big business, which doesn’t care much for namby-pamby environmental issues or the well-being of consumers. Don’t think. Just buy it.

The Bush administration’s handling of international and domestic crises has been reactionary and ill-informed, and despite plain-faced truth and proof, they do not back down and they do not show any humility or grace in the face of hard facts. And yet they continue to take aim at percieved or imaginary enemies, and continue to do as they wish, wherever they wish.
What they do is puff out their chests and thump their war chests when threatened or pointed out. They’re bullies. And unfortunately all the other kids on the playground have either taken their side or are feeling the heat.

Ronald McD is a symbol of all that’s wrong with the greed of big companies – selling unhealthy food to kids by using sophisticated advertising to get at the parent’s pockets. That’s foul play. They might do a little window-dressing and support some good causes (and ‘healthify’ their products), but they don’t do that to actually make a difference, it’s just good publicity.

Maybe things will change soon.

I hope so.

I don’t think Americans are better or worse than the rest of us :crazy_dru

But you really bad government.. But so does UK … Right :weee:

dunno weather u all know this but there new salads is the same “healthiness” as 2 fries and burger, isnt that insane, the little fat kid in me says bring back supersize me, cos when i infrequently go i wanna get filled up not to have a meal and feel like i could eat a donkey afterwards

i’ve never been to USA but i’ve met a few americans. some were very sound people, some were total assholes. like any nationality

something that stuck me though was that even americans who have university degrees seemed to have very poor general knowledge about anything outside USA and very poor knowledge of their own history, particularly foreign policy

one example is when i was in chile and a spent a few days sharing a hire car with an american couple. they pointed out that every city, town and village has a street named “September 11th”. they thought that this was in solidarity with USA. I pointed out that is was actually the date that the CIA sponsored coup overthrew the democratically elected socialist government led by Salvador Allende and put Augutus Pinochet into power. they would not believe that USA would have been involved.

so yeah, i despise your government, the CIA etc, but as individuals, I take people as a find them, no matter where they’re from

what about wairose 100% angus beefburgers, what would waitrose do if they found out about this allegation….. hahaha

The US has probably peaked, geo-politically, so maybe we don’t have to hate ’em as much, any more!:wink:

I have always disliked most of the USA’s cultural exports and its foriegn policy, but on my only visit i found Americans to be open, warm and friendly, especially the girls!:weee:

Of course, they didn’t really vote for GBJ, in any great numbers… so they can’t really be blamed for that, either.