A funny little cut & paste troll labeled haufenmist (the Germanic cutesy pseudoynm fits nicely, doncha think) pastes (I tend to believe he's working off his list of 'snappy' one-liners downloaded from "Wingnut Central"): "Who cares what the Eurotrash thinks of us wandering around in their nanny state sucking buttermilk."

A couple of points here. The original Eurotrash arrived in America w-a-a-ay back in the early days -- they were current day wingnut's ancestors -- fanatical religious and political wingnuts who were literally booted out of Europe -- ie, they were proto-wingnut flotsam & jetsom. And it appears that modern age American Wingnuts have retained some of their characteristics -- intolerance and fanaticism amongst them. The difference being they can't burn people anymore, at least not unless you're wearing a hood or are in the military.

Secondly, Europeans really really really don't care about America as some Americans seem to believe. Americans tend to see themselves as big players. The Masters of the Universe. Most of the world really couldn't give a flying Fernando what America thinks. And yes, a lot of Europeans tend to look down at Americans. Wonder why, haufenmist?

By the by, the world rejected (the I.O.C., at least) America's bid for the 2016 Olympics for a number of reasons. Probably the number one reason is that America just isn't a very interesting place to visit anymore. Been there, down that. Atlanta and L.A. were both busts. Recently, there seems to be an ugly undercurrent to the country (you are a stellar example), a kind of menacing danger lurking there (wingnut pipe bombers, etc). Plus the indignity of trying to get into der Homeland. Plus, 2016 will be the first Olympics to be held in South America!! The 'shape' of the world is changing. Word dynamic is shifting. Rio? Great. Lovely country, lovely people. So, you see, the I.O.C. didn't reject Obama -- it rejected America. The Nobel Peace prize (why do you care, haufenmist? It wasn't awarded to America -- it's a personal award -- nothing to do with America at all) went to an individual name Obama. Put that in your little meerschaum pipe & smoke it as you stamp your little troll boots and splutter . . .

"It's only the Nobel Peace Prize, folks", as Der Rush would say. "It's an embarrassment. Bigger black eye than losing the Olympics. What we need is a feather in our cap. Maybe take out some more bad guys. Put the big hurt on the IslamaNazis who don't respect us . . . "

Sorry, Rush, sorry Glenn Beck, sorry "I Am The Walrus" John Bolton. America has nuthin' to do with it. Enough, already. Yeah, we've had eight years of GWB, but America has been an asshole for a whole lot longer than that.The Nobel Prizes are usually ignored by America anyway, unless one of its own wins one for something or other. It's like football (misnamed 'soccer' for some reason) -- the game most of the world plays,the pure form, not the silly American form. America ignores soccer/football DESPITE the fact it is the most popular game on the planet. Probably because it is a game of skill, not brute force. Sorry, but America is not the center of the world.Not anymore. This Nobel is a wake up call. "C'mon", the world says. "If you want respect, you gotta earn it. We don't care about your silly internal bickerings, your rustic ways, your cocksure, but usually wrong posturings. You got a chance here to do the right thing." It's a kind of, let Get-Over-It-Already kind of thing. Enough of the waving the bloody 9/11 shirt, the stoopid "We're hurtin', and when we're hurtin', we gotta hurt somebody else" shit. Who was the idjit that said "Every few years we (the U.S. military) gotta throw a midget at the wall just to show the world we can do it"? Well, here you are. The world says, "Look, boys will be boys, even the not particularly bright ones. But you gotta grow up sometime. Take a little responsibility." That's what this is all about. Yeah, drop your stoopid occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ground Israel, and take away their allowance for awhile. Relax some rules, and tighten up others. How about a little social justice? Stop the preening and bullyboy swaggering. Hand out gum instead of guns . . .

Jaysus in a handbag. The video clip included is . . . enlightening. Wouldn't want to be a person of colour, or even a person of an alternative faith in that town. Talk about a shallow gene pool. By the looks of things, these folks are all related. I'll bet the military recruiters have hit the proverbial motherlode here when they need grunts to serve & protect the homeland. But then check out the Fox News bit!! You want witless, check out the two rocket scientists in the cheerleader outfits. Five will get you ten that in three years these two will either be barefoot & pregnant in the kitchen, or toothless tattooed meth-addled biker babes . . . maybe a bit of both.

Then you got you Fox 'n' Friends' Mr. Indignant Doocey. Witless? The girls (between 'uhhs', 'it's likes' & 'y'knows') stated that this 'tradition' began after 9/11 -- yet clueless Doocey & his blonde sidekick (former cheerleader, no doubt) keep talking about "two decades", "long before 9/11", etc. They further try to ignite this stinking little fart into a flame by proclaiming that a single individual "who doesn't even have a child in the school" complained. Woah, folks, not even Thanksgiving yet, and they're beating the CHRISTmas wardrums already. Wait until Glenn Beck (and he's not even a Christian) or Gin Blossom O'Reilly tuck into this turkey. Pretty sad, especially when you consider what the Superintendent says..

Otherwise, a pretty nice slice of the underbelly of 'Murica . . .