Past Present & Future

blog roundup- extracts from the plame game

Or rather, a look at some of the amusing items posted on last Friday’s Guardian News Blog ( now closed for comments) on the ‘Plame Game’– some of these really tickle me, some for their snide sarcasm, the irony, some for their outright stupidity etc. etc. Some of these threads do get quite outrageous, its always worth reading the newsblog ‘rants’ when one is a trifle bored. [Now the Guardian moderators seem to like to close these threads a bit too early nowadays, don’t know why, clearly it hadn’t run out of steam yet, so the fun in chewing these things over has to be carried out on your own blog. ]

About 246 comments, the usual vitriol from some of the usual suspects.

“..I mean, if I were in the UK growing up I’d have a hard time not being jealous of how Americans live too. I mean most people in the world speak American English for one. I mean, more people want to come to America. The only time Britain wins anything is in the Commonwealth Games. Britain does win in teenage pregnancy. Which is fine, because if more British people dont get pregnant youre going to be living in The United British Califate of Muslimstan anyway at the rate youre going. Everyone knows that the US presence in Europe is still important. I know that its a matter of national pride for you to be anti-American; and who could blame you? Posted by stan on April 10, 2006 11:10 AM.”

>>Oh stan you’re such a funny man. No, really.

“I mean, if I were in the UK growing up I’d have a hard time not being jealous of how Americans live too!” that really is funny. Did you hear that folks? So if you live in the UK and are ‘jealous’ of how the Americans live, please do let me know. If I had one of those survey-o-meters, or knew how to invent one [note to self: learn, could have a lot of fun with that..) id stick that one up here. Hmm, let’s see I bet we’re jealous of all that worrying about health insurance – yup that’s for sure. Hilarious..what else, oh right, here in London, we’re really, really, jealous about that item of fame – Los Angeles’ public transport system. Yup.I daresay lots of people are jealous of the idea of how Americans live. Clearly this idea of what America is, rather than the reality of America, is important – to both non-Americans, and to Americans.

“Please, please donot pull out American troops out of Iraq. How else would be able to feed our families? Posted by American coffin maker on April 10, 2006 10:32 AM

“Stan: the entire point is that the ‘European left’ don’t want the US to ’stand up’ for them, and don’t need them to. It’s just a shame that the world’s most wealthy nation formulates foreign policy in terms of ‘kicking ass’, an attitude taken in Europe mostly by children. Europeans - unlike Americans - live with the reality of the world, not a messianic fantasy. It’s very telling that you have to resort to a string of insults to attempt to make your point: because god knows you couldn’t make your point through argument. Anyway, I’m sure this won’t make any difference to you - you can’t force a person to grow up.” Posted by SBL on April 10, 2006 10:09 AM.

“It’s a pretty clear message to Iran that though the EU is toothless, the USA is not. It looks like the USA is going to have to stand up for Israel and Europe again. The European left has the luxury of doing nothing because they know that the US will act for them. The European left can say anything it wants to about just response while being completely irresponsible, and caring to do absolutely nothing in Darfur. They have the luxury of doing nothing and being completely ineffectual. I mean, why would anyone expect the Europeans to do anything about Iran when half of them don’t even want to wake up in the morning and go to f***ing work? Why is anyone surprised? They are more worried about serving European Muslims breakfast in bed than making people respect human rights enough to end the genocide in Darfur. You want to whinge about guantmaoano bay? Do something about a much bigger problem (for once) then Americans might do more than laugh off at whatever left rhetoric manages to wiggle out of your mouths between pints and bangers.

Posted by stan on April 10, 2006 10:01 AM.”

>>Ooh my ‘when half of them don’t even want to wake up in the morning and go to f***ing work?’ Heh hehe. Is this then referring to the much vaunted ‘ anglo-saxon protestant work ethic’ we hear so much about and that mr. Samuel huntington raved on about ..that he claims that the Hispanics don’t share because they’re not ‘anglo-saxon’. So amusing. I suppose stan’s right about some things – you won’t find too many people in europe who won’t take their holdiays cos they’d rather work their lives away. Well you might, im sure that’s possible, diversity and all that ( chuckle) but hardly something that’s broadcast as a virtue. Really..

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“What I dont like is arm chair British guys coming to criticise us hardworking Yanks. They contribute troops in small numbers and want to have the most say. We Americans are the ones taking the casualties in Iraq. About time the British just shut up!Posted by Pissed off on April 10, 2006 07:36 AM.”

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well there you go. most amusing, check it out for yourselves, definitely a good laugh.