Dear Limey *******s [Americans respond to The Guardian]

The Guardian [UK] ^ | October 18, 2004 | Sundry

[PAR35]

Welcome to Free Republic.

Let's see.

You post a Chaney/Halliburton bashing thread from the BBC when you sign up on the 15th.

You post a comment suggesting we need to pull out of Iraq.

You show the flag of the liberal state of Hawaii.

Before I hit the abuse button, can you point me to any evidence that you are not a troll?

[flitton]

To save time I have decided to bypass the Guardian.

IF YOU LIVE IN OHIO PLEASE CONISDER VOTING BUSH/CHENEY

There I've done my bit to equal effect without annoying someone with spam. (Must go, I have a dental appointment!!)

[Junior]

I have a very difficult time with any foreign country who requests/needs monetary aid from the US but believe we are too stupid to properly make decisions for ourselves.

You know, they may not be off the mark, considering we are sending them money even though they bad mouth us.

[cjshapi]

Backed myself into a corner on that one, didn't I? Frankly I personally think we should turn into the selfish hard hearted spawn of the devil they all think we are and just cut off most foreign aid and let em flounder.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Okay, which Freeper wrote this knowing this works for Bush ? Fess up

Your idea is superb and frankly, we need a little help over here right now

I was looking for the "please send your checks to..."

If these idiots can be coerced to send letters, surely they are stupid enough to send money!

[Winniesboy]

Well, yes....and,no. This strikes me as a little disingenuous. If nobody cares what The Guardian or its readership thinks, why has this story prompted at least eight (by my count) much-posted-to threads from distinguished Freepers in the last week?

[Junior]

Amen, sister!

[roaddog727]

Must be another Rove master-stroke......

[aculeus]

why has this story prompted at least eight (by my count) much-posted-to threads from distinguished Freepers in the last week?

For the same reason Tim Blair (Aussie blogger at http://timblair.spleenville.com/) suggested that Americans and others write to Guardianista columnists ... because the whole idea of Americans paying attention to letters from British strangers is downright funny.

[EdReform]

Ping!

[george wythe]

Have you not noticed that Americans don't give two sh*ts what Europeans think of us? Each email someone gets from some arrogant Brit telling us why to NOT vote for George Bush is going to backfire, you stupid, yellow-toothed pansies ... I don't give a rat's *ss if our election is going to have an effect on your worthless little life.

LOL!

I wonder if these letters are real.

I for one would have written a more polite response like:

If China shuts its borders to US imports, you better believe American companies, shareholders and workers are affected. Should US citizens therefore have a direct say in Chinese policies? No - Americans should demand that their own elected leaders address the issues with their Chinese counterparts. The British have a similar voice in US policies - through your own elected representatives who have any number of diplomatic, economic and military tools at their disposal. You vote for your leaders and we'll vote for ours.

At any rate, these are cheap tactics to sell newspapers, IMHO. No minds will ever be changed by an e-mail from a foreigners.

[finnman69]

Classic.

[Ciexyz]

I requested an address from The Guardian, just to see what they'd send. They sent me the name of a male voter -- name, address, county (the county was a different one from "Clark" County), with instructions of how to phrase the letter (be polite, etc.) Also how to submit a copy of said letter to The Guardian to enter their contest for Best Letter.

In any case, my inaction has spared one Ohio voter from The Guardian's strong arm tactics.

[Martins kid]

I live in Clark County, Ohio. We are mad as heck and are flying the "Don't Tread on Me" flag once again.

[Ciexyz]

I see from The Guardian website that the novelist John Le Carre has become involved in bashing our President. Oh, how I regret the money that I spent on buying his cold war spy novels thirty years ago. My purchase of his books provided him the funds to sit back and blithely attack our sitting President. AND IT MAKES ME SICK!

[aculeus]

Go here for pertinent comments on LeCarre:



http://www.eamonn.com/

[Pagey]

Those reply letters were mostly wonderful. Oddly fascinating to me was how many people made references to the Brits' teeth.

[Ciexyz]

Go here for pertinent comments on LeCarre: (link in Post 96)

??? I clicked on the link and got a page on Eamon Fitzgerald. I entered "John LeCarre" in the search block and it came up unknown.

[Stentor]

If nobody cares what The Guardian or its readership thinks, why has this story prompted at least eight (by my count) much-posted-to threads from distinguished Freepers in the last week?

Cause we like to p*ss on morons for fun.

[Dutchgirl]

prompted at least eight (by my count) much-posted-to threads

Every once in a while, you Brits sprout greatness like St. Thomas More, Lord Acton, Winston Churchill, and Maggie.

We do pay attention when one of you has something inspiring to say, on the other hand, you have also given us Peter Sellers and Monty Python, and this Guardian stunt is reminiscent of "Being There", "Dr. Strangelove", "The Party", or "Wink-Wink Nudge Nudge"...actually, the whole thing smacks a little of the British condescension of "I like Chinese..."but just because you make us laugh til we pee our pants, it doesn't mean we want you directing our foreign policy.

(spoken) The world today is absolutely cracked.
With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high.
There's fools and idiots sitting on the trigger.
It's depressing, and it's senseless, and that's why...

(singing) I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
They only come up to you knees,
Yet they're always friendly and they're ready to please.
I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
There's nine hundred million of them in the world today,
You'd better learn to like them, that's what I say.
I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
They come from a long way overseas,
But they're cute, and they're cuddly, and they're ready to please.
I like Chinese food,
The waiters never are rude,
Think the many things they've done to impress,
There's maoism, taoism, eging and chess.
I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their ying and yang-eze.
I like Chinese thought,
The wisdom that Confucius taught,
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
The Chinese will survive us all without any doubt.
So, I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
They only come up to you knees,
Yet they're wise, and they're witty, and they're ready to please
Wo, I chumba run, Wo, I chumba run, Wo, I chumba run, Ne hamma,
Ne hamma, Ne hamma chi chen.
I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
They're food is guaranteed to please,
A fourteen, a seven, a nine and li-chese
I like Chinese, I like Chinese,
I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their yin and yang-eze I like Chinese, I like Chinese, (fade out....) .