Posted on 11/05/2004 7:58:15 AM PST by dead
This article is right. Americans are never going to cow down to anyone...I see that same attitude in Australians...
Half of us get up in the morning and pray with each meal... and that scares the people in Europe.
I don't know if what I saw coming out of Iran yesterday was real or fantasy, (ie... people celebrating Bush's election and also Poland,) but if it's true then these are going to be happy times for everyone...
That Bin Laden tape was the best thing for waking us up...
Tell an American he can't do something...?..... don't make me laugh...
nick
"In measured hundredweight and penny pound
WHEN THE MAN COMES AROUND."
Well done and well written
as someone with a scotch-irish last name, I say "aye".
Sometimes a thing has to be viewed from afar to be understood. This guy gets it about right, at least as far as the historically significant but now diminishing influence of the Scotch Irish in the US are concerned.
While I enjoy blasting the occasional dumb animal, I completely agree with this statement, and I am proud to be named among these people.
Long Island voting profile was 1.2 million total votes with the difference between Bush and Kerry only 35 thousand. Suffolk County was a virtual dead heat with a gap of only 1,665 votes out of 580,437.
To this day, their predilection for owning guns is less to do with the desire to blast away at dumb animals, as pique at the idea that someone should tell them what to do. That’s why it is not a good idea to try to frighten them by crashing airliners into tall buildings: it just makes them mad.
This article seems to me to be more of an attempt to explain Bush's victory in a way that Euros can understand, rather than an accurate analysis of the election. As plentiful as the Scots-Irish may be in the US, they certainly do not populate all of the red counties. It's almost like they are trying to name some pathology that would explain this election, rather than accepting that, to the American way of thinking, Bush was the better man for the job. And given the success of the US as compared to Europe, the US way of thinking seems to be the stronger one.
I give my own hearty "aye" as well.
I am a Texan, an American, and of Scots-Irish decent. That makes me pretty indiviualistic. I couldn't care less what the world thinks of us, but am glad to see that at least one Scotsman is figuring things out.
"That’s why it is not a good idea to try to frighten them by crashing airliners into tall buildings: it just makes them mad."
He go this part right, anyway. Any pictures of his former girlfriend?
My dad's paternal ancestors were largely Scots-Irish... a fascinating lot.
Nice post. It's good to hear that America isn't getting bashed by everyone in the world because we elected a Don't take no ___ from nobody, President.
Agree it's an oversimplification but it speaks the right words to get Euros to start smelling the coffee. There are indeed great opportunities for a new generation of European leaders, such as Tony Blair has shown, to work with the US. Even France and Germany, although they've got a long way to come...
Cool article. I have Scots-Irish blood inherited from the Patterson side of my family.
We call ourselves "Scotch"-Irish in South Carolina. Always have..always will I suspect.
The rest of your post I agree with.
Johnny Cash?
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