I loathe America, and what it has done to the rest of the world.

Telegraph.Com ^ | Filed: 08/05/2003) | Margaret Drabble

[bk1000]

I believe she could do with a bit more fiber in her diet.

[Pukka Puck]

Very True, WaterDragon.

After all there is not much difference between the nutcase, leftist, ranter and the "news" report in the Telegraph regarding what happened at Fallujah, which was described as follows:

"Last week, Americans killed 15 people - among them two young boys - at Fallujah, an impoverished Shia area 30 miles west of Baghdad - when locals became angry at their occupation of the local school. Though the US troops say they fired in self-defence - and may well have done so - television footage of bleeding Iraqis, clearly unarmed, lying on the roads, have shocked Western viewers."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/905654/posts

It appears that our "conservative friends" in Britain are highly skeptical about whether or not American troops would fire on unarmed protesters for no reason whatsoever. That certainly indicates a general bias against our troops, fanned by the Telegraph in multiple articles.

Neither the leftist ranter nor the reporter mention anything about AK_47s found in the area around the shootings or the fact that folks in the area later threw grenades over the wall of the compound where the troops were staying, wounding many of our troops.

[WaterDragon]

A conservative newspaper would report this AS Leftist drivel while pointing out the twisting of information, at the least. The Telegraph prints the article as-is, just another opinion, without comment.

I think the Telegraph, rather than being a conservative newspaper, is in fact something on the order of the Washington Post, which itself frequently prints conservative opinions occasionally, and also sometimes reports NEWS accurately (which is a conservative position to take in reporting.) The Telegraph also appears to have a conservative opinion page. Good for it.

It appears to me that Britain does NOT have, actually, a conservattive newspaper, but rather one that is SOMETIMES conservative, other times Leftist.

Now I begin to understand a bit more about what is considered conservatism in Britain. No, I won't ping you again. It appears rather hopeless.

I read the Washington Post and appreciate the accurate, professional reporting there WHEN it appears.

When I want to know what the Lefty/liberals have to say, there are the Washington Post, the New York Times, the L.A. Times, etc.

I DON'T expect to see THEIR VENOMOUS HATRED printed in the Washington Times or the Opinion Page of the Wall Street Journal, printed AS IF it were normal, professional comment or news.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Apparently this is the same Margret Drabble who writes very tedious, boring, and pedantic introductions to the Signet editions of Jane Austen books.

[prairiebreeze]

bttt

[Happygal]

What part of 'don't ping' me DON'T you understand?

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"On April 29, 2000, I switched on CNN in my hotel room and.."

I guess that's about all there is to say.

[WaterDragon]

When you ping me, I'll probably ping you back.

By the way, why do you post so many articles from the supposedly-conservative Telegraph....articles that insult Americans?

That garbage is regularly available from the Guardian, the New York Times, the L.A. Times, etc.

Our conservative newspapers don't print trash like this. They leave that to the Lefty newspapers.

[Happygal]

Water Dragon - I am not interested in carrying on the same old, same old with you on this issue. I've asked you repeatedly to stop pinging me on this subject.

I am not interested in getting into a flame war with you.

[HamiltonJay]

I detest American imperialism, American infantilism, and American triumphalism about victories it didn't even win.

So she detests something that doesn't exist, is long over and things that never existed? Sounds like a real catch... gotta have pity for her husband, or maybe she is the husband.

[Dad was my hero]

There is NO doubt that HATE is the property of the LEFT.

This woman no doubt is someone who probably has a bumpersticker preaching "Hate is not a family value." I love how indignant liberals can be when they are:

1) out of power and...

2) proven time and time again to be wrong.

Her tone of moral superiority comes through loud and clear, why doesn't she just say, I'm superior to conservatives and the military? Then we could applaud her courage to speak out and the bravery it shows. (I think I'm sick after writing that about this piece of crap.)

[WaterDragon]

Then please stop pinging me.

[js1138]

I wonder how she'll feel in 2012 when Jeb is running.

[AnAmericanMother]

Apparently this is the same Margret Drabble who writes very tedious, boring, and pedantic introductions to the Signet editions of Jane Austen books.

I don't have Miss Austen's books with me, but I believe you are correct. I don't mind pedantic, but I can't stand boring. And she also pushes the feminist line and blames Miss Austen for failing to adhere to HER enlightened 21st century doctrines, which are of course correctly whatever the place and time. She condemns Miss Austen for having Marianne Dashwood marry Colonel Brandon - thinks it's an "unhappy ending" and claims that it was just stuck on because Miss Austen couldn't figure out what to do with an "independent woman." This argument is so totally out of touch with 19th century life, Miss Austen's writings, and even reality in general that it's hard to understand.

Jane lies in Winchester--blessed be her shade!
Praise the lord for making her, and her for all she made!
And while the stones of Winchester, or Milsom Street, remain,
Glory, love, and honour unto England's Jane!

- Rudyard Kipling

[CobaltBlue]

>>The elderly Vietnamese man was impoverished, and he wanted hard currency. The Vietnamese had won the war, but had lost the peace.<<

Which ought to give her a clue, you'd think.

[Celtic Conservative]

This is how I sum this diatribe up:

" I detest America, I detest disneyfication, I detest burgers...BUT, GOD DO I LOVE THE SOUND OF MY OWN VOICE!"

---

Slainte,

CC

[TaxRelief]

She also defaces new editions of Moby Dick with her rambling essays about how color-blind the Melville is.

[Rocko]

I wonder how she'll feel in 2012 when Jeb is running.

If she writes a few more pieces like this, she'll have given herself a stroke before then.

[bootless]

Sheesh, who p***ed in HER B!tch Flakes this morning?!