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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (547484)	2/2/2010 12:50:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576346

Jim, > Let France handle the whole thing. Wasn't Obama supposed to get the whole world to like us? Seems like America can't even do a humanitarian mission without getting international complaints. If Bush were president, the liberals would be all over that claiming it's Bush's fault. Don't kid yourself.....America has been getting praise as well. Did you miss the videos where Haitians were chanting USAUSAUSA after a rescue? In fact, given the enormity of the problems and the amount of logistics involved, I would say the criticisms have been fairly light with the notable exception of those coming from inode. ;-)

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (547484)	2/2/2010 1:03:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576346

This weekend I had the funniest conversation with some of my German friends. We were talking about how many different nationalities have emigrated to the US. I said everyone except native Americans have come from some other country originally. So they said if you have an Italian or Korean surname then you can have both an Italian or Korean passport along with your American passport. I said "no" because you're not Italian or Korean but an American. But you have the surname of a Korean or an Italian and look like a Korean and an Italian. I said it doesn't matter....you're still an American. Intellectually of course, they understood what I was saying but they found the subject frustrating....coming from a country where 90+% of the people are German.....the idea that there can be so many different orignating nationalities in one country all calling themselves Americans bordered on the absurd. And the funny part......that's the least of our problems. <g>