XPost: alt.fan.j-garofalo, alt.atheism, alt.radio.talk   
   XPost: seattle.politics   
   From: quoththeraven@nevermore.com   
      
   On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:34:48 -0400, Ben M. Walker    
   wrote:   
      
   >WHY LIBERAL EURO-WEENIES HATE GEORGE BUSH.   
   >   
   >   
   >President Bush will be facing demonstrators in England today.  No big   
   >news. American presidents face demonstrations everywhere they go ..   
   >.even in this country.   
   >   
   >I think, though, I have a bit of a handle on why so many Europeans   
   >literally hate George Bush.  I can explain it with this scenario:   
   >   
   >You're walking down the street when you notice a house on fire.  The   
   >flames are just beginning to lick at some windows.  From inside that   
   >house you hear screams.  A mother is pleading for someone to come help   
   >her look for her babies.   
   >   
   >You're frozen with fear out there on that sidewalk.  You know there   
   >are children in that house, and you know the mother is in there trying   
   >to save them.  You know they may all die, but you can't move out of   
   >your tracks on that sidewalk.  You're afraid.  After all, what if you   
   >get burned trying to save those people?  What if you die?  Maybe the   
   >flames will die out on their own?  You're perfectly willing to stand   
   >in the yard with a garden hose trying to contain the flames .. but   
   >actually going in there?  No way!   
   >   
   >While you're standing there doing nothing, here comes this swaggering   
   >American in a cowboy hat.  A damned Texan.   The Texan sees the fire,   
   >hears the screams for help, throws down his hat...   
      
   ...and calls in an air strike, killing the mother and her babies.   
      
   That's where you were going with this, right?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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