Restoring Mayberry

[elleng]

Living in rural Ireland, watching the global transformation from a distance.

Most Americans would be shocked to discover how other peoples regard them – not with admiration, or envy, or hatred, but with embarrassment. The news media here and across Europe tend to regard US elections as a comedy programme, endlessly replaying the most egregious flubs of my country’s most dubious political characters.

Yet the American election still dominates the headlines here, either because people fondly remember the America that was or simply because U.S. military and economic disasters cause trouble for everyone else.

http://restoringmayberry.blogspot.com/2010/11/elections.html

[Demeter]

1. You Don't Have to Go Overseas to Be Embarassed by the USA

You just have to see your state go blood red and elect criminals and people under suspicion of crime to public office.

Going overseas might let one forget about it for a while.

[monmouth]

2. Yes, ask any Floridian....n/t

[midnight]

4. True!

[yurbud]

3. every time I accidentally watch our network news, I'm amazed those guys can show up for work

everyday. The Naked News is more credible than our networks.