Category Archives: USA

He’s not as Christian as we are

Thanks to Geoff for sending in this excellent article offering insights into the mentality behind Christian America massively backing Bush in this week’s election. It’s an excellent read and lifts the veil on a phenomenon that is rather impenetrable for … Continue reading

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Cheer Up

Who will win the presedential election? Things seem to be leaning in the direction of the world’s most accomplished terrorist, George Bush, but we may yet be surprised. Even if Kerry wins, however, it looks like W has the popular … Continue reading

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Irony

After an entry on sarcasm, here’s one on irony. The Google adverts down the right-hand side of this page are now proudly trying to encourage you, the humble blog reader, to depart this site in favour of those extolling the … Continue reading

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Sarcasm in the American press: Shock! Horror!

Europeans often tell me that Americans have no appreciation for or even perception of sarcasm. Indeed, I have noticed that many people here will sometimes say, “I was being ironic”, when they wish to indicate that they were attempting to … Continue reading

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Denial

Thanks to Geoff for sending in this story. That Bush’s supporters are so patently stupid that many of them believe whatever the right-wing extremists tell them is not news to anyone, but that they choose to believe statements that even … Continue reading

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