tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post6599539574670356798..comments2024-03-27T19:35:11.320+07:00Comments on <b>Postcards from the End of [the] America[n Empire]</b>: Deutschland, Stop SuckingLinh Dinhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-25752671800421971432015-12-01T05:54:15.149+07:002015-12-01T05:54:15.149+07:00Linh:
I wish you were here to see how quickly t...Linh: <br /><br />I wish you were here to see how quickly the MSM let the Paris attacks & subsequent scare tactics die down in America just in time for the Black Friday buying binge. <br /><br />I Like your lyrics and I am wondering if Leo might want to do a traditional oom-pah sound with the song. Just a thought.... he's the artist of course.<br /><br />Among my favorite songs is Pink Floyd, "Wish you were here." This particular lyric seems to capture my home life with power and honesty, "We're just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.... the same old fears, WISH YOU WERE HERE."<br /><br />Thank you very much for the data, Ian; Europe's healthy reaction to the Assange and Snowden cases made me want to kick my old fins against the Taylor-aquarium wall! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07804858204655663574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-9169244019818880162015-11-30T06:13:51.544+07:002015-11-30T06:13:51.544+07:00also from that poll:
* views of the US' influ...also from that poll:<br /><br />* views of the US' influence have free fallen in Europe in the past two years, especially Germany and Spain, with reactions to the Assange and Snowden cases cited;<br />* France says they like Germany's influence more than Germany does itself;<br />* Spain has the most negative view of Germany's influence of any country polled;<br />* Germany has the lowest opinion of India, Brazil, and China than any country polled, and each is sinking sharply;<br />* Germany has a negative view of Japan's influence, which is peakingIan Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-4772981356702265622015-11-29T23:31:59.269+07:002015-11-29T23:31:59.269+07:00Germany is viewed as the post popular country - 60...Germany is viewed as the post popular country - 60 favorable with 18 unfavorable; the US is 42-39, based on a BBC study.<br /><br />This came after early 'negotiations' with EU debtors but before the Greek situation came dramatically to a head recently. The capacity to run up the score on Greece and Spain financially and still command respect and popularity comes from being allied financially and diplomatically with the US, and the people who have always made the decisions in Germany won't give that up.<br /><br />The BBC study didn't include Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia - countries with leaders that have criticized US imperialism - nor Greece.<br /><br />http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdfIan Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132noreply@blogger.com