(Untitled)

[catpawn]

It's odd feeling proud to be American. Over the past few years I've visited several countries overseas and would feel an urge to say I'm Canadian rather than admit I lived in the states. The disappointment from foreigners was a palpable force.

I was in Prague when a Switzerland election was occuring. I knew this because there was a couple from

Comments

especially the Canadians, who routinely have wacky administrations

[cheetahmaster]

See, my experience with foreigners over the past few years has been one of sympathy. No one seemed to have a problem divorcing their experience with an American with what was happening with our government. It's like they knew it wasn't us, and knew it wasn't our fault.

Re: especially the Canadians, who routinely have wacky administrations

[slothshaman]

...and thats the problem. It *WAS* our fault. Hopefully, we can proudly say that *this* administration is our doing too...