IT'S OFFICAL: THE ENTIRE WORLD IS COMPLETELY PISSED OFF AT THE USA!

Man, they were kinda pissed before, but these tortures are the last straw for all of our allies. In Great Briton the people are and have been pissed off at us for a while and now Bushco can add war crimes to consciousness of an already irate bunch of citizens. Blair is and has been pissing of almost ALL of England and the EU. In conservative countries like Ireland and Australia, any Bush supporters are gone. Torture and sexual deviancy are NOT tolerated in either country, possibly because of the strong catholic cultures in each.

Our relations with ALL Arab nations, will be strained for the next 50-100 years.

Our honorable administration has been shoving a morally superior attitude down the throat of every other nation on earth for a while now. Bushco has been the most hypocritical and self righteous, bunch in decades. The rest of the world is about to be done with us.

The US is losing money quickly and with the Euro doing so well Europe is becoming a lot more powerful.

I think that those pictures have completely ruined our image as a nation.

Bushco is going down, thanks to the rest of the world, and our hard work.

In a country that has universal health care, curses and boobs on TV, environmental activism that make the US look like a coal mine, I'd say Ireland is one of the most progressive nations on the planet. They a feverishly anti * and, if they could, would elect Clinton as their Prez in a heartbeat.

As it stands, Ireland will face its largest protests ever when * arrives in June. Our Whore media will not televise this, but in Ireland, the Bush visit protests will be huge news.

What can the rest of the world do to get Bush out of office?

They can't vote, except for US citizens abroad.

Boycott all things USA. That would include outsourced jobs. Hello World. Where is your outrage now?

...USD at the pump.

Believe me, and this comes from someone that has lived in a multi-national community for over 3 years, the entire world is disgusted with the US. The entire world despises Bu$h, and wants us to make sure he is not re-selected in 2004.

We have the support of the world behind us.

Unite against Bu$h. UNITE! `

Sorry to make things even worse, but these moderate Republicans who like being Republican because it enhances their image...they don't care I think. They'll be like "who cares what they think". They like thinking that since we're so strong (whatever) that we can do whatever we want and it doesn't matter. And then when you go farther right it just seems to get worse, even though perhaps it's a quandry for people who react strongly to what they see as sexual perversion.

End of story.

...in spite of the misguided "leadership" of the current PM, I wouldn't label Australia "conservative." IMNSHO, only Canada beats Oz overall on civil rights (especially gay rights); safe and legal abortion isn't in jeopardy, and the nation is a model of excellence for universal healthcare and other social programs. It's also obsessive to a fault about environmental concerns, and rightly so.

Over the past couple of decades, the overwhelmingly Caucasian majority of the populace woke up to the injustices inflicted on the Aborginal natives, and has begun making reparations (a far cry from what we've done to Native Americans -- which has been to shut them off and forget about them... until they make a fortune on gaming casinos, and then suddenly, we're very interested in getting a piece of that pie).

Speaking of gaming, slot parlors are legal in most states -- and prostitution is legal in a number of cities... in properly government-regulated brothels. There are also no "blue laws" ... and the age of sexual consent (by state) is as low as 16.

Quite frankly, were it not for a long history of U.S. intervention (read: arm-twisting interference) in Australian domestic policy, Oz would be a lot more "liberal" than it already is. (Anyone who doesn't believe that needs to read up on Gough Whitlam -- for just one example of the U.S. buggering yet another foreign government to get what it wants. See also: bloodless coup.)

Oh, and -- Cardinal Pell aside -- Oz isn't predominantly Catholic. Strong Catholic culture? AFAIK, mainly among the Italians and Irish. Aside from the Aboriginals, you're looking at mostly Protestants with roots in the U.K.

Religion aside, Australian culture itself is very liberal; nobody gives a damn if you're gay, straight, or plan to shack up with a kangaroo -- as long as you're honest and loyal to your mates (and the kangaroo consents). And -- bloody oath -- of all the Australians I've met (and these folks LOVE talking to Yanks), only one ever expressed even vague support for Bush*'s war. Literally scores of others have dismissed my sense of guilt for what my country has done with the common sentiment, "Don't feel bad at all -- we're in the same boat with Howard. We didn't want to invade Iraq either." (This is usually followed by a tirade about Howard, peppered liberally with the word "dickhead.")

Again, I don't mean to be a point-killer (I agree with your O.P.), but I can't possibly sit back and let Australia be branded as "conservative" in the sense we Yanks use the word.

Oz certainly has a ways to go in some areas (boat-people detention, same-sex marriage, et al.), but conservative, it's not.

P.S. Australia also has a real, live opposition party -- not to mention a diverse multi-party system that actually works, and -- don't faint -- the parties actually work together in coalitions! Can you imagine that -- Labour and Greens actually joining forces on common goals??

...that if they want further proof of U.S. interference just to search out Prime Minister Harold Holt.

Also, don't forget we have outlawed almost all firearms, with the exception being shot guns, collector guns, pistols, but you need to be a member of a gun club, show a collectors licence, or own a farm and show you warrant owning a gun, and further getting a shooters licence.

BTW, thanks, Sapph for defending the fatal shores. :)

... inviting to me. I can't imagine better timing...

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