Dear American Friends...

[pyat]

Please explain:

"We see America as the greatest force for good in this world," Palin said at a fund-raising event in Colorado, adding, "Our opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists..."

No, seriously. What is going on down there? Have you all gone mad, or something?

Mind you, it makes for interesting headlines. The big contentious issue in the election up here is whether or not carbon tax is a good idea. The incumbent, Prime Minister Headcheese, is accusing his front-running rival (Milquetoast Q. Egghead of the Liberal Party) of "wanting a recession." His rival was described by Canadian media outlets as "enraged."

"It happens that I think his right-wing policies that he's proposing for our economy will hurt people not because he wants that," said Dion, "but because he has the bad policies for the country, the bad ideology that he wants to import in Canada, solutions that did not work for the economy around the world."

Easy there, tiger! I can practically feel the anger pouring from the text!

Comments

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely didn't mean to lump people all together. I was sort expressing a frustration along the lines of "Everyone's gone crazy!", without intending that it should be read that I actually thought everyone was, in fact, crazy.

Er.

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I do it a lot myself, and tend to get slapped down for it frequently, so I feel for you. It's hard not to overstate your point in times like these.

lee.