From: Lou Ravi on
hls wrote:
> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> Yes, America is angry about the BP oil spill.
>> And even angrier that it doesn't seem to have done a lot of damage
>> nor been a global catastrophe.
>>
> Blame the media for some of this. These slugs lie around waiting for
> something that they can misquote or misconstrue, hoping to get some
> attention from the mind dead public.

Well how else are they to put 'fury' in every headline?


From: Lou Ravi on
Mitchell Holman wrote:
> "The gods have made us mad" <staring(a)destruction.com> wrote in
> news:8cbnfeFf5kU1(a)mid.individual.net:
>
>>
>>
>> "John Rennie" <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> wrote in message
>> news:k9mdna7RhMmQOv3RnZ2dnUVZ7oednZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>> The gods have made us mad wrote:

>>>> If Obama gives *one* impression, it's of being completely out of
>>>> his depth.
>>>
>>> Name me one American President who wasn't and don't say Roosevelt.<
>>
>>
>> Perhaps they *were* out of their depth - but they were certainly good
>> at blagging it. They 'looked and sounded 'Presidential' - Obama
>> certainly doesn't look like a man who's even *pretending* to be in
>> charge, to me.

> Poll finds Obama has already rebuilt America's global brand
> Christian Science Monitor
> Oct 6 2009
>
> Step aside, Germany and France. There's a new brand
> leader among world powers. Who? The good old US of A
> - according to a new poll - thanks to the global
> popularity of President Barack Obama.
>
> The Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI) survey
> on which countries are most admired and appreciated
> around the world has been conducted annually since
> 2005. This year the US topped the list for the first
> time, climbing six spots.
>
> According to survey designer Simon Anholt President
> Obama, whatever his trials at home, has been well-
> received internationally since his election and changed
> the image of the US from one that dictates to one that
> consults. "What's really remarkable is that in all my
> years studying national reputation, I have never seen
> any country experience such a dramatic change in its
> standing as we see for the United States in 2009,"

Not really a surprise, under Bush junior the reputation of the USA was at
rock bottom, it could only improve remarkably after that. If they had put a
chimp in the White House after the... er... chimp, things could only
improve.



From: Markku Grönroos on
11.8.2010 4:48, Hatunen kirjoitti:
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From: John Rennie on
Markku Gr�nroos wrote:
> 11.8.2010 4:48, Hatunen kirjoitti:
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>
> Viititk� menn� muualle ristiinpostaamasta t�t� sontaa.

You've summed up our predicament in a nutshell.
From: Intro Spective on
"Markku Gr�nroos" <cucumber(a)hassuserveri.fi> wrote in message
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> 11.8.2010 4:48, Hatunen kirjoitti:
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>
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