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4thTimeLucky · 05-07-2003, 12:53 PM

England/(Great) Britain/United Kingdom

England didn't get mentioned in the first post and it irritates me that we are (rightly) seen as the 51st state - neither foreign to the US nor a part of it.

England is far from perfect - it is grey, the food is awful, the weather sucks, since the end of the empire we haven't really decided where we're going - but for all that it is a great place to live - free education and health care, great universities, plenty of culture with access to more in Europe, strong economy and we speak the primary language of the web and the world.

Currently Tony Blair is the United Kingdom. He is the centralist's dream (capitalism with a heart), an eloquent narrator (to see him next to Bush you wonder if they are speaking the same language) and a generally wholesome guy with exceptional intelligence and strong moral principles. I don't agree with all he has done (the war being just one of many issues), but he straddles the political world like an impregnable colossus.

05-07-2003, 12:53 PM	#18 (permalink)
4thTimeLucky Psycho Location: 4th has left the building - goodbye folks	England/(Great) Britain/United Kingdom England didn't get mentioned in the first post and it irritates me that we are (rightly) seen as the 51st state - neither foreign to the US nor a part of it. England is far from perfect - it is grey, the food is awful, the weather sucks, since the end of the empire we haven't really decided where we're going - but for all that it is a great place to live - free education and health care, great universities, plenty of culture with access to more in Europe, strong economy and we speak the primary language of the web and the world. Currently Tony Blair is the United Kingdom. He is the centralist's dream (capitalism with a heart), an eloquent narrator (to see him next to Bush you wonder if they are speaking the same language) and a generally wholesome guy with exceptional intelligence and strong moral principles. I don't agree with all he has done (the war being just one of many issues), but he straddles the political world like an impregnable colossus. __________________ I've been 4thTimeLucky, you've been great. Goodnight and God bless!