tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post573079082978523372..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: American Republicans versus British Conservatives.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-59579751105771442602009-03-12T10:22:00.000+00:002009-03-12T10:22:00.000+00:00Anon,I agree we get up to some scary shit but than...Anon,<BR/><BR/>I agree we get up to some scary shit but thankfully religion doesn't play as significant a role in the UK as it clearly does in the US. <BR/><BR/>We, therefore, indulge in different types of madness from the US.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-26238261276679442162009-03-11T13:30:00.000+00:002009-03-11T13:30:00.000+00:00While it is true that the British doesn't have a c...While it is true that the British doesn't have a crazy wing to its politics such as the republicans in the states, it is also true that we do get up to some of the same tricks. British politics just seems to not be so blatant about them.<BR/>We participated in illegal rendition, we extended terrorism detention without charge to 28 days, we went to war and the evidence behind the decision is still not being released.<BR/>Its just that over here you can't be public about these things. Over in the states they are happy to speak crazy because the republicans know that their base love it. Its like merging the Monster Raving Loony Party with the BNP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-82061310945438932822009-03-10T21:48:00.000+00:002009-03-10T21:48:00.000+00:00Thanks for the reminder that I live in a country w...<I>Thanks for the reminder that I live in a country where, to truly be considered bat-shit crazy by more than half the populace you have to picket dead soldiers funerals claiming this is God's punishment for not making homosexuality punishable by death; or call for the bombing of the New York Times building; or accuse George Soros of engineering the economic collapse to get Barack Obama elected.</I><BR/><BR/>Goatslim boy, sadly anything else in your country is simply normal Republican discourse.<BR/><BR/><I>I'm at least thankful that we're finally beginning to move beyond the worst political movement in American history. These fading Republicans will go down among the worst political movements in the history of Western Civilization as well.</I><BR/><BR/>Anonymous, that is an emotion that is shared by most of the world. It can surely never get that bad again.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-20157232036171529902009-03-10T16:53:00.000+00:002009-03-10T16:53:00.000+00:00I'm at least thankful that we're finally beginning...I'm at least thankful that we're finally beginning to move beyond the worst political movement in American history. These fading Republicans will go down among the worst political movements in the history of Western Civilization as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-67812622388785076462009-03-10T16:41:00.000+00:002009-03-10T16:41:00.000+00:00Great, now I'm really depressed. Thanks for the re...Great, now I'm really depressed. Thanks for the reminder that I live in a country where, to truly be considered bat-shit crazy by more than half the populace you have to picket dead soldiers funerals claiming this is God's punishment for not making homosexuality punishable by death; or call for the bombing of the New York Times building; or accuse George Soros of engineering the economic collapse to get Barack Obama elected. I mean, 27% of the country still thinks Bush is the best President ever-only slightly less believe it's OK to beat your wife (and I imagine there's a lot of overlap there).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com