There may be hope.
I was despairing at the undercurrent of anti-Americanism in England. Not just Guardian readers -- I have talked to a few very intelligent folks who define themselves as "pretty conservative." These folks all believed in the writings of Michael Moore and that Bush tried to squelch his voice and stop publication of his book. The war was about oil, Bush lied to Blair on WMD, yadda yadda, you know the score.
Tonight we come home, and a teenaged girlfriend of one of the boys living here says "Happy Fourth of July!" She tells me that she has American flags in the basement, can name all 50 states and that she is going to be American when she's older.
I told her we'd love to have her.
And there are always the fine folks at Samizdata. Perry has tried to invite me to the London Blogger Bash (now). I wish I could go but it was not meant to be.
Posted by jk at July 5, 2003 05:04 PM