Oh yes – we have some prime cuts for you today. Boris Johnson has decided to have a USA Day to coincide with the NFL visit in October (this year it clashes with Halloween – American culture I can do without etc.) and is spending money on the group of people most likely to visit London from overseas. I’m not sure I agree with the logic, or spending any of my cash on it, but as he’s cut funding to other events that could, if they tried hard enough, find funding themselves, and if they didn’t, then why should we foot the bill, we can’t be too snippy. Of course, these events celebrate diversity and other cultures, so to oppose the funding is probably racist and homophobic in some eyes… but of course you can’t slag “these kind of people off” but the Americans? Fair game…. as witnessed by these quotes in that paragon of liberal intelligence – The Guardian…
“There is no need for subsidizing American culture. It is already celebrated every day through Mc Donalds, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Hollywood rubbish and all those overweight people one can see in the streets. Not even Americans themselves know what is their real culture because they have been fed with the rubbish culture which is only goal to make more money and make the populace more stupid.”
“Why are we funding all this nonsense when the US Embassy won’t pay the congestion charge? If I want to experience American culture I’ll by the New York Review of Books and read it in McDonalds.”
(Note – the congestion charge is a tax, for which all states’ embassies and staff are not liable under the Geneva Convention. The last time we tried that taxation wheeze on the Americans, they gave us an “ass-kicking”. And a good deal more countries don’t pay the charge either, but let’s single out the USA, eh?)
“Broadly speaking, the Americans don’t travel well. If they are reassured they can obtain fatty, salty, sweet fast food – and watch their own low cultural events – they are far more likely to visit London. And then spend money here.”
“Which aspects of American culture will we be subsidising? Obesity and tooth decay (thanks to the Mayor taking Coca Cola’s dollar and pasting enormous posters of a Coke bottle and the Coca Cola Santa, bearing the slogan “open happiness, enjoy the music” behind the buskers’ pitches on the Underground) and Disney Enterprises, Inc (the Regent/Oxford Street Christmas lights were lit weeks earlier than usual and were adverts for Disney’s A Christmas Carol) maybe?”
“Is this a way of softening up the capital in preparation for an application to become the 51st state of the Union? We have quite enough US culture as it is, so why give us more?” (Barack Obama, that hero, believes there are more than 51 states…. don’t believe me – look here).
“We fight their wars for them, so why not appease the master further?” (The Second World War and the defeat of fascism never really happened in some history books, did it?)
“American Culture, such a brilliant oxymoron”
“I thought every day in London was already USA day. Or at least CIA day. I’d like to see Boris sing the Fug’s CIA Man (“Who can kill a general in his bed? Overthrow dictators if they’re red?”) at his proposed festival.”
“So we’re holding a party for the country that has plunged us into the worst recession in decades and decades…”
“Every day is USA day in McBKFC. Why bother setting another one aside?”
“Seriously? Britain already celebrates American culture, except for the bbc, all we are able to watch is CSI.” (Pay for the sport channels then, or if not, the adult ones…)
“The most honest way for Boris to celebrate American culture would be for a Hellfire missile fired from a Reaper rpv to slam into a restaurant Boris had visited the previous night, following which we could have a “NATO” briefing telling us that Boris was in fact killed in the attack and the other people killed were certainly fellow extremists (especially the very small corpses).
Welcome to the American Way, London!”
“We should only have a party when the American finally take their planes and soldiers and piss off back to America. WW2 ended 65 years ago when will you take the hint and remove your occupying forces from Europe!”
Yep…there’s more in there for those who want to read up. When those of us not doing impressions of Dave Spart or some comic book hippy pipe up that it is a little bit hypocritical to bash Americans while big-upping “diversity” and fighting mindless stereotypes, they almost perceptibly put their hands over their mouths, look at their fellow Yank Bashers, while communicating by ESP along the lines of “when they go away, we can start again.”
Of course, a country with a written constitution, protected fairly well from the meddling hands of politicians has nothing to teach the UK. All they are good for are Big Macs and CSI…..
I’ll finish off with something from the “I would like to have written that” file…referring to this article.
“Yet another idiotic anti American bash by a silly little person who while deriding American culture as typified by Big Macs, beamers and Britney.
Has no problem watching Sex in the City,Lost on her I-Pod while drinking a can of Coke.
Yes lets all lament the loss of multi-cultural festivals such as rise by mentioning that its funding could easily be borne by the monies owed by the US embassy, while omitting the fact that Third world Embassies owe even more. (Out of £23 million owed in congestion charges by foreign embassies the US owes £2.7M) or that foreign registered vehicles aren’t chased either (£8M as of 2006)
And lets be serious while it may be trendy to attack the Yanks, the fact remains they come to the Uk with money, which is what this country needs. The people who flock to third world festivals on the other hand come to the UK for money.
But hey when it comes to a liberal and other peoples money they are soon parted.”
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