Report from Europe (just back from the Dam)

[Mizmoon]

Hey I just got back from Amsterdam. People might be interested to know that one night I went into a corner store when the owners (who must have realized I was American) asked me, "What state is Mississippi in?" I told them it was a state. Then they asked me, "What state is Chicago in? Ohio?" I said, no, it was Illinois. They laughed a hit each other in the head like they should have known that. I realized what they were doing was trying to follow the American election state-by-state.

They told me, "Does alot of Americans like Bush? Because we hate him in Europe. We don't like him at all." I told them that it was about 50/50 - that people either loved him or hated him, but that the good people were working hard to get him out of office. They said, "That's good because he is very bad for the world - bad for us too."

I think it's important to note that they did not take any of their hard feelings out on me - they understood that I was but one person in a large country. I wonder if the freepers would have shown a French tourist as much sympathy.

Oh, there is also a special ganja being sold these days called "Hero Chirac" ... in case any of you dabbled in any demon weed :)

[Mizmoon]

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