TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

So, we see how the US has a huge effect on the world every single day. USMil troops are in a bunch of countries around the world. They aren't in countries they should be in (coughSUDANcough) and American aid goes into the pockets of many a 3rd world government. Decisions made by the guy in the Oval Office effect countries the US has no direct involvement in. What this amounts to is taxation without representation--one of the prominant reasons given by history teachers for the American Revolution.

What's even worse is that the world hates Bush 43. Don't believe me? Check this excerpt from a 9/20/4 CNN article out:

Over the summer, University of Maryland researchers asked citizens of 35 countries how they would vote between Bush and Kerry. The result? 30 of the 35 voted for Kerry.

Kerry won all but one European country polled.

A Bush campaign official once said Kerry "looks French." Apparently, the French were impressed. They gave Kerry a 59-point lead. Only 5 percent of the French voted for Bush.

What about the Bush administration's closest ally, Britain? Not even close. The British favored Kerry by over 30 points.

The exception was Poland, which Bush carried by a narrow margin.

How about America's neighbors? Canadians went for Kerry by 45 points. Mexicans by 20.

In Asia, Kerry carried China, Japan and Indonesia. Only the Philippines, a former American colony fighting its own Muslim insurrection, went for Bush. In India and Thailand, the race was close. Swing countries?

So, there ya have it.

Too bad the world isn't a representative democracy.

Also, too bad that the US can't stop pissing people off... or maybe it's just Bush.