The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Is anybody actually in a position to care in England taking offense or is it simply the right-wing press in England taking offense on their behalf?

As for the second, I know we've had a similar conversation before in the last few years but damned if I can find it. Just wanted to watch and see how much points of view change because now it is Obama instead of Bush.

But Italy probably rejected greater assistance out of fear that if they took a significant amount of money that the American public would grow outraged when they saw how much Italians were spending on Christmas parties this year and then try to tax their incomes back to zero.