Obama's Ugly America

Brazil got the Olympics over Spain, Japan and the US

Clear-eyed observers predicted it, because they know that despite Obama's election and ensuing apology tour, our "image" hasn't improved.  We still think they are surrender monkeys and they still think we are torturers.  Stereotypes are stubborn things 
 
Anybody who has lived in Europe knows this old joke:

Heaven is the place where the lovers are Italian, the police are English, the mechanics are German, the cooks are French and the place is run by the Swiss.

Hell is where the lovers are Swiss, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the

police are
German and the place is run by the Italians.

Obama's embarrassing failure in Copenhagen this past week reminded me of the Bernd Debussman article where he asks, What ever happened to the Ugly American? Seems we're not such ugly tourists anymore, based upon the results of a recent global survey. In fact, we now rate the 9th best on the strength of our tipping and attempts to speak the local language.

Despite our improved behavior when visiting foreign lands,much of the rest of the world still sees the US as a racist country. Because of this they are enamored of the idea of Obama.

So how could the Olympic committee reject Obama if he is so loved by the rest of the world? 

The answer is, they don't love Obama. They love the idea of Obama. A black man who now sits atop the power pyramid of the most powerful nation on earth. A nation much of the world still deems irredeemably racist. Beloved symbol he may be, but he will never be one of them.

Brazilian President Lula Da Silva, on the other hand, is a genuine man of the left, and he is truly loved by the international set.

Unlike Lula, President Obama will never be more than a totem to them, standing in the museum next to the wax figure of the inarticulate cowboy. To the international left, Obama is still an American, no matter how he strains to ingratiate himself.

President Obama thought that he could just breeze in there and beat out Brazil and their president who has years of street cred in the global community. That doesn't make him an Ugly American, just an arrogant one.

FP - Why Brazil Won
Bernd Debussman - Ugly American Stereotype
Obama - NYT
RCS - Ron Flatter

I Hope They Fail

It is logical for a person opposed to President Obama's policies to hope for his failure to implement them. Indeed, it is the height of incoherence to say you disagree with his policies but you hope he succeeds.

Here is a simple logical syllogism explaining this. If those on the left can't understand it then they are obviously incapable of critical thinking, which would explain much.

I think President Obama’s policies would be a failure for my country

I do not want to see my country fail

Therefore, I want Obama and the Democrats to fail

There it is, stated logically, unlike the foam at the mouth anti-Bush rants from the unhinged leftards. If dissent was patriotic then, it's patriotic now. Unlike those raging BDS sufferers, I wish President Obama no ill-will. In fact, I hold out hope he will see the error of his ways.

The $600 billion for "free" health care and untold hundreds of billions in carbon taxes is money siphoned off from the economy that could have been used by companies to hire more people. Instead, it will be foolishly wasted by government bureaucrats in various botched attempts at centrally-planned do-goodism.

Just look at your government: It can't even balance a budget or write a tax code that ordinary people can understand. How on earth can you expect it to solve the health care crisis or efficiently manage this country "going green?"

I am a patriotic American who wants my country to succeed. So yes, I hope President Obama and his fellow travelers fail.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/132040.html