The irregular quote of the day courtesy P.J. O'Rourke, in a somewhat old piece (a couple of months, or 10,000 years in Internet Time) Letter to our European friends:

After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.

(Found by leapfrogging¹ from his 24 hours on the 'Big Stick' story).

I'll just add that judging by the forces in presence at the dawn of the 21st², He's not about to come back any time soon.

Can't blame Him, really—Hell³ I'll follow Him as soon as I get a chance.

It seems that during recent "Forum for a New Diplomacy" in Paris a collective of Greens and the European Left at large, the French Foreign Affairs drawing from the whole body of the French political spectrum, "intellectuals" and mainstream media, the European Waffle SS fan club (those so called "European Conservatives" sleeping with Europe's race [ir]realists) and Europe's various Paternalists/Nationalists/Sovereignists/Supremacists, Sunni and Shiite Islamofascists, the Greater European Union autocrats, plus of course the Chavez-Castro Incorporated authored a short essay on America, in which one can spot very easily where the various paternities lie.

Here's the most characteristic quotes:

 

America as a Perversion of European Culture

I. Why did the USA become a warmonger?

George W. Bush took office as president in the midst of the worst crisis in the history of the United States. Once he saw that his plans, (...) were unfruitful, he decided that the best way out was to drive the Western European powers into a war against Iraq. That would first enable him to overcome the economic crisis through war profits, and second to satisfy the stock exchange and armaments Jews.

His election promises forced him to introduce new economic policies to stimulate the economy. Driven by his Neocon advisers, he wasted countless billions in stimulating the economy, but could not end the crisis. Instead, the crisis in the United States intensified after 2006. Once again driven by his Jewish advisers, the only remaining way for W. Bush to deal with the economic situation was to become a world warmonger.

To prevent a domestic catastrophe, he created a world-wide catastrophe.

The publications of our Foreign Office prove that W. Bush incessantly incited England and other European states against Iraq, hoping to drive them to war and thereby rescue himself.

(...)

And the huge shipments of war supplies to the Western powers would mean big profits for American armaments magnates.

(...) Washington, already the capital of the United States as well as of the Zionists and Neocons, would become the capital of the world.(...)

If his plans had worked out, he would have actually been the Messiah who fulfilled the millennia-old dreams of the Jews, that Ahasver people.

(...)

2. America is no longer master of its economic forces

Bush had been unable to deal with the internal crisis of the United States, even after nearly eight years in the White House. Now the crisis intensified. What the results for the USA will be cannot yet be foreseen. It is clear that the American people are at the end of a particularly fortunate era, during which they were able to live in luxury.

Bush's first problem is to deal with the problems that are coming at him from every side. He had never been able to take the long view of things, but rather has always made his plans from one day to the next. That is not possible in a war. He is the worst sort of amateur. Politically clever, but otherwise stupid party politicians of his sort have not been rare, but rather the rule. They all —Bush included — had the luck to govern a land with vast natural resources that should have guaranteed prosperity for all Americans, if only these resources had been used for the common good, not given to a small number of Jewish financial magnates.

For example, the United States should never suffer a shortage of gas. The problems developing since it entered the war result from W. Bush's chaotic policies.

Many of these problems would only result because of the complete failure of Bush's unscrupulous government.

This man is stupid in every regard. (...)

(...) what [policies—Ed] led to success by us was condemned to failure in America, because Bush is a man without particular gifts, and because of the particular conditions prevailing in America's model democracy. His plans were not designed for a particular people or race, but rather only for a population consisting of the most varied racial elements from throughout the world. His plans were condemned to failure, for he never had the ability to lead. The only chance was dictatorial measures.

The bizarre vanity of the man in the White House has been seriously wounded, (...) He has the sick wish to destroy Europe's leading personalities.

3. The Zionists alone drove President W. Bush into war.

Bush's bosses while he was developing his war plans were Jews. They incessantly drove the President further along his twisted path. (...) Finally, the Neocon Bush's clique of Washington Jews involved Italy, Spain and England in Washington's long-planned policies. The sick warmonger in Washington had reached his goal of unleashing a world-wide conflagration.

(...)

Bush's economic mismanagement in God's Country is clear from the problems the United States is currently facing. Since America's wealth means it has no problems with foreign reserves, one certainly would have expected that the warmonger Bush would have stockpiled important raw materials that America lacks, such as oil. (...)

4. As a result of its rapid growth and its tendency to gigantomania, America has become a perversion of European culture.

Although any other country could accept the loss of private automobiles, the people of the United States cannot. It had become part of daily life. In 2001 there were 107.4 million households in the United States, of which nearly 98.9 million (92 percent) actually owned or possessed one or more vehicles. The United States is a large country with widely separated cities. That alone made Americans dependent on the automobile. (...)

The first thing to watch is how Americans who had a car for enjoyment will react to giving up the cars that they formerly did not think they could live without. We Europeans can understand conditions in the United States only when we consider the particular mentality of the North Americans. Since they live on a rich continent, they believe they have particular privileges and deserve all of life's advantages. That makes giving things up hard for them, even things we Europeans view as luxuries that we can do without. Given their wealth, they made things as easy as possible for themselves. They were proud of their superiority to Europe in this regard, in contrast to their intellectual and cultural dependence on Europe. They did not understand how much they clung to superficialities. (...) American housewives can no longer survive without frozen pizzas. They have become so lazy as a result of these frozen pizzas that they can no longer cook like German housewives. When they came home in the evening after visiting the beauty parlor or working in an office, and before going to a cocktail party, they stick a frozen pizza in the microwave for their family's evening meal. (...).

Americans who believed that they would never even know a war was going on now have to start thinking like Europeans. They will have to pay taxes like we do. We began by noting that Bush's government had presided over a catastrophic economy. When he took office in 2000, his Democrat predecessor had left a balanced budget. He immediately began to spend money. (...) Since he and his party were passing out money right and left, millions of voters had a personal interest in electing him a second and third time. But the national debt had risen by [Yeah, how much?] dollars by the outbreak of the war.

This situation would undoubtedly had led to a revolt if Bush had not unscrupulously been rescued by war. Without war, he would have been forced either to raise taxes or devalue the dollar. Either would have been a political disaster in peacetime that would have meant the end of Bush and his clique. Once war came, Bush could vastly increase his economic mistakes. He got approval for an additional $[Yeah, how much?] billion for military purposes. And he has already said that he would need "at least" another $[Ditto!] billion for the war. Just as he did at the beginning of his presidency, he is constantly talking about the vast measures that these enormous sums will pay for. Formerly he spoke of the Axis of Evil or going to Mars. (...) But those familiar with his methods know that he has always talked big, but has not produced results. We Europeans can therefore wait and see what deeds will follow his words. The economic mismanagement in the United States, which is simply beyond our understanding, will cause even greater problems. (...)

5. The war is not a matter of the people.

The natural result is that the war is not as popular as the American government would like it to be. The fall of Saddam Hussein was greeted in the United States with remarkable indifference. (...) the average American could not understand that he was in a war that was a matter of life and death. The press and government try daily to fight popular attitudes. Although they do not understand what they are supposed to be fighting for, it is gradually dawning on them that they face years of sacrifice, and that the United States will never again be a land of luxury.

The fact that their army is a mirror of the nation also gives them cause to doubt. Bush succeeded in building an army of several million soldiers. (...) The recruitment followed a strange system. (...) many young Americans with prosperous parents simply bought their way out of military (...) by bribing officials. As a result, the American army does not make a good impression.

Since the overwhelming majority of the American population did not want to join the war, Hollywood celebrities always asked me nervously before Iraq if I thought that the United States would end up at war. They clearly were afraid that they might have to put on their country's uniform. Even while I was interned, many American officials told me, the enemy, that they simply could not understand why they were fighting. Federal officials gave me the special editions of the New York newspapers (...) They stammered that they still hoped that the United States could still remain neutral. That is how naive the Americans are. They are like children playing with fire, who do not think they might be burned. Their complete political immaturity is the only explanation as to why a stupid man was elected president for the second time, even though there was no doubt as to the dangers of his policies.

6. The president believes he can win.

Since he is stupid, he is guided by wishful thinking. He naturally does not think the Axis of Evil powers will win. He does not have the least idea that if we lose, islamism will take over all of Europe. Leading American newspapers openly say that the United States does not care if green flags fly over Berlin, Rome, Budapest, Bucharest, Paris, and Madrid. Since Bush thinks that he can come to terms with the Saudis, he believes they will accept Anglo-Saxon control of the globe, and that they will accept Washington as the capital rather than Londonistan. (...)

But Bush has plans even if the Axis of Evil wins. He thinks he will win the war regardless of what happens. If Europe loses, then Canada and all the other European possessions in the Western Hemisphere will fall into his hands. He also hopes that dollar imperialism will conquer South America. Washington's current plans are to bring everything between the Rio Grande and the Panama Canal under its control, and to make South America economically dependent on the United States. Bush's plans in the event of an Axis of Evil victory make clear to the reader the coldness with which he made his plans over the years, aided by his hypocritical speeches written by the Jewish speechwriter David Frum.

Who knows what fate has in store for him? Many indications are that the war will end in terrible catastrophe for the United States. Perhaps this false Messiah, the lackey of his Jewish allies, will be brought to justice by his own people. History, after all, is just."

Well okay, I'm pulling your leg. That just an old 1942 Nazi pamphlet, and I simply switched "Roosevelt" for "Bush", "Jews" with "Zionists", as well as everything in bold with their modern equivalents.

Any reader of Friedrich Hayek's Road to Serfdom will not be surprised in the least to see how contemporary European politicians, press and elite—Left to Right—neo-Fascists & Islamofascists, Transnationalists & Environmentalists as well as old school Latino-American Marxists strictly match and sound like Nazi propaganda when it comes to America—That is no mere coincidence, but the logical outcome of a common deep Collectivist mindest.

Update

Chicago Boyz's Mitch Townsend on the ball.

Rufus Terrill, "a 57-year-old ex-Marine" has a screwdriver, and he's not afraid to use it:

Robotic vigilante: Homemade 'Bum Bot' patrols in Atlanta,

(…)"You're trespassing. That's private property," Terrill scolds an older man through the robot's loudspeaker. (…) "Go on."

The man's hands go up and he shuffles into the shadows. Almost immediately, a group of men behind him scatters too.

The Bum Bot's reputation, it seems, has preceded it.

"Genius" is the name of the game, including in the naming of the beast. The problem at hand being the usual:

[Terrill's] bar was still being vandalized, and guns were stuck in his face several times. (…)

"There are children in our neighborhood that use that day care center," he says. "People are coming on private property, they're defecating, they're throwing crack needles, sometimes they're throwing crack rocks."

Thus facing adversity, the best of the enterprising mind goes to work, builds a "Bum Bot" (I love that name), and fixes the problem:

"I cleared out when I saw it," says Matthew Williams, a 23-year-old who lives in a nearby shelter. "People are starting to get used to it. People leave right when they see it."

Atlanta police spokeswoman Lisa Keyes says the department hasn't received any complaints about the Bum Bot (…)

But of course, this outrageous individual initiative doesn't go without calling for the uncalled attention of The Righteous, coming in fast from two seemingly different angles.

First the Professional Robot Maker Who Nevertheless Cares For The People:

To Henrik Christensen, director of Georgia Tech's Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center, the Bum Bot exploits the kind of anxiety that underlies the Terminator movies.

"We have a Hollywood picture that they're going to run amok, kill people and do bad things. This Bum Bot plays on that stereotype," Christensen says.

Is it now Henrik? A robot "made of steel and plywood, covered in rubber gym mats painted black" with a flashing red light that say "Get out of my property" trough a probably nasal-sounding loudspeaker equals Arnold Albertshweizzngeitsomethinger in black leather threatening "I'll be back" in Austro-English?

Either Henrik is projecting, or someone should be looking into Georgia Tech's Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center's plans. They could be sneakily pulling a Cyberdyne here, and fear the Bum Bot might beat their T-1000 prototype to the punch.

Henrik continues and closes with the Care For The People:

"For the rest of us who want to use technology to assist people in their daily lives, it's an obstacle."

Well yeah, amateurs are such an annoyance. Particularly when they manage to actually assist, er, actual people in their daily lives rather than leave the work of producing helpful press releases to the experts.

Still, I understand Mr. Christensen's frustration. I mean, all that money and man-hours swallowed up in R&D, and there comes this ex-Marine with a cardboard box that goes "Ping!" and steal your thunder.

Not very fair at all.

The second salvo of the Someone Must Do Something (But Not, er, actually Do Something) Brigade comes from the Professional Bleeding Hearts Who Care For The People Worthy of Their Care:

"It's a play for public attention for Rufus. He's certainly got a lot of attention — but not the kind we need for housing, living wages," says Anita Beaty, director of Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. "This robot isn't casting attention to the deep, deep poverty in Atlanta."

Huh-Huh. Let's not presume that Anita Task Force Beaty is one of those people who lecture from afar without having to cope with The Homeless defecating on her property on a daily basis, and let's just ask: "Dear Homeless advocate Task Force, are you doing something about deep-deep-poverty and crack needles & rocks around child care centers now, or do you just fear a significant reduction in deep-deep-poverty might compromise next year's funding for the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless?"

Just asking. Because it seems to me that in addition to building attention-seeking Bum Bots, Rufus "Heart of Stone" Terrill is doing something, though again, on his own initiative—How.dare.he.

Terrill says he monitors only private property and never has blasted the cannon toward anyone. He also says he's employed 70 people from the streets and shelters since he opened the bar and helped 18 move into other full-time gigs.

But of course, that's simply not enough for the Self-Righteous. And as I hinted a bit earlier, the seemingly different angle was an illusion when the Professional Bleeding Hearts and the Professional Robot Maker union in Professionally Caring For The People (those worthy of their care, that is):

Beaty is unconvinced of his motives.

"I'm appalled by the whole idea. It's a sham and a shame," says Beaty. "Rufus is using this for his 15 minutes."

Christensen at Georgia Tech is particularly concerned that the robot is a temporary — if entertaining — solution when Terrill could be helping find a permanent answer to vagrancy.

We abhor temporary solutions even though we enjoy entertaining ones like the other guy. We are therefore open to any suggestion Georgia Tech could offer to find a permanent answer to vagrancy, defecation and crak needles—Right in the following sentence Mr. Christensen please thank you Sir:

"He's moving the problem elsewhere," Christensen says. "And that works for him, but it's really not solving anything."

Oh well, I wasn't really holding my breath.

Obviously, as we say in France, La critique est facile, mais l'art est difficile.

Update

Photos of the Bum Bot. I'm still not sure about the alleged resemblance with Arnold Schouartzewotsiznameger. Gezerner. Ger.

Free Frogman food for thought for our current visitors on a slippery slope in the flat countries:

Belgium / Netherlands.

Okay, maybe not free but very affordable and worth every Euro cent. Knock yourself out.

Rather than give the Waffle SS fan club all the attention they seek—and therefore far more than they deserve—with their mendacious exercise in ellipsis bordering on calumny—truly, if my experience serves, a predictable trademark of each and every sh* for brains Old World Collectivist—I'd like to:

Thank Charles Johnson and Little Green Footballs for following up on the sudden and treacherous Fall Gelb redux, and,

Point everybody interested in the real, structural problem (we) Europeans will have to acknowledge and tackle before any true progress can be achieved against the Islamization of our continent, towards that article from Robert Spencer who, far more eloquently than I could, details what I only touched in my post on Brigitte Bardot vs. the MRAP: "Why the anti-jihad resistance is not about race".

Here's a few quotes I selected that, unlike the Waffle SS fan club's deliberate misquoting of my own post, is representative of Mr. Spencer's argument:

A race-based approach to the anti-jihad resistance is harmful in a number of ways: It's the wrong way to fight the global jihad. The jihad is not a race, Islam is not a race, Muslims are not all of one race. The issues between the Islamic world and non-Muslims are not racial. They are about religious supremacism. Bringing in race just confuses the issue, and allows jihadists and their de facto allies among the Eurabian elites to claim that this whole thing is about racism.

(…) This approach hamstrings and marginalizes the anti-jihad movement. Many people who oppose the Islamization of Europe will never join with a race-based party to do so. Hugh Fitzgerald and I have often commented here over the years about the tragedy in Europe: the mainstream political parties have completely abdicated any responsibility to deal with the Islamization of Europe, thus leaving the field open to groups that obscure the issue with racial politics.

(…) Many […] people have written here […] that the parties that speak of race are the only ones in Europe that are doing anything to resist Islamization, and thus they deserve the support of all those who believe there is something worth defending in Western non-Muslim civilization. I don't think that is any sounder an argument than the claim that we must support Hizballah because it builds schools and runs charities when not lobbing rockets at Israeli civilians.

(…) Also, people I respect have pointed out that European culture is being overwhelmed and transformed by out-of-control Muslim immigration, and there is nothing wrong with defending it from that. I agree. But while culture has a racial component, culture and race are not identical. To reduce culture to race on a continent that has seen six million sacrificed to the idolatry of race and blood is not, in my view, the right way to defend European culture -- and there must be articulated a sane and moral alternative that is clearly distinct from that and rejects it utterly. Geert Wilders in the Netherlands has managed to mount a strong stance against Islamization while avoiding dalliance with racial groups.

Read it all, because that's what we really have to work on before we can claim to defend true Western values of tolerance from becoming the abject drift towards Dhimmitude so many European countries indulge into, without adding another dark page to our continent's bloody record of ethnic cleansing and political genocide.

"No tolerance for intolerance" knows no skin color, and I shall never let any goose-stepping wannabe doubt or hijack what I meant when I created these banners.

(For those who wonder what I mean by "Waffle SS fan club", please check update number 2 to my brief on the BB Goon—Sorry for the extra clicks this requires, but I'm way over my supremacist loverboys-linking quota, and won't send them more Google juice.)