"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

                --Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."




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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

There'll Always be an England

We love the Brits. We really do. We need to send some of our politicians over there for training. Or maybe we could work a trade.

A bit of background first. Remember Herman van Rompuy? Me neither. But apparently he's "President" of the "European Union." <--- Those aren't scare quotes, they're term-of-art quotes, because we're not exactly sure what either of those terms actually means. [Do you suppose that, centuries from now, historians will quip that it was not particularly European, and not really much of a union?] Nigel Farage is head of the United Kingdom Independence Party, and a member of the "European Parliament."

Here is Mr. Farage:

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Comments on "There'll Always be an England"

 

Blogger Faithful Sherpa said ... (9:06 AM) : 

Wow. Just...Wow.

 

Anonymous Dave said ... (3:58 PM) : 

Don't be coy, Nigel, tell us what's on your mind.

 

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