Burger Eating War Monkeys

Well, it finally happened. The Europeans, and the French in particular, put together their collective brain cells and came up with a retort to the phrase “cheese eating surrender monkey.” Henceforth, we Americans will be known in France as (this is so…..cute) “Burger Eating War Monkeys.” How many bottles of wine were wasted in coming up with this outstanding and brutal insult? If this is the best response they can come up with, we have nothing to fear of the European educational system. I honestly expected more, maybe something a little more dignified or poetic. Not just a cheap rewording of our original insult. So disappointing.

The Economist, however, does bring up some interesting comparisons between anti-Europeanism in the US and anti-Americanism in Europe. They go into some detail about possible reasons for why the Europeans have much, much stronger feelings about America than we do about them. All in all it’s a fairly interesting article and is well worth the read. And for once, it’s conclusions, contained in the last three sentences are dead on.

Go and read it..........