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2005-03-04 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2005-03-04 9:57:40 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Europe as teenagers! I love it!

They still have an aristocracy, I guess, whereas, our "aristocrats" got their money the old fashioned way - the earned it.

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-04 10:37:17 AM|| 2005-03-04 10:37:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Another great column by VDH, especially the last four paragraphs.

But after 4 years of the language, I cannot resist the urge to play gotcha with a Latin teacher, or is he really only an olive farmer?. 625,000 hits for deep-seated, 25,500 for deep-seeded.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-04 10:55:29 AM|| 2005-03-04 10:55:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't know Mrs. D. I too thought it was deep-seated, but deep-seeded makes much more sense.

Posted by 2b 2005-03-04 11:03:22 AM|| 2005-03-04 11:03:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 They both make sense, theat's why I Googled them both. There is a clear winner.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-04 11:08:11 AM|| 2005-03-04 11:08:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Right you are! But I have to wonder if it wasn't originally "seeded" - Websters has the definition as, "situated far below the surface". And it has a cousin word, "deep-rooted".

Maybe it's actually deep-sea-ted :-)

Posted by 2b 2005-03-04 11:27:40 AM|| 2005-03-04 11:27:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the closer analogy would be the fully aged relative of 50, who keeps making the same mistakes again and again, expecting his family to bail him out time and again...the same relative that badmouths the relatives that rescued him when out of earshot...the same relative that lies around on the couch of his parents, taking the money they earn without a single thank you.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-03-04 11:43:48 AM|| 2005-03-04 11:43:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 IAMAF (I am not a former) but I believe deep seeding is a relatively modern agricultural technique except in very dry regions. Where as the idea of somethng being seated deep with in the soul or a castle is an older one, so I think it is the original. John Ciardi would have known, but I have all his books packed away.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-04 12:21:32 PM|| 2005-03-04 12:21:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 This second-to-last paragraph actually sums it up - Dr. Hansen is articulate and too much of a gentleman to say certain things. I am neither, so I will opine.

The world as we knew it is now in flux, and in one of greatest transformations since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Middle East is slowly rejoining civilization.

Nothing much positive has happened to the Middle East since 1453, when Mehmed conquered Constantinople, and upon entering the city on May 29..."He went directly to Haghia Sophia Church and ordered to convert it into a mosque."¹ Yup. God is truly great!

In response, Europe snores, awakening only to chastise the United States, which alone set off the chain reaction of liberty.

Remember - line is that we Americans are unilateral. The Brits, Poles, and Italians are lackeys, and don't count. The true Europe, France, Germany, and their hangers-on "understand"...Understand what? I do not know!

After all, would Europe send help to the Lebanese if the Syrians brought in more troops? Would it do anything if Iran announced that it actually does have five or six nukes and the missiles to deliver them?

The only thing missing, I fear, is the official announcement about Iranian Nukes. The only thing the Europharts are buying is that the last two Iranian Nukes will be saved for Paris and Berlin.

And would the vaunted EU joint force or the French navy mobilize if China invaded Taiwan or of North Korea shelled Seoul? Or does the free world stop at the borders of Europe? Did the Spanish army ensure the election in Iraq?

I think we need to visualize Fred's "Hell Freezing" Clipart here...
WE ARE THE BIG DOG... And as the sweatshirt I happen to wear in rainy California today says, "This is what attitude looks like!"
So, if we have to do it ourselves, so be it...

In the meantime, it is better to damn the United States, which got al Qaeda out of Afghanistan, toppled Saddam, and ignited democratic movements across the Middle East.

How does one say "Hand Wringing Time" in French, German, or now, Spanish... If you appeasing cheese-eating surrender monkeys coated with radiation think you can refugee here after your capitals glow in the dark... Think again.

¹Conquest of Constantinople

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-04 12:24:21 PM|| 2005-03-04 12:24:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Jules- You just described my cousin Brenda! ;)

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-03-04 12:36:35 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-03-04 12:36:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 maybe it's short for deeply seated.

Posted by 2b 2005-03-04 1:07:29 PM|| 2005-03-04 1:07:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 DB-:)

Seems like there's one in every family.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-03-04 1:08:09 PM|| 2005-03-04 1:08:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I thought Deap-seated ment big assed.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-03-04 6:37:02 PM|| 2005-03-04 6:37:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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