Don't you just hate Americans?: LET'S PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE - BRING BACK "WEAKEST LINK'S" ANNE ROBINSON

Monday, May 16, 2005

LET'S PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE - BRING BACK "WEAKEST LINK'S" ANNE ROBINSON

It was always a joy to read how Britain's Anne Robinson was putting so many Americans in their place presenting The Weakest Link. At one stage 15 million people tuned in to see the Cruella de Vil of gameshows, as she quickly became known, deal with arrogant Yanks - even making them quake before her.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Don't you just hate Americans? Everything about them is so utterly crass, so second-rate – from the sloppy way they dress to their junk food and whinging nasal twang. If only they’d leave us alone. But, being Yanks, they won’t, or can't. To a man – even, it seems, to a woman – their sole aim in life is to turn us into Uncle Sams. Sadly, here in the United Kingdom it’s working all too well. Monopoly control of film distribution and cheap TV series ensure American ‘culture’ is everywhere. The result? Massive sales of Levi jeans, MacDonalds burgers, Ford and GM cars, Starbucks coffee, Budweiser beer, Jack Daniel’s whiskey, Dell and Macintosh computers – you name it. And all, in the end, to the detriment of our own native culture. However, for us British it doesn’t have to be this way. From today – appropriately, the eve of Prince Charles' and Camilla Barker-Bowles' historic wedding – let’s strive to make a stand against American encroachment. Let’s, for example: • S

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