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You Want It? You Got It.

Here’s one of my ancestral countrywomen, Janet Albrechtsen, who draws on a couple of sources, putting very well what myself and others, notably P.J. O’Rourke, have been saying for years. 

The real reason they hate us is because our … I mean, we’re … bigger than they are. It’s all bigger, and that’s what they just can’t stand it.    Our cars. Our houses. Our parking lots. Our supermarkets.  Our highways. Our crap and our beauty. Bigger. Our urban sprawl and our wide-open spaces. Our country. Don’t forget what they really love to hate, but can’t keep away from. Our McDonalds and Starbucks and Microsoft.  Our Coca-Cola culture. Our space program. Pretty much everything we do. All bigger. 

But that’s just some of the stuff we have and the things we do for fun and money. Then, there’s the stuff that matters. Our ideas and ideals.  None of that Euro shoebox socialism over here.  There are actually people here who want to shove us into that, but it ain’t happening. Our stuff is too big.  The good, the bad and the ugly, all bigger. Not only bigger. Better.

And so big, we can’t even contain it. We can’t keep it in. But that’s OK, because everyone wants some of it.  They just don’t like to admit it. They hate it. But they still want it.  Don’t worry, we’ve got plenty.  We’ll slip you some when no one’s looking if you’re that uptight about it. We’ve got more than we know what to do with. That’s why we keep trying to give it to everyone else:

While Russian President Vladimir Putin was railing against US power at an international security conference in Munich on Saturday, a respectable case can be made that, as hegemonies go, the US is the most benevolent history has ever seen. Not perfect by any means, but certainly deserving of better treatment than the acid reflux and bile of Western elites. America is big, rich and makes mistakes. But for the past 50 years at least, it has been the ultimate guarantor of the Western way of life.

Thank you, Sister Toldjah, for pointing out this great Australian essay. Australia, with just 20 million people at the other end of the world, may be the only country on Earth that comes close to being as big as we are. And they do it pretty much on attitude alone.

Topics: Oz, USA

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:24 am on Thursday, February 15, 2007

5 Responses to “You Want It? You Got It.”

1. blogagog Says:
   February 15th, 2007 at 1:54 am

   When mentioning the ways in which we are bigger, you forgot to mention our bellies!

2. Bill's Bites Says:
   February 15th, 2007 at 3:27 am

   You Want It? You Got It.

   Protector of the free world deserves better Anti-Americanism has a long pedigree, but that only makes it more irrational Janet Albrechtsen (Hat tip: R J Del Vecchio) BY all means unfurl the banners, dust off the placards and prop up

3. Old War Dogs Says:
   February 15th, 2007 at 3:28 am

   Bill’s Nibbles — 2007.02.15

   Some Bill’s Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I’m sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong above the

4. Don Surber » Blog Archive » Quick hits Says:
   February 15th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

   [...] Observed Jules Crittenden: The real reason they hate us is because our … I mean, we’re … bigger than they are. It’s all bigger, and that’s what they just can’t stand. Our cars. Our houses. Our parking lots. Our supermarkets.  Our highways. Our crap and our beauty. Bigger. Our urban sprawl and our wide-open spaces. Our country. Don’t forget what they really love to hate, but can’t keep away from. Our McDonalds and Starbucks and Microsoft.  Our Coca-Cola culture. Our space program. Pretty much everything we do. All bigger.  [...]

5. saltydog Says:
   February 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pm

   Yes.

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