This is why the pilgrims left...

British Airways Check in clerk was not allowed to wear a cross!!!!

Really? Is the cross going to jump out and attack the poor passengers? The highly educated people of Britain are so intolerant? Say it's not so.

The issue is the double standard that exists between tolerating mainstream religions and fringe religions. Does anyone really think that a clerk wearing a cross is offensive?

Intolerance is stupid!

BA woman loses appeal in cross row

Belgian Polygamist?

Not the Enlightened Belgians... Could it be?

47 Year old Belgian guy has 3 wives and 30 Children. Of course he is running into some social services issues...

Read the article - it's a great commentary on the welfare state in Belgium. This guy and his family receive close to $10,000 per month because he is "invalid".

Belgian Polygamist

Dudes! Stick to making waffles!

Gun Control will stop gun violence - not so much!

Looks like criminals are able to get to guns in the UK just fine...

I had this huge argument with my stupid British friend about Gun Control - and how he thinks that the right to bear arms in the American Constitution is senseless.

It was our guns, my friend, that helped us get rid you the oppressive British rule. But it seems like gun violence is on the rise in the UK despite much stricter gun controls..
Man Shot by two masked men with guns - in the UK

A sad tribute to London's teen victims (not all due to gun violence)

Censorship? IRA Hunger film funding criticism

Is this censorship or just Socialism at it's best?

120,000 pounds of public money from Wales was used to fund this film about hunger strike and some conservative politician is all up ion arms about it! What was that about Right wing censorship in the US? Stupid Brits!

Hunger funding

Poor scholarship in Cambridge? You don't say...

Article from BBC UK today...

Looks like that high IQ and investment in education not working out so well? Almost half the students admitting to stealing materials from the internet and passing it as their own? Only 1 in 20 students caught? What about the brilliance in Education I keep hearing about?

Cambridge students 'plagiarising'

Europeans want to Vote in US Elections?

Really?

Here's what they have to say:
"..American presidential elections are not "home affairs". American decisions have repercussions all over the globe. The American mortgage crisis affects banks in Europe. The insatiable American demand for oil makes the Arabian sheiks rich. The American refusal to care for the environment causes the North Pole ice to melt and coastal areas in Asia to flood. A weakened dollar and an immense budget deficit affect the global economy."

Well, if the Europeans are so intelligent, why are they so dependent on us?

Europeans want to vote in US Presidential Elections

Enough Said

Here's a great find. I will continue to read this blog for more gems like this post.

Stupid, More Stupid, and the idiot Europeans - Investigated and Explained

Enjoy!

Study Suggests Europeans ignorant about Smoking illeffects

Gordon Smith reports that Europeans are ignorant....

Amen to that!

Harvard paper no less!

Old - but Insightful poll...

2004 Poll by the BBC found that...

Nearly half of Britons never heard of Auschwitz

I guess all that social education is not working so well....

Roma - Europe's minority

An insight into the treatment of the Roma community in Europe today. Remember - these are the same Europeans that have a lot to say about American racism (despite the fact that we have more minority politicians including a possible president than anywhere in Europe). Remember also that by some estimates more Roma were killed by the Nazi than Jews in WWII.

To remind my friend who claims this has nothing to do with today - this was all 50 years ago:

Roma poverty a major issue for EU

How the Brits treat their women

My European friends call Americans "Prudish". Well, give me prudish over this ANY DAY!

These women were deluded into believing that they were taking part in a new series - no mention of the naked parts. Disgusting!

Where are the feminists screaming foul? Where are the enlightened Britons we keep hearing about? And this guy is supposed to be pro feminism....

Talk about stupidity!

Miss Naked Beauty

German Gay channel launch - descriminates against Lesbians?

OK - so the tolerant folks from Germany have FINALLY caught up to the US (first to launch gay / lesbian channels) and several other countries ( Canada / UK to name a few) - by launching "Timm" with a slogan "We love Men"?????

Really??? Sexist much?

Stupid Germans!

Timm

Oh - BTW - it features American Gay shows...

Common stupidity - Swedish style

OK - so this dude left his country because he "no longer felt like speaking to his wife". So far so good. But then he tells the German police that he was kidnapped, held against his will and robbed? How stupid is he?


Swede makes up story to cover marital dispute

Unfortunate statistics for German Women

A very unfortunate story from Germany.

According to a study, 40% of German women suffer Physical and / or sexual abuse.

I am not so much gloating on the statistics but bewildered as to why the preoccupation with the US when so much needs to be done in Europe.

Quoting my stupid European friend here -
"I stand by calling American people stupid, on average they are poorly educated compared to other countries with similar living standards and yes that does impact their understanding of the government policy. I believe Europeans call Americans stupid on both accounts, citizen education as well as government policy. These two are highly related."

Why don't these educated Europeans stop abusing their women?

40% women abused???? IN the US the number is 31% (Source: here).

What kind of population allows this stupid behavior?

40% German women abused

Basque - The unfortunate original residents of Europe

The Basque predate the Indo-European speaking modern day Europeans. I have heard a lot of criticism against the American treatment of - oh take your pick. I mentioned the Basque to one of my stupid European friends - and she dismissed them as "50 years old and hardly a basis for conversation". I think ETA might have something different to say.

General Franco started the stupid campaign. Modern Spain / France / EU continues oppressive policies against ETA and Amnesty International accuses the governments of use of torture on captured ETA members.

Here's a profile of ETA from BBC:
ETA campaign timeline

Italian racism against the Roma

I had heard about this a few months past - very sad indeed. These are the supposed "enlightened" peoples of Europe my stupid European friends keep telling me about...

This is government sanctioned racism - appalling!

Italian Racism

Lord chancellor and justice secretary has nothing better to do...

This story about Jonathan Ross / Russell Brand keeps building... And Jack Straw writes on it. Don't the British have anything better to do - like govern their country? Oh, That's right - they just follow the USA blindly in whatever we do. Wait, so does that make the British public stupider than us? Rea....ally?

But I digress...

Here's some words of wisdom from Mr. Straw (or is it Lord or some other bullshit arcane title they take seriously over there in the UK?)

Lord chancellor (Really?) and justice secretory has something to say...

Speaking of mandatory military service -

I found that the following European countries have mandatory military service. Still! One may or may not think that in itself is stupid - but getting all huffy about the American draft certainly is!

Albania
Austria
Belarus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Norway
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine

Details Here

I found an article on the specifics of the military service in Greece here.

I think that something as important as the military should not be made up of random people. Not every male of a certain age is suitable for military service!

Nothing is stupider than repression...

According to Russian laws, this woman is eligible for perole - but she is not a good socialist - so the repression continues.

Sad.

Perole denied for Pregnant Lawyer

Putin salutes Stalin..

Not so much news but observation...

John Deering Cartoon, from Arkansas Democrat-Gazzette.

Where are the brilliant Europeans working on putting an end to this?

Russian Rights lawyer poisoned in France

This is also more than stupid - its' chilling! However, I have to bring is up in our comparison- since the Europeans are supposedly so much smarter. So how can they put up with this? Where is the intelligence in this?

Russian lawyer poisoned in France

Russia attacks Georgia...

This is old news and an unfortunate news. However, since Europeans love to blame the war in Iraq on stupid Americans, I have to bring it up.

My stupid Russian friend made a stupid comment to me about worries over the abortion issues. For Real? How about freedom of press? How about freedom of trade? How about mandatory military service?
How about invading sovereign countries?
Russia Attacks Georgia

BBC Radio personalities Harass 78 year old....

I've always heard that the British were polite - but never really experienced it. Their ritualistic manners seem to hide more insidious intent perhaps?

Here's a confirmation of my suspicions - these two stupid Brits left lewd messages for a 78 year old - in the name of Humor??? Stupid Brits!

In Russell Brands words : "It was a really stupid thing to do"

Brand quits

Did you hear the one about Sarkozy and the Voodoo Dolls?

So it seems like the the French are not too happy about the French Presidents call for getting their lazy asses working again. The answer, A voodoo doll that allows you to put pins into Sarkozy "Phrases". But of course, the prez sues the doll maker - and loses! Stupid?

Sarkozy loses 'voodoo doll' case

More Nazi fun!

My European friends are right - I should read more European papers!!!!

Here's and interesting article that I came across in Spiegel - Man paints Hitler's moustache and swastika on children! How Fun!

Mischief and Stupidity

Anti-Semetism in Germany - not 50 years ago but today? Nah!!!

Here's an article on Spiegel. OK - so I know that there are idiots everywhere, including here in the USA, but what I was shocked to read was -

"...On average, according to statistics cited by members of the federal parliament, one Jewish cemetery each week is vandalized in Germany. Last week in Potsdam, a mini-sidewalk monument to a Jewish family deported during the Holocaust was smeared with a swastika. Two weeks ago in the eastern German town of Jena, anti-Semitic chants were sung at a regional league football match. The list goes on."

Stupid Germans!
Anti-Semetism in Germany Today

Vienna Tram Driver Sacked For 'Sieg Heil' Greeting

Nazism? Over reaction?

In either case, this poor guy lost his job and is being investigated under the ban on "National Socialist re-engagement".

How about freedom of speech?

Vienna Tram Driver Sacked For 'Sieg Heil' Greeting

Stupid Britons OK Anarchy in the name of Global Warming...

OK - so here's the other story I emailed to my stupid British friend. A Jury acquits vandals that damage a coal firing plant in the UK. And his response was comparing it to the McDonald's coffee spilling case... Stupid Brit could not tell the difference between a criminal case and a civil suite for damages!

Green washing a Jury

From the horse's mouth...

Ok, so will the last intelligent person leaving EU please turn the lights off?

Here's opinions towards the EU constitution draft, especially the exit clause, quoting, could it be(?), the American Civil war...

How stupid are Europeans?

European opinions of America

I sent this link to one of my friendly stupid Europeans - and all he had to say was it probably because of Bush & Larry the Cable guy...

Are the Europeans stupid enough to think that Larry the Cable guy is for real? I never thought Benny Hill was for real... And as for Bush - hmm - 2 terms, war, wire taps - many other things but stupid? Perhaps here in lies the confusion. But I digress - let's dwell on European stupidity, shall we?

Anti Americanism in Europe fueled by ignorance

Swiss restaurant servers food cooked with human breast milk!

OK - so here's a gem!

I don't know who is stupider - the person who came up with the idea, the women who sell their breast milk, or the people who order it!

Breast milk story

Welcome!

I have some European friends and they love calling Americans stupid. I've had it! So, I am dedicating this blog to finding wonderful stupid things that Europeans do. Trust me - I know enough of them to know that I will have material for years to come!