Outage of Idealism: USA Apologises

By David Manners on January 29, 2009 12:00 PM | 6 Comments | No TrackBacks

Thanks to Doug Dickinson of Linear Tech for this piece which was  published in the US press earlier this month under the headline:  "Service Outage (a note from the USA)" via Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily by Tim Dickinson on 1/23/09. The article reads: 

Dear World,

 

The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.

 

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located.

 

Replacement components were ordered Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, and have begun arriving. Early test of the new equipment indicate that it is functioning correctly and we expect it to be fully operational by mid-January.

 

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage and we look forward to resuming full service and hopefully even improving it in years to come. Thank you for your patience and understanding,

 

 The USA

 

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6 Comments

John Ford John Ford | January 30, 2009 10:22 PM | Reply

Don't let them fool you - Dickinson, and *especially* Rolling Stone magazine do not speak for MOST of the USA... never have.

Author Profile Page David Manners David Manners replied to comment from John Ford | January 31, 2009 2:05 PM | Reply

That's as maybe John, but I have to say that here in Europe we're mostly enthusiastic Obama fans, and mostly enthusiastic believers in America's intrinsic idealism, and the Rolling Stone piece resonates well here.

John Ford John Ford | February 2, 2009 6:18 PM | Reply

Oh, I'm an Obama fan, for sure - I think the change was needed. No argument there. However, the statement, as read, is really a slap at Bush, and some sort of perceived interruption of ideals... it's an opinion, and witty, but to sign the statement "The USA" struck me as arrogant. IMHO :-)

JMF

Author Profile Page David Manners David Manners replied to comment from John Ford | February 2, 2009 7:32 PM | Reply

Yes you're probably right there, John, I do know a lot of pro-Bush Americans

David Salter David Salter | February 3, 2009 4:49 PM | Reply

Surely, the definition of democracy is that "MOST" of the USA are in support of Obama. And there has been enough said about the supposed corruption of the American democratic system during the past 2 elections that sheds serious doubt as to whether "MOST" of the USA were EVER in support of Bush in the first place.

Author Profile Page David Manners David Manners replied to comment from David Salter | February 3, 2009 5:36 PM | Reply

David that's absolutely correct if the definition of democracy is confined to voters. If not, then we'll never know what 'MOST' of the Americans think. Perhaps just as well, cheers, David

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