The World [Map] According to America

May 8, 2001 3:40 PM

The World [Map] According to America Quite funny indeed...
posted by tatochip (16 comments total)

I saw this thing a couple of weeks ago on someone else's blog (can't remember the link now) but it was captioned as being a drawing by George W. Bush.
posted by melaninus at 4:29 PM on May 8, 2001

Aside from the other humorous captions, what makes fighting communism a bad thing (minus bombing innocent people)?
posted by tomorama at 4:34 PM on May 8, 2001

Communism isn't a bad thing in theory, its just the implementation that doesn't work.
posted by benjh at 4:37 PM on May 8, 2001

can a "democracy" respect any other form of government?
posted by wantwit at 4:38 PM on May 8, 2001

Not in America, dangnabbit!!
posted by schlomo at 4:43 PM on May 8, 2001

What's so funny about that?
posted by gyc at 4:48 PM on May 8, 2001

Funny, yes. Gotta admit I laughed myself silly the first time I saw the thing. Very black humor, though, from this side. The reason? It's wayyy true.

Jen
posted by NsJen at 5:02 PM on May 8, 2001

Balderdash. Japan doesn't even show up on this map, and every American knows that's where electronics and cars come from.
posted by kindall at 5:04 PM on May 8, 2001

That is one piece fine-o-humor. "Dragons be here" this made my day, thanks.lolololo
posted by clavdivs at 5:41 PM on May 8, 2001

It's not so much that America fights communism. That's not the problem. It's the fact that when we think of that half of the world (well, almost half), all we think of is "commies". We have no understanding or appreciation that there are actual people, with an actual culture, underneath all that red paint.

of course, that's become a lot less clear in the past 10 years.
posted by jpoulos at 7:02 PM on May 8, 2001

yeah, thats funny.

yeah.

ahem.
posted by mcsweetie at 7:04 PM on May 8, 2001

I smell a Canadian or British author (note spelling of "civilisation.")
posted by sixdifferentways at 8:10 PM on May 8, 2001

"I smell a Canadian"

Not likely since we really dislike your use of "america" as of referring to u.s.a...
To be on the safe side and just to let you know (I read somewhere most americans can't point u.s.a on a map): there's actually 3 of them fill with countries where hamburgers eat ppl.
posted by kush at 9:01 PM on May 8, 2001

watch your step hushtypeperson we might bomb your neighbor by accident, cover it up, complain about the cost then try it again...hehaheha. America has the best university system in the world. na-na-nunana. we got the best women, movies, cars, well...ahhh hotdogs, baseball team(Lets see what else) and please, leave our canadian friends out of this. Im an hour from sarenia and those mounties might go extracuricular...
posted by clavdivs at 7:09 AM on May 9, 2001

> (I read somewhere most americans can't point u.s.a on a map)

I read somewhere that gay is contagious.

Also, don't kiss a girl or she'll get pregnant. Unless you're a girl too, in which case both of you will go bald.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go catch my refridgerator.
posted by cortex at 7:22 AM on May 9, 2001

God bless you cortex.
posted by GriffX at 1:23 PM on May 9, 2001