Outside America

Our reputation (USA) to other countries isn't so good. I've spoken to people from Holland, London, Scotland, Germany, Australia and Argentina. Here's the basic idea others have about America. Most of you won't even be surprised, but what WAS surprising is how the attitude about the States is pretty much consistent across Europe. People outside the U.S. think we have an elitist (sp) attitutue, don't give a shit about the environment, consume, consume, consume. More is better, bigger is better, tell others how to run thier contries, police the world, impose our ideals on others. They also feel Americans have their heads in the sand because they don't travel outside the U.S. I tried to explain that lots of Americans don't travel to Europe because we have everything we need at home (AC & Comfortable cars) and most Americans haven't seen all of America. I know I can't change others attitudes. The funny thing is that most of these Euro's want to go to America. I LOVE THE USA!