Europe????

Why are we so concerned with how Europe views us?  Why are so many of the elite obsessed with their "culture" and the views of us?  Two stories:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1127823/Illegal-immigrants-DNA-tested-new-crackdown-France.html

and 

http://ezralevant.com/2009/01/hollands-national-suicide-note.html

The Europe that the media presents to us is gone.  The Europe that we want to believe is the beacon for how we should behave is a myth.  It's a scary thought but it's over.