Welp, the truth is getting out there…
About 250 years ago, America cast a spell on Europe and the rest of the world. That magic compelled 15-18 million people to uproot themselves and escape war, poverty, crop failures, and political instability to start all over again in the new nation between 1800 and 1900.
More than 15 million immigrants arrived in the first 15 years of the 20th century, mostly from Eastern Europe and Russia.
Funny how America’s critics gloss over that astonishing fact. Whenever they bother to mention it, they point to the industrial revolution, which created an insatiable demand for labor, as capitalism “enslaved” these unsuspecting workers.
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But once these soccer fans get here, an amazing transformation happens to many of them.
They fall in love with the U.S.
Perhaps they have relatives who left the old country to come here and have heard about America all their lives. Whatever their preconceptions about the U.S., nothing prepared them for how completely different it is from what they’ve been told or what they imagined.
Full article, HERE from PJ Media.
And the MSM is melting down, because all these folks are traveling, posting videos, TicTocs, X posts, etc. that are VERY contrary to what the MSM portrays the US as being…
A German soccer supporter who goes by @FreddyLA7 on X has been posting about his travels and has developed quite the following within the US…LOL
Among other things, he’s scored Ella Langley tickets for Tulsa from Ms. Langley herself, as they have ‘adopted’ her as their music for the trip. JJ Watt apparently gave them swag in Houston, where Germany was playing, and he’s discovered Waffle House!
While we may laugh about it, he is just one of many soccer tourists who’ve fallen in love the the real America, not the one portrayed by the world media.
All we can do is laugh and sit back and watch the MSM’s meltdown, especially now. We didn’t have to build special stadiums, hotels, or anything else. They’re basically using existing (mostly college) stadiums, and apparently only had to put grass on four of them (thanks to Michigan State University’s turf grass program, HERE).
And most of the complaining is about FIFA’s costs for tickets, travel, parking, etc. which none of us have control over…
And many of the tourists really can’t comprehend that Americans really don’t care all that much about soccer…LOL
I’m not a soccer fan either, but three individuals in our 12 person office are big fans. Two of them played it in school and as adult leagues as well so they are keeping the rest of us up to date on who won and who were outstanding and who needed more bench time.
I’ll be glad when the match is over and done. But its cool to see people who love the game light up when talking about it so …
Not really BORED by the FIFA hubbub, but (at age 15) I DID go to see the Atlanta Chiefs win the 1968 NASL championship.
Even went down on the field after the game, accompanied by my next-door-neighbor, who was Dutch and therefore understood the game.
Wish I’d kept the ticket stub.
While no fan of soccer, I am a fan of all the kids playing soccer. Health outdoors exercise for those trapped in soulless apartment complexes can only be a good thing, IMO. You see the parents in their lawn chairs watching and interacting with other parents which contributes to a sense of community. A great niece made her way through college on a soccer scholarship (thank you Title IX).
jrg- That’s good! 🙂
Pat- Oh, that must have been neat! And yes, too bad you didn’t keep the ticket stub!
WSF- Good point!
Several years ago, listening to NPR. They had a ‘Journalist/Scientist’ being interviewed about global warming and sea level rising. Specifically, they talked about a small inhabited island off our east coast. They swore the island was noticeably being drowned from a rising sea level.
They took a caller. He identified himself as a lifelong resident of that island, and graphically described the dock he’s been fishing from for 50 years, and how it sits at exactly the same level it did when he was a boy. He went on with numerous examples like that.
With stunning arrogance, both NPR staff and interviewee carefully explained to this man that what he saw with his own eyes was false, and that his life experience and reality was not only insignificant, but wrong. They KNEW SO because they were ‘experts’ and he was just a man living in reality land.
I find it truly amusing that the Euroweenies who have been complaining and making fun of the US use of air conditioning are now fully understanding of the need for said air conditioning.
Yeah, Europeople, it’s hot and humid here in the States.
What’s even funnier is that they complain about us being uneducated bumpkins but can’t look at a world map or globe and see how much of the US of A is, globally, south of Europe.
Like, I live in Gainesville, FL. That’s 200 miles north of Miami. On a globe I’m south of Cairo, Egypt or Tel Aviv, Israel. And Miami is one of the stadiums where the games are being played.
Art- Sigh… yep…experts
Beans- Oh yeah, and states bigger than half the countries in Europe, combined!!! Like the idjit that ‘thought’ California was just a ‘couple of hour’ drive from North Carolina… sigh
“and he’s discovered Waffle House!”
Permanent Residency application filed in 3… 2… 1…
I am 2nd generation American. Maternal grandparents from Sweden, paternal from Russia by way of Lithuania. Dad’s grand dad was a medical doctor and university professor in Moscow. Then the bolsheviks came.
Peculiar story is that maternal grand dad was in Seattle working as a longshoreman busting corrupt union bosses. At same time, paternal geand dad was US Marshal busting crime ring in Seattle. Both were from Chicago to which they returned, US Marshal with new identity for the criminals had put a hit on him. The families hadn’t met yet.
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For years some in America have said we should be more like Europe (gag)
Now due to World Cup and other events, the visiting Europeans have absolutely fallen in love with America. Even the urban yankees have shown commendable amount of hospitality to the visitors.
It is a delightful bit of schadenfreude to one up those who say we should be more like over there.
God bless America.
When I flew tourists over the Grand Canyon and environs, most of the tourists were straight from France. Other than a small handful, they were friendly, gracious, and especially thankful for the Americans liberating France.
(it was mildly awkward for a fifty year old pilot to be warmly hugged and profusely thanked for what men had done 70 years prior. Many with tears of gratitude in their eyes. That nation remembers.)
One of the coolest things was to meet a man who retired as a senior flag officer and flew their Rafale or Mirage and their very son, a Colonel or higher, flying the same.
I also met some who had fought from D Day and onward. Mutual immense respect.
Greetings from Oz.
My wife and I might have been passengers of yours if you were flying Canyon tours in 1995.
That day was the most expensive day of the six months we spent in the US when you add up the flights from LA through Phoenix, the hire car in Flagstaff, the helicopter and fixed-wing flights over the Canyon, and the hotel for the night.
Totally worth it.
Ag- LOL, maybe… And the Japanese tourist with the biscuits and gravy… 🙂
r- That is one helluva piece of family history! And yes, meeting/talking to veterans from other countries is ‘interesting’ too…
There are a bunch of them in the DFW area. People are stuffing them with brisket and teaching them line dancing and generally having a good time. The video of the Japanese fans cleaning the stadium after the match is amazing.