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From the London Times Online, a column by Jeremy Clarkson, the fellow who hosts Top Gear for the BBC and damns the CTS-V with faint praise -- or worse -- here flames America in this column dated July 9, 2006, three years ago. To forewarn you, a smple quote:

I needed money to play a little blackjack in Vegas but because I was unable to provide the cashier with an American zip code he was unable to help. It’s the same story at the petrol pumps. Americans can punch their address into the key pad and replenish their tank. Europeans have to prove they’re not terrorists before being allowed to start pumping.

Methinks he didn't have a debit card or credit card with a PIN with him when he traveled. When you're ready for the whole thing, click the link and read THIS:

Note that in the summary beginning the article says "Hundreds ... suggested that it’d be better for everyone if I just stayed at home in future." And, he blames that on the Americans...

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I suppose he makes a living on satire, but I think in this case he has confused satire with loathing. Kind of takes the humor out of it, which seems a mistake for an Entertainer.

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From the London Times Online, a column by Jeremy Clarkson, the fellow who hosts Top Gear for the BBC and damns the CTS-V with faint praise -- or worse -- here flames America in this column dated July 9, 2006, three years ago. To forewarn you, a smple quote:

I needed money to play a little blackjack in Vegas but because I was unable to provide the cashier with an American zip code he was unable to help. It’s the same story at the petrol pumps. Americans can punch their address into the key pad and replenish their tank. Europeans have to prove they’re not terrorists before being allowed to start pumping.

Methinks he didn't have a debit card or credit card with a PIN with him when he traveled. When you're ready for the whole thing, click the link and read THIS:

Note that in the summary beginning the article says "Hundreds ... suggested that it’d be better for everyone if I just stayed at home in future." And, he blames that on the Americans...

This is nothing new at all. Clarkson knocks EVERYTHING about America, all the time.

If you really want to make people safe drivers again then simply remove all the safety features from cars. No more seat belts, ABS brakes, traction control, air bags or stability control. No more anything. You'll see how quickly people will slow down and once again learn to drive like "normal" humans.

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I suppose he makes a living on satire, but I think in this case he has confused satire with loathing. Kind of takes the humor out of it, which seems a mistake for an Entertainer.

This is nothing new at all. Clarkson knocks EVERYTHING about America, all the time.

I saw the article, and wanted to remove all doubt. :scenic:

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QUESTION:

"Then you've got New Orleans, which, nearly a year after Katrina, is still utterly smashed and ruined. Now I'm sorry but insects can build shelter on their own. Birds can build nests without a state handout. So why are the people of Louisiana sitting around waiting for someone else to do the repairs?"

--Clarkson

ANSWER:

Because they are Socialists! What else would you expect them to do on their own? It's worse, actually; they are modern Democrats.

Regards,

Warren

P.S. I'm not too interested in hearing the locals were unprepared. These are NOT cargo containers; they are buses. Sitting idle. Glub, glub.

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Someone needs to tell that cretin Clarkson that he should carry a credit card when he travels...

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Someone needs to tell that cretin Clarkson that he should carry a credit card when he travels...

I have never had a problem using my credit card in my travels to other countries.

I have not been out of the country recently, so it may be different now...but I doubt it.

On another note...I wonder if he has ever heard of actual "MONEY"... you know...CASH.

Evidently not. :D:D

I have done some overseas travel myself, and have "NEVER" been in a place where you couldn't spend good ole American GREENBACKS.

:D:D:D

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I never put in my address at the gas pump, either. :D

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Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars.

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I never put in my address at the gas pump, either. :D

Same here...

"SOME" pumps...do ask for your zip code.

If they do...and if you didn't have a zip code...it would be "TOO HARD" to walk in to the station and have the clerk run the card thru the reader there. It don't ask for a zip code.

:D

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