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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Bon Voyage!

(Fox News) - A new survey has revealed that it is not the so-called "loud and ugly American" who ranked highest on a recent list of obnoxious travelers. Instead, it is the French who are considered the most rude among people from Western nations.

The German broadcasting company Deutcshe Welle reports the survey conducted by the French Expedia Web site polled employees at 4,000 hotels across Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

As it turns out, the French are often unwilling to communicate in a foreign language, pinch pennies and do not tip well, and tend to be impolite and complain a lot.

Americans were the 11th most-liked tourists out of a total of 21 nationalities. And Japanese tourists were ranked the most-liked of all.

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