New Sisyphus has an amusing and intersting Fisking of a Thomas L. Friedman New York Times article on U.S.-EU relations.

Go have a look - I have to earn my keep today, so this should keep you busy for a while. My favorite bit?

The anti-tax thing we'll take gladly. We believe the USG should take what
is necessary for the government's core functions and the rest of the income
belongs to the American people. And that anti-national-health-care crack is
pretty revealing, isn't it? Haven't the Democrats been assuring us since
HillaryCare that they aren't for national health care? And, it works so well!
You can tell by the hordes of Canadians dying of cancer not fleeing to the US
for health care. I mean when some rich Middle Eastern prince is sick they always
fly off for treatment at the East Bigglesforth Hospital in Dorwestershire and
not, say, Mt Sinai in
New York City. Everyone knows this.