Why so? Due to the development in recent
years. This is - and this is a sentiment I share with many others - not
only a con-Bush thing (and I doubt that there will be a substantial
change with somebody else as elected Kin^wQuee^wPresident). IMHO the
climate towards strangers and foreigners from the general public changed
dramatically (sadly enough this also happened here in Europe). In the
same time the old Europe grew up and took position (not always the best
position, though).

That's a crock, about the ferners I mean. ("ferners" is Texas slang
for "foreigners"). Lots of people are PO'd about illegal immigration.
Yeah well whatever. Generally the mood toward ferners is far more
conciliatory here in the US than what I experienced when I lived in
Germany. The Turks and Middle Easterner's and whatnot have only been
accepted due to raw need post WWII and TREMENDOUS social pressure to
not be seen as anti-foreigner. In Germany you're pressured to either
extreme (by Ami standards) either to the left (these days) or to the
right (in the 30s). What the hell.

Amusingly, last time I was in Germany last spring, the biggest jerk by
far was some middle eastern guy who was waiting tables at a restaurant
where I was at. He drove off with a friend while my wife and I were
still eating. He'd waited on us and knew I had an accent at least as
powerful as his own. He shouts out "Auslaender RAUS!" (foreigner's
out!) in our general direction. Heh.

Anyway you should be free to boycott any country for whatever
political reasons you want.

FYI, most of the German autobahns (70 or so percent) are regulated and
restricted to a max. speed of only 130 km/h - or less.

When they are not "regulated" by traffic jams down to 30 or 40 kph.