SamSaid!

WATERMELONS

     You've got to hand it to the Brits. It is mind boggling to think that even with erratic leadership, the country on that little island has dominated western civilization for 300years and still has a lot of influence and power in the nuclear age. Don't get me wrong  –  I am not an anglophile. I have long thought that there must be something wrong with a country and its people that would fire Winston Churchill after he had led them to victory in WW II. But they do have a way of using the English language. Often times, their phraseology is suble, clever, thought provoking, humorous, and memorable. They simply have a way with words,

     I spotted a case in point the other day, when English journalists described Environmentalists as “watermelons”  –  i.e., green on the outside and red in the inside. How true. With an ultra left agenda that would do justice to the far leftists and communists (State control and big government) they qualify eminently for the Red label —  and the green exterior is just a convenient facade.  Neat phrase  –  the environmentalists are “watermelons”  –  green on the outside and red in the middle. Saves a lot of superfluous words. 

     That goes for you too, Charles!