USA - USA

I sometimes feel that we are goodwill ambassadors here in NZ and are representing all of you in the US of A. (Note the American and New Zealand flags on my lapel pin.) And how many of you know who our ambassador to New Zealand actually is?

http://wellington.usembassy.gov/

Or where New Zealand is located?

Did you know that it is part of Australasia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia

http://www.bugbog.com/maps/australasia/australasia_map.html

http://www.wall-maps.com/Continents/Australasia_Map.htm

I have discovered, after extensive research, that many people in NZ think that Americans spend their leisure time with Britney and her cohorts. They believe that all Americans are excessively wealthy. They hate our government (who doesn't?), but not us (or so they say). Obviously they don't have to study American History because most of them don't know that we were once part of the British Empire too. Some have told me that we should elect a female president and catch up with the rest of the world.

So, my fellow Americans, that's how we appear to the Kiwis (and many others around the world)...........a society of crazy celebrities and consummate consumers.

To know us is to love us.